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Farm Charcuterie

Texas Twinkies

Texas Twinkies

1 8 ounce package of cream cheese

1 cup of pepper jack grated cheese

4 to 8 large or small jalapeños

1 pound of brisket chopped

1 package of hickory smoked bacon

1 cup of your favorite bbq sauce

In a bowl, mix together chopped brisket, cream cheese, and paper jack cheese.
Cut jalapeños with a slit halfway down abs spoon out seeds. Fill each one with. The mixture.
Wrap Bacon around the jalapeño. You can put a toothpick through if you’d like.
Grill until the bacon looks done. Use a brush to brush on bbq sauce while grilling.

Workman Sushi

1 package of Prosciutto

Bacon Jam

Goat Cheese

Arugula and Spinach Salad

Lay flat a single piece of prosciutto. Down the middle of it smooth out a tablespoon of goat cheese. Then spoon a layer of bacon jam over the top. Place some arugula and spinach leaves down the middle. Roll it up and place a tooth pick through the center.

Bacon Wrapped Brie with Pepper Jelly with Crostini

Bacon wrapped brie

1 8 ounce round Brie

6 slices of bacon

1 cup of pepper jelly

Crostini

1 baguette, sliced

Extra Virgin Olive Oil for drizzling

Directions

Take the bacon and weave 3 slices of bacon with the other 3 slices of bacon.
Pour pepper jelly over the brie.
Wrap the woven bacon around the brie and place into a cast iron plan.
Place on the grill. If it is at 250 it may take 1 to 11/2 hours. If your grill is around 350 it may take 30 min to 1 hour. Just watch as the bacon cooks.
As it gets ready. Preheat oven to 350. Slice up the baguette. Drizzle with olive oil. Bake until golden. It takes about 8 minutes.

McIntosh Pilau

Broth Ingredients:

1 whole chicken

1 yellow onion chopped

2 ribs celery chopped

4 garlic cloves

1 spring rosemary

1 spring fresh thyme

1 teaspoon smoked paprika

4 teaspoons salt

2 teaspoons pepper

Pilau

1 quart chicken broth

1 pound of ground sausage/ optional also 1 pound smoked sausage cut up into circles

4 tablespoons of chopped green onion

2 tablespoon parsley

3 tablespoons of butter

2 garlic cloves

1 white onion chopped

Broth

2 cups of rice

Place whole chicken in a pot and cover with water. Add salt and other ingredients. Simmer for 2 hours or until it is falling off the bone. Skim the top. Take the meat out and take it off of the bone.
Save the broth to use in the Next steps:
Sauté onions and garlic and butter in a cast iron pot. Sauté ground sausage.
Place items into a large cast iron pot along with the reserved broth. I sometimes include a few large bones for flavor. Bring to a boil along with rice and shredded chicken. Stir well and add in extra reserved broth if needed. Reduce heat to low and cover. Stir in the parsley when it is done. You want it to be a little soupy for the full from the farm effect.

McIntosh Hot Chili

1 table spoon olive oil

2 poblano peppers diced

2 jalapeno peppers diced

1 bell pepper

1 onion

2 garlic cloves

2 pounds of ground beef

2 cups beef broth

1 16 ounce can tomato sauce

1 15 ounce can diced tomatoes'

1 15 ounce can pinto beans

1 15 ounce can kidney beans

5 tablespoons chili powder

1 tablespoon orogen

1 sprig rosemary

1 teaspoon cumin

1 teaspoon coriander

1 tablespoon salt

1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper

Sauté onions, jalapenos, garlic, and peppers.
Brown the beef mixing in 2 tablespoons of chili powder then the sauteed items.
Move to large cast iron pot. Combine all remaining ingredients and simmer on low.

Candy Corn Martinis

4 ounces of whipped cream vodka

1 cup of pineapple juice

Whipped Cream

2 Table spoons Grenadine

Put 2 ounces of whipped cream vodka in each cup. Add 1/2 cup of pineapple juice. Pour in grenadine. It is heavy and will float to the bottom. Top with Whipped cream.

