2 April 2011 Feeling Sappy? My Top 5 Maple Syrup Desserts

Feeling Sappy? My Top 5 Maple Syrup Desserts

April 2, 2011 By

Maple Water Bucket

Maple season’s here and every year that I don’t make it home to Quebec for the sweetest season of all, I get a bit homesick. I grew up in a small town in southeast Quebec where my family and four other families of friends owned a sugar shack. I have very fond memories of harnessing horses to a sled hauling a maple sap collection barrel and then bring this sap to the shack for the boiling process that would result in amber elixir our moms then cooked and baked with.

This year, since I won’t be making the pilgrimage north, I decided to bake and cook with maple syrup for a two-week stretch to get my fix in. I even requested the help of my family to expand my maple recipe collection. Here are my top 5 maple dessert recipes from my archives and from newly-shared family recipes:

  1. Eggs in Maple Syrup
  2. Maple Delights
  3. Maple Syrup Dumplings
  4. Maple Syrup Pie
  5. Maple Taffee on the Snow

BONUS 6: Maple Whipped Cream

If you decide to try any of them, please leave a comment on this post so I can let my mom, aunt and grandma who contributed know that our traditional family recipes are being enjoyed.

Cheers!

Veronique

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26 March 2011 Maple Whipped Cream (Crème Fouettée à l’Erable)

Maple Whipped Cream (Crème Fouettée à l’Erable)

March 26, 2011 By

The addition of maple syrup to whipped cream is a stroke of genius by my aunt, Francoise, who generously shared her recipe.

Ingredients:

  • 3/4 cup heavy whipping cream
  • 1/4 cup maple syrup (see ‘notes’ below)

Directions:

  1. In the bowl of an electric mixer, add the cream.  Start the mixer on low for 30 seconds, then increase the speed to high and mix until very soft peaks form, about 1 1/2 minutes.
  2. With the mixer running, add the maple syrup in a steady stream to the whipping cream until fully incorporated.  Mix until medium peaks form, an additional 2 minutes.  Serve.

Makes 6 dollop-size servings.

Notes: Don’t waste top notch maple syrup to bake or cook with, less fancy grade will do just fine and often offers stronger maple flavors.  For best results, chill the bowl of the electric mixer for 20 minutes in the freezer before making the whipped cream.

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