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Print Date Nut Bread Recipe with Jujube (Chinese red Date) Ingredients 1 ½ cup dried Jujubes Red Chinese dates ½ cup Papa Paulo Port 2 ½ cups water 1 Tbsp baking soda 1 cup chopped pecans optional 2 cups granulated sugar 3 tbsp butter 2 eggs beaten 1 tsp salt 4 ½ cups all […]
Print Cowboy Caviar Ingredients 2 cups cooked black beans – cooled 2 cups cooked southern peas also known as cow peas or black eye peas- cooled 1-2 cups Fresh diced tomatoes 2 cups cooked corn kernels 1 small red onion diced 1 green bell pepper 1 jalapeno minced 1 bunch cilantro chopped S+P to […]
Print Ingredients 1 lb Fresh Blackberries hulled and rinsed 3 Tbsp sugar 3 Tbsp AP flour ½ cup MH port 2 cups rolled oats 1 cup flour 1 cup brown sugar ½ lb cubed cold butter 1 Tbsp cinnamon Instructions • In a bowl mix together the berries/sugar/ flour/port• In a separate bowl mix together […]
Print Plum Tarte Tatin Serves 6 Ingredients 1 sheet frozen puff pastry 2 # red plums satsumas split and pitted 2/3 cup sugar 6 tbsp unsalted butter 1/4 cup MH port 1 Tbsp fresh lemon juice Instructions In a heavy bottom pan, melt the butter Add the sugar, port and lemon juice Over medium […]
Print Wilted Swiss Chard with Mushrooms and Bacon Ingredients 1 cup bacon cut into juliennes ½ yellow onion sliced thin ½ lb favorite mushrooms sliced 1 lb Swiss Chard washed well if its young and tender use stems as well 1 cups chicken stock ½ cup MH unoaked chardonnay Salt and pepper to taste […]
Print Eastern Redbud Salad Ingredients 12 ounces salad greens of your choosing (check the February article by Master Gardener Michael Vidrine on types of lettuces) Condiments of your choice 2 cups eastern redbud blossoms 8 ounces your favorite dressing Instructions Recipe by Chef Chris Shepley: Build the salad either in a bowl or on […]
Print Mixed Season Lettuce with a Berry Grenache Vinaigrette For the salad base use a blend of Romaine, Butter Crunch, Black Simpson, Oak Leaf and Red Tip (or a mix of whatever lettuces you have). I like to try to use the leaves in their whole form and stack them for plate presence. Ingredients ½ […]
Print Fresh Sugar Snap Pea Salad Ingredients 8 oz. fresh sugar snap peas ½ red bell pepper julienne ¾ cup buttermilk 3 Tbsp plain Greek yogurt 2 Tbsp fresh lemon juice 1 small garlic clove minced ¼ cup Messina Hof Gewürztraminer 1 pinch kosher salt 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil 1 tsp freshly grated […]
Print Baked Corn Pudding Serves 8-10 Ingredients ½ cup sugar 3 Tbsp all-purpose flour 3 large eggs 1 ¼ cups whole milk ¼ Messina Hof Unoaked Chardonnay ¼ cup melted butter ½ tsp salt ½ tsp black pepper ½ yellow onion small dice ½ red and green bell pepper small dice 2 cups fresh corn […]
Print Pecan Caramel Bread pudding Ingredients 1 loaf white bread cubed 1 quart liquid eggs 2 cups half and half 1 cup brown sugar 1 cup pecan pieces 2 tsp cinnamon 2 cups caramel sauce Instructions Place the cubed bread in a bowl In a separate bowl mix together the remaining six ingredients, reserve 1 […]
