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A Tarte of Beans

Origin: British Period: Elizabethan

Original Recipe

A Tarte of Beans
(A Proper Newe Booke)

Take beanes and boyle them tender
in fayre water, then take theym
oute and breake them in a morter
and strayne them with the yolckes
of foure egges, curde made of
mylke, then ceason it up with
suger and halfe a dysche of butter
and a lytle synamon and bake it.

To make short paest for tarte
Take fyne floure and a curscy
of fayre water and a dysche
of swete butter and a lyttel
saffron, and the yolkes of
two egges and make it thynne a
nd as tender as ye maye.

Modern Redaction

Ingredients:

250g dried broad (fava) beans
4 egg yolks
120g cottage cheese (curds)
4 tbsp sugar
90g butter
4 tsp ground cinnamon

For the Pastry:

225g flour
90g softened butter
2 egg yolks
6 threads saffron ground into 1 tbsp water in a pestle and mortar

Method:
First re-hydrade the beans by placing them in aobut 600mls of water
in a pan. Bring this to boil in a pan then turn off the heat, cover
and allow to sit for at least 70 minutes. Then add a further 250ml of
water, bring to the boil again and simmer for about 50 minutes until
the beans are soft. Once cooked drain the beans and blitz in a food
processor.

Allow the bean paste to cool then mix in the egg yolks and add the
cottage cheese (which should not be drained). Add the sugar, butter
and cinnamon and mix to a smooth paste.

To make the pastry for the pie crust sift the flour into a bowl, add
the saffrom threads and their steeping water along with the egg yolks
and mix together well. First add 3/4 of the softened butter and mix
in well. If all the flour does not come together into a dough add a
little more butter. Once the dough comes into a ball cut it into two
pieces (one slightly larger than the other. Roll the larger piece of
dough out and use this to line a 22cm pie dish. Cut off the excess
pastry around the edge and fill the middle of the pie with the bean
mixture. Next roll the smaller piece of pastry out and use this to
place on top of the pie. Use the back of a fork to crimp the upper
and lower pieces of pastry together then pierce the top pastry a few
times to allow steam to escape as the pie cooks.

Cook in an oven pre-heated to 180°C for about 45 minutes or until the
upper crust has just turned a golden colour. Brush the top surface of
the pie with a mixture of sugar, molten butter and cinnamon. Seve.

Source: Celtnet Recipes

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Tuesday morning

It's a chilly morning here in Tennessee!
Honey's dealing with ice on his windshield each morning now. Time to remember to head out there sooner so the truck can warm up before he's ready to leave for work.

Thanksgiving plans are being made. We're planning a quiet, simple, relaxing holiday this year. We don't take too many days to do really nothing...so that's our plan this year. The girls and I will do as much ahead of time as we can, so no one really has much to do on Thanksgiving. We plan to get some movies and just relax together. Doesn't that sound lovely?!

I'm making a shopping list....for our Keepers' meeting this week, I will be teaching candy making. I have some yummy recipes and am really looking forward to this class! The Contenders will be putting together wood models. I wanted both groups to do something that they could potentially use for Christmas gifts. I think these classes both fit the bill nicely!

I continue on my quest to organize the office. I have a huge pile of stuff to sell. It all needs to be photographed so I can list it online. Much of it is homeschool materials, so that will wait till closer to the end of this school year. But, the sales of this material will probably fund our next year's materials! There's ALOT there!

My birthday just keeps getting better! Yesterday, Rebecca and Thomas' gift to me arrived.....

I have drooled over this book since last year.....checked it out at the library a few times...and now have my very own copy!!!! Rebecca made cream cheese thumbprint cookies from it last night. I LOVE this book!!!!! My children spoil me...and I love them so dearly. God has blessed me abundantly with the very best children ever!!!!

When I was visiting my wonderful friend, Misty last week, I saw her copy of this book on her table. I asked her to borrow it when she was through reading it. Instead, she sent me my own copy! How blessed I am to have such a thoughtful, generous friend!! Did I mention she also bought my supper at MNO? How blessed can one person be?!

I must scoot now...I need to make my list for town and then wake my children. Think I'll kick up the heat a bit before I call them. It's a bit too cool to climb out of their warm beds at the moment....

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Progress still being made...debt free journey update...

We paid the bills the other night and found we are having enough to pay the bills, however my grocery money was a little short this month due to all the car repairs. I told everyone that we will just have to wait until Dh gets paid until buying some more food.

This really isn't a problem at all. I have a good stockpile of the basics... whole grain for breads (and all the other bread staples), dried beans and basic herbs and spices, rice and pasta, canned tomatoes and other sauces, cashews and peppers for my "cheesy sauce", some rice and almond milk in their vacumn sealed boxes... basically everything we need to survive except DAIRY! LOL. I even have plenty of fruits and veggies.

