The Maple Kitchen

Making and eating maple is one of our oldest food traditions. Both sweet and savory, maple is a “secret” easy-to-use ingredient that adds unique flavor and complexity to almost any recipe – breakfast, lunch and dinner – all year round. Coombs Family Farms offers you the Maple Kitchen!  Come back often for the latest maple news, maple recipes, cooking tips, and much more!

Ricotta Pancakes

posted on: 08/25/10 Be the first to comment

The Parsley Thief adapted this recipe for Ricotta Pancakes from Apartment Therapy’s Kitchn earlier this summer.  Cheese and maple syrup often go well together as do pancakes (of course!) and maple syrup, so you can imagine how delicious these are. By all means, do not just take our word for it – make some soon, today if possible!

Ricotta Pancakes

Adapted from The Kitchn
Makes 12-4″ pancakes

1 cup ricotta cheese
3/4 cups flour
1/2 teapoon baking powder
1 1/2 tablespoons sugar
1/8 teaspoon salt
3/4 cups milk

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Categories: Breakfast Table, Maple Recipes, Maple Syrup

Maple Walnut Ice Cream

posted on: 08/17/10 Be the first to comment

At times this past summer a large spoonful of ice cream made the heat melt away. Vanilla ice cream with maple syrup drizzled over, sometimes with nuts or sliced of banana folded in, just made the day that much better.

Homemade ice cream can be immensely enjoyable so we thought best to share this recipe from Lottie & Doof before the cool temps invade New England and fall shows all her colors.

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Maple Walnut Ice Cream (adapted by Lottie & Doof from a recipe by David Lebovitz)

  • 1 1/2 cups whole milk
  • 2 tablespoons sugar

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Categories: Maple Dessert, Maple Recipes

Pictures

posted on: 08/12/10 Be the first to comment

We thought it would be fun to share a few beautiful pictures of dishes made with our maple syrup.  Enjoy (FYI for more pictures and delicious recipes including Chocolate Devastation Cake and Spring Rolls with Maple Orange Glazed Tofu visit this site.)


Photos by Jon Levitt.

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Categories: Entertaining, Family Recipe, Gluten Free Recipe, Maple Recipes, Photography

Maple Syrup, Dole Bananas, and Bacon Appetizer

posted on: 08/11/10 Be the first to comment

This is a delicious recipe, which takes ten minutes to prep and ten minutes to cook. Perfect for a night when you are grilling for friends.

Dole Grilled Bacon Maple Banana Bites from the Dole website

Ingredients

  • 1/4 cup maple syrup
  • 8 slices center-cut bacon
  • 2 large DOLE bananas
  • 1 tsp chili powder

Preheat gas grill to medium heat. Spray grill grates with cooking spray or lightly oil. Pour maple syrup into shallow dish. Place bacon onto a microwave-safe plate lined with paper towels. Cover with another paper towel and microwave

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Categories: Entertaining, Gluten Free Recipe, Maple Recipes, Maple Syrup

Molly Wizenberg Uses Our Maple Syrup

posted on: 07/28/10 Be the first to comment

Bon Appetit columnist, published author, and popular blogger known as “Orangette” to thousands (tens of thousands?) uses our maple syrup!

One of the recipes she posted with the above pictures…

A Great Make-the-Morning-of Waffle
Adapted slightly from the “Waffle of Insane Greatness” recipe

The original version of this recipe calls for 1 cup milk or buttermilk, but I split the difference and use ½ cup of each. The texture of the batter was lovely, and I liked the slight tangy quality of the waffles, so I’d recommend that you try the same course of

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Categories: Breakfast Table, Family Recipe, Maple Recipes

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