Thank you from all of us at Hallelujah Acres Canada for being a loyal customer for another great year. Here are 2 recipes to celebrate the New Year with from Judy Fleming’s new recipe book “Foods from Around the World”.
Almond Nog
A great replacement for the traditional Christmas Eggnog.
Put the following ingredients in your blender:
- 2 frozen bananas that have been peeled and thinly sliced
- 3-4 cups almond milk (see recipes below)
- 1 tsp. of each: cinnamon & nutmeg
Blend until smooth, serve cold with an extra dash of nutmeg in each glass
Almond Milk
Putting the following into a blender or Nut Milk maker:
- 1 cup almonds that have been soaked 24 hours then drained & rinsed
- 5-6 cups water
- 2-3 dates
Blend on high for a few minutes then strain with cheese cloth or a fine strainer (save the pulp and add it to our flax cracker recipes later in the book.
Holiday Minced Meat Tarts
Pecan Coconut Crust
Soak 1 cup pecan for 2 hours then drain
Put the following ingredients into your food processor:
- 1 ½ cups drained pecans
- 1 cup coconut
- 1/3 cup soft dates
- ½ tsp. ginger powder
Process until they are like a crumble then pat this crumble into your 8” pie plate muffin tin (makes 6-8)
Dehydrate for 2-4 hours and put aside (these will keep in a sealed contain in the fridge for 1-2 weeks).
Mince Meat filling
this makes 2-3 cups of mincemeat
Put the following ingredients into your food processor:
- 1 cup raisins (that have been soaked for ½ hour then drained)
- ½ cup figs cut into quarters (that have been soaked for ½ hour then drained)
- ½ cup dried apricots quartered (that have been soaked for ½ hour then drained)
- 1 apple diced
- 1 pear diced
- 1 orange (sectioned)
- 1 tsp. cinnamon
- ½ tsp. of each: ginger, nutmeg, allspice and cloves
Process until everything is broken down into raisin sized pieces – fill the pie crust or tart tins from the Pecan Coconut Crust recipe – decorated with thin apple slices – dehydrated for 1-2 hours or served right away.
