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in a Nutshell News
and Recipes from Love'n Bake April
2006 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ in
this issue -- Food Professionals Gather in Seattle --
Marzipan Robin's Eggs -- Another Thing You Can Do Without A Recipe -
Sweet Panini -- FROM OUR RECIPE BOX - Chocolate Monkey Bread --
About Our Company
We're
in a chocolate mood this season. It's a bit too early for spring fruits; a dusting
of snow, poor man’s fertilizer, blanketed the Northeast this weekend. One food
writer called Love’n Bake Chocolate “Schmear” the “rocket-fuel of dessert fillings
intense, powerful, and just a spoonful is all it takes to set your taste buds
in orbit.” This inspired us to use it in a number of new and, we hope, exciting
ways. Home
Baking Makes Memories | |
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Food Professionals Gather in Seattle ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
We're just back from the International Association of Culinary Professionals annual
conference in Seattle. Opening night, we walked the Pike Place Market while sampling
specialties from some of the area’s finer chefs. Cured Salmon with a Douglas Fir
Sorbet from Cascadia Restaurant sticks in our taste memory as does the Herbfarm's
ice cream infused with lemon verbena and rose petals. While at the conference, we learned about exciting cookbooks in the works, many which make liberal use of almond paste, hazelnut praline and pistachio paste. We’ll be watching out for recipes for ice cream, cakes and candies using these luscious ingredients. Look for some of these fresh ideas in coming newsletters. And congratulations to Lynn Kearney of the Food Network who won our cookbook raffle at the conference. | |
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Marzipan Robin's Eggs ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
A gifted marzipan artist, Kim Jurado, taught us how to make these enchanting Robin's Eggs for Easter. Pastel-tinted marzipan is rolled to resemble a miniature egg. Inside hides a secret chocolate center. Dotting the surface of the finished egg with paste food color helps give it a realistic robin's egg appearance. | |
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Another Thing You Can Do Without A Recipe - Sweet Panini ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
How often do you find yourself looking for a quick breakfast when a bowl of cold cereal just won’t do? An oversupply of bananas and a new Panini grill were the inspiration for this recipe. Two slices of bread schmeared with our Chocolate Schmear Filling, layered with thinly sliced bananas and a few minutes under the hinged lid of the grill made an aromatic and tasty wake-up. | |
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FROM OUR RECIPE BOX - Chocolate Monkey Bread ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
A mass of warm bread, chocolate and cinnamon that can be assembled in minutes is just the kind of recipe we need once in a while. Love’n Bake Chocolate “Schmear” Filling makes it special. The Schmear stays moist and gooey inside and crunchy on the outside. Dress it up by adding chopped walnuts or raisins. | |
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About Our Company ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Since 1924, American Almond Products Company has been a leading manufacturer of
artisan-quality specialty nut ingredients for professional bakers, pastry chefs
and chocolatiers. Now our Almond Paste and Marzipan, Hazelnut Praline, Pistachio
Nut Paste, Prune Lekvar and Poppy Seed Filling have been conveniently sized for
home use. And for time-pressed cooks, we have created three ready-to-use “Schmear” fillings in Almond, Cinnamon and Chocolate. Spread or “Schmear” them on any type of dough whether made from scratch or prepared to bake like a professional at home. Each of our ingredients is packed in an easy-to-open, pull-top can. Two distinctive recipe suggestions are on the back side of every label. All products are Kosher certified by OK Laboratories.
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