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  Baked Alaska   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Bake in the center of the oven for 12 to 15 minutes or until the top is golden brown.
Assemble the baked Alaska by cutting the sponge cake to the basic shape of the bombe mold.
The baked Alaska is now ready for a quick visit to the very hot oven to brown the meringue but not melt the ice cream.
www.culinarycafe.com /Desserts/Baked_Alaska.html   (444 words)

  
 Baked Alaska with Coconut Sorbet and Chocolate Ice Cream by Michael Lomonaco
Bake on the oven's center rack until the top is golden brown, 12 to 15 minutes.
Begin to assemble the baked Alaska by cutting the sponge cake in 2 pieces to the shape of the bombe mold.
Bake the Alaska for just 5 minutes, to lightly brown the meringue but not melt the ice cream.
www.leitesculinaria.com /recipes/cookbook/baked_alaska.html   (738 words)

  
 Baked Alaska - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Baked Alaska (also known as glace au four, omelette à la norvégienne, Norwegian omelette and omelette surprise) is a dessert made of ice cream (ideally straight from the freezer) placed in a pie dish lined with slices of sponge cake or Christmas pudding and topped with meringue.
This title transformed into "Baked Alaska" in 1876 when Delmonico's Restaurant in New York City named it in honour of the newly acquired territory of Alaska.
The reversed baked alaska (hot on the inside and cold on the outside) was invented by Nicholas Kurti, using the then new invention of the microwave oven.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Baked_Alaska   (404 words)

  
 Baked Alaska
Alaska is America’s coldest, biggest and emptiest state.
Around 80% of Alaska is built on a frozen layer of ground known as the permafrost, which hasn’t melted since the ice age.
On Alaska’s west coast, an Eskimo village is at the sharp end of the western world’s dependence on fossil fuel.
ourworld.compuserve.com /homepages/tvchoice/tvc89x.htm   (471 words)

  
 What is Baked Alaska?
In reality, a Baked Alaska is not an igloo cake, but a dish of ice cream topped lightly baked meringue.
Baked Alaska had been made prior to this date, with meringue and whipped egg whites, being first developed and baked in the very early 19th century.
It is better to have a Baked Alaska with slightly melted ice cream, than to have one with wet meringue.
www.wisegeek.com /what-is-baked-alaska.htm   (394 words)

  
 The history of Baked Alaska, recipe
Ranhofer is said to have invented it to commemorate Seward's purchase of Alaska in 1867.
It was a spectacular cake, topped with solidly frozen ice cream, the whole enveloped in meringue, then browned and served still warm from the oven.
Bake for 3 minutes to brown the meringue, and serve the Baked Alaska immediately so the ice cream doesn't melt
www.kitchenproject.com /history/BakedAlaska.htm   (369 words)

  
 History of Baked Alaska
Baked Alaska is ice cream encased in some sort of hot casing (pastry crust or meringue).
The technique of covering foods with meringue and then baking until the meringue is delicately browned seemed to have been a popular dessert technique during the middle 1850s.
Baked Alaska Apple Pie - Do everything as directed in Meringue aux Pommes, but instead of filling the apple centers with marmalade, fill them with vanilla ice cream, and spoon ice cream in the spaces around the apples.
whatscookingamerica.net /History/IceCream/BakedAlaska.htm   (2247 words)

  
 The Big Apple: Baked Alaska
An Englishman (George Sala) who visited Delmonico's in the 1880s said: "The 'Alaska' is a baked ice....The nucleus or core of the entremet is an ice cream.
The "Alaska" is a BAKED ICE, of which the interior is an ice cream.
BAKED ALASKA--Cover a mold of vanilla ice cream with a meringue made from whites of six eggs and six tablespoonfuls of powdered sugar, put in plates, stand on a board, and put in a hot oven for a moment.
www.barrypopik.com /index.php/new_york_city/entry/baked_alaska   (1301 words)

  
 Baked Alaska
For those of you who don't know, a Baked Alaska is a cake layer surmounted by a layer of ice cream.
Bake in preheated oven 30-35 minutes, or until toothpick inserted in center emerges with a few moist crumbs still clinging to it.
Fifteen to twenty minutes before you want to bake the dessert, preheat the oven to 475 degrees F. About 10 minutes before you want to bake the dessert, remove the cake layer (NOT the ice cream layer) from the freezer.
www.globalgourmet.com /food/ilc/1198/alaska.html   (1695 words)

  
 Baked Alaska   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
KAKTOVIK, ALASKA - Skeptics of global warming should come to this Eskimo village on the Arctic Ocean, roughly 250 miles north of the Arctic Circle.
Alaska has warmed by 8 degrees, on average, in the winter, over the last three decades, according to meteorological records.
But while there will be benefits to a warmer Alaska (a longer growing season, ice-free ports), climate change can also lead to crop failures, spread tropical diseases and turn Bangladesh into tidal pools.
healthandenergy.com /baked_alaska.htm   (856 words)

