Healthy Holidays

Lime Fool
Healthy Holiday Recipe

Ingredients:
Peel and juice of 1 lime
1 cup sugar
1/4 cup water
1 pint heavy cream

For sugar swirls:
1 1/4 cups sugar
1/3 cup corn syrup
1/4 cup water
Chocolate chips for garnish

Directions:
Sugar sticks: Thoroughly oil a sheetpan. In a small saucepan bring sugar, corn syrup and water to a boil. Cook until mixture reaches the hard crack stage (295 to 310 degrees). Remove pan from heat.

Directions:
Preparing the Meat Loaf
Preheat oven to 375 degrees. In a large bowl, combine ground beef, eggs, bread crumbs, green onions, milk, parsley, garlic, Worcestershire sauce, salt and pepper just until blended.

Being careful (caramelized sugar can cause a very bad burn) quickly spoon large swirls onto prepared sheetpan. Allow to cool completely. Release swirls from pan. Store in a cool dry place.

In a small saucepan combine lime juice and peel, sugar and water. Bring to a boil and reduce to approximately 1 cup. Allow to cool, cover and refrigerate syrup overnight.

Strain out peel and pulp of lime.

Whip cream to stiff peaks with 1/4 cup syrup. Spoon into martini glasses. Serve Lime Fool garnished with sugar swirls and chocolate chips.