Steckle Farm Recipes
Pesto
- 1 cup basil leaves
- 4 tbsp parmesan
- 1-3 cloves of garlic
- 1/3 cup olive oil
- 1/2 tsp salt
Add ingredients to food processor and pulse until mixed and pureed.
Bruschetta
2 yellow tomatoes diced
2 red tomatoes diced
1/2 c. fresh basil
1/2 c. grated mozzarella
2 tbsp grated lemon peel
1/2 c. olive oil
6 cloves minced garlic
1 loaf french bread or baguette
Chop all ingredients and mix in a bowl
Slice bread, put in oven at 425F to crisp up
Remove bread, spoon mixture onto bread and put back in oven to melt
Veggie Patties
1 cup shredded zucchini
1 cup carrots
1 cup potatoes
1/2 cup sliced onion
2 eggs
1 cup bread crumbs
1 tsp salt
1/4 tsp pepper
Combine ingredients in a bowl
Form mixture using your hands into small patties
Heat butter or oil in skillet
Place patties in hot skillet and cook for 8 minutes
Zucchini Cookies
3/4 cup of softened butter
1/2 cup of white sugar
1/2 cup of brown sugar
1 egg
1 1/2 cups of whole wheat flour
1 cup of regular flour
1 1/2 tsp of baking powder
1 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp cloves
1 1/2 cup shredded zucchini
3/4 cup chocolate chips (optional)
Cream butter/margarine with sugars and egg
Pre-mix dry ingredients (flour to spices)
Add shredded zucchini into butter mixture
Mix in dry ingredients
Mix in chocolate chips
Bake at 375 degrees on a parchment-lined/oiled cookie sheet for 10-12 minutes
Steckle Squash Muffins
This recipe is easily doubled or tripled.
- 1 1/2 cups squash puree (any kind is good! Acorn, Butternut, Pumpkin etc)
- 1/2 cup oil
- 2 eggs
- 1 1/2 cups of sugar (this can be reduced to your tastes)
- 1 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 2 1/4 cups of flour
- 2 tsp cinnamon
Mix oil, squash and eggs
Add sugar
Mix dry ingredients and add into wet mixture scoop by scoop
Once mixed, put in lined muffin cups
Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes
Steckle Naan Bread
2 c flour
3/4 c water
2 tsp canola oil
1 tsp salt
Stir all ingredients, then knead dough until smooth
Split into balls, flatten thinly and fry in oiled skillet until golden
Tastes GREAT topped with Pesto!
Trail Bars
- 1/2 c. bran
- 1/2 c. butter
- 1/4 c shredded coconut
- 1/2 c. brown sugar
- 1/4 c dried cranberries
- 1/4 c. sesame seeds
- 1/3 c. honey
- 1/2 c. shelled sunflower seeds
Melt honey, butter and brown sugar in a pot on low heat on the stove
Mix dry ingredients, once the butter mixture has melted combine dry with this.
Spread on a parchment-lined baking tray
Bake for 15 minutes at 350 degrees
Pizza Dough (Agriventure favourite)
1 cup warm water
1 tsp instant yeast
1 tsp sugar
2 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
1 tsp salt
In a bowl, combine the water, yeast and sugar. Let stand until the mixture foams on top, about 5 minutes.
Combine the flour and salt in a large bowl. Pour in the yeast mixture, mixing until a soft ball forms.
Remove the dough from the bowl and knead for a few minutes on a lightly floured surface. Shape the dough into a ball and place in a clean, lightly oiled bowl. Cover with a clean cloth and let rise in a warm, humid spot for 20 minutes.
Cut the dough in half. Use the pizza dough immediately or cover it with plastic wrap and refrigerate (for up to 48 hours) or freeze.
This recipe will make two 9-inch (23-cm) thin-crust pizzas or two 8-inch (20-cm) thicker-crust pizzas.
Oatmeal Cookies
This recipe is easily doubled or tripled
- 1/2 cup butter
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1 cup flour
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1 1/2 cups of rolled oats
Cream butter, sugar, egg and vanilla
Mix in flour
Add baking soda
When thoroughly mixed add in rolled oats
Bake at 350 degrees until edges are browned (approx 15 minutes)
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