Corned Beef Hash Pie with Painted Crust

Okay, it’s not one of the healthiest meals around, but boy, is it rib-sticking. We love this easy hash, and tucking it in a flaky pie is a perfect way to use leftover corned beef. I wanted to make the pie for St. Patrick’s Day, not after, so I cooked up a corned beef just for this purpose. For a standard pie you’ll need about 3 cups of chopped corned beef.

Heavy cream mixed with food coloring made a simple, thick paint that held its color nicely while baking. I used an ice cube tray for a palette. As it turned out, this was an excessive amount of “paint”; most of it went down the drain once the pie was made. You may want to be a little more prudent than I if you try this.

Whipping cream and food coloring make wonderful pastry paint!

Have you ever attended one of those “Corks & Canvas” events where you all attempt to paint the same picture? If so, you may have seen me. I was that nutcase who painted with her fingers. It’s just a lot more natural for me than using brushes. (And yeah, it might have had something to do with the wine we were served.) I have to tell you, except for the tiny details, finger painting worked really well on the pie crust, too.

And I have the green fingertips to prove it.

The recipe below is enough for one standard pie. If you have a larger pan, or if you plan to layer (the rainbow, sheep, and a few of the hills were separate layers) you may want to make a bigger batch of crust and bump the filling up to four cups of potatoes and 4 cups of meat.

Corned Beef Hash Pie with Painted Crust
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Amounts are for standard pie pan. If you are using a large, deep-dish pan, you may wish to make more filling and crust.
Ingredients
  • HASH FILLING:
  • 2 tablespoons butter
  • 2 tablespoons cooking oil
  • 3 cups peeled, cubed (small cubes) potatoes
  • 3 cups chopped, cooked corned beef
  • ½ onion, chopped
  • 2 cups broth (I used beef, but chicken works well, too)
  • ¼ cup flour
  • CRUST:
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 cup cold shortening
  • ¼ cup cold milk
  • 1 tablespoon vodka (or vinegar)
  • OPTIONAL: heavy cream and food coloring for painting designs on the crust
Instructions
  1. FILLING: In a large skillet on medium high heat, add butter and oil. When hot, add cubed potatoes. Stirring often, cook for 5 minutes. Turn heat down to medium low. Add corned beef and onions. Cook for 2-3 minutes, stirring occasionally.
  2. In a small bowl, whisk together broth and flour. Add to potato and meat mixture. Stir until it thickens, then remove from heat. Allow the mixture to cool.
  3. Heat oven to 350 F.
  4. CRUST: In a medium bowl, combine flour and salt. Cut in the shortening, using a pastry cutter, until shortening is about the size of small peas.
  5. Combine milk and vodka. Drizzle into flour mixture, tossing mixture with a fork or rubber spatula, until it is blended and begins to hold together.
  6. On a generously floured surface, roll half of the dough out until you can cut a circle larger than the top width of your pie pan. (Aim for at least 1 inch larger, all the way around.) Cut out circle, gently roll up on your rolling pin, and ease into the pan. Trim edge, leaving a little hanging over the edge of the pan.
  7. Roll the other piece out to the same size. If you are planning to paint the top crust, make sure the rolled crust has plenty of flour under it. Slide it onto a thin flexible cutting board or a floured baking sheet for ease in handling.
  8. Mix your choice of food coloring into small amounts of heavy cream (an ice cube tray works well.)
  9. Paint onto the crust, using soft paintbrushes. Try not to overwork the "paint" or the crust will get mushy. I found that my fingers worked better than brushes in large areas. Leave a 1-inch unpainted area around the outside of the circle; this will be the fluted edge.
  10. This is a little tricky: carefully slide the crust off the floured base, positioning it evenly. Fold both crusts under together and flute.
  11. (If you aren't painting the crust, fill the bottom crust with cooled hash, place the top crust over it, and, pressing the two crusts together, fold under, all the way around the pan. Flute the edges, brush the top with a little cream or an egg wash on the top if desired, and place pie on a baking sheet.)
  12. Bake 45-50 minutes at 350 F, until golden brown around the edges.

