Apricot Raisin Nut Swirls Food

APRICOT RAISIN RUGELACH

Steps:

• In a large bowl, beat butter and cream cheese until well blended. Combine flour and salt; gradually add to butter mixture and mix well. Shape into four 5-in. logs; cover and refrigerate for 8 hours or overnight., On a lightly floured surface, roll 1 log into a 12x8-in. rectangle. Spread with about 1/4 cup spreadable fruit; sprinkle with 5 tablespoons walnuts and 1/4 cup raisins. Combine 1/2 cup sugar and cinnamon; sprinkle 2 tablespoons over the top. Roll up jelly-roll style, starting with a long side. Repeat with remaining logs. Chill., Place rolls, seam side down, 4 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. Brush with cream; sprinkle with remaining sugar. With a serrated knife, make 1/2-in.-deep cuts 1 in. apart on roll-ups. Bake at 350° for 20-25 minutes or until golden brown. Transfer to a cutting board; cut each roll into 12 slices. Cool on wire racks.

APRICOT RAISIN NUT SWIRLS

Steps:

• Mix powdered milk with warm water and stir in sugar until disolved
• Sprinkle the yeast over sugar water and allow to sit until bubbly, about 5 minutes
• In a large bowl, beat the eggs until lemon colored
• Add salt, 2 tablespoons melted butter, and 2 cups of flour
• Stir in yeast mixture and enough flour to make a moderately soft dough
• Turn onto lightly floured surface and knead for 3 to 5 minutes or until smooth and elastic
• Shape the dough into a ball and place in a lightly greased bowl, turning once to grease suraface of the dough
• Cover and let rise in a warm place until double in size, about 1 hour
• In a small microwave safe dish, mix the apricots, raisins, and lemon juice; microwave for 30 seconds, cover and allow to cool
• Punch down dough, turn onto a lightly floured surface, cover and let rest about 10 minutes
• Mix the 1 1/2 tablespoons sugar with nutmeg
• Roll the dough into a 12x8 inch rectangle
• Spread dough with remaining 1/4 cup melted butter, sprinkle with nutmeg mixture, spread with apricots and raisins, sprinkle with chopped cashews
• Roll-up jelly roll fashion and slice with bread knife into 7 equal slices
• Spray a non-stick round 9-inch cake pan with cooking spray
• Place dough slices in prepared pan, cover and allow to rise about 30 minutes
• Preheat oven to 375 degrees, place rolls in oven and bake for 20 to 25 minutes or until golden brown
• Mix the ingredients for glaze and drizzle oven warm rolls, serve immediately
• Please note the cooking time reflects time to allow the rolls to rise and bake

WALNUT CINNAMON SWIRL

Steps:

• Place milk, one egg, two tablespoons butter, salt, 3 tablespoons sugar, flour and yeast in bread machine pan. Select Dough cycle, and press start.
• When cycle is complete, remove dough from machine, punch down, and let rest for 5 minutes. Roll out on lightly floured board into an approximately 24x10 inch rectangle.
• Brush the dough with 3 tablespoons melted butter, then sprinkle with brown sugar, cinnamon, 1 cup nuts and raisins. Roll up tightly, jelly roll style from the longer side. Place on a greased baking sheet, shape into a ring, and seal ends. Mist with warm water, cover with plastic wrap which has also been mist with water, and let rise in a warm place until doubled in size, approximately 1 hour.
• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). In a small bowl, beat together 1 egg and 1 tablespoon water; set aside.
• Just before baking, brush dough with egg mixture, sprinkle with remaining 1/2 cup walnuts. Bake in preheated for 20 to 25 minutes. This is a dense ring and if it browns too quickly, just cover with foil and continue to bake.

APRICOT & HAZELNUT STUFFING

Steps:

• Fry onions in the butter. Stir in nuts; fry until golden. Remove from the heat, add apricots, breadcrumbs, parsley and lemon zest. Mix in the egg and season. Use half to stuff the neck end of the turkey; shape the rest into balls.
• Put the balls in a buttered baking dish, then drizzle with oil. Bake for 30 mins until golden, or roast them around the turkey.

APRICOT CRANBERRY BREAD

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine flour, sugar, orange zest, baking powder, baking soda and salt. In a small bowl, beat egg, water and oil; stir into dry ingredients just until moistened. Fold in the cranberries., Pour into a greased and floured 9x5-in. loaf pan. Cut apricots in the preserves into small pieces; spoon preserves over batter. Cut through batter with a knife to swirl. Bake at 350° for 65-70 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes; remove from pan to a wire rack.

