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Chef2Chef Recipe Club - Volume 2 Issue 100a - May 18, 2002 Automatic system commands and instructions: End of Message Chef2Chef Recipe Club Member Forum: http://forums.chef2chef.net -------------------------------------------------- Good Morning Recipe Club! Today's E-Mail contains the recipes for both Saturday and Sunday. The Team at Chef2Chef wishes you a great weekend of the Vanilla kind! Saturday May 17th: Cornish Game Hens with Vanilla-Cherry Sauce, Almond-Vanilla Green Beans, Petits Pots de Crème Caracas. Sunday May 18th: Pollo Con Chile Seco, Vanilla Fruit and Cabbage Slaw, Mexican Vanilla Ice Cream. Feeling unlucky? Never won anything? 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If cherries are tender but the sauce hasn't reduced enough, spoon cherries into a small bowl and continue reducing liquor. Adjust seasonings, add cherries back into pan to heat if necessary, then pour over game hens and serve with wild rice pilaf or plain buttered rice. Serves 4-6 -------------------------------------------------- Vanilla.com Discover the enchanting world of vanilla and learn how everyone's favorite flavor performs culinary magic! Finely crafted recipes and tips from the Vanilla Queen and name chefs tempt both palate and imagination. Enjoy fascinating facts, lore, legends, travel information and stories about the versatile bean. The boutique offers premium vanilla extracts, beans, foods, perfumes and more. The Vanilla.COMpany provides a memorable journey into the realm of familiarity, comfort and pleasure, and offers a fresh look at an often-used and under-valued ingredient. You'll never see vanilla as plain again! http://www.vanilla.com -------------------------------------------------- ALMOND-VANILLA GREEN BEANS Ingredients: 2 pounds green beans, trimmed 1/2 cup almonds, sliced or quartered 4 tablespoons unsalted butter 1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract Salt and pepper to taste Fresh lemon or lime juice (optional Instructions: Steam beans for about 5 minutes or until crisp-tender. Drain well. Saute almonds in butter until well coated and crisp. Pour over beans. Add vanilla, salt and pepper to taste and a squeeze of lime juice if desired. Serves 6 -------------------------------------------------- FEELING UNLUCKY? NEVER WON ANYTHING? Take a look at our ongoing sweepstakes! The registrations this month are below normal. That is good news for you. Your chances of winning are better than ever. 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Gradually beat in sugar and salt. Add the remaining 1/4 cup cold cream and cordial or rum. Mix well. Stir in the hot cream. Remove vanilla bean and scrape seeds into mixture. Pour the mixture into ramekins or crème pots. Arrange in a baking pan. Pour hot water into the pan, about 1 inch deep. Cover the ramekins with foil. Bake 20 to 25 minutes, or until a knife inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool and chill. Blend whipping cream with sugar and beat until mixture begins to thicken. Add pure vanilla extract, and whip until cream is thickened but not stiff. Top chocolate crèmes with whipped cream, and decorate with a small flower or sprig of mint. Or, dust tops with cocoa. -------------------------------------------------- Shopping Lists: 4 Cornish game hens Coarse sea salt and coarsely ground pepper Unsalted butter 4 cups Bing cherries, stemmed and pitted 4- inches of a vanilla bean Sugar or 1 tablespoon honey Fresh tarragon 1 cup ruby port Cherry vinegar (or other fruit vinegar) 2 pounds green beans 1/2 cup almonds Unsalted butter Pure vanilla extract Salt and pepper to taste Fresh lemon or lime juice (optional Pots De Crème 2 cups light cream 1 vanilla bean 4 ounces semisweet chocolate 6 eggs 1/4 cup sugar Pinch salt (optional) Vanilla cordial or vanilla rum Whipped Cream Heavy cream Vanilla sugar Pure vanilla extract -------------------------------------------------- QUESTIONS, Comments, Technical Support: http://forums.chef2chef.net -------------------------------------------------- SUBSCRIBE or Unsubscribe Requests: http://chef2chef.net/forms/form-entry.htm or reply to this E-Mail by typing into the SUBJECT line: remove club or subscribe club -------------------------------------------------- ARCHIVE: All Club e-mails are archived each Friday at: http://chef2chef.net/news/club/ -------------------------------------------------- LIST PURGE: We attempt to send email for 24 hours. 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