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Roast Lamb with
Soar Cream Sauce
4 medium-sized onions, sliced (2 caps)
4 medium-si ltd carrots, sliced (2 cups)
2 cups sliced celery
3 bay leaves, crumbled
1 cup water
1 6- to 7-lb. leg of lamb
2 teaspoons salt
'i teaspoon black pepper
Sour Cream Sauce (see recipe)
1. Toss the first four ingredients to
gether in bottom of a shallow roasting
pan ; pour water over the vegetables and
place lamb, rounded side down, on vege
table mixture.
2. Set in a 600F oven for 25 min.
3. Remove meat from oven and reduce
oven temperature to 300 F. Turn meat,
rounded side up; sprinkle with a mix
ture of the salt and pepper. Insert roast
meat thermometer in center of thickest
part of meat, being careful that it does
not rest on bone or in fat.
4. Return to oven and continue cooking
until thermometer registers 180F, about
3 hrs. Remove thermometer.
5. Lift meat to a heated platter and
keep it warm. Strain liquid from roast
ing pan and skim off excess fat; reserve
about 1 cup liquid for sauce.
6. Garnish platter with spiced crab ap
ples and parsley. Accompany with the
sauce. About It servings
Sour Cream Sauce
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1 enr. onion soup mix
S cups dairy sour cream
Stir the dry onion Boup mix into the re
served liquid (from meat and vege
tables). Blend with sour cream in the
top of a double boiler. Heat thoroughly
over simmering water, stirring occa
sionally. About i eups sauce
Tossed Cauliflower Salad
1 small bead cauliflower
Vi teaspoon sugar
Yi teaspoon sslt
teaspoon freshly ground blsck pepper
2 teaspoons grated lemon peel
2 tablespoons lemon juice
2 tablespoons minced onion
Vi cup olive oil
1 clove garlic, cut in hslves
1 small head lettuce, torn in pieces
Vi green pepper, cut in strips
Yt cup pimiento-stuffed olives, cut in
pieces
4 hard -cooked eggs, quartered
1. Cook cauliflower in boiling, salted
water until crisp-tender, 12 to 15 min.;
drain. Cool and separate into flowerets.
2. To prepare marinade, stir the next
seven ingredients together. Pour over
cauliflower and let stand at least 30 min.
Drain, reserving marinade.
3. Rub a large salad bowl with cut sur
faces of garlic. Add the lettuce, mari
nated cauliflower, green pepper strips,
olive pieces, and egg quarters.our
marinade over salad and toss lightly.
Sprinkle with additional freshly ground
black pepper, if desired. 6 to 8 servings
Broccoli with Creamy
Sauce Distinctive
Vi cup plus 3 tablespoons chicken broth
1 10-oz. pkg. frozen broccoli spears
2 tablespoons butter or margarine
Vi cup finely chopped onion
1 tablespoon flour
Vi teaspoon sslt
teaspoon white pepper
Vt teaspoon Accent v,
Vi cup cream
2 egg yolks, slightly beaten
3 tablespoons minced parsley
4 teaspoons lemon Juice ,
1. Cook broccoli in V4 cup chicken broth
until tender; drain. Keep broccoli hot.
2. Heat butter or margarine in a heavy
saucepan. Add onion and cook until ten
der, stirring occasionally.
3. Blend in a mixture of the flour, salt,
pepper, and Accent. Heat until bubbly.
Remove from heat Gradually add cream
and remaining chicken broth. Bring to
boiling, stirring constantly; boil l.-vo
2 min., or until thickened. .
4. Remove from heat Vigorously stir a
small amount of the hot mixture into
egg yolks; immediately return mixture
to saucepan. Mix in the parsley; cook
3 to 5 min., stirring to keep mixture
cooking evenly.
5. Remove from heat; blend in the lemon
juice. Pour over the broccoli in a warm
serving dish. About i servings
Dilled Butternut Squash
1 butternut squash (about lVi lbs.)
2 tablespoons butter or margarine
Vt teaspoon dill weed
Vt teaspoon sslt
Few grains black pepper
1. Wash squash, cut into halves length
wise, and scoop out seeds and stringy
portion. Invert in a shallow baking pan.
Pour in boiling water to a depth of V
in. Bake at 400F about 30 min., or fliltil
squash is tender.
2. Remove from oven and scoop out
pulp, leaving one shell-half intact for
refilling with seasoned pulp.
3. Mash pulp and blend in remaining
ingredients. Immediately spoon the hot
mixture into reserved shell-half.
4. Wrap loosely in aluminum foil and
set in a 400F oven 6 to 10 min., or ijdUI
heated. Serve immediately.
About 4 servings
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