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Maple syrup gives
unique taste to cooking
Maple syrup is one of Ontario’s
natural sweeteners. Its unique,
delicate taste makes it a well known
favourite for pancakes or for other
table uses. Maple syrup is also a
delicious baking ingredient, and
Foodland Ontario has developed
the following recipes to highlight
that exceptional maple flavour.
MAPLE FRENCH TOAST
3 eggs
*/2 cup Ontario Maple Syrup
lA cup milk
*/2 tsp. vanilla
% tsp. salt
6 slices French bread
2 tbsp, butter
Beat together eggs, syrup, milk,
vanilla and salt. Place bread slices
in single layer in 13 x 9-inch dish.
Pour mixture evenly over bread.
Cover and refrigerate 3 hours or
overnight.
Melt butter in large frying pan.
Add bread slices and brown both
sides. Serve hot with Maple
Sweetened Butter. Makes 3 serv
ings. Recipe doubles easily.
Maple Sweetened Butter:
Cream % cup softened butter and 2
tbsp. Ontario Maple Syrup.
MAPLE SAB A YON
6 egg yolks
*/2 cup Ontario Maple Syrup
1 can (14oz.) peach halves, drained
In top of double boiler, away
from heat, beat egg yolks until
thick and light coloured. Gradually
beat in maple syrup, then place
over hot water and cook, beating
constantly, until fluffy and thicken
ed, 5 to 7 minutes. Serve over
peach halves. Makes 6 servings.
MAPLE OAT SQUARES
lA cup butter
1 cup Ontario Maple Syrup
2 cups quick-cooking rolled oats
% cup wheat germ
‘A cup chopped walnuts
1 egg
In Medium saucepan, bring
butter and syrup to a boil over
medium heat, stirring constantly.
Continue cooking for 3 minutes.
Remove from heat and add remain
ing ingredients; mix well. Spread
evenly in greased 9-inch square
pan. Bake at 375°F for 15 to 20
minutes, or until lightly browned.
Cool and cut into squares. Makes
about 2 dozen.
MAPLE BUTTER TARTS
% cup butter, softened
% cup firmly-packed brown sugar
1 egg
lA tsp. vanilla
*/2 cup Ontario Maple Syrup
10 - 12 unbaked tart shells
Cream butter and brown sugar
until light and fluffy. Beat in egg
and vanilla. Blend in syrup. Pour
into tartshells. Bakeat375°Ffor 15
to 20 minutes, or until golden
browm. Makes 10 to 12 tarts.
TANGY MAPLE MEATBALLS
Meatballs:
lA lb. ground beef
Vi lb. ground pork
% cup chopped onion
1 egg
2 tbsp, dried parsley flakes
1 tsp. Worcestershire sauce
*/2 tsp. salt
1/8 tsp. pepper
Sauce:
1 tbsp, cornstarch
1 tsp. dry mustard
% tsp. salt
1 tbsp, vinegar
lA cup Ontario Maple Syrup
lA cup water.
Combine ground meats, egg,
parsley, Worcestershire sauce, Vi
tsp. salt, and pepper. Form into
balls. Place in 8-inch square pan.
Bake at 350°F for 20 minutes.
Meanwhile, combine corn
starch, dry mustard and remaining
salt in small saucepan. Gradually
stir in vinegar, syrup and water.
Cook and stir over medium heat
until thickened and bubbly.
Drain fat from meatballs and
pour sauce over. Returntooven
and bake 20 minutes longer.
Makes 4 servings.
FIVE QUICK IDEAS FOR
ONTARIO MAPLE SYRUP
Maple Jelly - Dissolve 1 enve
lope unflavoured gelantine in 1 cun
boiling water. Add 1 cup Maple
Syrup. Chill until set. Serve with
Maple Whipped Cream.
Maple Whipped Cream - Sweet
en a carton of whipping cream with
3tbsp. MapleSyrup. Beatasusual.
Maple Butter Icing - Substitute
Maple Syrup for milk in your
favourite butter icing recipe. Great
for frosting carrot or gingerbread
cake.
Maple Yogourt - Flavour plain
yogurt with Maple Syrup. Use as a
topping or dip for seasonal fresh or
canned fruit.
Maple Glaze - Add a taste of
Maple Syrup to meats such as
baked ham, pork chops or sausag
es, at the end ofthe cooking time; to
cooked vegetables like carrots,
parsnips, sweet potatoes, squash
and corn; and to canned fruits such
as pears or peaches, either chilled
or heated under the broiler.
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broccoli growers, remains on the
air despite earlier protests by
former Ontario Federation of
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ssero.
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Pelissero wrote a letter to
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been seen on television as late as
last month.
Further objections were raised
at the recent Ontario Fruit and
Vegetable Growers Association
meeting in Toronto. Arthur Lough-
ton, Ontario agriculture ministry
broccoli researcher, said the com
mercial “annoys me everything I
see it. The companies should use
more common sense.”
Growers wondered why good
broccoli news never got out, such
as New Brunswick broccoli grow
ers recently donating 15 cents per
bunch to cancer research.
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