Tasty and Easy Recipes

Ingredients:
12 eggs, separated
2-2/3 cups sugar
1 cup potato starch
1 cup matzo cake meal
1 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup lemon juice
1/2 cup orange juice

Method:
Pre-heat oven to 325°F.
In large bowl, beat together the egg yolks and sugar.
Mix together the potato starch, cake meal, and salt and add by thirds. alternating with the juice. Set aside.
Beat egg whites until stiff. Mix about a cup of the whites into the yolk mixture and then carefully fold in the rest. Pour into a very large tube cake pan with removable bottom.
Bake until it tests clean, about 1 hour. Invert over a soda bottle to cool before removing from pan. Store covered.

Ingredients:
1 5-lb. roasting chicken
2 whole oranges
1 large onion, cut in large slices
1/2 cup orange juice, fresh
2 tbsp. ginger, freshly grated
2 tbsp. honey
1/2 cup white wine

Method:
Rinse and dry chicken. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Insert one whole orange in the chicken. Place in roasting pan, breast side down. Surround with onion slices.
Mix juice with the ginger, and pour over the chicken. Roast uncovered at 350°F for 1/2 hour.
Remove chicken from the oven, turn over, and smear with honey. Surround the chicken with the second orange, sliced, and return to the oven. After five minutes, baste with wine and pan juices. If browning too quickly, cover with foil. Baste again, after 1/2 hour. continue cooking until drumsticks are removed easily, about 1 more hour.
Remove the orange from the chicken, and slice it. Garnish with herbs, as per taste.

This recipe is great for entertaining!!

Ingredients:
2 tablespoons olive oil
2 pounds trimmed asparagus
Salt
Freshly ground pepper
3 tablespoons lemon juice
3 tablespoons orange juice
Lemon and orange peel curls for garnish (optional)

Method:
Heat the olive oil in a large heavy skillet over medium heat. Add the asparagus and saut? for 10-15 minutes, or until the asparagus is lightly brown and tender. Season to taste with salt and pepper and drizzle with the lemon and orange juices and remove to a serving dish. Garnish with the peel curls (if desired) and serve hot.