Æ Royal Encampment Meal

August 1999

Lady Katja Davidova Orlova Khazarina

Coffee

Fruit

2 lbs. assorted oranges, plums, bananas, melon, strawberries, grapes, peaches

sweetened mascarpone

Mascarpone, cream, vanilla, confectionery sugar

24 HB eggs & 2 lbs. bacon

Scones

6 C flour 3 C sugar 12 tsp. bkg powder 1 tsp lemon rind

18 T butter 2 tsp vanilla 6 eggs 3 tsp. lemon extract 1½ C milk 1 lb. butter 1 C honey

Preheat griddle. Combine the flour, sugar, and baking powder. Rub in the butter. Add the raisins, egg, and extract. Add enough milk to make a soft dough. Griddle for 6 minutes a side.

Beijing Pancakes

8 C flour 4 C boiling water

4 T roasted sesame oil oil for griddle

Sift the flour into a bowl. Pour in the boiling water and stir with a wooden spoon until all the flour is incorporated and a dough has formed. Dust your kneading surface lightly with flour and turn out the dough. Knead for 10 minutes, or the dough is smooth and soft. Rinse out the mixing bowl. Place the dough in the bowl, cover with plastic wrap, and let stand for at least 15 minutes or as long as 3 hours. Cut a piece off the dough, about a third of the total, and leave the rest covered. Working on a lightly floured surface, roll the dough out to a thin sheet, no more than 1/8" thick. Work from the center outward as you roll, turning the dough over and dusting lightly with flour if it begins to stick to the rolling pin. Using a 3-inch round cutter, cut an even number of circles out of the rolled-out dough, making 20. Gather the scraps and place them with the covered dough. Paint the top surface of the half of the dough circles with sesame oil. Place an un-oiled dough circle on top of each oiled one. Pour a little oil into a skillet once it is hot, then remove from the heat. Wipe the oil out of the pan with a paper towel. Roll out one double circle until a uniform 1/16^th thick, then roll out the remaining circles. Let one cook for one minute. The top should bubble a bit. Turn over and cook for one more minute. Remove from the pan with a spatula. Split apart the two layers and wrap in a towel.

Sautéed Vegetables

4 bell peppers 1 zucchini 4 C broccoli ½ lb. snowpeas

1 lb. mushrooms 4 garlic cloves

½ C olive oil salt and pepper, cubebs, grains of paradise oregano

Slice the veggies. Heat the oil in a large, heavy skillet. Sauté the onions and garlic on low until golden, then the rest of the veggies. Sauté the mushrooms and garlic, and season with salt and pepper.

Fricassee of Chicken

10 lbs. skinless boneless chicken thighs and breasts

1 C homemade chicken stock 6 onions, chopped

garlic marjoram, thyme, salt, pepper

fresh parsley 1 C white wine butter and olive oil

Slice or cut up the chicken into uniform pieces. Sauté, in stages, in the butter and olive oil, then dump into a Dutch oven. Sauté the onions, then the garlic and add to the oven. Deglaze with the wine and add that to the oven. Add the seasonings and stock, and simmer until the meat is cooked through and the flavors have blended, about 20 minutes.

Marinated Tomato and Mozzarella Salad

6 tomatoes, cut into wedges 2 T virgin olive oil

6 leaves fresh basil, minced salt, black pepper

2 T. balsamic vinegar 1 lb. fresh mozzarella, sliced

Combine everything and serve at room temperature.

Equipment: colander for fruit

Santuko knife (wrap?)

large and small whisk

2 wooden spoons for sauteeing

scone dry mix in sealed Tupperware bowl

frozen pancakes in ziplock bag

eggs in cartons

frozen bacon in ziplock

mascarpone in tupperware bowl

paella Calphalon for veggies

frozen chicken in ziplocks

Le Cruset for chicken reheating

bring small plastic box for marinating tomatoes

frozen cookies in large plastic box or ziplock

tea bottle with lemonade syrup

lemon rind in ziplock

S&P shaker

spices in ziplock

Friday/Saturday: make pancakes, freeze

make cookies, freeze

make chicken, freeze

juice lemons & mix with sugar, keep rind and freeze

prep mascarpone

HB eggs

fry bacon

prep scone dry ingredients

Wednesday: buy ingredients

Morning: make coffee

wash fruit

stir mascarpone

put out eggs

warm bacon

mix scones, griddle scones

cut up mozz and tomatoes, let marinate

Evening: mix up lemonade

cut up veggies

reheat chicken

reheat pancakes

saute veggies

put out mozz/tomatoes

put out cookies

1 lb. butter

honey

mascarpone

28 eggs

2 lb bacon

16 C flour

2 C sugar

1 C cream

10 lb chicken

2 lb onions

garlic

parsley

lemons

stock

sesame oil

baking powder

conf. sugar

wine

3 gals water

tomatoes

fresh basil

2 lb assorted fruit

4 bell peppers

1 zucchini

1/2 lb snowpeas

1/2 lb. mushrooms

coffee

vanilla extract

cubebs

grains of paradise

oregano

balsamic

lemon extract

olive oil

cream (coffee)

garlic

honey

butter

sugar (coffee)