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Baking With Aronia – Farm News

Featured article from Farm News with Mike and Mary Mathiasen.  Click Here… Continue Reading

Aronia on NBC – WHO TV Des Moines

http://whotv.com/2012/03/29/berry-healthy-aronia-grows-in-popularity/ Check out this broadcast about aronia and a great Des Moines restaurant Tally’s…. Continue Reading

Aronia Venison Stir Fry

Print Aronia Venison Stir Fry This was a wonderful experimental surprise!IngredientsVenison tenderloin (bite-size pieces) Assorted vegetables (chopped) Aronia berries (about one handful per stir batch) Rice Wine Vinegar Mirin Sesame Seed OilInstructionsHeat wok with sesame seed oil (should sputter if a drop of water is added). Toss in a cup or two of vegetables. Add… Continue Reading

Aronia/Rhubarb Sauce

Print Aronia/Rhubarb Sauce Ingredients4 cups rhubarb 2 cups aronia 2 cups sugar (or adjust to taste)InstructionsCombine all ingredients in a sauce pan and simmer until thickened. Excellent on pancakes, as a pastry filling, by itself, on ice cream, maybe a pie. Use your imagination! By member Roberta BarhamSchema/Recipe SEO Data Markup by ZipList Recipe Plugin2.0Copyright… Continue Reading

Aronia Bread (Bread Machine)

Print Aronia Bread (Bread Machine) IngredientsAronia Bread (for bread machine) 3 cups flour 1/2 tsp salt 2 tbsp sugar 4 tsp Applesauce, unsweetened 1/2 cup water 1 pkg. yeast.InstructionsAdd berries to dry ingredients in pan. Add warm water. Select course. This produces a wonderfully purple bread with dark berry pieces throughout with a chewy texture…. Continue Reading

Aronia Dry Mead

Print Aronia Dry Mead Ingredients2.5 # honey 1 tsp (5g) pectic enzyme 1 Campden tablet (optional) 1 pkg (5-7 g) Montrachet yeast 1 tsp (5g) yeast nutrient 1 c. aronia concentrate (25 brix) 2 c. fresh aronia berries (or any berry desired) tied into a sack Instructions(Yield: 1 gallon or 3.8 Liters) (side note: you… Continue Reading

Honey Sweetened Aronia Concentrate

Print Honey Sweetened Aronia Concentrate Ingredients1 part honey 5 parts aronia concentrate (available at aronia retailers) InstructionsMix together and use this mixture as a base for recipes. Ideas: Meat Glaze: Glaze meats (beef, etc.) with Honey Aronia Concentrate mix Sparkling Aronia Drink (serving size: 1 glass): 1/3 c. Honey Aronia Concentrate mix, 2/3 c. unsweetened… Continue Reading

Aronia Berry Stuffed French Toast

Print Aronia Berry Stuffed French Toast Ingredients8-10 slices bread cubed (sourdough or challah bread preferred) 3 to 4 oz cream cheese, cut into small cubes 1 and ½ cups Aronia Berries 6 XL eggs, beaten 1 and ¼ cups milk ¼ cup maple syrup ¼ cup butter, melted InstructionsPreheat oven to 350. Generously coat a… Continue Reading

Banana/Aronia Bread

Print Banana/Aronia Bread Ingredients2 cup sugar 1 cup butter or margarine 3 bananas large 4 eggs 2 ½ cups flour 2 tsp soda 1 tsp salt ½ cup thawed aronia berries InstructionsCream together sugar and butter; add mashed bananas and eggs. Mix well. Combine flour, salt and soda and fold into banana mixture. Carefully fold… Continue Reading

Apple/Aronia Crisp

Print Apple/Aronia Crisp Ingredients1 cup flour 1 cup packed brown sugar ½ cup butter softened ¾ cup of rolled oatsInstructionsTopping: Cut in butter until crumbly, add flour, brown sugar, and rolled oats. Mix. In 9” square baking pan, dump 4 cups of apples mixed with 1 cup of sugar, 1 tsp of vanilla and one… Continue Reading