En ce No\u00ebl\u00a02021, r\u00e9jouissons-nous d\u2019\u00eatre vivant malgr\u00e9 les multiples emb\u00fbches qui s\u2019acharnent \u00e0 nous compliquer la vie depuis l\u2019arriv\u00e9e du m\u00e9chant virus. Nous sommes forts, combatifs et r\u00e9silients\u00a0malgr\u00e9 tout.<\/p>\n
Chez nous, dans\u00a0le bon vieux temps, je cuisinais un repas de No\u00ebl pour presque 30\u00a0personnes. Et ces deux derni\u00e8res ann\u00e9es, nous avons d\u00fb nous priver du bonheur de f\u00eater tous ensemble. Cette ann\u00e9e, m\u00eame si on nous a conc\u00e9d\u00e9 un certain rel\u00e2chement, j\u2019ai pr\u00e9f\u00e9r\u00e9 annuler\u00a0le traditionnel r\u00e9veillon plut\u00f4t que d\u2019avoir \u00e0 exclure certaines personnes parce que le groupe serait trop gros. Tous les membres de ma famille et nos proches amis sont immens\u00e9ment importants dans mon c\u0153ur. Et il m\u2019aurait \u00e9t\u00e9 quasi impossible de d\u00e9cider qui viendrait et qui devrait s\u2019abstenir; totalement impossible\u00a0de choisir entre Patrice ou Marilou, entre Stacy ou Sergio, entre Neil ou Eric, entre Olivia ou William, entre Patricia ou H\u00e9l\u00e8ne,\u00a0etc.<\/p>\n
R\u00e9aliser \u00e0 quel point nos proches sont pr\u00e9cieux pour nous s\u2019av\u00e8re mon plus beau cadeau cette ann\u00e9e. Tant qu\u2019\u00e0 nous r\u00e9unir qu\u2019\u00e0 moiti\u00e9, nous allons attendre encore une ann\u00e9e\u00a0pour f\u00eater tous ensemble. Et non, je ne suis pas triste parce que d\u00e9j\u00e0, je r\u00eave \u00e0 l\u2019an prochain.<\/p>\n
Oui, oui, me direz-vous, un m\u00e9chant virus tire \u00e0 peine sa r\u00e9v\u00e9rence qu\u2019un autre malin cogne \u00e0 nos portes. Peut-\u00eatre allons-nous devoir apprendre \u00e0 vivre ainsi\u00a0: triplement vaccin\u00e9s, masqu\u00e9s au besoin et prudents \u00e0 l\u2019extr\u00eame.<\/p>\n
Je suis une optimiste, je vous l\u2019ai d\u00e9j\u00e0 dit, et je crois sinc\u00e8rement que nous allons nous adapter \u00e0 cette nouvelle r\u00e9alit\u00e9. Tous les domaines d\u2019activit\u00e9s de l\u2019\u00eatre humain vont devoir s\u2019ajuster. Toutes les institutions, tous nos commerces, le monde des Arts, nos c\u0153urs impatients et nos cerveaux \u00e0 l\u2019aff\u00fbt y compris.<\/p>\n
Et comme vous vous demandez peut-\u00eatre ce que vous pourriez servir \u00e0 votre famille avec vos restes de dinde, de tourti\u00e8res et de rago\u00fbt, voici une magnifique recette de \u00ab\u2009cassolette de patates douces\u2009\u00bb de la grand-m\u00e8re\u00a0de ma belle-fille.<\/p>\n
Croyez-le ou non, cette recette est encadr\u00e9e et install\u00e9e au mur de ma cuisine depuis 1995.
