Artisan Recipe: Honey Vanilla Lemonade

honey vanilla lemonade

Recipe: Artisan Bake Shop, Meredith Rousseau

Yield: approx. 3.5 cups of lemonade concentrate

This is a favorite zippy summer drink from our Farmers’ Market days!  Our honey vanilla lemonade starts as a homemade concentrate.  The concentrate makes a wonderful hostess gift and also keeps in the fridge for a month.

Serve well shaken with ice and can be topped off with a float of your favorite fizzy seltzer or dry sparkling wine.

Recipe Notes: be sure to zest the citrus prior to juicing. 

You can replace the lemon juice/zest for orange juice and zest.

To Make the Concentrate:

¾ cup honey (local, unfiltered preferred)

1 ¼ cups organic sugar

5 tablespoons lemon zest

2 cups freshly squeezed lemon juice

1 vanilla bean, (halved lengthwise and scraped)

DIRECTIONS

Place a 2 quart saucepan on the stove.  Pour honey, sugar, zest, juice and vanilla bean (bean pod and scrapings) into the pot. 

Turn heat to medium/low and bring to a light simmer stirring occasionally, approximately 8-11 minutes.

Allow to simmer 2-3 minutes, turn off heat and move to a cold burner on the stove and allow to cool 5-10 minutes.

Pour concentrate, including the vanilla bean, into a glass jar or glass milk bottle.  Refrigerate.

To Use:  Fill a cocktail shaker with ice.  Shake the bottle of lemonade concentrate well.  Pour 2 ounces (1 shot) concentrate and 3 oz (1 ½ shots) of water into the glass. Using the shaker, shake the mixture well. Approx. 1 minute.  Pour contents, including ice, into a glass.  For a fun twist: leave approx. ½-3/4 inches of space at the top of the glass. Top with a float of your favorite tonic or seltzer or dry sparkling wine (optional).

Shop ONLINE with us during COVID-19, and pick up your items at the Bake Shop!

{Shop Online} during this unprecedented time, we are trying out something new!

We now have an online store (starting April 20, 2020 and until we're back to our new normal).

--New Items will be posted each week to make the ordering process easier--

Once you’ve placed your order, you’ll

--Pick Up—at our location:

Artisan Bake Shop

265 Walnut Plain Road, Rochester, MA 02770

Need Directions?  Click HERE: https://artisanbakeshop.com/directions.htm

-Pick Up is Car Hop/Curbside Service we bring your order to your car, wearing gloves and a mask

Our Online Store Items:

will be available for Saturday pick up 9am-1pm, only 

        (all orders will be ready at 9am and can be picked up until 1:00pm)

As always you can place your order by phone, too: 508-763-4905

Link to Our Online Store: 

https://my-site-101376-107405.square.site/

COVID -19 STATEMENT: April 17, 2020

April 17, 2020

Thank you so much for supporting us during this uncertain time.  As always, my small bake shop is by special-order, and by-appointment, only.   

We have remained open throughout the COVID-19 situation.  I'll be blunt: I took this situation seriously from the beginning.  I have an obligation to keep everyone safe: you and my staff.  

On March 16, 2020, I made the decision to operate exclusively as CAR HOP/Curbside Pickup.  I found a box of N95 masks that we had in storage and went to work figuring out how to operate in our new normal.

Customers do not enter the building (even the UPS guy).  Receiving items like bulk flour, sugar, eggs and butter, (even the mail) is handled much differently now than in the past.

It was important to limit our interactions, and therefore only myself and Tabitha (my foodservice manager and employee of 11 years) are working.

How Does CAR HOP/Curbside Pickup Work?

When you do see us bringing your order to your car, we are fully masked (N95, only) and gloved.  

-We wash our hands

-We touch your order, and only your order, with gloves.

-When we come back into the bake shop the gloves are disposed of at our sanitizing station near the front door.

-We use hand sanitizer, first, and then Lysol the soles of our shoes and walk to the handwash sink

-We wash our hands again

-Our footwear is also exclusive to the bakery (as of 4/18/20): we do not wear our shoes home.

-We setup a full disinfecting station: Lysol, Clorox Wipes, and Hand Sanitizer, boxes of gloves, extra masks, etc inside of our main entrance

Sometimes you may see a few people outside:

-We have three volunteers: my parents who live on the property, and my husband who is currently not working.
-I also have a 93 year old grandmother and a 16 month old son, so we have to take extra precautions no matter what.

Our daily routine includes all recommendations that have been issued by the CDC, FDA and local and state Health Departments require:

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-Thoroughly sanitize all production surfaces throughout the day, every day.

-Wear gloves whenever we handle product
-Wash our hands often and thoroughly throughout the day.

These are steps that we take every day but now we are on overdrive.  

As we celebrate our 15^th year, know that we thankful for your support, kindness, and encouraging words!  We love baking cakes, cookies, and so many confections for you. 

