Friday, June 2, 2006 - Kitchen Adventures |
I have been faithfully feeding and watering my sourdough starter since
January now. I use it once or twice a week for bread and/or pancakes.
I've made them enough now that I feel like I somewhat know what I am
doing with it. This week I'm trying something different with the
sourdough starter: pineapple sweet rolls. I will be making them with
honey and Rapadura. I hope this turns out good because this weekend is
my husband's birthday, and he loves pineapple! I had never heard of
pineapple pie before I started cavorting with him, but it's delicious.
Anyway, back to the pineapple sweet rolls. I found the recipe in an old
cookbook. I don't even know where it came from (it was probably my
husband's from before we got married, since I don't know how we got it
- also because it is so OLD  ). It's called Rita Davenport's Sourdough Cookery.
I'll let you know how it turns out. If it's any good I'll post the
recipe (with my modifications, of course). If it's no good, then you
probably wouldn't care to know the recipe. Unfortunately, although this
book looks like it's got some great recipes, about half of it is
missing! It ends right before the section on "Pancakes and Waffles".
Boo! I'm looking down the table of contents and there are also sections
on "Main Dishes" and "Cakes". Ever tried a main dish or a cake made
with sourdough? I don't think I have.
In other kitchen news, we now have a meat grinder attachment for my old
KitchenAid mixer. Last summer when we bought our beef (an entirely
grass-fed miniature hereford), we didn't get the round ground, and now
we are out of ground beef! That little meat grinder does a great job!
I'm glad we got electric instead of trying one of those hand cranking
things. Plus, since it's electric my husband is intrigued by the
machine and wants to grind the meat himself, so it is a great time
saver for me! I figure this meat grinder will be perfect for making our
own sausage at some point in the future (I'm thinking turkey sausage).
Blessings!
Amey
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Friday, June 2, 2006 - Untitled Comment |
| Posted by Cindeerella |
| The rolls sound really good, can't wait to hear how they turn out! What on earth is Rapadura? |
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Friday, June 2, 2006 - Rapadura |
| Posted by CircleZ |
Rapadura is organic, whole, unrefined, evaporated sugar cane juice. In my opinion, it is the best cane sugar you can use, although I think that now Sucanat is also being reformulated to be similar to Rapadura, so it is probably also a good choice. Rapadura is made by a company called "Rapunzel". I buy mine at Whole Foods, but I have seen it at other health food stores and co-ops.
Amey |
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Friday, June 2, 2006 - Untitled Comment |
| Posted by momof2 |
I'll be watching in interest to see how the rolls turn out - they sound wonderful!
I'll have to check our health food store for the Rapadura. You never know what they'll have in stock from one week to the next. I've been using organic evaporated cane juice crystals from the bulk section, but I like the thought of using something even more unrefined. |
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