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Authentic mincemeat from my Grandmother's recipe. Yields about 4 quarts/litres, enough to make about 4 mincemeat pies.
Traditionally, poached apples stuffed with prunes (see recipe) are served with the Christmas goose. Red cabbage and carmelized potatoes (see recipes) complete the Christmas menu in Denmark.
Lovelight chiffon cake, a tender cake-flour sheet cake leavened with stiff-peaked meringue and brightened with lemon extract. The featherlight 1950s church-supper classic, baked in a 9x13 pan.
Lemon-lime poke cake with lime gelatin soaked into a lemon cake mix, topped with a fluffy lemon pudding whipped topping. A retro refrigerator sheet cake served chilled.
Authentic Sri Lankan chicken curry simmered in coconut milk with cardamom, cloves, cinnamon and fresh tomatoes. Tender, fragrant and ready in about an hour.
Creamy spinach soup with Swiss cheese, cream cheese, sauteed mushrooms, and a touch of nutmeg. A rich, velvety soup built on a butter-flour roux base.
Knoepfle- Oder Spaetzleteig (Basic Spaetzle Dough) recipe
Eisenhower's chocolate layer cake with cocoa dissolved in boiling water, sour milk, and a fluffy seven-minute frosting. A classic mid-century American recipe with presidential history.
A bread machine favorite, easy bread with a classic combination of bacon and cheddar. MMmmm.
Hearty split pea soup with tender lamb shoulder chunks, built on deeply browned vegetables and chicken broth. A rustic, stick-to-your-ribs bowl that simmers low and slow and tastes even better the next day.
Mexican polvorones, crumbly cinnamon shortbread cookies coated in a chocolate-cinnamon sugar. Baked low and slow for a melt-in-your-mouth traditional Mexican cookie.
Toad in the hole, the British pub classic. Browned sausages baked into puffy, golden Yorkshire pudding batter for a crackly-edged Sunday supper. Served with Dijon mustard.
Southern lemon pecan fruitcake with candied pineapple and cherries. A lighter, brighter alternative to dark rum fruitcake, loaded with nuts and citrus.
Low-fat spaghetti Napoli loaded with bell peppers, mushrooms, tomatoes, and basil. A colorful vegetarian pasta dinner that's on the table in just 20 minutes.
A frozen no-bake chocolate orange pie with cream cheese, condensed milk, and orange juice concentrate in a chocolate crust. Swap in Grand Marnier or Cointreau for a boozy twist.
None Such mincemeat cookies: a vintage drop cookie made with crumbled prepared mincemeat folded into a simple shortening dough. Bakes 4 dozen in 12 minutes for the holiday cookie tin.