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fresh or frozen turkey,
thawed
I lemon
Start by making glaze.
Combine cranberry sauce
and honey in a small sauce
pan. Cook over medium heat
just until sauce is smooth,
whisking frequently. Set
aside. Makes about 1 cup.
Be sure turkey is com
pletely thawed. Remove tur
key from original wrapper
and remove neck and giblets
from cavities. Rinse turkey
thoroughly with cold water;
drain and pat dry with paper
towels. Tuck wing tips under
back or tie to body. Refasten
drumsticks with metal or
plastic clip or band of skin.
Preheat oven to 325°F.
Thinly slice 1 lemon.
Carefully loosen the skin of
the turkey towards the front
of the breast. Using the han
dle of a wooden spoon, gen
tly slide lemon slices under
skin on both sides of turkey.
Place turkey breast-side
up on wire rack in shallow
roasting pan. Insert meat
thermometer into the thick
est part of the inner thigh;
do not let thermometer
touch bone. Liberally brush
with cranberry honey glaze.
Roast turkey uncovered
until skin reaches desired
brown color; cover loosely
with a tent of aluminum foil
for remaining time. Continue
to baste with cranberry
honey glaze during cooking.
Roast until thermometer
reaches 180°F, approximate
ly 2 3/4 to 3 hours. Remove
from oven; let stand 20 min
utes before carving.
Makes 12 to 16 servings.
Cranberry
margarita molded
salad
1 6-ounce package wild
strawberry-flavored gel
atin dessert mix
1 1/2 cups boiling
water
1 16-ounce can Ocean
Spray® Whole Berry
Cranberry Sauce
1 8-ounce container
frozen sliced sweetened
Wine makes the ideal holiday gift
City sidewalks, busy
sidewalks, dressed
in holiday style. In
the air, there’s a feeling of
Christmas.
There’s also that nagging
little problem of what to
buy for everyone on your
list. May I suggest wine?
I mean really, who doesn’t
want to receive a bottle of
wine as a gift?
Wine is a great gift, and
people who receive it tend
to truly appreciate the
thoughtfulness that goes
into such a personal item.
Of course, not everyone
knows the preferences of
the recipient, and some fear
buying the “wrong wine.”
Nonsense. Unless you are
picking up a bottle of jug
wine or spending less than
5 bucks on the bottle, you
are going to do just fine.
Of course, If you know
something about the tastes
of the person you are buy
ing for, use that knowledge
to help you select your gift
bottle. If you are taking a
shot in the dark, however,
let me break down some
suggestions for you by price
point.
In the under $lO cate
gory, use caution. Choose
something different, not
just another mass produced
bottle that anyone can buy
in any store and probably
already has.
Calina Reserve from Chile
has a line that includes
Carmenere, Cabernet
Sauvignon, Chardonnay,
and Merlot with above aver
age quality for the money.
Alta Vista Torrontes from
Argentina is a white that is
very good as well.
Bodegas Norton Malbec,
also from Argentina, is a
good choice, as is almost
any Argentinean Malbec,
and most will be under
sls, if not at the $lO price
point.
I don’t know if you can
find Laurel Glen “Reds”
for under $lO where you
live, but if you can, this
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It’s a margarita salad. The rim is coated with sugar, however, and the tequila is option
al.
strawberries, thawed
slightly
1 10-ounce can frozen
margarita mix, thawed
1/2 cup tequila, option
al
Spray 6-cup gelatin mold
would be my choice. These
are wines that won’t break
your budget, but won’t
make you look like a cheap
skate either.
In the up to S2O range,
things really open up and
here, the category is so
broad, it’s almost unfath
omable. Again, let unique
and personal be your guid
ing principles as you shop.
Prosecco is a dry Sparkler
that
serves as
a meal
starter in
much of
Italy and
is just
starting
to catch
on in
the US.
These
can be
hard to
Brian Goodell
The Wine Guy
Morris News Service
find, but Martini and Rossi
is widely available, as are
others in the mid-teens such
as Zardetto or Mionetto’s II
Prosecco.
Michael-David Vineyards
in Lodi California make a
number of good gift wines
such as the 7 Deadly Zins,
a blend of Zinfandels, and
the 7 Heavenly Chards, a
Chardonnay blend, both
of which are quite popu
lar and easy to like. You
can’t go wrong with any of
Andrew Quady’s selections
either, including Electra,
Essencia and Elysium, all
sweet, sparkly, and made
from Muscat Grapes.
The S2O to S4O range is
where we begin to separate
the serious wines from the
everyday, and these should
be for the true wine lovers
who appreciate good wine
and know the difference.
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Combine gelatin dessert
mix and boiling water in
a large bowl, stirring until
gelatin has dissolved. Place
cranberry sauce in a small
David Bruce Pinot Noir
is appropriate here, as is
Heitz Cellars Napa Valley
Cabernet Sauvignon, an
excellent red, vintage after
vintage.
If you want to go inter
national, choose E. Guigal
Chateauneuf Du Pape from
France or Ruffino Ducale
Gold Label Chianti from
Italy. You can also buy
Champagne such as Moet
& Chandon NV White Star,
or a Sparkling Wine from
California like Roederer
Estate or Domaine
Carneros.