Thank you for being there for us, and we’ll continue to be here for you,

Meredith (and Tabitha)

Easter Menu 2020

Easter Menu 2020

We are a small shop with a small kitchen & even smaller staff.   Regrettably, No Substitutions or Changes Unless Offered.

6” cakes serve 6-8.    7” cakes serve 10-14 unless otherwise specified. 

All serving sizes are very generous            GF= gluten-free.  

Fine Cakes

{Strawberry Tartine Cake} Torte Style: vanilla cake layered with mascarpone whipped cream, halved fresh strawberries. Strawberry glaze & fresh strawberries.  7” serves 8-11. $40   (GF $50)

{Carrot Torte} 7” layer NAKED cake: carrots, pineapple, coconut. Cream cheese filling, LIGHT coat of vanilla buttercream.  Edible sugar carrot tops $45

{Easter Sprinkle Cake} 6” vanilla cake, cream cheese filling w/ vanilla frosting, white chocolate drip (color: pale yellow), fancy sprinkles. “Easter Greetings” inscription $32 (GF $42)

{Chocolate Fudge Cake} 7” chocolate cake layers, chocolate fudge filling, & vanilla frosting. Edible Décor: buttercream floral wreath & Easter eggs $45   

(GF $55)

{Lemon Blueberry Layer Cake} Vanilla-blueberry cake, lemon curd filling, vanilla buttercream frosting. Edible Fondant Décor: Easter eggs and sugar flowers. 6” serves 6-8 $37

{Classic Cheesecake} Graham crust, vanilla bean cheesecake, with fresh berries and whipped cream. 8” Serves 7-9. $37

Small Sweets:

Artisan Mini Pastry Box --30 pieces, $48. SUBSTITUTIONS:$5/EA

6 Chocolate Mousse Dessert Cups       6 Easter Egg Sugar Cookie Bars

6 Fancy Chocolate Cake Pops             6 Fancy Mini Vanilla Cupcakes

6 Lemon Berry Cheesecake Dessert Cups

French Macaron Box $30 (15 French Macarons)

GLUTEN-FREE      NO SUBSTITUTIONS.     CONTAINS TREE NUTS

3 of each flavor:  strawberry, caramel, almond, lemon, pistachio

Peter Rabbit Cupcake Box fancy handmade fondant decor. $40

 SUBSTITUTIONS: $5/EA

4 Chocolate Cake/Vanilla Buttercream,     2 Carrot Cake/Cream Cheese Frosting,

2 Vanilla Cake/Vanilla Buttercream,  2 Vanilla Cake/Chocolate Buttercream,

2 Strawberry Cupcakes with Vanilla Buttercream Frosting

Gluten-Free Dairy-Free Cupcakes 4 chocolate cupcakes, 2 w/raspberry filling. All with vanilla dairy-free frosting $12

 

Homemade Pies

SIGNATURE Chocolate Mousse Pie Dark chocolate mousse in ganache-glazed chocolate crust, w/whipped cream & chocolate vermicelli and chocolate crunchies, 9” pie, Serves 6-9.  $25

9” Deep Dish Pies:  Serves 6-9,  $25/ea    housemade all-butter crust, generous filling      -Baked Coconut Custard -               Wild Blueberry   -       Vanilla Custard

Breakfast  and Savory:

9” Deep Dish Quiche: all-butter housemade crust, generous filling  $22/ea, serves 6-9.   

-- bacon, leek & cheddar-  -maple sausage & roasted red pepper –

– spinach, caramelized onion & goat cheese—

Meri’s Sour Cream Coffee Cake: moist sour cream coffee cake layered with cinnamon filling and topped with cinnamon streusel.  8”x4 ½” x 3” loaf cake. Cuts into 6-8 generous slices. $15

How to Order:  

Call: 508-763-4905  or  

Email: artisanbakeshop@gmail.com

We need your first/last name and phone number to place an order.

All orders will receive a confirmation, if you do not receive a confirmation within 48 hours, please call the bake shop 508-763-4905, sometimes emails get stuck in our spam box!

When should I place my Order?

Place Orders by Sunday 4/5/20 by 11:00am.

{Custom Items: items NOT on the Easter Menu)}

Orders Close on 4/1/20 by 1pm.

When Do I Pick Up My Order?  

Sat. 4/11/20  10:00am-2:00pm    

(Pick up on Thursday and Friday also available 10am-6:00pm)

Address

265 Walnut Plain Road, Rochester, MA 02770

Directions: Located 20-25 min from New Bedford, 15 minutes from the Carver/Rochester Border, and 25 min from the Bourne Bridge.  www.artisanbakeshop.com/directions.htm

Payment Due at Time of Pickup

We Accept Debit or Credit Cards. 5% Discount for Checks & Cash.

How do I store/serve these Items:

Visit: http://artisanbakeshop.com/serve.htm

Cancellations/Changes/Modifications:

Can be made by Tues. 4/7/20 by 6:00pm.  All cancellations made after 6:00pm on Tues. 4/7/20 after 6:00pm will be subject to 50% payment as we have begun purchasing ingredients and turned down other customers to begin your order.

