Pecans?

[DCJenn]

holy Moly- we have hit the motherlode.

It took Rick and I about 4 hours to gather all of the pecans in the backyard/driveway that are falling from the 75 foot pecan tree. Now we have 2.5 gallon bucket full of them and they just keep on falling.

Anyone have any MUST TRY recipes that use pecans?

I just googled them and they store for 2+ years in the freezer.

Jenn

Re: Pecans?

The November Fine Cooking has an article on pecans along with some recipes. They are nice to have around to put in cookies, on top of pancakes, in stuffing, in rice pilaf, on salad, chicken or tuna salad, granola, to snack on...Yum! Pie, of course.

Happy shelling!

[Momo]

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Go to google and type in "Pecan crusted" and you'll get several great ideas for various fish, chicken dishes!

[DCJenn]

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the Mother Lode is now up to an entire Whole Foods paper bag. and they just keep falling...

Jenn

[Meenah]

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I am sooooooooooooooooooooo jealous.

[Stella]

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I don't have specific tried and true recipes but here are my ideas:

Chocolate Bourbon Pecan Pie (good old Southern treat!!)

Cinnamon Roasted Pecans (yummmm... German style!)

Use in Chicken Salad, crust chicken with crumbs, add to muffins/bagels/banana bread.

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How nice! I'm jealous, of course! You can chop and freeze some of them for later use.

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I'm not a huge fan of pecans, but I love this recipe.....

Candied Pecans

1 T cold water
1 large egg (use egg white only)
1 lb pecans
1 cup granulated sugar
1 T ground cinnamon
1 t salt

Using a fork, beat water and egg white until frothy.

Combine egg mixture with nuts in a gallon-sized ziplock bag, coating thoroughly.

In separate bowl, combine sugar, cinnamon and salt.

Pour sugar mixture into the ziplock bag containing the pecans and coat well.

Spread onto ungreased cookie sheet.

Bake at 225 degrees for 1 hour, stirring occasionally.

[Momo]

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If you have any "excess" I'd be happy to send you $$$ for postage...yes Dh & I are weird like that,we love to shell nuts and use them for cooking or snacking!

[Momo]

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looks liek she just gave you an idea for the "cookie" exchange...or Secret Santa!

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Hey! I was supposed to get a bag to take home!

[Meenah]

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I love spiced pecans!!!!!

[DCJenn]

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Don't think that I haven't thought that daily as I'm tripping over even more of the damned things.

Anyone who wants a gallon bag, just let me know.

Jenn

[Momo]

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we're in! I'll take 2 bags off your hands!...let me know how much it'll weigh and I or you can check the postage rate...I need to dig out my nut cracking tools!!

BTW we are having a 36" boxed olive tree planted soon...maybe I'll be sending those out in a couple of years!

[Meenah]

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I'm in too! I'll pay, just let me know how much.