Apple Cake Served with Honey Whiskey Ice Cream
1 cup self-raising flour
1½ sticks margarine
½ cup confectioners’ sugar
Zest of ½ lemon
2 eggs
1 generous pound of very
thinly sliced apples
2 tablespoons sugar
1½ tablespoons lemon juice
1...
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Julienned Tower
For the carrot layer:
1 bag baby carrots
2 teaspoons olive oil
¼ cup brown sugar
Kosher salt, to taste
For the meat layer:
1½-2 pounds chuck or pepper steak
2...
Fresh Fruit Compote
10 fresh apricots
15 peaches
15 nectarines
15 plums
3 pears
3 Cortland apples
3 green apples
1 cup sugar
4 cloves
1 (approx. 3-oz.) box strawberry jello powder
1. Peel all fruit, aside...
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