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Thanksgiving 2019

Pumpkin Carrot Mousse Torte

ARTISAN CAKES

{Pumpkin Carrot Mousse Torte} pumpkin-carrot-candied ginger cake, cream cheese mousse, topped with cinnamon whipped cream. Snickerdoodle Crumb

 7” round serves 9-11  $43 (Available as Gluten-Free +$9.00, no crumb)

{Fall Drip Cake}  layers of vanilla cake, vanilla buttercream filling and frosting, FANCY sprinkles at the base of the cake, pale orange white chocolate drip, buttercream dollops

6” round serves 6-9  $33 (Available as Gluten-Free +$9.00)

{Sweet Potato, Apple Naked Cake}  layers of our local apple and sweet potato cake, cream cheese filling, thin coat of Vanilla Buttercream Frosting. Candied Pumpkin Seeds.  7” round serves 12-14  $48

{Thankful Birch Cake}  vanilla and chocolate cake, chocolate buttercream filling, vanilla buttercream frosting. “Thankful” birch inscription. Edible and hand sculpted fall leaves, acorns, and cranberries. 7” round serves 10-14  $45

(Available as Gluten-Free +$9.00)

{Thanksgiving Cupcake Box}  12 cupcakes. No Substitutions.  $34

Double Chocolate Mousse Pie

3 vanilla/vanilla, 3 chocolate with vanilla buttercream, 4 pumpkin with cream cheese frosting, 2 caramel filled vanilla with vanilla buttercream frosting. Fancy Thanksgiving Décor (edible).

9” Deep Dish Artisan Favorite Pies 9” deep dish pie serves 6-9

-Honey Pumpkin Pie      $25 all butter crust baked to a deep golden brown, lots of pumpkin, cream and a little spice!

-Southern Pecan Pie      $25

-Chocolate Pecan Pie    $28  Layer of dark chocolate ganache  tops our sinful Southern Pecan Pie

-Double Chocolate Mousse Pie          $25 Chocolate crust w/a thin layer of ganache, dark chocolate mousse, real whipped cream, chocolate shavings & chocolate crunchies

-Cazuela (caz-way-LA)                            $23 9” deep dish pie, all-butter crust, sweet potato, pumpkin, coconut + ginger filling (like pumpkin pie but w/a Cuban twist) -has a cult following!)

-Chef’s Baked Vanilla Custard                       $23 9” deep dish pie, all-butter crust, vanilla bean baked custard in an all-butter shell.

9” Deep Dish Double Crust Pies 9” deep dish pie serves 6-9 $25

Apple   or         Wild Blueberry               or         Apple-Cranberry

Honey Pumpkin Pie

9” Dutch Crumb Deep Dish Pies 9” deep dish pie serves 6-9 $25

9” deep dish pie crust, very generous fruit filling, Oatmeal streusel tops our

Dutch Apple      or         Dutch Wild Blueberry     or Dutch Apple-Cranberry

Orders for Thanksgiving Close:

THURSDAY November 21st at 6:00pm

Place Orders By:

THURSDAY November 21st by 6:00pm

HOW TO ORDER:  Place Order By:

Email:  artisanbakeshop@gmail.com

You will FIRST receive our auto-reply, THEN a separate confirmation email. If you do not receive both, please contact us by phone- it may be in black hole of a spam box!  PLEASE ALLOW 24 HOURS FOR A CONFIRMATION.

OR  Phone:  508.763.4905 

If we don’t answer: leave a message!

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Wild Blueberry Pie

Orders Can Be Picked On:

Wednesday November 27, from Noon-6:00pm  

(pick up available Tuesday as well: please call for hours. Closed on Sunday/Monday.)

At:

Artisan Bake Shop

265 Walnut Plain Road, Rochester MA 02770

We Accept Credit/Debit/Checks/Cash.

Check/Cash payments enjoy a 5% discount

HOW TO STORE/SERVE MY ITEM(S):  

All items must be kept cold/refrigerated and brought to room temperature to serve: www.artisanbakeshop.com/serve.htm

Directions:

We are located about 20 min from New Bedford, 15 minutes from the Carver/Rochester Border, and 20 min from the Bourne Bridge.  

We have a sign at the street and a parking area down the driveway.

From Route I-195: Take exit 20 and turn left onto Route 105 North.  Follow Route 105 North for 1.8 miles then turn right onto Walnut Plain Road.  We are 1.2 miles on the left at 265 Walnut Plain Road.

From Route 58-MA:  Follow Route 58 towards Rochester.  Route 58 ends and continue straight onto County Road.  Follow County Road for 1.5 miles then turn right onto High Street.  Follow High Street for 2.6 miles then bear left onto Walnut Plain Road.  We are 1.4 miles on the right at 265 Walnut Plain Road.  

Disclaimer: Not Responsible For Typographical Or Pictorial Errors.