Cook the cubed potatoes, add meat and onions, then thicken with broth and flour.

Before it was baked.

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So much flavor!

Happy St. Patrick’s Day!

Lorinda

Cheesy Dilly Bun Burgers

May is Burger Month, and this post is part of a fantastic burger grill giveaway hosted by Girl Carnivore, where we all try to outdo each other to produce the best burger imaginable . . .but the burger you’re about to see is all my own. (So are the inevitable opinions and tasteless jokes.)

Play along for a chance to win an impressive grilling package. The entry link is at the bottom of the post. Be sure to follow along every day for the entire month of May for chances to win the Ultimate Burger Grilling Giveaway and check Burgermonth.com daily for all of the tantalizing burgers.

This zesty burger is filled with cheese, smothered in a crispy cheese skirt, and surrounded by a cheese and pickle bun. So much cheese! And that dilly bun is amazing, with a surprisingly restrained dill undertone, although a generous amount of chopped dill pickle and some fresh dill is added to the dough. Even those who aren’t pickle fans will like this bun.

And it’s all about the bun for me. I mean, I’m The Rowdy Baker, not The Rowdy Grillmaster. Hamburgers are simply a wonderful excuse to scarf down big, fat, fresh buns!

We’ve had some munificent sponsors who have sent us products to try. What a kick!

One of our wonderful sponsors, Red Duck, sent me a bottle of their Red Duck Smoky Ketchup, and I added a lavish amount to the burger before grilling, along with some chopped onions and a dash of balsamic vinegar. The result was a mildly sweet, slightly savory burger. I drizzled a little more of the ketchup over my burger; it’s that good.

I could afford to be generous with the cheese, thanks to Cabot Cheese, who sent me six different varieties. They were all wonderful, even the (whooEEEE) Fiery Jack. Through experience I can assure you that the quality of your cheese really matters when making cheese skirts. I experimented, and my usual brand (which shall not be named) made a greasy mess.

And for the pièce de résistance, a bag of hickory chips arrived from Western BBQ Products, which made a huge difference in the flavor of my burgers. I didn’t know you could use them in a gas grill, but it turns out you can! I put some in a stainless bread pan and let the grill get all smoky before the burgers went in there. You’ll want to go to their website to see all of the tempting flavors. I’m dying to try the Maple, Pecan, and Jack Daniels chips. It’s like they know me!

 

