Title: Fruit Sweet and Sugar Free - Ingredients #5
Categories: Info Diabetic
Yield: 1 Servings

Fruit Sweet and Sugar Free by Janice Feuer 1993 Royal Teton Ranch

Ingredients (cont'd) ********************

To Measure Flour: ***************** Measure the quantity of flour called for in the recipe before sifting. Do not shake or pack it into the measuring cup. Use a scoop to place the flour in the cup, then cut off the excess evenly with a knife. Or, dip the measureing cup into the flour, and level off the excess with a knife. Never level flour by shaking the measuring cup.

Flour on the Work Surface: ************************** When the recipe indicates that a dough should be kneaded or rolled out on a floured surface, sprinkle the surface with a light coating of flour, adding additional flour only as necessary. Dough absorbs flour easily, and too much flour can alter the recipe proportions, affecting both taste and texture.

Frozen Fruit ************ Use only individually quick frozen fruits without added sugar. A number of years ago I spoke with a gentleman who spent his college summers as a purchasing agent for a frozen fruit company. I asked him to explain to me why frozen fruit, such as raspberries and strawberries, have such a wonderful colour, beautiful fragrance and full flavour. He explained that because the freezing process itself breaks down flavour and smell, the frozen fruit companies have to contract with growers for the best of their crops; the fruit with the best colour, flavour and smell. He said that canned fruit processors have similar contracts, as the canning process is even harder on fruit than freezing. So, unfortunately, the fruit and berries available to the consumer are rarely the top quality, those having already been contracted away.

Fruit Sweetened Jams ******************** Fruit sweetened jams come in many delicious flavours. I am especially fond of the jams from Sorrell Ridge because of their consistly high quality of both taste and appearance. Fruit sweetened jams are available in natural food stores and many supermarkets.

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