  
 Books | Baked Alaska   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Alaska — they’ll relocate their utopia to the Far North, on land by the Thirtymile River that Norm’s old coot uncle has left him.
The novel takes on new vigor, a Hemingwayesque economy and Faulknerian depth, when it switches to that leathery trapper, outcast, and binge drinker who dwells on the fringes of the Arctic Circle in Boynton, Alaska, just a bend or two down the river from the eventual location of Drop City North.
Nature, of course, is red in tooth and claw, and from the very beginning the mealy-mouthed vegetarians of Drop City have a hard time adjusting to the idea that they’re not going to survive the long winter on granola alone, that pastoral splendor is bought with the blood of butchered lambs.
www.bostonphoenix.com /boston/arts/books/documents/02702188.htm   (675 words)

  
 Daily Eats - Food Lovers Unite!: Where the Baked Alaska Roam
She mentioned Baked Alaska in her email to me. Well, don't know much about history, but I was thinking that Baked Alaska wasn't really from Alaska.
The Baked Alaska arrived, a modest golden meringue mound in the middle of a plate.
I think the appeal of the Baked Alaska is that the ice cream, which sits atop a thin layer of sponge cake, remains frozen after the meringue that engulfs it is browned in the oven.
www.dailyeats.com /2005/07/where-baked-alaska-roam.html   (692 words)

  
 Raspberry Baked Alaska
In a standing mixer fitted with the whisk attachment, beat the eggs and 6 tablespoons sugar at high speed until they are thick, pale, and tripled in volume, about 5 minutes.
Spread the batter evenly in the prepared pan and bake until the cake pulls away from the sides of the pan and the top is golden brown and springs back when pressed lightly near the center, about 20 minutes.
Transfer the baking sheet to the fully preheated oven and bake until the meringue is well browned, about 5 minutes.
www.epicurean.com /featured/raspberry-baked-alaska-recipe.html   (481 words)

  
 Baked Alaska - History and Facts about the dessert called Baked Alaska
Baked Alaska consists of hard ice cream on a bed of sponge cake, the whole thing is then covered with uncooked meringue.
And then there is the story of it being passed on to the French in the mid 19th century when a Chinese delegation was visiting Paris.
The name Baked Alaska originated at Delmonico's Restaurant in New York City in 1876, and was created in honor of the newly acquired territory of Alaska.
www.foodreference.com /html/artbakedalaska.html   (518 words)

  
 Baked Alaska » Easy Party Food Recipes
Place cake on baking sheet and arrange 2 pints of ice cream close together on the cake.
Bake in hot oven (500 F.) 1 to 2 minutes until lightly browned.
Note: An angel food cake made in a tube pan may be used, instead of sponge cake.
www.easy-party-recipes.com /archives/2006/06/baked-alaska.html   (198 words)

  
 The Food Timeline: history notes--ice cream
The history of Baked Alaska is an interesting study of food evolution and culinary folklore.
Desserts approximating "Baked Alaska" began to appear in the middle of the 19th century.
It is a contemporary ethnic interpretation of Baked Alaska, a popular upscale hot/cold ice cream dessert developed in the last quarter of the 19th century.
www.foodtimeline.org /foodicecream.html   (8653 words)

  
 COFFEE BAKED ALASKA WITH MOCHA SAUCE Recipe at Epicurious.com
Invented in the 1800s, the baked Alaska was possibly named to commemorate America's purchase of that northern territory.
The dessert was a big hit in the fifties because convenience was a watchword, and for all the showy effect it created at the table, baked Alaska was not difficult to make.
Bake dessert until meringue is lightly browned and just set, about 3 minutes.
www.epicurious.com /recipes/recipe_views/views/102139   (682 words)

  
 10/9/2004 -- Baked Alaska   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Since the mid-1950s, Alaska's glaciers have lost about 3,300 cubic kilometers of melted ice and snow -- enough to submerge the entire state of Texas in 15 feet of water.
The Bush administration and the state of Alaska are hoping to significantly increase production within the next 10 years.
In addition, Alaska is pushing for state ownership of federal land that abuts massive swaths of natural gas.
www.forests.org /articles/reader.asp?linkid=34829   (2404 words)

  
 Heart Healthy Recipes
Heart Healthy Alaska Seafood: Alaska Dietitians' Recipes is especially for people seeking recipes that are low in saturated and trans fats, and low to moderate in sodium.
Alaska Dietetic Association members contributed favorite Alaska Seafood recipes that they prepare for their families and friends.
The collection includes recipes for Alaska Halibut, Alaska Cod, Alaska Crab, and several for Alaska Salmon which is particularly rich in healthy omega-3 fatty acids important for heart health.
www.alaskaseafood.org /recipes/HeartHealthyRecipes.htm   (122 words)

