Orange Carrot Polenta Zeppole + Chocolate Glaze + Cadied Carrots + ...
October Orange Carrot Polenta Zeppole + Quick Chocolate Orange Glaze + Candied Carrots + Italian Cocoa-Orange Lattes
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precook+preheat Combine ¼ C dry fine cornmeal in a small saucepan with 1-1½ C water and a pinch of salt. Whisk until smooth while bringing to a boil over medium heat. Then continue to whisk for about 5 minutes until it has thickened. Turn off heat and let cool. Preheat your oven to 400 degrees.
zest+squeeze+grate Have your kids zest the rind of 2 oranges. Squeeze the juice from the oranges after zesting. Grate 1 carrot.
measure+combine+boil In a skillet on your stovetop, combine 1 stick (½ C butter), ¼ tsp salt, ¼ C sugar, and ½ C freshly squeeze orange juice. Bring to a boil over medium heat and then turn off heat.
add+stir Have your kids add ½ to ¾ C flour and carefully stir into melted butter mixture. Then add ½ C precooked polenta and continue to stir everything together. If the dough is too wet, add a few more T flour to the skillet. Turn your heat back up to low and stir continuously until the mixture forms a ball, about 4 minutes. Transfer the dough to a medium bowl. :: continued ::
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crack+blend One at a time, crack 2 eggs into the dough and blend with a hand mixer or immersion blender,
incorporating each egg completely before adding the next. Add 1 T orange zest and 2 T grated carrots to the dough and beat until smooth.
oil+bake Time to make doughnut holes! Put about 1 tsp vegetable oil in the bottom of each well in a mini-muffin pan. Heat the empty muffin pan in the oven until hot. Then carefully pour in about 1 Tbs of the batter into each cup. Pop into the oven and bake for about 6-8 minutes. As soon as the doughnut holes get bubbly and start to brown around the edge, pull the muffin tin out of the oven and turn the doughnut holes quickly and carefully (a chopstick works great!). Continue baking for 3-4 more minutes until cooked through.
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grate+toss Have your kids grate 1 carrot. Toss the grated carrot with a few drops of fresh orange juice (to prevent browning) and 1 tsp sugar. Set to the side while you make the glaze.
measure+whisk Have your kids measure and whisk 1 T orange juice, ¾ C confectioners' powdered sugar, 2 T cocoa powder, and a pinch of salt until smooth, creamy, and a little thick. Add more sugar if too thin and more orange juice (or water) if too thick!
squeeze+garnish Squeeze the candied carrots dry with a paper towel. Top your zeppole with glaze and the candied carrots!
••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• italian cocoa-orange lattes
combine+peel In a small bowl, have your kids measure and stir together 3 T cocoa powder and 4 T sugar (or 2 packs Stevia) until well combined. Peel 1 orange.
heat+stir Heat 3 C milk in a saucepan on your stovetop over medium low heat, with the orange peels. Stir in the chocolate/sugar mixture and heat until steaming. Let cool a bit and remove orange peels before serving! :: continued ::
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shopping list Orange Polenta Zeppole Doughnuts 1 stick butter (½ C) ¼ tsp salt ¼ C sugar 2 oranges (for ½ C juice and 1 T zest) ½ - ¾ C all-purpose flour
Candied Carrots 1 carrot ½ T sugar 1 tsp orange juice
Italian Cocoa-Orange Lattes
½ C fine cornmeal 4 eggs
3 C milk 3 T cocoa powder 4 T sugar peels of 1 fresh orange
1 carrot vegetable oil
Quick Chocolate Glaze ¾ C confectioners' powdered sugar 2 T cocoa powder 1 T orange juice pinch of salt
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fun food facts: The History of Doughnuts! Variations of doughnuts (fried dough) are found in every culture around the globe. Records show that the Dutch were making olykoeks, or “oil cakes”, as early as the mid 19th century. These early doughnuts were simply balls of cake fried until golden brown. Because the center of the cake did not cook as fast as the outside, the cakes were sometimes stuffed with fruit, nuts, or other fillings that did not require cooking. Hansen Gregory, an American ship captain, had another solution to the uncooked center of these early doughnuts. In 1847, he punched a hole in the center of the dough ball, increasing the surface area and exposure to the hot oil, and therefore eliminating the uncooked center. Doughnut holes are the small spheres that are made from the dough taken from the center of ring doughnuts, or made to look as if they are. Doughnut sellers saw the opportunity to market “holes” as a novelty.
