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Warm
weather is always a good time to enjoy a refreshing fruit
drink. Blending different types of tropical fruit juices
together always make delicious fruit punches. Try using
juices or nectars like passion fruit and guava and add that
to your regular flavours like orange and pineapple; this
really does make an exceptionally delicious drink. Adding
fresh fruit garnishes always adds more excitement to the
drinks as does snazzy drink umbrellas and stirrers.
TROPICAL
FRUIT FREEZE
2 cups chopped peeled and seeded papaya
2 cups cubes fresh pineapple
2 tsp fresh ginger, grated
1 large banana
4 cups chilled fruit juice (orange, or pineapple)
2 cups crushed ice
Place all ingredients into a blender and blend until thick
and icy. n Serves 6 to 8
MEXICAN FRUIT COOLER
2 cups fruit juice
1 cup ice
1 cup papaya or mango
1 cup pineapple
1/4 cup granulated sugar
1 tbs fresh lime juice
Place all ingredients into a blender and blend until thick
and icy.
* Serves 6MANGO
PINEAPPLE PASSION
1 cup chopped ripe mango
1 cup pineapple juice
2 tbs lime juice
Ice
Place all ingredients into a blender and process until thick.
* Serve in tall glasses, garnished with mango or pineapple
pieces.
MANGO STRAWBERRY SMOOTHIE
1 cup chopped ripe mango
1/2 cup frozen strawberries or
4 to 6 strawberries
1/2 cup milk or unflavoured yogurt
1/4 cup sugar syrup, more or less to taste
ice
Place all ingredients into a blender and process until thick.
* Serve in tall glasses.WATERMELON COOLER
8 cups watermelon, cut into chunks, seeds
removed
1/2 cup fresh lime juice
2 cups sugar syrup
Blend water melon with lime juice and syrup.
Pour into ice-filled glasses. Or pour into a large jug and
refrigerate until ready for use.
Serve immediately.
* Serves 10 to 12PINEAPPLE
ORANGE BANANA SMOOTHIE
1 banana
1 cup fresh pineapple
1/2 cup orange juice
1/2 cup milk
sugar syrup
Place ice into a blender, add banana, pineapple, and orange
juice, process until thick, add milk and sweeten to taste
if necessary.
Tropical fruit punch
2 cups guava juice
1/2 cup pineapple juice
1/2 cup orange juice
1/3 cup syrup
2 bananas
Crushed ice
Fresh fruit garnishes
Blend all ingredients together, pour over crushed ice and
garnish.
n Serves 4 to 6
What
is the best way to properly position my oven racks? Does
it differ depending on what I am making?
Unless otherwise specified in a recipe oven racks should
be positioned in the middle of the oven. This allows for
even distribution of heat and air circulation while baking.
For breads and pizzas, though, it is recommended to position
your rack on the lowest rack of your oven.
And for baking items that need not brown too quickly, you
could position the rack in the upper third of the oven.
When I read about baking breads and cakes there is often
a difference between flours needed, that is: cake flour
for cakes, pastries and quick breads, and bread flour for
breads. The difference in these two flours is gluten content.
Can you tell me what is gluten?
Gluten is the elastic substance that is formed when the
protein in wheat flour combines with liquid in a recipe.
This is what gives the elasticity to yeast doughs, which
have to be kneaded and stretched. However it can translate
to toughness in cakes and quick breads.
Flours such as cake and pastry flour, which have a low protein
content tend to produce tender baked goods. There is a variety
of flour available to us in our supermarkets such as all
purpose, cake flour and bread or bakers flour try the different
types and notice the difference in textures of your baked
product.
Confused...Challenged?
Now you can write Wendy with your questions on food and
cooking at:
Wendy Rahamut
Trinidad Guardian
22-24 St Vincent Street, PoS.
or e-mail Wendy at: wendy@tstt.net.tt
Web site: www.caribbeangourmet-tt.com
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