Easy Fall Charcuterie Board with Apple Cider Mimosa

Charcuterie Board

Mini Pumpkins, cinnamon/cranberry goat cheese, ritz crackers, prosciutto wrapped mozzarella, pumpkin/candy corn bark, caramel candy covered apples

Apple Cider Mimosa

1 part prosecco

1 part spiced apple cider

1 ounce spiced rum

garnish with cinnamon and sugar and candy apple

Argentina Spice Steaks with Chili Lime Butter

4 tablespoons of butter

1 garlic clove

1/4 teaspoon grated lime zest

1 tablespoon lime juice

Kosher salt

11/2 teaspoon paprika

11/2 teaspoon ground cumin

11/2 teaspoons chipotle powder

Four Ribeye Steaks

mix the butter, lime juice, lime zest, and salt…set aside
Mix cumin, paprika, chipotle, and 2 teaspoons salt
Rub this on steaks. Grill steaks.
Serve steaks topped with lime butter.

Mexican Street Corn

4 ears of corn

1/2 cup of mayonnaise

11/2 cups sour cream

1/4 cup chopped cilantro

1 cup grated parmesan

1 lime

Red Chili powder sprinkled to taste

lime wedges garnish

Pull tusks back and wrap them at the bottom. Grill corn. Mix mayo, sour cream, and cilantro. When corn comes off grill place this on corn. Squeeze the limes over it and sprinkle with parmesan. Sprinkle with chili powder to taste.

Blue Crab Dip on Toasted Baguette

1/2 cup tartar sauce

2 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce

8 ounce cream cheese

1 teaspoon hot sauce

2 tablespoons Old Bay

1 tablespoon Lemon juice

1 pound jumbo lump crab meat

1/2 cup Monterey jack cheese

1/4 cup mozzarella cheese

parsley chopped for garnish

toasted baguette

olive oil

Mix the cream cheese, tartar sauce, Worcestershire sauce, hot sauce, old bay. Add in lemon juice.
Mix crab meat and Monterey jack cheese slowly.
Bake in cast iron at 350 for about 15 minutes. Top with rest of cheese and let it cook five more minutes. Top with Parsley.

Hoppin’ Johns

8 slices of bacon

6 green onions

1 red pepper

1 green pepper

1 can of black eyed peas

1 bay leaf

1 pound of hot pork sausage (this can be left out)

1 teaspoon cayenne pepper

1/2 teaspoon dried basil

1/4 teaspoon oregano

1/4 teaspoon thyme

1 jalapeno pepper ( or leave out if you don’t want it hotter)

2 to 3 cups of water

1 cup of uncooked rice

In a cast iron, cook the bacon and set aside. Cook the sausage and set aside. Saute onions, peppers, and celery in drippings. (You can take all the grease out but three tablespoons.
Add the water and rice. Put in the seasonings.
Cover and allow it to simmer 10 minutes.
Add in the sausage, bacon, and peas.
Simmer another 10 minutes or until the rice is ready.

Oysters Rockefeller

14 oysters

4 slices of bacon

4 tablespoons of butter

6 ounces spinach

2 garlic cloves

2 tablespoons of white wine

4 tablespoons heavy whipping cream

6 ounces Parmesan cheese

4 ounces Guyere cheese

1/2 cup of Pablo breadcrumbs

2 tablespoons parsley

4 lemon wedges

Open the oysters..keeping as much juice in them as possible
Brown 4 slices of bacon
Sauté butter and garlic. Next add two tablespoons of white wine and spinach. Let this sauté until evaporated.
Remove this and mix with cheese and Panko. Add salt, pepper, and heavy cream.
Add to oysters . Top with cheese and bread crumbs.
Get the broiler ready. place oysters under broiler until brown.
Season with lemon juice and serve hot.