\nEt chaque ann\u00e9e, j\u2019en fais trois ou quatre casseroles tellement tout le monde veut en rapporter chez eux.<\/p>\n
Doris Ashton a grandi dans l\u2019\u00c9tat de Georgie situ\u00e9 juste en haut de la Floride dans le sud du grand pays am\u00e9ricain. Dans cet \u00c9tat, on cultivait beaucoup la patate douce, un l\u00e9gume racine parent \u00e9loign\u00e9 de notre pomme de terre. Doris a vite appris comment la cuisiner \u00e0 son meilleur pour ensuite transmettre ses recettes \u00e0 sa fille Janice et plus tard \u00e0 la fille de celle-ci, Brandy Ashton qui \u00e9pousa mon premier fils en 1992.<\/p>\n
Et c\u2019est ainsi que m\u2019arriva cette fameuse recette garnie de pacanes grill\u00e9es. Je vous assure que si vous essayez cette casserole de patates douces, vous encadrerez vous aussi la recette!<\/p>\n
Vous aurez besoin de 3\u00a0tasses de patates douces pel\u00e9es, coup\u00e9es en petits cubes\u00a0et bouillies jusqu\u2019\u00e0 ce que la chair soit tendre. Bien \u00e9goutter.<\/p>\n
Ensuite, mettre dans un bol la chair et m\u00e9langer avec 3\/4 de tasse de sucre, 3\u00a0c. \u00e0 soupe de beurre, 1\/2 tasse de lait, 2\u00a0cuill\u00e8res \u00e0 table de babeurre (ou 2\u00a0cuill\u00e8res \u00e0 table de lait avec 2\u00a0gouttes de vinaigre), 1\/2 cuill\u00e8re \u00e0 th\u00e9 de sel, 2\u00a0\u0153ufs et 1\u00a0cuill\u00e8re \u00e0 th\u00e9 de vanille.
\nBien m\u00e9langer les ingr\u00e9dients et verser le tout dans un Pyrex beurr\u00e9 (ou tout autre plat allant au four).<\/p>\n
\u00c9tendre ensuite la garniture suivante sur le m\u00e9lange de patates douces\u00a0en utilisant une cuill\u00e8re. Pour la garniture, m\u00e9langer \u00e0 la fourchette dans un bol 1\u00a0tasse de sucre brun, 1\/3 de tasse de farine, 1\u00a0tasse de pacanes (ou de noix de Grenoble) et 1\/3 de tasse de beurre fondu.
\nCuire au four environ 35\u00a0minutes \u00e0 350\u00a0\u00b0F.<\/p>\n
Je vous sugg\u00e8re de doubler ou de tripler la recette selon le nombre de gourmands que vous aurez autour de la table. Et s\u2019il en reste, cette merveille se r\u00e9chauffe au micro-ondes tr\u00e8s rapidement.<\/p>\n
Saviez-vous que les patates douces contiennent du b\u00eata-carot\u00e8ne, de la vitamine A et des fibres? Les patates douces contiennent peu de sodium, et m\u00eame si elles sont appel\u00e9es patates douces, l\u2019amidon qu\u2019elles contiennent est surtout compos\u00e9 d\u2019amylopectine qui lui conf\u00e8re un indice glyc\u00e9mique plus bas que la pomme de terre traditionnelle. BON APP\u00c9TIT!<\/p>\n
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\nPsst\u00a0: je vous confesse qu\u2019\u00e0 mes d\u00e9buts avec cette recette, je me levais la nuit\u00a0pour manger un petit restant que j\u2019avais cach\u00e9 dans le tiroir \u00e0 l\u00e9gumes.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
En ce No\u00ebl\u00a02021, r\u00e9jouissons-nous d\u2019\u00eatre vivant malgr\u00e9 les multiples emb\u00fbches qui s\u2019acharnent […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2131,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2129","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lettre-mme-cora"],"acf":{"img_en":"","contenu_en":"This holiday season, let\u2019s celebrate the simple fact of being alive despite the many difficulties we\u2019ve all faced since the arrival of this awful virus. What may come, we are strong, we are fighters, we are resilient.