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Marion's Recipes SWEET & SOUR PORK INGREDIENTS PORK CUBES (6-8 LBS.) BOIL IN SEASONED WATER UNTIL TENDER (ABOUT ONE HOUR). SEASON W/ONION, SALT, PEPPER. SAUCE IN SAUCEPAN, MIX TOGETHER 1 C. WHITE SUGAR, 2 TSP. SALT & 4 TBSP. CORNSTARCH. STIR IN 1 C. WHITE VINEGAR, 6-8 TBSP. SOY SAUCE & DRAINED JUICE FROM A #10 (80 OZ) CAN OF PINEAPPLE CUBES. BOIL & STIR ‘TIL SAUCE IS THICK & CLEAR. TASTE AND ADD MORE SOY SAUCE, IF NECESSARY, ALONG WITH A BIT MORE SUGAR, IF NECESSARY (SAUCE SHOULD BE NOT TOO SWEET AND NOT TOO TANGY). TO CORRECTED SAUCE, ADD 2 GREEN PEPPERS CUT INTO STRIPS, A LARGE ONION CUT INTO CHUNKS AND THE DRAINED PINEAPPLE CUBES. STRAIN PORK AND ADD TO SAUCE MIXTURE. MIX TOGETHER AND SIMMER ON STOVE ‘TIL VEGETABLES ARE TENDER.
BREAD PUDDING BREAD CUBE 2 CHALLAH LOAVES INTO ABOUT 1” CUBES, CRUSTS REMOVED. PLACE IN A LARGE SHALLOW BOWL. CUSTARD 3 CUPS HEAVY CREAM BEAT EGGS FIRST, ADD REST OF INGREDIENTS ‘TIL POUR OVER BREAD AND SOAK FOR ABOUT 20 MINUTES. ADD FRUIT AS DESIRED, IE. RAISINS, APPLES, BLUEBERRIES, ETC. MIX WELL AND PUT INTO PANS. TOP WITH SUGAR AND BAKE FOR APPROX. 1 HR. UNTIL PUFFED AND KNIFE IN THICKEST PART COMES OUT CLEAN.
RICE PUDDING 1 GALLON WHOLE MILK BRING TO A SLOW BOIL . ADD 2 CUPS BASMATI RICE STIR AND SIMMER UNTIL RICE IS TENDER (ABOUT 1 HR). ADD 2 BEATEN EGGS AND 2-3 TBSP VANILLA. P.S. POUR HOT MILK INTO EGGS THEN ADD EGGS TO THE REST OF THE MIXTURE TO PREVENT “EGG STRANDS.” ADD FRUIT AS DESIRED, IE. RAISINS, DRIED CHERRIES, CANNED PEACH CHUNKS, ETC.
PIE CRUST 5 C. FLOUR MIX TOGETHER AND ADD 1 LB. OF LARD, CHUNKED. MIX WITH A PASTRY BLENDER UNTIL LARD IS MIXED IN (LEAVING PEA-SIZED “CRUMBS”). IN A 1 CUP MEASURE, MIX 1 EGG AND 1 TBSP WHITE VINEGAR TOGETHER. ADD ENOUGH COLD WATER TO FILL CUP TO ¾ FULL (OR A LITTLE MORE). MIX ONLY UNTIL COMBINED (DON’T OVERMIX). WRAP IN SARAN WRAP FOR LATER USE.
