Friday, July 16, 2010
Ice Cream Festival at Cohoes Farmers' Market
On Friday, July 23rd from 4:00 - 7:00 PM, the Cohoes Farmers' Market will be hosting an ice cream festival at the Market complete with home-made ice cream from Bowman Orchards and a variety of toppings such as fresh fruit and prepared sauces compliments of our participating farmers and vendors. The cost of an ice cream sundae will be $1.00 with proceeds going to Market. The Cohoes Farmers' Market is located at 185 Remsen Street in Historic Downtown Cohoes. There is plenty of free parking.
Tuesday, July 6, 2010
Harmony House Marketplace to Sponsor Bus Outing to Cooperstown Beverage Trail
On Sunday, August 22nd, join Diane from Harmony House for a one-day bus outing to the Cooperstown Beverage Trail. The group will be making stops at Fly Creek Cider Mill, Brewery Ommegang, Cooperstown Brewing Company and Bear Pond Winery. The bus will be leaving from Harmony House located at 184-190 Remsen Street in historic downtown Cohoes at 10:00 am and will be returning by 6:00 PM. The cost is $59 and includes all transportational costs, tasting fees, snacks on the bus and the tip for the driver. To make a reservation or for further information, please call 238-2232
Monday, July 5, 2010
Celebrating the Stinky Rose
Soon we will be harvesting garlic in our region. Yeah!!! I just love garlic; aka. the Stinky Rose. I cannot imagine cooking without it. In my book, it is as vital as salt. When I smell garlic cooking, it reminds me of our wonderful past summer vacations on Martha's Vineyard.
Garlic is very fashionable. In the past twenty-five years, the use of garlic in the United States has quadrupled. We grow close to 225,000 tons each year in the United States. In addition to being a wonderful culinary ingredient supposedly garlic has many medicinal benefits as well.
Mark Your Calendars: On Friday, July 30th, the Cohoes Farmers' Market will be sponsoring a Garlic Festival from 4:00 - 7:00 PM. They are incorporating the event with an Explore Cohoes night so....attendees can visit both the Farmers' Marker as well as participating businesses to receive garlic recipes and in some cases garlic recipe samples too!
A recipe to share; we had it with dinner...yummy!!!!
Spiral Loaf with Caramelized Onions & Garlic
Makes One (1) 10 X 5 Inch Loaf
INGREDIENTS
1 T active dry yeast
1/4 cup lukewarm water
1 T sugar
1 1/2 cups warm milk
1/4 cup vegetable oil
5 cups unbleached flour
1 T kosher salt
FILLING
1/4 cup olive oil
1 t rosemary
1 t oregano
1 jumbo sweet yellow onion
6 plump garlic gloves; smashed and minced
1 T melted butter
In a small bowl, mix together yeast, warm water and sugar. Let stand until creamy, five to ten minutes.
In a bowl mix milk, vegetable oil and yeast mixture. Slowly add four cups of flour, then one tablespoon of slat.
Knead dough until smooth and elastic, adding flour as needed. Transfer dough to large oiled bowl. Cover and let rise in a warm place until doubled in size (1 to 1 1/2 hours).
While dough is rising...
Heat olive oil over medium heat. Add fresh herbs. Add onions and garlic. Cover tightly, reduce heat to low and cook, stirring often until onions are golden (20 to 30 minutes).
Oil a 10 X 5 bread pan. Punch dough down and turn out on a lightly floured board. Roll or pat dough into a rectangular 9 inches wide and 18 inches long. Spread cooled onion/garlic mixture eveningly over surface of the dough. Tightly roll dough up. Place roll in bread pan, seam-side down. Loosely cover and let rise (45 to 60 minutes).
Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Bake for 45 minutes. Then gently remove bread from pan and place directly on oven rack. Continue to bake for another 10 minutes.
Serve warm or at room temperature.
ENJOY!!!
Garlic is very fashionable. In the past twenty-five years, the use of garlic in the United States has quadrupled. We grow close to 225,000 tons each year in the United States. In addition to being a wonderful culinary ingredient supposedly garlic has many medicinal benefits as well.
Mark Your Calendars: On Friday, July 30th, the Cohoes Farmers' Market will be sponsoring a Garlic Festival from 4:00 - 7:00 PM. They are incorporating the event with an Explore Cohoes night so....attendees can visit both the Farmers' Marker as well as participating businesses to receive garlic recipes and in some cases garlic recipe samples too!
A recipe to share; we had it with dinner...yummy!!!!
Spiral Loaf with Caramelized Onions & Garlic
Makes One (1) 10 X 5 Inch Loaf
INGREDIENTS
1 T active dry yeast
1/4 cup lukewarm water
1 T sugar
1 1/2 cups warm milk
1/4 cup vegetable oil
5 cups unbleached flour
1 T kosher salt
FILLING
1/4 cup olive oil
1 t rosemary
1 t oregano
1 jumbo sweet yellow onion
6 plump garlic gloves; smashed and minced
1 T melted butter
In a small bowl, mix together yeast, warm water and sugar. Let stand until creamy, five to ten minutes.
In a bowl mix milk, vegetable oil and yeast mixture. Slowly add four cups of flour, then one tablespoon of slat.
Knead dough until smooth and elastic, adding flour as needed. Transfer dough to large oiled bowl. Cover and let rise in a warm place until doubled in size (1 to 1 1/2 hours).
While dough is rising...
Heat olive oil over medium heat. Add fresh herbs. Add onions and garlic. Cover tightly, reduce heat to low and cook, stirring often until onions are golden (20 to 30 minutes).
Oil a 10 X 5 bread pan. Punch dough down and turn out on a lightly floured board. Roll or pat dough into a rectangular 9 inches wide and 18 inches long. Spread cooled onion/garlic mixture eveningly over surface of the dough. Tightly roll dough up. Place roll in bread pan, seam-side down. Loosely cover and let rise (45 to 60 minutes).
Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Bake for 45 minutes. Then gently remove bread from pan and place directly on oven rack. Continue to bake for another 10 minutes.
Serve warm or at room temperature.
ENJOY!!!
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