<\/span>\r\n\r\nBack in the good old days, I used to cook a Christmas meal at home for almost 30 people. And for the past two years, we have had to forego the joy of being together. This year, even though health restrictions have relaxed a little, I\u2019ve opted to cancel our traditional Christmas Eve party rather than turn away people in order to respect capacity rules. My family and close friends are very important to me. And it would have been almost impossible to decide who to invite and who not to invite. Simply impossible to choose between Patrice or Marilou,<\/span>\u00a0between Stacy or Sergio, between Neil or Eric, between Olivia or William, between Patricia or Helene, etc.\r\n\r\nMy greatest gift this year is to realize how precious my loved ones are to me. Since we won\u2019t be getting together in a small group, we\u2019ll just have to wait another year to celebrate all together. And no, I won\u2019t feel sad because I\u2019m already dreaming of next year\u2026\r\n\r\nYes, you\u2019ll tell me. As soon as one nasty virus leaves, another variant comes knocking at the door. And maybe we'll have to learn to live like this: triple vaccinated, masked if necessary and extremely cautious.<\/span>\r\n\r\nAs I\u2019ve mentioned before, I\u2019m an optimist. And I do think we will adapt to this new reality. All areas of human activity will have to change: all our institutions, businesses, the arts, our impatient hearts and our constantly alert brains.\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\nIf you are wondering what to serve with the leftover turkey, meat pie or casserole for dinnertime, here is a wonderful recipe for sweet potato casserole from my daughter-in-law\u2019s grandmother.\u2028Believe it or not, this recipe has been framed and mounted on my kitchen wall since 1995.\u2028And every year I make three or four Pyrex dishes of it to please all the people who want to take some home.\u00a0\u2028<\/span>\r\n\r\nDoris Ashton grew up in the state of GEORGIA, located just above Florida in the southern part of the great American country. In this state, the sweet potato, a root vegetable and distant relative of our potato, was widely grown. And Doris quickly perfected how to cook it and passed her recipes onto her daughter Janice and later, to her daughter\u2019s daughter, Brandy Ashton, who married my first son in 1992.<\/span>\r\n\r\nAnd that\u2019s how I came to obtain this famous recipe topped with roasted pecans. One mouthful of this sweet potato casserole, and I guarantee you\u2019ll frame the recipe too!\u2028\u2028<\/span>\r\n\r\nYou will need 3 cups of peeled sweet potatoes, cut into small cubes and boiled until tender. Drain well.\u2028<\/span>\r\n\r\nNext, put the vegetable in a bowl and mix with 3\/4 cups of sugar, 3 tbsp. of butter, 1\/2 cup of milk, 2 tbsp. of buttermilk (or 2 tbsp. of milk with 2 drops of vinegar), 1\/2 tsp. of salt, 2 eggs and 1 tsp. of vanilla.\u00a0Mix ingredients well and pour into a buttered Pyrex (or ovenproof) dish.<\/span>\r\n\r\nFor the topping, mix in a bowl using a fork: 1 cup of brown sugar, 1\/3 cup of flour, 1 cup of pecans (or walnuts) and 1\/3 cup of melted butter.\u2028Spread the topping over the sweet potato mixture using a spoon. Bake for about 35 minutes in an oven preheated to 350\u00b0F.\u2028<\/span>\r\n\r\nI suggest doubling or tripling the recipe depending on how many people you have around the table. And if there is any left over, this marvellous dish can be reheated in the microwave very quickly.\u00a0\u2028<\/span>\r\n\r\nDid you know that sweet potatoes contain beta-carotene, vitamin A and fibre? Sweet potatoes are low in sodium, and even though they are called sweet potatoes, the starch they contain is mostly amylopectin, which gives them a lower glycemic index than traditional potatoes. BON \u00a0APP\u00c9TIT!\r\n<\/span>\r\n\r\nCora\r\n<\/span>\u2764\ufe0f<\/span>\r\nPsst: I confess that when I first started making this recipe, I would get up at night to eat a little of the leftovers that I had stashed away in the vegetable drawer!<\/span>"},"yoast_head":"\n