RECIPES FROM THE HOLY ROSE KITCHEN HEARTH

 

JESUS CHRIST SAYS: FEED MY FLOCK!

RECIPES FROM THE HOLY ROSE KITCHEN HEARTH

CHRISTMAS MMXI


1. STUFFED AUBERGINES


1 AUBERGINE PER PERSON, CUT IN HALF
ONIONS/SHALLOTS
GARLIC
 RED PEPPERS
TOMATOES
DATES
APRICOTS
(ALL FINELY CHOPPED UP)
MINCED BEEF/LAMB
SALT
PEPPER
SMOKED PAPRIKA
SWEET PAPRIKA
CINNAMON
NUTMEG
STARANIS
CLOVES

OIL, BUTTER

POTATOES, CUBED AND COOKED WITH SALT AND A BAYLEAF
UNTIL SOFT ENOUGH TO MAKE INTO MASH
DOUBLE CREAM OR MILK
BUTTER

CHEESE, SLICED

PREHEAT THE OVEN. POUR SOME OIL INTO THE OVENPROOF DISH FOR THE AUBERGINE HALVES. CUT THE WHITE FLESH INTO DIAMOND SHAPES AS FAR DOWN TO THE BOTTOM AS YOU CAN TO. SPRINKLE SOME SALT ON IT AND BRUSH ALSO SOME OIL ON THE SURFACE OF THE WHITE FLESH.
ROAST IN THE OVEN UNTIL THE FLESH IS SOFT ENOUGH TO BE SCRAPED OUT. BE CAREFUL NOT TO DESTROY THE SKIN, SO THAT YOU CAN USE IT LIKE A BOWL FOR THE FILLING.

MEANWHILE YOU COOK THE POTATOES UNTIL SOFT ENOUGHT FOR MASH. MIX WITH BUTTER AND DOUBLE CREAM, CREAM OR MILK. ADD SALT AND NUTMEG. LEAVE TO REST UNTIL AUBERGINE FLESH IS SOFT ENOUGH TO BE SCRAPED OUT AND TO BE MIXED WITH THE POTATOE MASH.

WHILST THE POTATOES ARE COOKING AND THE AUBERGINE IS IN THE OVEN, YOU FRY THE SHALLOTS/ONIONS IN THE OIL UNTIL GLAZED, THEN ADD THE MINCED MEAT AND BROWN, AND KEEP STIRRING, SO THAT IT DOES NOT BURN. ADD TOMATOES AND PEPPERS AND FRUIT AND SPICES AND KEEP STIRRING UNTIL YOU HAVE A NICE SHINY MIXTURE, ADD SOME TINY AMOUNT OF RED WINE OR SOME BALSAMIC VINEGAR WITH WATER AND LET IT COME TO THE BOIL, IMMEDIATELY TURN IT DOWN AGAIN AND SWITCH OFF TO COOL.

MIX THE POTATOES, THE AUBERGINE FLESH AND THE MINCED MEAT MIXTURE AND FILL THE SCOOPED OUT AUBERGINE HALVES. YOU CAN PUT A SLICE OF CHEESE AT THE BOTTOM AND SPREAD OUT THE MIXTURE ON TOP OF IT, AND THEN ADD ANOTHER SLICE OR THIN PIECES OF CHEESE ON THE TOP AND PUT IN THE OVEN UNTIL GOLDEN BROWN. ADD SOME SMOKED PAPRIKA ON TOP AND SERVE WITH BREAD OR GARLIC CIABATTA, OR YOUR FAVOURITE PASTA OR THE LEFT-OVER MASH.

ANY LEFTOVERS MAKE A NICE DISH FOR BREAKFAST OR SUPPER FOR THE NEXT DAY, OR CAN BE FROZEN.


2. HOLY ROSE CHOCOLATE TRUFFLES



DARK COCOA
BUTTER AT ROOMTEMPERATURE
ICING SUGAR
GROUND ALMONDS, COCONUT OR OATS

NON-ALCOHOLIC VERSION:
VANILLA OR ALMOND ESSENCE

ALCOHOL VERSION:]
PORT OR SHERRY OR RUM

PREPARE A MIXING BOWL WITH FINELY MIXED AND SIEVED COCOA AND ICING SUGAR FOR COATING.

MIX THE ICING SUGAR WITH THE DARK COCOA AND GROUND ALMONDS, COCONUT OR OATS
AND KNEED THE BUTTER IN UNTIL YOU GET A SMOOTH MIXTURE, SHINY MIXTURE.
THE MIXTURE NEEDS TO BE DRY ENOUGH TO FROM SMALL SMOOTH BALLS FROM IT, AND YOUR HANDS ARE NOT STICKY.

ADD YOUR FAVOURITE ESSENCE/S. FORM LITTLE BALLS AND PUT INTO THE PREPARED MIXING BOWL AND GIVE THE BOWL A GOOD SHAKE, SO THAT THE WHOLE BALL IS COVERED WITH THE MIXTURE.


THESE TRUFFLES MAKE NICE GIFTS AND YOU CAN PUT THEM IN NICE LITTLE BOXES THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE LEFT OVER FROM PREVIOUS BIRTHDAY OR CHRISTMAS GIFTS. MAKE SURE YOU HAVE A GREASEPROOF SHEET IN THE BOTTOM OF THE BOX (EITHER BAKING PAPER OR THE LINING OF FORMER CHOCOLATE BOXES) AND ONE TO COVER THE TRUFFLES. IF YOU JUST KEEP THEM FOR YOUR HOME, THEN STORE THEM IN A TIN OR BOX IN THE FRIDGE, AND YOU CAN KEEP THE TRUFFLES IN ANY EXCESS ICING SUGAR/COCOA MIXTURE.

THESE ARE VERY POPULAR WITH CHILDREN AND ADULTS ALIKE.

YOU COULD ALSO ADD FINELY CHOPPED DRIED FRUIT AND COLD BLACK TEA AND ROSE WATER INSTEAD OF THE OTHER ESSENCES TO ACHIEVE THE MOISTURE. I ALWAYS LISTEN TO MY HEART, AS GOD AND JESUS CHRIST HAVE THE RECIPES ALL PREPARED IN THERE, AND I LET THEM LEAD THE WAY WITH MY HANDS, AND SO EVEN A CHOCOLATE TRUFFEL BECOMES A PRAYER OF DEVOTION.

















 

GOD BLESS YOU!

 

Mother Sigrid Agocsi
Mother Superior
Order of the Holy Rose (OHR)

http://www.abbeyoftheholyrose.webs.com/welcome.htm 

KATHOLIKOS: universal

KY RIAKE: belonging to the Lord

ECCLESIA: the gathering of the holy souls in the Name of Jesus Christ