6 rolled lemon three Recipes

at the time when christianity was accepted in serbia , many families were baptised and chose their own saint. this is why saint nicholas is celebrated by so many families on the 19th of december. for the orthodox families st. nicholas is a special day with special rituals and prayers, to others it only means a day to be with your family and enjoy lots of food., this st. nicholas bread is traditionally made in orthodox families for the feast of st. nicholas. i heard that in other families a coin is put in the bread and the person who gets the piece with the coin will be rich in the future. i do not believe that this is part of a religious ritual, but i can be wrong., ingredients for the bread, sugar, fresh yeast or 1 package dry yeast (7 g), lukewarm milk, kilo flour (all purpose), salt, sugar, butter, egg yolks, grated lemon peel and some lemon juice, ingredients for the braid, flour, water, little bit salt, how to make the bread, put the (fresh ) yeast in a small bowl together with a tsp sugar and a little bit lukewarm milk. mix and set aside so the yeast can start to work. yeast usually activates between 25 and 28 degrees celsius., take another bowl and beat the egg yolks, add the rest of the milk and stir well., put the flour , sugar, salt, lemon peel and a bit of lemon juice together in a bowl. add the softened butter in small pieces and knead until the mixture has a fine texture., mix the yeast mixture with the milk/egg mixture and add it to the flour. knead everything well until the dough becomes a ball (leaving the bowl clean). put the dough into another bowl, cover it with a damp cloth and put it on a warm place. let the dough rise for 2 hours., after these two hours knead the dough again (shortly) on a floured surface. make a ball again and let the dough rise again for 1 hour., form a round bread and put it on a greased baking tray or use greased baking paper. you can also use a round baking pan, don tsp forget to grease it, make the dough for the braid by mixing 250 g flour, 180 ml water and a pinch of salt together in a bowl. make a soft dough, divide it in three pieces and form 3 rolls. make a braid twice the diameter of the bread. cut the braid in half and form a cross on the bread, use a water/egg mixture to glue it on the bread., bake the st. nicholas bread in a preheated oven on 180 degrees celsius for about 60 minutes.

mrs. whistler s version, paste, rub fresh lard into your flour work it up quick with cold water roll it out three times with butter spread over it about 3/4 of a lb to a lb of flour strew dry flour do not work it any after rolling it any after rolling in the butter., mince pies, part tender beef 1 of fresh suet or butter 1 of apples 1 of fruit, consisting of raisins, stoned and chaped, currants and citron, wet it with equal parts of brandy sweet wine, and sweet cider, cloves nutmeg, cinnamon, allspice, dried orange peel, the juice of a fresh lemon

australian leatherwood honey, water, sugar, cinnamon stick, lemons, mixed shelled pecans , cashews, and pistachios, ground cinnamon, ground allspice, fine salt, unsalted butter (3 1/2 sticks), sheets phyllo dough (about 1 lb), thawed

shredded cabbage, carrots , julienned, asparagus spears , cut into 1/4 inch pieces, scallions, thinly sliced, lump crabmeat, ginger, grated, garlic, finely minced or grated, soy sauce, canola oil, sesame oil, freshly ground white pepper, egg roll wraps, canola oil, for frying, rice wine vinegar, fish stock or 3/4 cup shrimp stock or 3/4 cup vegetable stock (your choice), dark soy sauce, minced ginger, lemons , zest of, brown sugar , to taste, apricot preserves, yellow mustard (can add 1/2 yellow and 1/2 dijon or spicy honey mustard your choice), unsalted peanuts, low sodium soy sauce, red chili paste (i like sambal), cayenne pepper , to taste, dark brown sugar, limes, juiced, water, chopped peanuts, for garnish