How To make Fiddlehead Quiche
1 c Milk
1/2 c Cream or evaporated milk
3 Eggs
1/2 ts Salt
1/4 ts Pepper
2 tb Scallions
minced
1 c Swiss cheese :
grated
18 Fiddlehead crosiers cooked
:
don't use stems 4 sl Bacon -- crisp-fried
Grated nutmeg 1 8" pastry shell -- unbaked
In a small bowl, combine the milk, cream and eggs; beat with a rotary egg beater. Add the salt, pepper and onions. Sprinkle half of the grated cheese in the bottom of the pastry shell. Arrange the fiddlehead tips over the cheese, then add the bacon, breaking it into bite-sized pieces. Pour in the milk mixture, add the rest of the cheese, and grate fresh nutmeg over the top. Bake at 375 F. for 30 minutes, or until a knife inserted in the custard comes out clean. From _The Wild Flavor_ by Marilyn Kluger. Los Angeles: Jeremy P. Tarcher, Inc., 1984. Pg. 249. ISBN 0-87477-338-5. Typed for you by Cathy Harned.
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1 cup butter
1/2 cup maple sugar
2 cups flour
1/4 tsp salt
½ pint maple butter
DIRECTIONS
Cream softened butter
Add sugar and whip for 3 minutes
add dry ingredients, still to combine
Roll out dough 1/4 inch or thinner and cut out cookies
Bake on greased cookie sheet at 325ºF till lightly gold on edges
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Maple Butter (Cream) Recipe:
2 cups (or more) Maple Syrup - 100% Pure
DIRECTIONS
Add syrup to pot
Heat syrup to 235ºF
Pour into bowl, place in ice and cover bowl
Cool syrup to 100ºF
Slowly stir syrup with spoon or in stand mixer
Stop stirring when butter lightens in color, loses its shine, and starts to pull apart
While warm pour into a container
Fiddlehead Bacon Quiche Recipe:
1 pie crust
6-8 eggs
3/4 cup milk
salt and pepper
cooked bacon
1/2 of onion
1 pint jar fiddleheads
1 cup shredded cheese
DIRECTIONS
Beat eggs, milk, salt and pepper
Add remaining ingredients to pie crust, then egg mixture
Bake at 375ºF for 35-40 minutes
Pie Crust (makes 6):
6 cups flour
1 1/2 tsp salt
2 cups (1 pint) lard
3 Tbsp butter
1 1/3 cup cold water (approximately)
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Join Carla Budd, RHN & Niall Sherwin of West Coast Wild Foods to learn about Foraging and Cooking with BC Wild Spring Greens!
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British Columbia is renowned for its pristine wilderness and breathtaking landscapes – this seminar aims to spread the word about the variety of wild & natural foods that grow locally each Spring: fiddleheads, stinging nettle, spruce tips, maple blossoms, sea asparagus and more! Carla Budd, RHN & Niall Sherwin of West Coast Wild Foods will be sharing sustainable foraging tips, identification techniques, recipe ideas and nutritional info about the wild spring greens available at Choices Markets!
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Presenters: Carla Budd & Niall Sherwin
Carla Budd holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance Kinesiology from the University of Calgary, is a Registered Holistic Nutritionist, and is currently completing a Master of Arts in Counselling Psychology from Yorkville University. She uses a Biopsychosocial approach to treat the whole person versus separate parts, both clinically and therapeutically. Her interest in nutrition leads her to private consulting and working in elementary schools with the program EarthBites. EarthBites teaches children about seasonal gardening, the health benefits, and how to prepare their own food. She loves using the produce from West Coast Wild Foods to create delicious seasonal recipes packed with nutrition, the best way to eat locally!
For more information on West Coast Wild Foods produce selection visit wcwf.ca
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Disclaimer:
The views and opinions expressed by the presenter do not necessarily represent those of Choices Markets and its employees. Choices Markets is not responsible for and does not verify the accuracy of any of the information presented. The information presented does not constitute medical or other professional advice and is for education purposes only.
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