Cheesy Dilly Bun Burgers
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Bun recipe makes 8 Burger recipe makes 6. Don't complain - just eat the extra buns!
Ingredients
  • BUNS:
  • 1 cup very warm water
  • 1 package active-dry yeast
  • 1 teaspoon sugar
  • 1 egg
  • ¼ cup milk powder
  • ¼ cup oil (light olive, canola, peanut oil all work well)
  • 3 cups bread flour
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 cup grated sharp cheddar cheese
  • 1 large (or 4 spears) dill pickle (more to taste)
  • 1 tablespoon chopped fresh dill (more to taste)
  • pepper (optional)
  • 1 cup water
  • ¼ cup baking soda
  • 1 egg
  • BURGER:
  • 2½ pounds lean ground Angus beef
  • ⅓ cup Ketchup (I used Red Duck Organic Smoky Ketchup)
  • ½ cup finely chopped sweet onion
  • 1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar
  • Coarsely ground black pepper, to taste
  • 1 pound cheese, grated (I used Cabot Pepper Jack)
  • Whatever condiments float your boat!
Instructions
  1. BUNS: Prepare two large baking sheets by covering in parchment, or by greasing lightly.
  2. In a large bowl (a sturdy stand mixer with a dough hook is recommended), combine very warm water, sugar, and yeast. Let it sit until foamy - about 5 minutes.
  3. Add egg, milk powder, and oil. Mix well.
  4. Add flour and salt. Mix well and continue to knead by machine for 5-6 minutes (7-8 minutes on floured surface if kneading by hand).
  5. Mix in the grated cheese.
  6. Place dough in a greased bowl, turning to coat the surface. Cover and let rise in a warm place until doubled - about an hour.
  7. Quarter the dill pickle (or use pickle spears). With a sharp knife, remove the soft, seedy centers. Finely chop the remaining pickle. You should have about ½ cup of chopped pickles. Roll in several layers of paper towel and squeeze firmly to remove as much of the juice as possible.
  8. On floured surface work the chopped pickles and fresh dill into the dough, along with pepper if you choose to add it. (Dust with flour as you work, if necessary.) Divide dough into 8 equal pieces and form each into a ball, placing 4 on each prepared baking sheet.
  9. Press to flatten, using the palm of your hand or the bottom of a salad plate, aiming for 4 inches across. cover and allow to rise in a warm place until puffy - about 40 minutes.
  10. Heat oven to 375 F.
  11. In a small bowl, thoroughly whisk together the cup of water, the baking soda, and the egg. Using your hand, carefully pick up a bun and drop it top-down in the soda mixture.Remove quickly by gently pressing on one side as you lift the other, flipping it upright. Place it back on the baking sheet. Sprinkle with sesame seeds or cheese if you wish, and bake for 12-14 minutes, until top is a rich golden brown. Cool on baking racks.
  12. BURGERS:
  13. In a medium bowl, combine burger, ketchup, sweet onion, vinegar, and pepper. Divide into 12 equal portions.
  14. Flatten each into thin 5-inch patties. Place a small handful of grated cheese in the center of 6 patties. Cover each with one of the remaining patties, pressing edges together firmly. Using your hands, press around the outer edge, toward the center, creating a nice, round, plump patty. Cook to desired doneness.
  15. To create cheese skirt: place each cooked burger on greased (don't skip that step!) piece of foil. Place a large handful of cheese on the top and close the lid to the grill (or cover each patty with a foil tent). Check often - the cheese should be melted in a lovely pool around the burger. Once it starts to get crispy, remove from the heat.
  16. Construct your burger, adding whatever vegetables or condiments you like.

 

Chop one large dill pickle.

Once dough rises add chopped pickle, fresh dill, and pepper (optional). Combine, but be careful not to overwork your dill dough. (Snort) So many jokes regarding buns and dill dough. I know, I know. I’ll stop now.

Divide dill dough into eight equal pieces. I’m a nerd; I weigh them.

Form into balls and flatten on baking sheet.

Once the buns have risen, dip in baking soda mixture. Be careful – don’t squeeeeze!

Add goodies to your meat. Here’s the Red Duck Ketchup going in.

Make twelve thin patties. Add cheese to six of them.

Cover with the remaining patties and pinch the edges.

Grill your burgers, then set each one on a greased piece of foil. Cover with a mound of cheese.

Crispy cheese skirt.

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I’d like to offer a great big thank you (mwah!) to the #BurgerMonth sponsors for the Ultimate Burger Grilling Giveaway:  Cabot Cheese, Char-Griller Grills, Crow Canyon Home, Porter Road, Melissas Produce, Red Duck, Spiceology, &  Western BBQ. You made this so exciting!

And now, it’s back to sugar and flour.

Lorinda

 

Bouquet Burger

This post is part of a fantastic burger grill giveaway hosted by Girl Carnivore, where we all try to outdo each other to produce the best burger imaginable . . .but the burger you’re about to see is all my own. 

Play along and maybe you’ll win a big grilling package! (I strategically put the contest info below my post so you’ll have to at least LOOK at my burger to get to the good stuff.)

 

Produce a grilled masterpiece this summer with this lavender-and-garlic-infused burger. Savory garlic blends with the delicate taste and fragrance of French lavender, creating an experience that will entertain your taste buds without crashing the party. As pungent as the infusion may seem while it’s cooking, the resulting flavor—once blended with the beef—is mellow. Complex. Slightly obscure. Oh, you’re gonna love this!

I added cheese and garlic to the burger buns, too, because there is no such thing as too much garlic! The buns are easy to make, and a feast for the eyes as well as the stomach, with bits of crispy cheese poking out of the rich golden crust.