PIEROGY DOUGH 4 CUPS FLOUR (8 C.) MIX DRY INGREDIENTS. MAKE A WELL IN THE CENTER. ADD OIL AND WATER. MIX WITH A WOODEN SPOON ‘TIL MIXED. DISPOSE OF SPOON, AND WORK DOUGH WITH HANDS, ADDING MORE FLOUR AND/OR WATER UNTIL DOUGH IS SOFT AND SMOOTH, AND NOT STICKY. THIS WILL TAKE ABOUT 20 MINUTES WITH KNEADING AND FOLDING TO BRING ABOUT THE DESIRED RESULTS. WRAP IN PLASTIC WRAP. PIEROGY FILLINGS POTATO – BOIL ABOUT 6 IDAHO POTATOES ‘TIL DONE (WITH SALT ADDED). IMMEDIATELY MASH AND ADD DRAINED COTTAGE CHEESE AND ONE FINELY DICED ONION. ADD SALT AND PEPPER TO TASTE. SAUERKRAUT – SAUTE A BAG OF WELL DRAINED SAUERKRAUT IN A GOOD BIT OF HOT OIL. ADD ONE DICED ONION. SAUTE UNTIL SAUERKRAUT IS BROWNED AND LIMP (WILL TAKE ABOUT 1 HR).
BANANA CREAM PIE LINE 9” PIE PLATES (OR SMALL ONES) WITH PASTRY. PRICK WITH FORK AND BAKE AT 350 TIL CRUST IS LIGHTLY BROWNED AND BAKED THROUGH. COOL. CUSTARD 9 C. WHOLE MILK SIMMER 7 C. MILK, SUGAR, AND SALT TIL BUBBLES FORM AROUND PAN. IN THE MEANTIME, PUT CORNSTARCH INTO A BOWL, ADD 2 C. MILK. MIX ‘TIL SMOOTH. ADD EGG YOLKS AND MIX ‘TIL BLENDED. WHEN MILK IS READY, TEMPER EGG MIXTURE (PUT SOME HOT MILK INTO EGG MIXTURE THEN POUR MIXTURE INTO MILK). COOK FOR A FEW MINUTES UNTIL MIXTURE BOILS. REMOVE FROM HEAT. ADD BUTTER, VANILLA AND BANANA EXTRACT.
PUT LEMON JUICE COATED BANANA SLICES ONTO BOTTOMS OF COOLED PIE SHELLS. ADD CUSTARD TO FILL PLATE. ADD ANOTHER LAYER OF LEMON JUICE COATED BANANAS. WHIP 1 QT. HEAVY CREAM WITH SUGAR AND VANILLA. PILE ON TOP OF CUSTARD. TOP WHIPPED CREAM WITH FINELY CHOPPED HEATH BARS.
CHOCOLATE CREAM PIE PRE-BAKE PIE SHELLS AND COOL (PRICK SHELLS W/FORK BEFORE BAKING). 16 EGG YOLKS BEAT EGG YOLKS IN A BOWL. GRADUALLY ADD 1 C. SUGAR ‘TIL DISSOLVED. TO A SEPARATE SAUCEPAN ADD THE OTHER 1 C. SUGAR AND THE CORNSTARCH. WISK IN THE SALT AND MILK. COOK TIL THICKENED. ADD EGG YOLK/SUGAR MIXTURE BY ADDING HOT MIXTURE INTO EGGS THEN ADDING THE EGG MIXTURE TO THE MILK. STIR AND COOK ‘TIL BOILING. REMOVE FROM HEAT. ADD CHOCOLATE AND VANILLA. MIX ‘TIL CHOCOLATE IS MELTED AND MIXED IN WELL. FILL PIES. WHEN COOLED, WHIP CREAM WITH SUGAR/VANILLA ADDED AND PILE ON TOP OF CHOCOLATE FILLING. GARNISH W/ SHAVED CHOCOLATE.