The surprise ingredient of the week is: Oranges! ★
Oranges are a great source of vitamin C, as well as dietary fiber. Oranges are a good source of antioxidants. They also have about 8 grams of natural sugars per 100 grams of fruit.
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Oranges grow on trees. The parent plant is spiny, small, and evergreen with glossy-green leaves and white fragrant flowers. During the first four years of its life, it bears very little fruit and it doesn’t reach maturity until about 12 years old.
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Oranges can grow in a wide range of climates, but prefer warm temperatures as really cold weather can cause damage due to the small size and thin skin. In very hot weather, oranges can become sunburnt!
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Oranges must be picked carefully by hand when ripe, as they are difficult to harvest without skins being bruised or damaged.
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Orange trees originated in China and were found in Europe before eventually being grown in North America in the late 1400s.
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The rind, or peel of an orange, is usually discarded, but can also be used in cooking. The outer-most layer of the rind is called the zest and has a similar flavor to the inner part of the orange. The white part on the underside of the rind is almost always discarded as it is bitter in taste
Time for a laugh! Knock, knock! Who’s there? Orange! Orange who? Orange you going to answer the door? Why did the baker stop making doughnuts? He got fed up with the hole business!
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precook+preheat Combine ¼ C dry fine cornmeal in a small saucepan with 1-1½ C water and a pinch of salt. Whisk until smooth while bringing to a boil over medium heat. Then continue to whisk for about 5 minutes until it has thickened. Turn off heat and let cool. Preheat your oven to 400 degrees.
zest+squeeze+grate Have your kids zest the rind of 2 oranges. Squeeze the juice from the oranges after zesting. Grate 1 carrot.
measure+combine+boil In a skillet on your stovetop, combine 1 stick (½ C butter), ¼ tsp salt, ¼ C sugar, and ½ C freshly squeeze orange juice. Bring to a boil over medium heat and then turn off heat.
add+stir Have your kids add ½ to ¾ C flour and carefully stir into melted butter mixture. Then add ½ C precooked polenta and continue to stir everything together. If the dough is too wet, add a few more T flour to the skillet. Turn your heat back up to low and stir continuously until the mixture forms a ball, about 4 minutes. Transfer the dough to a medium bowl. :: continued ::
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cooking Sticky Fingers Cultivating ‘Cool’inary Curiosity in Kids
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THYME to TURNIP the BEET on WHAT KIDS EAT
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crack+blend One at a time, crack 2 eggs into the dough and blend with a hand mixer or immersion blender,
incorporating each egg completely before adding the next. Add 1 T orange zest and 2 T grated carrots to the dough and beat until smooth.
oil+bake Time to make doughnut holes! Put about 1 tsp vegetable oil in the bottom of each well in a mini-muffin pan. Heat the empty muffin pan in the oven until hot. Then carefully pour in about 1 Tbs of the batter into each cup. Pop into the oven and bake for about 6-8 minutes. As soon as the doughnut holes get bubbly and start to brown around the edge, pull the muffin tin out of the oven and turn the doughnut holes quickly and carefully (a chopstick works great!). Continue baking for 3-4 more minutes until cooked through.