Cabot Cheese sent participants a generous assortment of cheeses, and I made good use of each amazing variety. Choose your favorite flavor, of course, but I liked using a Colby Jack on the burger itself, sharp cheddar in the buns, and a sprinkling of spicy “Fiery Jack” on top of the bun as it baked.

Bouquet Burger
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Cheesy garlic buns top these lavender and garlic burgers. The recipe makes 6 burgers and 8 buns. That will give you two extra buns to "test". Enjoy!
Ingredients
  • CHEESY GARLIC BUNS:
  • 1 cup very warm water
  • 1 package active-dry yeast
  • 1 teaspoon sugar
  • 1 egg
  • ¼ cup milk powder (whole milk powder if possible)
  • ¼ cup oil (light olive, canola, peanut)
  • 3 cups bread flour
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 3 cloves garlic, finely chopped and sauteed briefly in a small amount of olive oil
  • 1 cup grated cheese - more if you'd like. (I used sharp cheddar and Parmesan)
  • BUN BATH:
  • ¼ cup baking soda
  • 1 cup warm water
  • 1 egg
  • ½ cup grated cheese (I used Cabot's Fiery Jack) to sprinkle on buns before baking
  • BURGERS:
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 5 large cloves garlic, chopped
  • 2-3 tablespoons culinary lavender
  • ½ cup undiluted canned consommé
  • 1 teaspoon brown sugar
  • Salt and pepper to taste
  • 2½ pounds burger (I used Angus, 80% lean)
Instructions
  1. In a large bowl (a sturdy stand mixer with dough hook is recommended) combine warm water, yeast, and sugar. Allow mixture to sit until foamy - about 5 minutes.
  2. Add egg, milk powder, and oil. Mix well.
  3. Add flour and salt. Mix until combined. Knead by machine for 5-6 minutes (if kneading by hand, turn out onto floured surface and knead for 7-8 minutes.)
  4. Knead in 1 cup grated cheese and the sauteed garlic. Place in a greased bowl, turning to coat the dough. Cover and let rise until doubled - about 1 hour.
  5. Cover two large baking sheets with parchment (or lightly grease them).
  6. Punch down dough and divide into 8 equal pieces, forming each piece into a smooth ball.
  7. Place 4 balls onto each baking sheet and press to flatten each into a 4-inch circle, using your hand or the back of a salad plate. Cover lightly with a dish towel and allow the buns to rise until puffy - about 40 minutes.
  8. Heat oven to 375 F.
  9. For a rich brown crust, place the baking soda, water, and egg into a small bowl and whisk or beat until foamy. Lift each bun gently and drop, top down, in the bowl. Press on one side as you lift on the opposite side to remove the bun. Place carefully back on the baking sheet and sprinkle with cheese.
  10. Bake until brown - approximately 14 minutes. Cool on rack.
  11. BURGERS:
  12. In a small pan on medium low heat, combine 1 tablespoon olive oil and the chopped garlic. Cook gently on medium-low for 5 minutes. Don't let the garlic get brown - reduce heat if necessary. Add lavender and consommé and simmer for an additional 5 minutes. Turn off heat and cover the pan. Let it sit for 1 hour. Strain into a medium bowl, pressing mixture with the back of a spoon. Discard the garlic and lavender. (Or if you want to go for the gusto, add some of it to your burger mixture.)
  13. Stir 1 teaspoon brown sugar into the broth. Add meat and mix well. Mix in salt and pepper if desired.
  14. Cover and place bowl in the refrigerator for 2-3 hours.
  15. Press burger into 6 patties and grill to desired doneness, adding cheese at the end.
  16. Add your favorite veggies and condiments and serve with the cheesy garlic buns.

When dough meets garlic and cheese.

Cut into equal pieces (yes, yes, I use a kitchen scale. I can’t help it) and form balls.

Once the buns have risen and are puffy, whisk together the baking soda, water, and egg.

Dip. Be careful – don’t squeeeeze!

Sprinkle dipped buns with cheese and pop them in the oven, one baking sheet at a time.

Cook garlic gently in oil. Add lavender and broth.

So much flavor going into that burger!

