Christmas Recipes
Cranberry, Sausage and Apple Stuffing
1 package sausage meat, 500 gr
2 stalks celery, chopped
1 apple, peeled and chopped
1 medium onion, chopped
1 cup cranberries, fresh or frozen
6 cups dried bread crumbs
1 ½ tsp. sage
¼ tsp poultry seasoning
Handful of fresh parsley, chopped
1 cup chicken stock
Fry sausage meat and drain off fat. Add vegetables and cook until tender. Add cranberries and chopped parsley. Season with sage and poultry seasoning. Add the mixture to the dried bread crumbs. Toss lightly. Add enough chicken stock to bind the crumbs. Bake in a lightly buttered casserole dish for ½ an hour. Cover with lid or tin foil to keep the stuffing from getting dried out
Chocolate Cranberry Zucchini Loaf
2 1/2 cups flour
1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp each baking soda and cinnamon
3/4 tsp salt
1 1/2 cups sugar
3 eggs
1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce
1/3 cup vegetable oil
2 tsp vanilla
2 cups packed grated zucchini
1 cup frozen or fresh cranberries
Preheat oven to 350°. Spray 2- 8”x 4 inch loaf pans with non-stick spray. Set aside. In a large bowl, combine flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon and salt. Set aside. In a medium bowl, whisk together sugar, eggs, applesauce, vegetable oil, zucchini and vanilla. Stir just until dry ingredients are moistened. Fold in cranberries. Spread batter evenly in prepared pans. Bake for 50 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool for 5 minutes in pans. Remove from pans and let cool on a wire rack be fore serving.
Spice Cake with Cranberry Compote
1-14 ounce package spicecake mix
2 cups fresh or frozen cranberries
3 cups pineapple chunks, cut in half
1 cup brown sugar
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
Whipped cream
DIRECTIONS:
Prepare spicecake as directed on package. Cool completely.
Combine remaining ingredients, except whipped cream, in a medium saucepan. Bring mixture to a boil and cook just until the cranberries begin to pop, stirring frequently. Cool sauce slightly. Spoon warm compote over each serving of spicecake. Top with whipped cream.
1 package sausage meat, 500 gr
2 stalks celery, chopped
1 apple, peeled and chopped
1 medium onion, chopped
1 cup cranberries, fresh or frozen
6 cups dried bread crumbs
1 ½ tsp. sage
¼ tsp poultry seasoning
Handful of fresh parsley, chopped
1 cup chicken stock
Fry sausage meat and drain off fat. Add vegetables and cook until tender. Add cranberries and chopped parsley. Season with sage and poultry seasoning. Add the mixture to the dried bread crumbs. Toss lightly. Add enough chicken stock to bind the crumbs. Bake in a lightly buttered casserole dish for ½ an hour. Cover with lid or tin foil to keep the stuffing from getting dried out
Chocolate Cranberry Zucchini Loaf
2 1/2 cups flour
1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp each baking soda and cinnamon
3/4 tsp salt
1 1/2 cups sugar
3 eggs
1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce
1/3 cup vegetable oil
2 tsp vanilla
2 cups packed grated zucchini
1 cup frozen or fresh cranberries
Preheat oven to 350°. Spray 2- 8”x 4 inch loaf pans with non-stick spray. Set aside. In a large bowl, combine flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon and salt. Set aside. In a medium bowl, whisk together sugar, eggs, applesauce, vegetable oil, zucchini and vanilla. Stir just until dry ingredients are moistened. Fold in cranberries. Spread batter evenly in prepared pans. Bake for 50 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool for 5 minutes in pans. Remove from pans and let cool on a wire rack be fore serving.
Spice Cake with Cranberry Compote
1-14 ounce package spicecake mix
2 cups fresh or frozen cranberries
3 cups pineapple chunks, cut in half
1 cup brown sugar
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
Whipped cream
DIRECTIONS:
Prepare spicecake as directed on package. Cool completely.
Combine remaining ingredients, except whipped cream, in a medium saucepan. Bring mixture to a boil and cook just until the cranberries begin to pop, stirring frequently. Cool sauce slightly. Spoon warm compote over each serving of spicecake. Top with whipped cream.