DAHI BARFI (SWEET YOGURT BARS)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 200 degrees.
• Mix all ingredients in a large bowl and pour the mixture in a 8x8 pan.
• Bake 20 minutes or until set in the center. Allow to cool and cut in squares.

CRANBERRY NUT SWIRLS

Steps:

• In a large mixing bowl, combine first four ingredients; beat until light and fluffy, scraping the bowl occasionally.
• Combine the dry ingredients; add to the creamed mixture; refrigerate at least 1 hour.
• In a small bowl, combine cranberries, walnuts and orange peel; set aside.
• On a lightly floured surface, roll dough into a 10-inch square; combine brown sugar and milk; spread over the dough then sprinkle with the cranberry mixture, leaving about a 1/2-inch edge at both ends of the dough; roll up tightly, jelly-roll style.
• Wrap with waxed paper; chill several hours or overnight.
• Cut roll into 1/4-inch slices and place on a well-greased cookie sheet.
• Bake at 375° for 14-15 minutes, or until edges are light brown.

VIDALIA ONIONS IN SOY

Steps:

• Melt the butter in small saucepan.
• Add soy sauce to melted butter and mix.
• Peel and quarter the onion.
• Add to pan and cook over low heat.
• We like them a bit underdone but cook to your liking.

CALIFORNIA COLESLAW

Steps:

• Combine all the salad ingredients in a large bowl.
• Combine the dressing ingredients and blend well.
• Pour dressing over salad, add salt and pper to taste, toss and serve.

PORK STEW WITH APRICOTS

Steps:

• Set oven to 350 degrees.
• Heat oil in a large heavy pot over medium-high heat.
• Add in the cubed pork and brown in batches; transfer to a bowl.
• To the same pot, add in onions, garlic and crushed red pepper flakes; cook, stirring with a wooden spoon until tender (about 8-10 minutes).
• Add in flour and stir with spoon for about 3 minutes.
• Add in broth, apple cider, beer, Dijon mustard, coriander, cinnamon salt and pepper; stir to combine and bring to a boil.
• Add in the chopped carrots and return the browned pork back with any juices from the plate to the pot.
• Cover and place in the oven for about 1 - 1-1/2 hours, or until the pork is tender and the liquid is reduced (add in apricots the last 25 minutes of cooking).
• Season with salt and pepper.

DANISH PASTRIES

Steps:

• Pulse together the dry ingredients plus 2 tsp salt in a processor, then pulse in the milk and egg, plus 100ml water, until you have a smooth, slightly sticky dough. Knead for 1 min, using a little flour, until just smooth. Put into an oiled bowl, cover with oiled cling film and leave to rise in a warm place for 1 hr until doubled in size (overnight in the fridge if you like).
• Flour your surface, then pat the dough out to a rectangle, 1cm thick. Lay the butter slices out over the middle of the dough, in a rectangle. Fold the pastry over the top, bottom and then sides until the butter is completely hidden. Press the edges down.
• Roll the dough out to a 50 x 30cm rectangle, first tapping out the dough with the rolling pin in gentle ridges, so that you can tell the butter is being squashed out evenly inside the pastry, before rolling properly. Turn dough 90 degrees, then fold the right third over and the left third over that. Do this three times, chilling for 15 mins after each roll.
• Cut the dough in half, into 2 squares. Roll one piece of dough to 35 x 35cm. Cut into 9 squares, then follow the instructions below for each filling and shape. If you want to make more than one shape, it's easy to divide the filling quantity. Don't worry if your squares rise as you work, just roll them out a bit again.
• To make 18 pecan pinwheels, whizz 85g pecans until fine, then stir in 50g light muscovado, 1 tbsp maple syrup and 25g softened butter. Cut each square of pastry almost to the middle from each corner, spoon on 1 tsp filling, then fold each point over and press into the middle. Scatter more chopped pecans and a little sugar over before baking. Drizzle with a little maple syrup to serve.
• For 18 apricot custard turnovers, you will need 150g tub custard, 2 x 320g cans apricots and a few tsps apricot jam. Put 2 tsp custard in the middle, sit two apricot halves on top, dot with jam, then pull 2 corners over and pinch to seal.
• To make 18 raisin swirls, mix 50g raisins, 25g caster sugar, 1 tsp mixed spice and 50g soft butter. Instead of cutting the dough into 9, leave it whole and spread the filling over. Roll up, slice into 9 rounds, then squash each one. Blend 50g icing sugar and a few drops of water to drizzle over once baked.
• Once shaped and filled, let the pastries rise for 30 mins until puffed and doubled in size. Heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Brush with beaten egg, make sure you pinch any edges together again, then bake for about 20 mins until golden and risen.