Strain the broth into a bowl and add brown sugar.

Stir in the meat, make 6 patties, and refrigerate for 2-3 hours.

Grill the burgers and top with cheese if desired. Grill those buns, too, but watch them; they go fast! Add your favorite veggies and condiments.

Look at all of these participants! I hope you’ll give them a visit. The calendar is full of upcoming burger posts, so between now and the end of the month you’ll see something from each and every one of these creative people:

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Check out Burgermonth.com to see the daily orgy of burger creations (just scroll way down), then enter a Rafflecopter giveaway for a chance to win the Ultimate Burger Grilling Giveaway! Here’s a peek at the goodies:

I’d like to offer a great big thank you (mwah!) to the #BurgerMonth sponsors for the Ultimate Burger Grilling Giveaway:  Cabot Cheese, Char-Griller Grills, Crow Canyon Home, Porter Road, Melissas Produce, Red Duck, Spiceology, &  Western BBQ. You made this so exciting!

 

Corned Beef Hand Pies

Flaky little pie crusts stuffed with corned beef, cabbage, carrots, and onions will be the hit of your St. Patrick’s Day party. These savory treats are also a great way to use leftover corned beef, and are easy to pack in a lunch.

Did I say leftover corned beef? The only way that ever happens around here is if I cook two roasts! And now that The Man has had a taste of these hand pies, I may have to cook three.

I originally made these with green pie crust. You know . . . going with the whole green theme. I don’t have a problem eating green baked goods; green doughnuts taste just as good as normal doughnuts, right? But to be honest with you, the green crust didn’t photograph very well.

If you want to do it for fun, just add a few drops of green food color to the buttermilk before you add it to the flour. (I may have gone a little overboard with the coloring.) Hand pies with shiny golden brown crusts are lovely, and can be used for any occasion, so I’ll just let you choose.

I also played with the crust and made shamrock shaped pies. The half circles are easier to make – definitely less time consuming, but the shamrocks are pretty cute. They just have those little corners that you have to pay attention to and get sealed properly. If you’re up for a challenge and you have a large shamrock cookie cutter, give them a whirl!


Corned Beef Hand Pies
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Makes approximately 24 hand pies if using 4-5 inch circles.
Ingredients
  • Filling:
  • 2 cups cooked corned beef, finely chopped
  • 1 cup grated cabbage and carrot mixture, finely chopped
  • ¼ cup thinly sliced green onions
  • 2 teaspoons mustard, yellow or Dijon
  • 1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar
  • 1 tablespoon flour
  • ¼ teaspoon sugar
  • ¼ teaspoon garlic powder
  • 2 eggs (1 egg is used for egg wash)
  • Pastry:
  • 4 cups flour
  • 2 teaspoons salt
  • 1 cup cold butter
  • 1 cup cold shortening
  • ½ cup buttermilk (you may use regular milk)
  • 2 tablespoons vodka (or vinegar, if you prefer)
Instructions
  1. In medium bowl, combine corned beef, cabbage and carrot mixture, and green onions.
  2. In a small bowl, whisk together the mustard, vinegar, flour, sugar, garlic powder, and 1 egg. Pour into the meat and vegetable mixture and stir well. Cover and refrigerate until needed.
  3. In a large bowl, combine the flour and salt. Add butter and shortening and, using a pastry blender, blend together until small lumps no larger than peas remain.
  4. In a cup or small bowl, combine the buttermilk and vodka (or vinegar). Pour all at once into the dry ingredients and toss with a fork (or your fingers) until combined. Mixture should form a ball when you press it together with your hands. Divide into 3 disks. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate 15 minutes.
  5. Heat oven to 375 F.
  6. Whisk together the remaining egg and 1 tablespoon water in a cup to make an egg wash. Set aside.
  7. On a floured surface, or between two pieces of lightly floured parchment, roll once piece of dough out at a time to about ⅛-inch thickness. If using parchment, you may need to lift the paper and sprinkle dough with flour to keep it from sticking and to keep parchment from wrinkling.
  8. Using a 4-inch round cutter or large shamrock cookie cutter, cut as many pieces as possible. Cover scraps and put aside to re-roll all at once at the end. If you have a small roller, the shapes can be rolled gently to make them a little larger and thinner. 5 inches is perfect.
  9. Brush one piece lightly with egg wash. Add approximately 1 heaping tablespoon of filling. For half circles, fold the circle over. For shamrocks, cover with another shamrock shape. Press firmly around the edge of the hand pie, then use a small fork and go around it again to seal.
  10. Poke a few small holes in the top of each pie and brush lightly with egg wash. Place on parchment covered baking sheets.
  11. Bake for about 20 minutes, or until the bottoms turn golden brown. Serve warm.

