SUGAR AND NUT GLAZED BRIE
1/4 cup packed brown sugar
1/4 cup broken macadamia nuts (pecans are great too)
1 Tablespoon good brandy
1-14 ounce round of good Brie Cheese
Apple wedges, seedless grapes or crackers.
In a small bowl stir together sugar, nuts and brandy. Make this ahead in the day and cover and place in fridge.
Place Brie on pizza pan and bake for 4-5 minutes at 500 degrees. Sprinkle with sugar mixture. Bake for 2-3 minutes or until sugar is melted. Serve with fruit and crackers.
… from the kitchen of Donna Engle Godfrey
I make this EVERY party I have and good heavens, people seem to go crazy over it! I serve it with dinner rolls and in a chafing dish. The real key is to cook it until it falls off the bone. Scrape the fat off because enough is cooked into the meat over time. Of course when you scrape the fat off, you have to eat the crusty top of it until you get sick!
Love to you,
Lori Mitchell Barnett
Austin, Texas
www.lmbphoto.com
Oven-Roasted Pulled Pork Sandwiches
1 (5 to 7 pound) pork roast, preferably shoulder or Boston butt
Dry Rub:
3 tablespoons paprika
1 tablespoon garlic powder
1 tablespoon brown sugar
1 tablespoon dry mustard
3 tablespoons coarse salt
Cider Vinegar Barbecue Sauce:
1 1/2 cups cider vinegar
1 cup yellow or brown mustard
1/2 cup ketchup
1/3 cup packed brown sugar
2 garlic cloves, smashed
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon cayenne
1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
12 dinner rolls or buns
Rub/Marinate Pork
· Mix the paprika, garlic power, brown sugar, dry mustard,
· and salt together in a small bowl.
· Rub the spice blend all over the pork and marinate for as long as you havetime for, as little as 1 hour or up to overnight, covered, in the refrigerator.
Cooking: 6-8 hours before serving or more, adjusting for roast size
· Preheat the oven to 300 degrees F.
· Put the pork in a roasting pan and bake, fat side up for about 6-8 hours.
· Basically, roast the pork until it’s falling apart and off the bone and an instant-read thermometer inserted into the thickest part registers 170 degrees F.
Sauce
· To make the barbecue sauce: combine the vinegar, mustard, ketchup, brown sugar, garlic, salt, cayenne, and black pepper in a saucepan over medium heat.
· Simmer gently, stirring, for 10 minutes until the sugar dissolves.
Prepare
· Remove the pork roast from the oven and transfer to a large platter.
· Allow the meat to rest for about 10 minutes. While still warm, take 2 forks and “pull” the meat to form shreds.
· Using 2 forks, shred the pork by steadying the meat with 1 fork and pulling it away with the other.
· Put the shredded pork in a bowl. Pour 1/2 of the sauce on the shredded pork and mix well to coat. Serve the rest of the sauce on the side.
· To serve, spoon the pulled pork mixture onto the bottom 1/2 of the hamburger bun, and top with the slaw (optional)
Serve with pickle spears and the remaining sauce on the side.
Football Season Taco Dip
Shredded cheddar cheese (mild or sharp)
Refried beans
Ground beef
Thick n’ chunky salsa
Sour cream
Taco seasoning
Hot sauce
Brown ground beef and heavily season with a taco/chili powder. Drain thoroughly. Spread refried beans (usually 1 large can) evenly across the bottom of a casserole dish. Layer with ground beef. Dash hot sauce if you wish.
Mix sour cream with a packet or two of taco/chili powder and heap atop the layer of ground beef (should be at least an inch thick). This sour cream mixture should be somewhat spicy. Generously pour a thick n’ chunky salsa atop the sour cream layer, then cover with cheddar cheese (mild or sharp).
Bake at 375 degrees for about 30 minutes… or until it bubbles over the pan and makes a mess. DO NOT serve this immediately — let it set for about 5 minutes. If you dip into it too early, it will have a loose consistency. Best served very warm, and it is great reheated.
Serve with nachos and get ready for a thick, hearty appetizer. I have never had any complaints on this dish.
NOTE: This is a dish I made somewhat by accident. You will note that no quantities are listed because it is something that can be thrown together and contoured without measurement according to your needs.
Fried Peanut Butter and Banana Sandwich
2 large bananas
6 slices white bread
1 stick (1/2 cup) butter
1 cup peanut butter
Peel and mash bananas. Mix peanut butter with bananas thoroughly. Toast bread lightly and spread mix on bread. Melt butter in skillet and brown sandwiches on each side slowly until golden brown.
In memory of Elvis Presley… a lover of good Southern food.
August is the busiest month to tour Graceland as fans come from all over the world to pay tribute to an American legend. Recipe taken from “Authentic Recipes from Graceland”
