Cooking & Baking Essentials From The Garden Blueberries Blueberries are a nutrient dense fruit filled with good for you antioxidants, vitamins, minerals & fiber. They can be sprinkled over salads & added to smoothies for instant taste. Blueberries hold up well in baking applications & can be used to prepare some of our favorite summer […]
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Spring Entertaining: Party Biscuits
Spring Entertaining Southern Socials Party Biscuits Miniature Party Biscuits are the perfect size to serve guests when a host of flavor combinations are offered as just a few will satisfy appetites. Accompany with Ginger-Cantaloupe Preserves for now but these irresistible morsels can be served in various ways throughout the summer months, too. Look for those […]
Cooking Classics: Ginger-Canaloupe Preserves
Cooking Classics The Technique Ginger-Canteloupe Preserves Ginger-Cantaloupe Preserves makes a wonderful addition to party food classics & everyday meal solutions. This small batch recipe can be made relatively quickly & stored in the refrigerator. Diced cantaloupe & fresh peaches cooked down with grated ginger lend undeniably good taste & the simplicity of the ingredients truly […]
Spring Entertaining: Party Quiches
Spring Entertaining Southern Socials Party Quiches Everyone loves a party quiche. These bite-sized morsels are generally filled with crowd pleasing flavors such as bold cheeses, smoky bacon & freshly snipped herbs. The good news is that the ingredients can change each time you prepare them if you so please for a custom savory tartlet. Accompany […]
Cooking Classics: Lemon Curd
Cooking Classics The Technique Lemon Curd Tart & tangy lemon curd is a simple pleasure that’s relatively effortless to prepare. Using fresh lemons, the zest & the juice, will offer a clean flavor that cannot be replicated compared to commercial jars. The procedure is straightforward & in order to make a good recipe, the mixture […]
Baking Classics: Beaten Biscuits
Baking Classics The Technique Beaten Biscuits Beaten Biscuits are a Kentucky Derby classic with a procedure that dates back to the late 1700’s & they are quite different from traditional southern biscuits. A simple dough is manually fed through a hand cranked biscuit brake or roller attached to a table until the surface blisters & […]
Cooking Classics: Eggs Benedict
Cooking Classics The Technique Classic Eggs Benedict Eggs Benedict is a special meal ideal for breakfast & brunch gatherings. Although it requires several steps, a little planning forethought will go a long way & guests will certainly appreciate your efforts. Homemade English muffins make this recipe particularly tasty as the dough begins with a starter […]
The Basics: Classic Hollandaise Sauce
Cooking Essentials The Technique Classic Hollandaise Sauce Classic Hollandaise Sauce is one of the French Mother Sauces, a selection of recipes for which all other sauces begin. If you master these, an array of flavor combinations await that can be utilized to flavor & enhance dishes in a variety of ways. The technique used to […]
The Basics: Clarified Butter
Cooking Essentials The Technique Clarified Butter Butter is comprised of about 80 percent butterfat & about 16 percent water leaving the remaining makeup being that of milk solids & salt, if applicable. Clarified Butter is a method in which the butterfat is separated from the water & the milk solids which produces an incredibly clean flavor […]
Cooking Classics: Buttermilk-Cornmeal English Muffins
Cooking Classics The Technique Buttermilk-Cornmeal English Muffins English muffins are incredibly simple to prepare in your own kitchen. Time & patience are really the only key factors when baking a batch. Contrary to what you may have thought, the muffins are cooked on the stovetop either on a griddle or in a cast iron skillet. […]
