LEMON RECIPES

Materials: 2 large egg yolks          2 large eggs 2/3 cup fresh lemon juice             3 oz. (6 Tbs.) unsalted butter, softened at room temperature                         1 cup sugar 1 tsp. grated lemon zest Preparation: 1. In a large bowl, beat the butter and sugar with an electric mixer, about 2 min. Slowly add the eggs and yolks. Beat for 1 min. Mix in the lemon juice. The mixture will look curdled, but it will smooth out as it cooks. Lemon Curd 2. In a medium, heavy-based saucepan, cook the mixture over low heat until it looks smooth. (The curdled appearance disappears as the butter in the mixture melts.) Increase the heat to medium and cook, stirring constantly, until the mixture thickens, about 15 minutes. It should leave a path on the back of a spoon and...

Now you go to juice a lemon for a recipe, take an extra minute, grab a vegetable peeler and remove the flavorful outer layer of skin from your lemon. Lay these fragrant slivers on a place and perch the plate on a shelf or on top of a towering stack of cookbooks. if you want Check them a day or two later, or whenever you remember. Soon enough, they should be quite dry but still fragrant and vividly colored. Place them in a jar with a tight-fitting lid and stash them in a dark corner. Once you have this little jar of dried lemon peels, here’s how you can use them. Drop a sliver into brewing black tea.  Pulverize a few strips with coarse salt and sprinkle over popcorn. Crush them and whisk the bits into homemade vinaigrettes and marinades. Float them in a water bottle. Simmer these citrus ribbons in a pot of creamy rice pudding. Use the jar as a day-brightening aromatherapy devise.

turkish cuisine... Materials: • 4 c. sifted cake flour • 2 c. sugar • 1 1/2 c. cocoa • 4 t. baking soda • 2 c. cold water • 2 c. mayonnaise at room temperature • 1 T. vanilla Preparation: Mayonnaise, the secret ingredient in this cake, makes it especially moist and rich. Sift together flour, sugar, cocoa and baking soda into large bowl. Add water, mayonnaise and vanilla. Beat until smooth. Pour into greased 13 x 9-inch pan lined with buttered wax paper. Bake at 350° for 45 minutes until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool for 15 minutes. Turn out onto cake rack and remove waxed paper. Frost with fudge icing.