Nutmeg Pancakes Laluna Grenada Food

NUTMEG PANCAKES - LALUNA, GRENADA

Steps:

• Nutmeg Syrup:.
• Bring all ingredients to boil in heavy small saucepan, stirring until sugar dissolves. Reduce heat to medium and simmer until reduce to 1 cup, about 8 minutes. Transfer to a microwave-safe pitcher. Cover and chill. (Can be made 3 days ahead. Keep refrigerated.).
• Pancakes:.
• Preheat oven to 250°F Whisk first 6 ingredients in medium bowl. Whisk eggs and 1/4 cup melted butter in large bowl. Whisk in milk. Add dry ingredients to milk mixture, stirring just to blend (some lumps may remain).
• Heat griddle over medium heat. Brush griddle lightly with melted butter. Working in batches and using 1/3-cup measure, ladle batter onto griddle. Cook until brown on bottom and bubbles form on top, about 2 minutes. Turn pancakes and cook until brown on bottom and cooked through, about 2 minutes longer. Transfer to baking sheet and place in oven to keep warm.
• Rewarm nutmeg syrup in microwave. Divide pancakes among plates. Drizzle with nutmeg syrup, garnish with sliced bananas, and serve.

PASTA WITH SPINACH, NUTMEG, AND SHRIMP

Steps:

• Prepare pasta according to package directions, omitting salt and fat. Drain well; return to pan. Stir in spinach; toss well until spinach wilts.
• Melt 1 tablespoon butter in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add shrimp. Sprinkle with 1/4 teaspoon salt; sauté 2 minutes or until shrimp are done. Remove shrimp from pan; set aside. Melt 1 tablespoon butter in pan over medium heat. Add onion; cook 10 minutes or until tender, stirring often.
• Stir in broth, vermouth, and rind. Increase heat to medium-high; cook 8 minutes or until mixture begins to thicken. Reduce heat to medium. Add cheese; stir until well blended. Stir in 1/4 teaspoon salt, nutmeg, and pepper; remove from heat. Add shrimp and onion mixture to pasta mixture; toss to combine.
• Nutritional Information: CALORIES 496(21% from fat); FAT 11.8g (sat 5.6g,mono 2.7g,poly 1.2g); PROTEIN 35.3g; CHOLESTEROL 197mg; CALCIUM 150mg; SODIUM 685mg; FIBER 4.8g; IRON 14.6mg; CARBOHYDRATE 59.2g.

NUTMEG ICE-CREAM (GRENADA)

Steps:

• In a saucepan bring the milk and the cream just to a boil. Do not boil but turn off the heat as soon as it gets to boiling stage.
• In a bowl whisk together the eggs, the sugar, the nutmeg, the salt, and the vanilla.
• Whisk 1/2 cup of the milk mixture into the egg mixture, and whisk the mixture into the remaining milk mixture.
• Cook the custard over moderate heat, stirring constantly with a wooden spoon, until it registers 175 degrees F. on a candy thermometer.
• Transfer the custard to a metal bowl set in a larger bowl of ice and cold water and stir it until it is cold.
• Freeze the custard in an ice-cream maker according to the manufacturer's instructions.

GRENADA SPICE CAKE

Steps:

• Sift the flour, baking powder and salt together onto a piece of wax paper and set aside. Cream together the butter, sugar, lime rind, nutmeg, cinnamon and allspice until silvery and light-no sugar grains should be discernible on the tongue when the mixture has been properly creamed. (This may take as long as 5 minutes at high mixer speed.) Beat the eggs in, one at a time. Now add the sifted dry ingredients alternately with the milk, beginning and ending with the dry. (I usually mix the flour in - in about five separate additions and the milk in - in three.).
• Spoon the batter into a well buttered and floured 9 x 5 x 3-inch loaf pan, pushing the batter well to the corners and smoothing the surface as much as possible. Bake in a slow oven 300 F for 1 to 1 1/2 hours or until the cake begins to pull from the sides of the pan and leaves an imprint that vanishes slowly when you press the top with your fingers.
• Remove the cake from the oven, stand the pan upright on a wire rack and allow the cake to cool in the pan for 10 minutes. Loosen the cake around the edges with a thin-blade spatula, turn out on a wire rack and cool to room temperature. To serve, slice just as you would pound cake.
• Jean Anderson Cooks.

TUSCAN ONION SOUP - PALIO RESTAURANT, NEW YORK

Steps:

• Melt butter with oil in heavy large pot over medium-high heat. Add onions and saute until golden brown, about 20 minutes. Add wine; simmer until wine evaporates, about 4 minutes. Add tomato and saute 1 minute. Remove from heat. Transfer 1 cup onion mixture to blender. Add 1 cup chicken broth and puree until smooth. Return puree to pot. Add remaining 3 cups broth, chopped prosciutto, and thyme. Bring soup to boil. Reduce heat to medium-low, cover, and simmer 30 minutes to blend flavors.
• Meanwhile, preheat broiler. Place 4 prosciutto slices on baking sheet. Sprinkle each with 1 tablespoon Parmesan cheese. Broil until cheese melts and bubbles and prosciutto is crispy, about 1 minute. Cut each slice into 6 pieces.
• Ladle soup into bowls and top each serving with prosciutto pieces.

BANANA NUTMEG SMOOTHIE

Steps:

• Combine all the ingredients in a blender and process until smooth.