COCONUT CREAM PIE 6 C. HEAVY CREAM TOAST ABOUT 6 CUPS COCONUT IN A SLOW OVEN TIL LIGHTLY BROWNED (CHECK SEVERAL TIMES AND MIX AS NEEDED). WHILE COCONUT IS TOASTING, SCALD THE HEAVY CREAM AND 3 C. MILK WITH THE SUGAR. DISSOLVE CORNSTARCH IN THE REMAINING 2 C. MILK. ADD EGG YOLKS. TEMPER YOLK MIXTURE WITH 2 C. HOT CREAM/MILK MIXTURE THEN ADD TO CREAM/SUGAR/MILK MIXTURE. COOK ‘TIL MIXTURE THICKENS AND BOILS. REMOVE FROM HEAT. ADD VANILLA AND TOASTED COCONUT. POUR CUSTARD INTO COOLED SHELLS. COOL BEFORE TOPPING WITH WHIPPED CREAM SPIKED W/VANILLA AND SUGAR. GARNISH WITH MORE TOASTED COCONUT.
LEMON MERINGUE PIE
1 C. CORNSTARCH IN SAUCEPAN, MIX TOGETHER CORNSTARCH, SUGAR, WATER AND EGG YOLKS. COOK TIL THICKENED AND BOILING. ADD LEMON JUICE, BUTTER AND LEMON PEEL FROM 2-3 LEMONS UNTIL THE RIGHT BLEND OF SWEET AND SOUR IS ATTAINED. WHILE THE ABOVE IS COOKING, WHIP EGG WHITES IN A KITCHEN AID, ADDING SUGAR GRADUALLY UNTIL STIFF PEAKS FORM. PLACE HOT FILLING IN PRE-BAKED PIE SHELLS, WELL COOLED. PILE ON MERINGUE, MAKING SURE TO SEAL IN THE FILLING. BROWN IN 350 OVEN FOR ABOUT 10 MINUTES ‘TIL MERINGUE IS NICELY BROWNED.
STEAK MARINADE HONEY MIX TOGETHER AND ADD TO MEAT. LET SIT OVERNIGHT TO TENDERIZE AND FLAVOR.
COQ AU VIN 2 LBS. BACON, DICED HEAT OIL IN DUTCH OVEN. ADD BACON ‘TIL CRISPED AND BROWNED. REMOVE. BROWN ABOUT 16 CHICKEN PIECES, BONE-IN (MIX OF DARK AND WHITE MEAT) IN BACON PAN. SET ASIDE. IN SAME PAN, ADD ONIONS AND CARROTS ‘TIL ONIONS ARE WILTED. ADD GARLIC. COOK FOR A FEW MORE MINUTES. ADD BUTTER AND MUSHROOMS. SPRINKLE VEGETABLES W/FLOUR AND COOK FOR A COUPLE OF MINUTES. ADD BROTH, WINE AND COGNAC. BRING TO A BOIL AND COOK ‘TIL SAUCE THICKENS SLIGHTLY. STIR IN TOMATO PASTE, RED CURRANT JELLY, BROWN SUGAR, THYME, BAY LEAF, SALT AND PEPPER. RETURN BACON TO PAN AND MIX IN. ADJUST SEASONINGS, IF NECESSARY. PUT CHICKEN PIECES INTO PANS. TOP WITH SAUCE. COVER WITH FOIL AND BAKE AT 350 FOR ABOUT 1 HR. UNTIL CHICKEN IS DONE AND CARROTS ARE TENDER.
PAVLOVA 3 EGG WHITES BEAT ‘TIL STIFF ½ TSP. CORNSTARCH MIX ABOVE TOGETHER AND FOLD INTO EGG WHITE MIXTURE. PIPE ONTO PARCHMENT PAPER AND BAKE FOR 1 HR. AT 300 DEGREES. FILL WITH FRUIT AND TOP WITH WHIPPED CREAM.
PECAN PIE LINE PIE TINS WITH CRUST. SET ASIDE. 3 C. KARO SYRUP MIX TOGETHER SYRUP, EGGS, SUGAR, BUTTER AND VANILLA. FOLD IN PECANS. POUR INTO PREPARED PIE PLATES LINED WITH PASTRY. BAKE FOR ABOUT 1 HR. AT 350 ‘TIL SET. WATCH THAT NUTS DON’T BURN. MAKE SAUCE: Ham Salad Ingredients:
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