Birds Nest Pudding Food

BIRD'S-NEST PUDDING PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees. On a lightly floured work surface, roll out dough 1/8 inch thick. Cut out a 13-inch round. Fit into bottom and up sides of a 9-inch springform pan. Freeze 15 minutes.
• Blind-bake crust: Line chilled crust with parchment and then foil, pressing into corners to hold up sides. Fill with baking beans or rice. Bake until sides are set and beginning to turn golden, 45 minutes to 1 hour. Remove paper and beans from crust and continue baking until bottom crust is golden brown and dry, about 10 minutes more.
• Meanwhile, stir together 1/2 cup sugar, 1/2 cup cranberries, cinnamon, nutmeg, and 1/4 teaspoon salt. Peel apples; scoop out cores from stem ends with a melon baller or a sharp-tipped spoon, leaving bottom ends intact. Fill hollows with 1 heaping tablespoon cranberry mixture, pressing down to fit as much in as possible and mounding slightly over tops. Transfer to an 8-by-8-inch baking dish. Dot with room-temperature butter. Thirty-five minutes before crust is done, place in oven and bake 25 minutes, turning apples halfway through so sides facing edge of dish face in. Cover with foil and bake until apples are just barely tender when pierced with the tip of a knife, 5 to 10 minutes more. Toss remaining 1/4 cup cranberries with juices in bottom of dish.
• Meanwhile, whisk together flour, baking powder, and remaining 1/4 teaspoon salt. In a separate bowl, whisk egg yolk with remaining 1/2 cup sugar until combined. Whisk in flour mixture, then melted butter and milk. Beat egg whites until stiff peaks form, then gently fold into batter.
• Pour batter into warm crust. Nestle apples into batter, spooning cranberries and 2 tablespoons of juices from dish over top. Return to oven; bake until pie is puffed and beginning to turn golden on edges, and springs back when pressed in center, 30 to 40 minutes. Let cool at least 45 minutes. Serve warm, with ice cream.

BIRDS NEST PIE

Steps:

• Divide apples evenly between two greased 9-inch pie plates; set aside.
• In a mixing bowl, combine flour, sugar, baking soda, cream of tartar, sour milk and egg; mix well.
• Divide batter and pour over apples.
• Bake at 350° for 25-30 minutes or until pies are lightly browned and test done.
• Immediately invert onto serving plates (so apples are on the top).
• Combine all topping ingredients; sprinkle over apples.
• Serve warm.

WINTER BIRD PUDDING (BIRD FOOD)

Steps:

• In a large kettle, bring water and margarine to boiling.
• Slowly add cereals and cook, stirring constantly until the mixture is fully cooked and thick.
• Remove from heat.
• Add peanut butter and desired amount of chopped fruit, nuts, and seeds.
• Cool and place in plastic containers.
• Serving amounts depend on how large you make your bird feeders so the"yield" is a guess.
• Note: pack the mixture into chopped off chunks of panty hose or put in pine cones.
• Hang the mixture in protected crooks of trees.
• You can also spread the mixture onto a surface area (don't use aluminum pans; when it's freezing, little bird feet can stick to the metal and suffer injury), set out on ground or picnic bench.
• By placing the food at different elevations, you will attract many species of birds.
• The food can be preserved in a freezer (if there is any left over).
• Just be sure to use it within three to four months.

BIRD'S NEST PUDDING

Steps:

• Grease a spring-form pan and preheat oven to 350°F.
• Arrange apples in prepared pan and fill centers with bits of butter and about a teaspoon of sugar for each apple; add nuts, raisins, or jelly if desired.
• Beat egg whites stiff, set to the side.
• Beat egg yolks until thick and lemon colored; add sugar and beat well.
• Sift flour and add to batter alternatively with water.
• Fold egg whites into batter; add salt and vanilla.
• Pour over apples and bake for an hour or until golden and apples are tender.

BIRDS' NEST PUDDING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Butter a 2 quart baking dish.
• Place apples in prepared dish. Stuff the core of each apple with brown sugar, pressing down slightly. Reserve any remaining sugar. Sprinkle all the apples with the 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg. Place dish in preheated oven to start baking while the batter is prepared.
• Beat egg whites until stiff. In a separate bowl, beat yolks until they change color. Stir milk and maple flavoring into beaten yolks. In a third bowl, combine flour, cream of tartar, baking powder, salt and any remaining brown sugar until well mixed. Pour flour mixture all at once into egg yolk mixture and stir until smooth. Fold beaten egg whites into yolk batter.
• Remove apples from oven and pour batter evenly over and around apples.
• Bake in preheated oven 45 to 60 minutes more, until crust has browned. Turn each apple, surrounded by some fluffy crust onto a plate and serve at once with sweetened cream.
• To make sweetened cream: Stir confectioners' sugar and 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg into heavy cream.

BIRD'S NEST SOUP

Steps:

• Soak bird's nest overnight. Then remove water and clean.
• In a stockpot add cooking oil and boil the chicken stock then add in birds nest. Let it heat for 10 minutes. Add the rest of the ingredients and let it heat for another 10 minutes. Add in cornstarch roux to lightly thicken the soup and stir in the chicken meat, mushrooms and turn off the heat and let stand for 5 minutes before serving.