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Makes about 5 cups.
INGREDIENTS
2cups whole milk
2cups whipping cream
1cup sugar
6whole cinnamon sticks
16whole cloves, slightly crushed8large egg yolks
DIRECTIONS
Combine milk, cream, 1/2 cup sugar, cinnamon and cloves in heavy medium saucepan. Bring to boil over medium-high heat, stirring until sugar dissolves. Remove [...]
INGREDIENTS
Cake
14 1/2 ounces boxed cake mix (I used orange, but white or yellow would work fine, too)
2 teaspoons cinnamon
1 teaspoon cloves
1 teaspoon nutmeg
1 teaspoon allspice
1 teaspoon grated fresh ginger
1 cup sour cream
1/3 cup milk
1/4 cup oil
3 eggs
Icing
2 (8ounce)packages cream cheese , at room temp
1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
2 oranges
2 teaspoons cloves
DIRECTIONS
Cake:.
Sift cake mix and spices into a mixing bowl.
Add sour cream, milk, eggs and oil.
Beat at low speed until dry ingredients are incorporated.Beat at high speed for 3 minute.
Pour batter into appropriate sized pans. (Look [...]
Massimo’s Aunt Enza has played an important role in my life as a born-again Tuscan. We often dine at her home on Sunday, for a traditional family lunch, prefaced by Enza’s statement that she hasn’t prepared anything. This means that there’s nothing new on the table and that we’re in for our usual treat of [...]
(garlic Roast Beef)
My husband’s Aunt Enza has played an important role in my life as a born-again Tuscan. We often dine at her home on Sundays for a traditional family lunch. The main course is usually what Enza calls magro, which can actually mean meatless but in Enza’s lexicon signifies merely a lean or fatless [...]
Can be prepared in 45 minutes or less, but requires additional unattended time.
Serves 2.
INGREDIENTS
2 pounds red seedless grapes, rinsed
2 cups sugar
4 cups water
1 teaspoon whole cloves
3 cinnamon sticks, halved
DIRECTIONS
Keeping grapes on stems, poke each grape several times [...]