PATTY’S PICK: APRICOT TORTONI
This is one of my favorite summertime dessert recipes. It is so light and refreshing and easy, and everyone loves it. It is the perfect ending for a ladies’ luncheon or brunch or dinner party. This dessert recipe is from our previous food editor Mary Leigh Furrh...
Purses and Pearls Luncheon
CRANBERRY CHICKEN SALAD 2 cups chopped cooked chicken breast 1 medium apple cut into bite-sized pieces 1 cup dried cranberries 1/2 cup thinly. sliced celery 1 cup mayonnaise 2 teaspoons fresh lime juice 1/2 teaspoon curry powder Combine first 5 ingredients in a large...
Moss Compact Placecard
YOU WILL NEED: Compact with powder puff and mirror Tube of lipstick Hot glue gun and glue sticks Green sheet Moss Red permanent marker Various Small fresh flowers Personalize your party with placards favors for each guest. Write the person’s name on the compact...BARBECUED PORK TENDERLOIN WITH TANGY SLAW AND FRENCH BREAD
2 (1 pound) pork tenderloins 1 cup tangy barbecue sauce Juice and zest of 1 orange Juice and zest of 1 lemon 2 tablespoons Worcestershire Sauce 3 cloves garlic, chopped 1 loaf French bread Place tenderloins in a zip-lock bag. Mix remaining ingredients except bread and...
PANÉED CATFISH FILETS WITH TABASCO TARTAR SAUCE
PANNED CATFISH FILETS WITH TABASCO TARTAR SAUCE This simple dish is delicious served with Tomatoes with Lemon Slices. Add toasted French bread and you are done! 4-6 catfish filets, rinsed and patted dry 1 cup flour seasoned with salt and pepper 1 stick of butter cut...
FILOMENA’S APPLE CAKE
5½ ounces butter, softened 5½ ounces, plus 2 tablespoons sugar, divided 2 teaspoons vanilla 3 eggs, separated 1 2/3 cups all-purpose flour 2 teaspoons baking powder 3 tablespoons milk 3 honeycrisp or gala apples For garnish: confectioners’ sugar for dusting Preheat...
Mortar Board Brownie Dessert
1 (2-crust) package of pie crusts 1½ sticks of margarine, melted 1½ cups of sugar 3 tablespoons of cocoa 3 eggs ¾ cup all-purpose flour 1½ teaspoons vanilla 1½ cups of chopped pecans For thing brownie squares, place 2 pie crusts in the bottom of a 9 x 13-inch baking...
BLACKBERRY COBBLER WITH BUTTER CRUST
2 cups all-purpose flour ½ teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon sugar ¾ cup cold unsalted butter, cut into small pieces 5 tablespoon ice water 5 cups fresh or frozen blackberries 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour 1 cup sugar 5 tablespoons unsalted butter, cut into small pieces 1...
Meringues with Lemon Curd and Fresh Strawberries
Store the merengues in a tin until ready to use to keep them light and crispy. Merengues: 6 egg whites Pinch of salt ¼ teaspoon cream of tartar 1 teaspoon vanilla 1½ cups sugar 2 cups fresh strawberries, hulled, sliced, and tossed with 1 tablespoon of sugar 1...
Weidmann’s Black Bottom Pie
I got the sweetest letter from Mrs. Mary Davidson Jennings, a 92-year old reader originally from Kosciusko, who loves Mississippi and Mississippi Magazine. She enclosed a brochure published in 1952 about the history of Weidmann’s Restaurant in Meridian, the oldest...