Old Pastry Recipes In New England

By Linda Snyder


Some foods traditionally prepared today were made a long time ago in Europe. Today, most of those old recipes are adapted and changed, but some are still prepared as they were. Every region has its own tradition, and here you will find some of those really popular pastry recipes in New England that can be made really easily, and taste great.

Boston Cream Pie is one of those desserts that will make you forget about your diet, at least for a day. Simple, easy to prepare and delicious. So, for the cake, you need two eggs, separated, one and a half cup sugar, 2 1/4 cups cake flour, three table spoon of baking powder, one table spoon of salt, one third cup of vegetable oil, one cup of milk and one and half table spoon of vanilla.

Make snow of two egg whites and one half cup of sugar. Dry ingredients should be sifted together first, and then you should add egg yolks, milk, vanilla and oil and make a mixture. Egg white snow should be gently mixed in. Grease and flour the pan, pour in the mixture and bake on 350F for maybe 20 minutes. This time depends on the size of your pan. Cool for ten minutes or so and remove from the mold.

For preparing the cream, you need one third cup sugar, one egg, three tablespoon flour, one quarter tbs.salt one and half cup milk and one table spoon of vanilla. Mix these ingredients well together and cook until thicken. Stir all the time. Remove from the heat and stir in one table spoon of butter. Cover the pan and let it all to cool. Slice the cake, fill it with your cream and pour the chocolate glaze over it.

Chocolate glaze is also really easy to make. Mix together one teaspoon vanilla, one and half cup sugar and three spoon of water. Cook at medium heat, add one and half ounce unsweetened chocolate and stir until melted. Mix with two table spoons of butter and generously pour over your tasty cake. Let it cool and you can enjoy in this old but still appealing dessert.

For one really simple to make dessert called Maple apple crisp, you do not have to put in too much effort, and you and your friends will certainly just love the taste. First, you need 4 large apples, peeled and thinly sliced, a juice squeezed of two lemons, some ground cinnamon at your taste and three spoon of maple syrup. Combine pieces of apples, lemon juice, cinnamon and syrup.

Take one cup of uncooked Quaker rolled oats, 1/3 cup of flour, 1/2 cup almonds, thinly sliced, two tablespoon of vegetable oil and the same quantity of maple syrup and mix it all together with one tablespoon of high quality almond extract. Mix well and let rest for a while. Now, back to your apples. It's time to take care of them.

Preheat the oven on 350F. Your pan should be greased. Take the apple mixture and spread it on the pan. Cover it all with foil and bake until your apples are soft and tender. Then you should add the topping, spreading it on the top evenly. Bake again until the topping becomes crisp. Let it cool for a while, and start enjoying in this easy to make treat.




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