•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• candied carrots + quick chocolate glaze
grate+toss Have your kids grate 1 carrot. Toss the grated carrot with a few drops of fresh orange juice (to prevent browning) and 1 tsp sugar. Set to the side while you make the glaze.
measure+whisk Have your kids measure and whisk 1 T orange juice, ¾ C confectioners' powdered sugar, 2 T cocoa powder, and a pinch of salt until smooth, creamy, and a little thick. Add more sugar if too thin and more orange juice (or water) if too thick!
squeeze+garnish Squeeze the candied carrots dry with a paper towel. Top your zeppole with glaze and the candied carrots!
••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• italian cocoa-orange lattes
combine+peel In a small bowl, have your kids measure and stir together 3 T cocoa powder and 4 T sugar (or 2 packs Stevia) until well combined. Peel 1 orange.
heat+stir Heat 3 C milk in a saucepan on your stovetop over medium low heat, with the orange peels. Stir in the chocolate/sugar mixture and heat until steaming. Let cool a bit and remove orange peels before serving! :: continued ::
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shopping list Orange Polenta Zeppole Doughnuts 1 stick butter (½ C) ¼ tsp salt ¼ C sugar 2 oranges (for ½ C juice and 1 T zest) ½ - ¾ C all-purpose flour
Candied Carrots 1 carrot ½ T sugar 1 tsp orange juice
Italian Cocoa-Orange Lattes
½ C fine cornmeal 4 eggs
3 C milk 3 T cocoa powder 4 T sugar peels of 1 fresh orange
1 carrot vegetable oil
Quick Chocolate Glaze ¾ C confectioners' powdered sugar 2 T cocoa powder 1 T orange juice pinch of salt
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cooking Sticky Fingers Cultivating ‘Cool’inary Curiosity in Kids
TM
THYME to TURNIP the BEET on WHAT KIDS EAT
www.stickyfingerscooking.com © 2016 Sticky Fingers Cooking
fun food facts: The History of Doughnuts! Variations of doughnuts (fried dough) are found in every culture around the globe. Records show that the Dutch were making olykoeks, or “oil cakes”, as early as the mid 19th century. These early doughnuts were simply balls of cake fried until golden brown. Because the center of the cake did not cook as fast as the outside, the cakes were sometimes stuffed with fruit, nuts, or other fillings that did not require cooking. Hansen Gregory, an American ship captain, had another solution to the uncooked center of these early doughnuts. In 1847, he punched a hole in the center of the dough ball, increasing the surface area and exposure to the hot oil, and therefore eliminating the uncooked center. Doughnut holes are the small spheres that are made from the dough taken from the center of ring doughnuts, or made to look as if they are. Doughnut sellers saw the opportunity to market “holes” as a novelty.
The surprise ingredient of the week is: Oranges! ★
Oranges are a great source of vitamin C, as well as dietary fiber. Oranges are a good source of antioxidants. They also have about 8 grams of natural sugars per 100 grams of fruit.
★
Oranges grow on trees. The parent plant is spiny, small, and evergreen with glossy-green leaves and white fragrant flowers. During the first four years of its life, it bears very little fruit and it doesn’t reach maturity until about 12 years old.
★
Oranges can grow in a wide range of climates, but prefer warm temperatures as really cold weather can cause damage due to the small size and thin skin. In very hot weather, oranges can become sunburnt!
★
Oranges must be picked carefully by hand when ripe, as they are difficult to harvest without skins being bruised or damaged.
★
Orange trees originated in China and were found in Europe before eventually being grown in North America in the late 1400s.
★
The rind, or peel of an orange, is usually discarded, but can also be used in cooking. The outer-most layer of the rind is called the zest and has a similar flavor to the inner part of the orange. The white part on the underside of the rind is almost always discarded as it is bitter in taste
Time for a laugh! Knock, knock! Who’s there? Orange! Orange who? Orange you going to answer the door? Why did the baker stop making doughnuts? He got fed up with the hole business!
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THYME to TURNIP the BEET on WHAT KIDS EAT
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