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March 2008 |
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March Recipe (Strawberry and Apple Crumble)
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Encouragement Chronicles |
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1/2 pound strawberries, hulled and sliced, plus sliced
strawberries for garnish
1/2 pound cooking apples, like Granny Smith and
Jonathan, peeled, cored, and sliced
3/4 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup crushed walnut halves
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
4 pre-baked (4-inch) tart shells, recipe follows
1 cup plus 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
5 tablespoons unsalted butter
1/2 cup oatmeal
9 tablespoons packed brown sugar
Confectioners' sugar, for garnish
Serving suggestion: Vanilla ice cream
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
Combine the strawberries, apples, granulated sugar,
walnuts, and cinnamon in a saucepan over medium heat and
cook, stirring occasionally, until soft.
Divide the strawberry-apples mixture among the tart
shells.
Sift the flour into a bowl, rub the butter in until it
looks like fine bread crumbs and add the oatmeal. Gently
mix in the brown sugar. Sprinkle a thick layer of the
crumble mixture on top of the fruit. Arrange the
crumbles on a baking sheet and bake until lightly
browned and hot and bubbly, about 20 minutes.
Divide the crumbles among plates, place a scoop of ice
cream on the top of each, sprinkle with confectioners'
sugar. Garnish with strawberry slices.
Tart Shells:
9 tablespoons unsalted butter, at room temperature
1 1/3 cups sifted confectioners' sugar
2 beaten egg yolks
1 dash cream
2 cups all-purpose flour, sifted
In a mixer, cream the butter and sugar; then add the
eggs slowly, mixing well. Add the cream. Add the flour
all at once and mix to a smooth dough. Divide the dough
in half and wrap in plastic wrap. Let rest in the
refrigerator for 1 hour.
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
On a lightly floured surface, roll out half of the dough
into a large square, about 1/8 inch thick. (Freeze the
other half of the dough for another use.) Cut the dough
into 4 parts and line 4 (4-inch) tart pans. Line each
tart with parchment paper and fill with dried beans.
Bake for 15 minutes, remove the parchment and beans, and
bake for 15 minutes more.
Let cool on a rack.
Yield: 4 to 8 (4-inch) tart shells
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Our Friend from French Canada Wrote-
je vous écris de Terrebonne une ville au Québec
Canada...quand j'étais petite fille j'avais 6 ou 7 ans
il y avait une dame qui avait ce cadran la et je le
trouvais tellement beau....j'ai grandi et je ne savais
pas qu'ils en faisaient encore...jusqu'au jour ou ma
charmante soeur me l'offrit...j'étais tellement heureuse...il
est la dans ma cuisine et je le regarde souvent..il est
tellement mignon et ca me rappelle de merveilleux
moments...merci a vous et surtout merci a ma petite
soeur Claudette
francine saint-hilaire
terrebonne quebec Canada
I bought one for my grandson, this one is for me. I had
a friend when I was a kid who had one in his room back
in 1950-51; I liked it then and like it now. I'm glad
you're still around!
Richard
Ridgecrest, CA
I just wanted to tell you how much I appreciate your
help. The light blue was the correct color, and I am so
happy to have it (sentimental reasons). I will be
returning the other two wedgewood blue tails along with
a note reminding customer service that I have already
received credit. Thanks, again, for your time. I'll
definitely recommend this company.
Lynn
Shelby, NC
I love these clocks! I have three black cats of my own
(Entropy, Espresso and Ganache) and it just wouldn't be
home without a Kit-Cat Klock. Unfortunately, I just
knocked mine off the wall with my scarf this morning and
broke it, so I need a new one!
Lisa
Los Angeles, CA
My mom had one while I was growing up, and still has one
and as a mom, myself, I would like to start the same
tradition for my home. It was always a conversation
piece.
Marie
Penllyn, PA
Soon, this area will be filled with inspirational
stories that will lift you up and move you to do the
things you need to do to live a more fulfilling and fun
filled life.
But these won't be just any old stories. These will be
your stories!
Your story can be about yourself or someone else you
know, or it can be one you read somewhere else that
touched you in so many ways. As long as it is one of
hope, encouragement and that will bring a smile to your
heart it will be considered.
So what's your incentive to submit your chronicle of
encouragement? Tales of inspiration should always be
shared. If your story can motivate just one person to
take action then you have given something irreplaceable
to others in the Kit-Cat Fan Club community.
Please email your story of 1000 words or less, along
with
an optional short bio of yourself to:
chronicles@kit-cat.com
Your stories will be placed on the Kit-Cat website on
the Fan Club page. www.kit-cat.com/fanclub
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