 

Finely chop the cooked corned beef.

Stir all of this goodness together! I hate to say this, but you could roll out biscuits from and can, fill them with this, and they would STILL taste amazing!

Add sauce to meat mixture.

For crust, blend the fats and flour together, then toss with liquids.

Flatten the dough into 3 disks.

Cut out large circles (about 4-5 inches) and brush with egg wash

Add a rounded tablespoon of filling

Press edges firmly.

Seal with a fork and bake!

 So…the obligatory green pastry has been posted. Now I need to play around with something sweet. I’ll be back soon,

Lorinda

Game Day Glazed Meatloaf

Game Day Glazed Meatloaf from The Rowdy BakerThis beautiful glazed football really is a meatloaf; just not the kind you’re used to.

Instead of using beef, I combined ground ham and pork and held it together with ground oatmeal instead of bread crumbs, for a scrumptious, gluten-free entree.

You won’t be tossing this pigskin around – you’ll be dipping chunks into glaze or slapping a slice of it on a crusty piece of bread and chowing down!Game Day Glazed Football sandwich

The idea for this meatloaf came from an old Taste of Home recipe for Brown Sugar Glazed Ham Balls, which my family loves. I made a lot of changes, so it’s a loose adaption, but credit definitely has to go to them for the idea!Glazed Game Day Meatloaf The Rowdy Baker

My first attempt was prettier. The football was baby-butt smooth and flawless. But after I took photos and we ate half of it, I realized I’d forgotten to add the cheese “laces”. I also decided that I wanted less filler. I am not a fan of frozen meatballs; they always seem spongy to me. My first meatloaf had excellent flavor, but was kind of spongy…reminiscent of (dare I use this word in my blog?) Spam. I wanted meaty!

So I cut the ground oats and egg in half, and we absolutely loved the second recipe. It had a little bit more flavor, and much better texture, though it wasn’t quite as pretty. Don’t get me wrong – the first meatloaf was very, very tasty – but if I have to choose, I’ll go with substance over beauty any day!

Here’s how smooth the first one was – just in case you LIKE a smoother texture, and/or want it to look perfect:pigskin ready to cut

I ground a pork shoulder roast and a nice butt portion ham for my meatloaf. You don’t have to do this (see TIPS, below), but I wanted to play with my new grinder. ham and pork

No grinder? Find ground pork at the grocery store, and grind the ham in a food processor.

No grinder? Find ground pork at the grocery store, and grind the ham in a food processor.

Serve your meatloaf with dark rye bread or crusty French bread for hearty sandwiches, or just dip chunks of the meat in small bowls of the glaze. Delish!Game Day Glazed Meatloaf, dipped in glaze TRB

I’ve been pouting all week because the Seattle Seahawks didn’t make it to the Superbowl, and in a fit of petulance I almost decided to hold out and wait to post this blog until next year – when they will certainly be going all the way. But I love you guys, and respect your right to root for an obviously inferior the team of your choice. I’ll be a good sport and post the recipe now.

