Anise Flavored Cream With Fresh Orange Salad Food

ORANGE-ANISE SALAD DRESSING

Steps:

• Blend first 5 ingredients in blender until aniseed is finely chopped, about 1 minute.
• Strain dressing into medium bowl, pressing hard on seeds in strainer.
• Discard seeds.
• Whisk in orange peel and honey.
• Season with salt and pepper.

ANISE FLAVORED PIZZELLES

Steps:

• Beat eggs and sugar. All cooled melted margarine, vanilla, anise seed and anside extract. Sift flour and baking powder and add to egg mixture. Refrigerate several hours. Drop by teaspoonfuls onto hot pizzelle iron and cook until slightly brown. Remove and throughly cool on rack. Store in tins.

ORANGE ANISE SEED SQUARES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• *NOTE: The orange juice is my addition. You can add any proportion of milk and orange juice as long as the liquid equals 1 cup.
• Topping Number Two: To make the simple syrup, bring the water and sugar to the boil in a small saucepan. Boil for 2 minutes, then reduce heat and simmer 10 minutes. Remove from heat and add the orange blossom water. Set aside.
• Cake: Grease and flour an 8" square baking pan.
• In a large mixing bowl, beat the butter, sugar and eggs until fluffy.
• Add the flour, baking powder, salt, milk, orange juice, anise seeds and nutmeg. Beat on low speeds just until the dry ingredients are moistened. Next, beat on medium speed until fluffy and blended, about another minute.
• Pour the batter into the prepared pan. Bake 30-35 minutes or until cake springs back when touched.
• Remove from oven and while still cake is still hot spread the orange marmalade on top for Topping Number One. For Topping Number Two, poke holes in the top of the cake all over with a toothpick. Pour the simple syrup over the top.
• Cut into squares. Delicious with coffee!

CARROT, CAULIFLOWER AND BEET SALAD WITH ORANGE-ANISE DRESSING

Steps:

• Blend first 4 ingredients in blender until aniseed is finely chopped, abut 1 minutes. Strain dressing into medium bowl, pressing hard on seeds in strainer; discard seeds. Whisk in orange peel and honey. Season with salt and pepper.
• Steam cauliflower until crisp-tender, about 6 minutes. transfer to medium bowl. Steam carrots until tender but still bright in color, about 8 minutes. Transfer to another bowl. Steam beets until tender, adding more water to pot if needed, about 15 minutes. Transfer to another bowl. Cool all vegetables completely.
• Mix 1/2 cup dressing into cauliflower. Mix 1/4 cup dressing into beets. (Dressing and marinated vegetables can be made ahead. Cover separately and chill up to 1 day. Bring to room temperature before continuing.)
• Rinse and dry beet greens. Arrange on platter as base for salad. Drain dressing from vegetables. Overlap carrots around edge of platter. Arrange cauliflower in ring within carrots. Mound beets in center. Drizzle with some of remaining dressing. Serve salad with pita breads and any remaining dressing.

FRESH ORANGE ANISE BREAD

Steps:

• Place all ingredients in your machines fully assembled pan, in the order specified by your machines manufacturer.
• Select the basic or white cycle and press start.

CITRUS SALAD WITH STAR ANISE

Steps:

• Simmer water with sugar and anise in a small saucepan over moderate heat, stirring occasionally, 1 minute. Cool slightly.
• Cut peel and white pith from grapefruits and oranges with a sharp knife. Working over a bowl, cut grapefruit and orange sections free from membranes. Pour off juice released during cutting from bowl and reserve.
• Stir syrup into fruit and chill, covered, 1 hour. Stir in reserved juice to taste.

ANISE FRUIT SALAD

Steps:

• In a saucepan over medium-high heat, combine water, sugar, lemon juice and aniseed; bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium; cook, uncovered, for 40 minutes or until mixture is slightly thickened and reduced by one-third (about 1-1/2 cups). Remove from the heat; cover and cool to room temperature, about 30 minutes. Meanwhile, in a large bowl, combine honeydew, pineapple, cantaloupe, grapes and oranges. Pour anise mixture over fruit; toss to coat. Cover and chill for at least 1 hour. Just before serving, add strawberries and banana; gently toss. Garnish with kiwi.

ANISE FLAVORED CREAM WITH FRESH ORANGE SALAD

Steps:

• Preparation time: 20 minutes.
• Cooking time: 3 minutes.
• Utensils: Pans, cutting boards, knives, tablespoons, wood spoons, big bowls, blender.
• Preparation:.
• The cream.
• Pour the Pernod in a pan, warm it up and flame it. Add the milk and bring it to boil, stirring constantly. Let it cool down while adding 4 tablespoons of the Pernod milk mixture to the corn flour, and then slowly add the rest of the milk and sugar.
• Pour this preparation into a pan, warm over low to medium heat and continue stirring until the mixture becomes thick. Fill small glasses with this preparation and decorate with crushed pistachios. Place them in the refrigerator for 45 minutes.
• The orange salad.
• Peel the oranges exposing the flesh and slice them in thin circles. Warm the honey.
• Open the vanilla stick and let it infuse in warm honey.
• Presentation:.
• Place a few orange slices on a plate, dressed with honey and enjoy with the glass of anise-flavored cream.