Common Uses for Maple Syrup
Once you acquire the taste you might find there are a lot of every day uses for real maple syrup. Instead of the usual longer, more involved recipes, here are a few short recipes and uses for maple syrup:
Orleans Island Cocktail
- 1 liter apple juice
- 25 cl martini dry
- 125ml pure maple syrup
- 1 oz rum
Combine all ingredients and serve with crushed ice.
Maple Vinnegrette
- 30ml pure maple syrup
- 15ml horseradish mustard
- 60ml red wine vinegar
- 80ml olive oil
- 1 clove garlic, minced
Combine all of the ingredients, refrigerate, and serve with raw vegetables or over a salad.
Pork Chops with Apples and Maple Syrup
- 6 pork chops
- 1 onion, sliced
- 1 large apple peeled and cut into 6 slices
- 125ml apple juice
- 1 tbsp Dijon mustard
- 1/2 tsp coffee tarragon
- salt and pepper
Remove the excess fat from the pork chops. Heat the butter and maple syrup in a large skillet. Brown the chops on both sides and then place in a baking dish. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. In the same skillet, saute onion slices for 1 minute and place over pork chops and apple slices. Deglazethe pan with apple juice and add Dijon mustard and tarragon. Pour over pork chops. Cover loosely with foil and bake at 180 C for about 45 minutes.
Fried Potatoes with Maple Syrup
Saute apples in butter. When nearly cooked add maple syrup to caramelize. Serve warm with a scoop of nice vanilla ice cream.
For Dessert
Add to yogurt or to any dairy product. Add to jam.
Eggs in Maple Syrup
Cook eggs like normal but add maple syrup to the pan. Works great either scrambled or fried.
Cooking Meats
Cook meat until it is about 85% done and simply pour on maple syrup. The syrup will mix with the meat juices while the meat finished cooking.
Expand from there. Hopefully that gave you some new ideas.
Let’s hear it, how do you use maple syrup?
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