On anything over S4O,
I will trust you to know
what you are doing and the
person you are buying for
should be most apprecia
tive. Remember, though,
it’s the not just the cost of
the gift - the thoughtful
ness and uniqueness goes a
long way.
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bowl and beat with a fork
until smooth. Stir into gela
tin mixture. Add remaining
ingredients, mixing well.
Pour into mold. Cover with
plastic wrap and refrigerate
for 4 hours or until serving
The skinny on trans fats in trouble
Trans fats aren’t wel
come in New York
City anymore. That’s
the law.
The New York City Board
of Health voted unanimously
Dec. 5 to mandate that res
taurants stop cooking with
trans fat oil by July 1, 2007,
and they cannot use ingre
dients made with trans fats
after July 1, 2008.
What does this have to do
with your town? Plenty.
Let’s start with some
quick background. Trans
fats are hydrogenated oils,
or oils made solid by adding
hydrogen to the liquid. They
are commonly used for deep
frying and baking.
However, research has
shown that this shelf-stable
oil increases the risk of heart
disease. The American Heart
Association suggests limit
ing the daily intake of trans
fat to less than 3 grams per
day, but the Food and Drug
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When ready to serve, dip
mold into warm water for 7
to 10 seconds or until gelatin
loosens. Place serving plate
on top of mold, invert and
remove mold.
For individual servings,
dip the ri*s of 10 mar
garita glasses in Cranberry
Sugar 2 or 3 times or until
rims are thickly coated
with cranberry sugar. (No
need to moisten rims first.).
Prepare molded salad recipe
as directed, and divide salad
mixture into glasses. Store
in refrigerator. Just before
serving, garnish each glass
with a lime twist.
Cranberry Sugar:
Place 1 cup sugar and 3
tablespoons fresh cranber
ries in a food processor.
Process until smooth and
evenly-colored. Spoon sugar
into shallow dish.
Classic cranberry
nut bread
2 cups flour
1 cup sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons baking
powder
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon baking
soda
3/4 cup orange juice
1 tablespoon grated
orange peel
2 tablespoons shorten
ing
1 egg, well beaten
1 1/2 cups Ocean
Spray Fresh or Frozen
Cranberries, coarsely
chopped
1/2 cup chopped nuts
Preheat oven to 350
degrees. Grease a 9 x 5-inch
loaf pan.
Mix together flour, sugar,
baking powder, salt and bak
ing soda in a medium mixing
bowl. Stir in orange juice,
orange peel, shortening and
egg. Mix until well blended.
Stir in cranberries and nuts.
Spread evenly in loaf pan.
Bake for 55 minutes or
until a toothpick inserted in
the center comes out clean.
Cool on a rack for 15 min
utes.
Remove from pan; cool
completely. Wrap and store
overnight. Makes 1 loaf (16
slices)
Administration estimates
that the average American
eats 4.7 pounds of trans fats
per year -- two times the
suggested amount.
New York is the largest city
to institute such a ban (with
Dan MacDonald
Columnist
Morris News Service
ferent oil for its other res
taurants, I predict the chain
restaurants in Jacksonville
will go no trans fat in 2007
- at about the time or soon
after New York does.
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Apple cranberry
gbigersnap crisp
Topping
3/4 cup oats
1/3 cup dark brown
sugar
2 1/2 tablespoons flour
1/4 cup butter (chilled
and cubed)
1 egg yolk
3/4 cup gingersnap
crumbs
1/2 cup nuts (I use
pecans)
Filling
6 apples (peeled cored
and chopped)
11/4 cups fresh cranber
ries (coarsely chopped)
1/3-1/2 cup sugar
Preheat oven to 350
degrees. For topping, mix
together the oats, brown
sugar and flour. Blend in
butter with fingers until
coarse crumbs form. Add
gingersnap crumbs, egg yolk
and nuts and blend well.
In a separate bowl, blend
all filling ingredients and
spoon into a 2 quart baking
dish that has been buttered.
Sprinkle topping evenly over
filling and bake 30 minutes.
If topping browns too quick
ly, cover with foil for last 10
minutes of baking. Serve
warm with ice cream.
Holiday cranberry
salad
A new approach to cran
berry salad
1 14 ounce can sweet
ened condensed milk
1/4 cup fresh lemon
juice
1 20-oz. can of crushed
pineapple, drained
1 16-oz. can of whole
berry cranberry sauce
2 cups miniature
marshmallows
1/2 cup toasted pecans
1 8-ounce carton
thawed Cool Whip
In a large mixing bowl,
stir together the condensed
milk and lemon juice.
Add well-drained pineap
ple, cranberry sauce, marsh
mallows, and pecans. Fold in
the Cool Whip. Chill over
night. Can be served from a
bowl, or chilled in a square
dish and cut into squares.
plans to go trans fat free in
April 2007 and the Disney
corporation’s parks will stop
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consider
ing simi
lar legis
lation).
Since it
make no
sense for
a chain
to have
one oil for
some of its
locations
and a dis-
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