MAPLE SAP RECIPES

 

Sweet Rice Salad

3 cups cooked rice or quinoa (or any other grain of choice)

1 apple, diced

8 dates, chopped

½ cup nuts (black walnuts or hickory, if you got ‘em!)

1 cup plain yogurt

 

1. Cook 1½ cups rice or other grain in 4 cups fresh maple sap until done.

2.  Let cool thoroughly with a lid on to prevent drying out.

3.  Mix apples, dates, nuts and yogurt thoroughly.

4. Chill.  May be served slightly warmed or cold.

Top with a little maple syrup if you prefer it a little sweeter.

 

 

Maple-Baked Beans

 These baked beans are slow-cooked in a crockpot for about 24 hours.  As the sap slowly cooks down it turns into a sweet, maple-flavored  gravy.

4 cups dried navy beans (or any bean)

10 cups fresh maple sap

1 Tbsp salt

2 medium onions, minced

 

1.  Soak beans in water overnight.

2.  In the morning drain, put beans in a crockpot and add 10 cups fresh maple sap.

3.  Turn crock pot on high and cook all day until beans are soft and tender.

4.  Add diced onions and a little more maple sap if they seem a bit dry or low on liquid at this point.

5.  Continue to cook with the lid off of the crockpot overnight.

I made 3 batches of these this year, as they freeze nicely and I serve them at barbecues and potlucks in the summer.

 

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