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Pear and Raisin Crumble
2 1/2 pounds ripe pears, peeled, quartered, cored, cut into 1/3-inch-thick slices 1/3 cup plus 1/2 cup (packed) dark brown sugar
6 tablespoons crushed ginger cookies (such as Ginger Man), divided
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon, divided
1/2 cup raisins
1/2 cup all purpose flour
6 tablespoons (3/4 stick) chilled butter, diced
3/4 cup walnut pieces
Preheat oven to 400°F. Mix pears, 1/3 cup sugar, 2 tablespoons crushed cookies, and 1 teaspoon cinnamon in 11x7x2-inch glass baking dish. Mix in raisins. Using fingertips, press together flour, butter, 1/2 cup sugar, and 1 teaspoon cinnamon in large bowl until moist clumps form. Mix in 4 tablespoons crushed cookies and nuts. Drop topping evenly over filling. Bake until juices bubble thickly and topping is brown, about 40 minutes.
Make Your Own Cranberry Sauce
This Year
2
cups cranberries
Juice and chopped zest of 1 orange
1/4 cup Port
1/2 cup sugar, or more if needed
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 tablespoon cornstarch
In
a small saucepan combine cranberries,
orange juice and zest, port, sugar and
cinnamon. Bring to a boil, reduce heat to
simmering and cook until cranberries are
tender, stirring occasionally. In a small
cup, make a slurry with cornstarch and 1
tablespoon water. Whisk cornstarch mixture
into cranberry sauce and cook, whisking,
until sauce thickens. Taste and add more
sugar, if necessary.
Serve
warm or refrigerate and serve chilled.
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Here are the Wines featured at our
Grand Thanksgiving Tasting
Nov
26th
White
Wine Suggestions for Your Feast:
Sterling Vintner's Collection Riesling
Oyster Bay Sauvignon Blanc
Cupcake Chardonnay
Try
These Food Friendly Red Wines:
Wild Horse Pinot Noir
Sterling Vintner's Collection Merlot
Liberty School Cabernet Sauvignon
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What is the Right Serving Temperature For Wine?
Most
of us inadvertently serve our white wines
too cold and our red wines too warm. This hides the subtle fruit flavors in both types of wines.
Here
is an easy way to correct this:
Keep
your white wines in the refrigerator until
approximately 1/2 hour before serving
dinner.
Take them out of the refrigerator
and place them on the table.
At the same time, put your red
wines in the refrigerator and leave them
there for the 1/2 hour before dinner.
Both
will now be at a perfect temperature to
enjoy their full character.
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