  
 For Chocolate Lovers Only: October 1999’s Recipe for Baked Alaska on StarChefs
If you don't know, Baked Alaska is a cake layer topped by a layer of ice cream; this is then thickly covered with meringue, lightly browned in a very hot oven for a few minutes, then served immediately.
Fifteen to twenty minutes before you want to bake this, preheat the oven to 475 degrees F. About 10 minutes before you want to bake the dessert, remove the cake layer from the freezer.
Place the dessert immediately (still on the doubled baking sheet) into the very hot oven for 3 to 5 minutes, or just until the meringue is lightly browned.
www.starchefs.com /chocolate_lovers/1999/html/october/recipe_03.shtml   (1565 words)

  
 TVE's Earth Report: Baked Alaska
All across Alaska, people are reporting distinct changes in the weather, and the anecdotal evidence is backed by science.
While Alaska suffers the first effects of climate change, the oil industry is trying to extend operations into the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge — an issue which on which Alaskans are divided.
According to the Alaska Climate Research Centre, temperatures are rising about ten times more quickly than the rest of the world - since the 1960s, the winter average has risen by 4 degrees centigrade.
www.tve.org /earthreport/archive/doc.cfm?aid=801   (2117 words)

  
 BAKED ALASKA   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Bake in preheated oven according to package instructions, until center of cake springs back when lightly touched.
Line a baking sheet with parchment or heavy brown paper.
Bake the Alaska on the lowest shelf, 8 to 10 minutes, or until meringue is lightly browned.
www.just-recipes.net /baked_alaska.htm   (143 words)

  
 RecipeSource: Baked Alaska & Variations
You can have Baked Alaska on short notice if you keep cake and ice cream on hand in your freezer.
Bake 4 to 5 min., or until delicate brown.
Slip 2 spatulas between Baked Alaska and paper.
www.recipesource.com /desserts/frozen-desserts/baked-alaska1.html   (235 words)

  
 CNN.com - Oil-drilling protesters bring dessert  - Apr 22, 2005
About 100 people rally Friday on Capitol Hill with a 900-pound baked Alaska to protest possible oil drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
A dozen people walked the baked Alaska, weighing about 900 pounds, from a freezer truck and placed it on display.
Baked Alaska usually consists of ice cream on a bed of cake encased in a pastry crust or meringue that's quickly browned in the oven.
edition.cnn.com /2005/TECH/science/04/22/anwr.protests   (441 words)

  
 baked Alaska - Allrecipes
A dessert consisting of a layer of SPONGE CAKE topped by a thick slab of ice cream, all of which is blanketed with MERINGUE.
This creation is then baked in a very hot oven for about 5 minutes, or until the surface is golden brown.
The MERINGUE layer insulates the ice cream and prevents it from melting.
allrecipes.com /howto/baked-alaska/detail.aspx   (113 words)

  
 2002 Honorable Mention: Baked Alaska
They created a Baked Alaska to surprise, and perhaps to show forgiveness to, their husbands.
Grady Clarkson says, "To confirm the dangers of a Baked Alaska flame, I report an event that occurred to close friends of mine almost 40 years ago.
The meringue-covered dish was borne to the table in the outstretched arms of one waiter, while another toted a bottle of brandy and a lighter.
www.darwinawards.com /stupid/stupid2002-01.html   (980 words)

  
 BAKED ALASKA (Recipe) @ Emeril's dot com
Sift the flour, baking powder, and salt into a medium-size mixing bowl.
Bake until the cake springs back when touched, about 15 minutes.
To brown it in the oven, preheat the oven to 400ºF. Put the baked Alaska in the hot oven until the meringue is tinged golden brown, 2 to 4 minutes.
www.emerils.com /recipes/by_name/baked_alaska_version3.html   (539 words)

  
 Baked Alaska
The Alaska Travel Industry Association has been taking some heat for a new advertising campaign.
Alaska is an incredible place, a once-in-a-lifetime destination, an unsurpassed world of vistas, wildlife and idiosyncratic people.
Never mind "Alaska B4UDIE." This is about seeing Alaska before the Arctic dies.
www.buzzflash.com /contributors/05/10/con05388.html   (916 words)

  
 Absolute Recipes: Baked Alaska
Transfer cake with ice cream to a baking sheet.
Spread with egg white mixture, sealing to edges of cake and baking sheet all around.
Bake in a 500F oven about 3 minutes or till golden.
www.absoluterecipes.com /desserts-rec/baked-alaska.html   (165 words)

  
 Cooks.com - Recipes - Baked Alaska
Those whose mothers made the world's best apple pie or blueberry muffins know that baked goods made for and with children are the stuff of family memories...
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Bake at 375°F for 40-50 minutes (depending on thickness of fish).
www.cooks.com /rec/search/0,1-0,baked_alaska,FF.html   (218 words)

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