So we are again dairy free for another week as a family, together! *grin* God is so good to me. My family is supportive again this week because we are out of cheese, milk, etc... due to money shortages. I get a short breather for me to catch my breath and be ready for the holidays without dairy.

I've noticed the last two weeks the attitudes around the house are more selfish in nature and I haven't been quite able to figure out what to do about it as of yet. I never really noticed, but tonight, I went to church to hold our monthly health meeting and I asked my girls if they'd come with and help and not one was willing to go. This is really odd... they've always been willing... then one of my daughters pipes up with ... what will you give me? I looked at her questioningly and she replies... will you take me out to eat? I said, we're serving dinner at the health meeting, why would we go out to eat and then she said... no, I'm not going.

I was just stunned, I've not ever really encountered them rejecting an opportunity for service at church. In fact, they have always LOVED helping in the kitchen and I was floored by the reaction. Oh my kids have had days of not helping from time to time, but usually in coincided with "something" going on in their lives... but this... I don't know... I think it is more heart issues I am dealing with. Perhaps my dairy free break is not only for me, but for them to have to give of themselves. I will have to do some praying this week to see if further direction is needed. Now that I am aware of this, I'll likely need to pay attention to what is ruling their lives... self or Christ. I know many times I do not notice myself when I stray from what is right and sometimes redirection is needed. God seems to find a way to wake me up and get my attention. It seems that now is a time for my girls to "see" what I have seen today. May God give me wisdom that I can do it in a loving and non-critical way so that they might be open to change.

Sour Cream Patties... Dairy Free.

This weekend, I tried making Sour Cream Patties, but without dairy. Beings dairy is a main theme of this recipe, I was hoping it would turn out. It was fine. My daughters said it was just like the regular version... my only change was that I used tofu sour cream in place of the dairy version.

One can of vegetarian burger, 4-5 eggs, 1/2 teaspoon of garlic powder, 1 teaspoon of onion powder, 2 packets of george washington's broth (just the powder)... a chicken or beef flavored seasoning is a good substitute for this, and a 1/2 teaspoon of sage.

Mix together and fry in a non-stick skillet... no oil necessary if you let the pan heat up first.

2 cups of sour cream, 2 cups of a seasoned broth (I've done both vegetarian chicken or beef... both are good), mix together. One small can of mushrooms/drained, and one onion sliced into rings.

Layer patties, mushrooms and onions in a pan... can use a 9 by 13 or layer in a 3 quart crockpot. Pour sauce over it. Let the crockpot cook on low for about 4 hours. OR bake at 350 F for 45 minutes until bubbly and onions are soft.

This is one recipe my husband enjoys and me going dairy free was killing him because the only vegetarian dishes he likes contain dairy. *grin* My girls said Dad won't even notice a difference. He didn't get to try them...since he was at work and they were gone before he had a chance to try them.

One more recipe to add to the approved list. At least I have a nice meal for special occasions that I can count on. This recipe is a bit pricey and I tend to double it and put it into my 5 qt. crockpot when I do make it. Left-overs are still just as great!

OUCH!

I stubbed my toes and I just had to tell someone. I feel like I have nails sticking into the tips of my toes...

And since we've no place to go...

We were expecting rain with a few snowflakes mixed in, but as it is now, we have a "white out" and the grass is quickly disappearing! I try to make Saturday morning my baking/cooking for the week day. I made pancakes until I lost count, sausage biscuits and breakfast burritos.There's also a loaf of pumpkin chip bread in the oven (that probably won't make it to lunch time) and a pot of beef stew on the stove. The fire is keeping us toasty warm and even the beautiful giant snowflakes can't coax me out of its warmth. Not so for the boys, who have already come in from making snowballs for some hot cocoa. Now it's really difficult not to be in the Christmas spirit! I think I just might start working on some gifts this evening for our old fashioned Christmas. Honestly, last year was one of the nicest, warmest, Christmas celebrations we've ever had. I'm excited that it has become a tradition.

Youngest Son went with Grandma today to pick out gifts for Operation Christmas Child and they spent the afternoon wrapping things up. We brought the venison home this morning and it's tucked away in the freezer. I'm still working on our Thanksgiving menu and I have a new dessert in mind, but it will need a "test run" before we decide to serve it on such a big day. I'll be sure to share the recipe. For now, I'm going to sit by the window and enjoy the snowflakes as they fall peacefully. Each season has so much to appreciate.

A Tarte of Beans.......From Vintage Recipes Yahoo Group

Iron Skillet Corn Bread

HERBED SKILLET CORNBREAD

Tuesday morning

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Progress still being made...debt free journey update...

Sour Cream Patties... Dairy Free.

OUCH!

And since we've no place to go...

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