Fermented Foods You Can Make Yourself

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ISSUE: 08 VOLUME: 03

St. Patrick's & Easter Issue

Greek Easter Bread Tsoureki is a Greek bread served at Easter. Traditionally, it is formed into a braid and baked with red-dyed eggs nestled on top symbolizing Christ’s sacrifice. Here, we've simplified it by baking it in a bread machine without the dyed eggs. Using SAF Instant Bread Yeast eliminates the need to rehydrate the yeast. The bread is delicious on its own and makes great French toast. Yield: 1½ lb. loaf

½ cup milk

2 eggs, lightly beaten

6 Tablespoons soft butter

1 teaspoon orange zest

2 tablespoons orange juice

5 tablespoons sugar

3 cups bread flour

½ teaspoon salt

¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon

1/8 teaspoon ground allspice

1½ teaspoons SAF yeast

1 egg beaten with 1 Tbs. water

1 Tablespoon sesame seeds

   Place first ten ingredients in the bread pan of a bread machine. Add the dry yeast on top. Place bread pan in machine and program your machine for sweet bread. If your machine doesn't have a sweet bread setting, use the basic white cycle and set the crust for medium.
   Ten minutes before the bread is done, brush the top of the loaf with a mixture of 1 egg beaten with 1 tablespoon water. Sprinkle top of loaf with sesame seeds and continue the baking cycle.
   When finished, turn pan upside down and shake the bread loose. Cool on a rack for 20-30 min. before slicing.

Corned Beef & Cabbage After cooking your homemade corned beef, it is time for the St. Patrick's Day dinner. READ MORE

Two New Selection Estate Pinot Kits
SONOMA VALLEY PINOT NOIR
Appellation: Sonoma Valley, California, USA
Sonoma County Pinot Noir has silky tannins carrying notes of truffle, toast, herbs, gorgeous cassis, black cherry and raspberry flavors and black spice. Food friendly, it shows restrained toasty oak and balanced acidity.

WASHINGTON YAKIMA VALLEY PINOT GRIS
Appellation: Yakima Valley, Washington, USA
Washington Pinot Gris offers fresh aromas and flavors of ripe honeydew melon and crisp green apple and an attractive floral note. The wine has an elegant, creamy finish restrained by a refreshing crispness that makes it very food friendly.

New Product
CORNED BEEF & PASTRAMI KIT
Make your own lean and delicious corned beef and pastrami with our latest addition to the You-Make-Kit Brand. This kit and fresh beef brisket from the supermarket are all you need. We tried many recipes and methods and found that the traditional brine method produces the best corned beef. You will be enjoying the best corned beef or pastrami sandwich you have ever eaten in as little as one week. The kit includes all the curing salts, spices, tools and instructions to prepare up to 10 lbs.

The Homebrewer: Better Mr. Beer^TM

Using Hopped Beer Kits
The beer recipe kits from Coopers, Ironmaster and others are an economical way to use your Mr. Beer Brewing System and best of all, improve the quality of your beer. These recipe kits have the advantage of being all malt and are correctly formulated to specific beer styles. They require no added sugars or other ingredients and best of all, you get two batches from a single can. Bottling is quicker and carbonation is a snap when you use our pre-measured carbonation drops. FIND OUT HOW EASY IT IS.

True Brewing with the Mr. Beer System
Mr. Beer owners who want to try their hands at brewing the traditional homebrew way will learn how easy it is and discover just how good a homebrew can taste. The new You-Make-Kit Brand recipe kits for small batches are being introduced this month with the initial offer of a great, traditional style IPA. The ingredients and brewing method used are the same tried and true combination you will find in the award winning Brewer's Best kits. SMALL BATCH RECIPE KITS.

The Cheese Maker
Joellen's Cheese Making Tip
Neufchatel cheese is very similar in flavor to cream cheese but with 1/3 less fat and 25% fewer calories. It is slightly softer in texture but can easily substitute for most recipes that call for cream cheese. Neufchatel is just one of four soft cheese recipes in our Soft Cheese Kit which includes my recipe for Vegetable and Dill Cheese Spread pictured here.