TIPS:

  • If you don’t have a meat grinder, you should be able to buy ground pork (NOT sausage!) at the grocery store. You may even be able to coax a butcher into grinding a ham for you, but if you have a food processor, I recommend you do it yourself. A butcher is not going to take the time to cut all the tough skin off the ham, and you really don’t want that in your meat mixture.
  • When the football is cooked and the meat thermometer is removed, let your meatloaf sit for 10 minutes before adding the cheese, because meat juice will probably bubble out of the hole for a few minutes, so the cheese wouldn’t stick.
  • I use an old coffee grinder for grinding my oatmeal. A food processor or blender will work too. Grind it fairly fine, but not into flour!
  • If you plan to provide glaze for dipping or drizzling, you might want to increase the glaze recipe. You’ll have a good cup of glaze left over, but…it’s so good! (I like a little meat with my glaze.)
  • If your glaze gets too thick, reheat it gently on low. It will turn liquid again.
  • Use good brown sugar – pure cane. It can make the difference between smooth glaze and grainy glaze!

 

Game Day Glazed Meatloaf
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Ingredients
  • MEATLOAF:
  • 1½ pounds ground pork
  • 1½ pounds ground ham (Easy to do in a food processor!)
  • 1 egg
  • 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
  • 1 tablespoon prepared yellow mustard
  • ½ cup grated onion (or you can chop VERY finely)
  • 3 cloves garlic, minced
  • 1 cup finely ground quick oats (Grind in food processor, blender, or coffee/spice grinder.)
  • GLAZE:
  • 1 cup brown sugar
  • ¼ cup apple cider vinegar
  • 1 tablespoon prepared yellow mustard
  • ¼ cup pure maple syrup
  • ½ teaspoon maple flavoring (like Mapleine) - OPTIONAL
Instructions
  1. Heat oven to 350 F.
  2. Combine all of the meatloaf ingredients together well. (A stand mixer and dough hook is the easiest way to go.)
  3. Press into a ball and place in a medium size casserole dish. With damp hands, mold into a football shape. Take your time and make it as smooth as possible. This meatloaf is very lean and won't shrink much, so what you see is what you will get!
  4. Insert meat thermometer and place in oven. Bake for 40 minutes.
  5. When the 40 minutes are almost up, make your glaze:
  6. Combine all glaze ingredients in a medium saucepan. Stir well.
  7. Cook over medium-high heat, stirring constantly. Once mixture comes to a boil, reduce to medium and cook for 2 minutes. Remove from heat and add maple flavoring if desired.
  8. Remove meat from oven. Brush generously with glaze.
  9. Return to oven for 20 minutes.
  10. Remove and glaze meat again.
  11. Return to oven for 20 minutes, or until meat thermometer says 165.
  12. Remove from oven. Brush lightly with glaze and place on serving platter.
  13. Allow meatloaf to sit for 10 minutes, then place thin strips of mozzarella cheese on top to look like laces.
  14. Serve with sauce for dipping or drizzling.

Meatloaf ingredients

Meatloaf ingredients

I coarse-grated the onion for a smoother texture.

I coarse-grated the onion for a smoother texture. I used the finer side to grate the garlic too.

Adding ground oats.

Adding ground oats.

Smooth meatloaf with dampened hands.

Smooth meatloaf with dampened hands.

This is the second glazing.

This is the second glazing.

Slice and serve!

Slice and serve!

Whether you’ll be screaming your heart out or just watching the commercials, this succulent meatloaf will be the real winner on Game Day!

Lorinda

Tender Yucateco Pork

 



Tender Yucateco Pork vertical watermarkedI’m sure we’ve all experienced a moment where a whiff of fragrance transports us back in time . I chased a woman down the mall once to find out what perfume she was wearing, because it was the same scent my preschool teacher wore! Our sense of smell remembers and teases us with quick trips to the past.

When I pondered what to make for a Cinco de Mayo roundup with my blogger friends, a dish my son and I prepared during my recent visit to California was the obvious choice (even though it has nothing at all to do with baking). At the time we couldn’t find achiote paste, so had to make a homemade version in our own freestyle way.  But this time (thanks to Amazon) I have the real stuff, and HOO BABY, does it smell delicious.achiote When I opened the package I was instantly taken back to a family vacation in Cozumel when I was fifteen years old. That was a long, long time ago. There was a hotel/restaurant down the beach where we ate often, and this…THIS is the exact aroma I remember. Heavenly. (Wistful sigh here.) I jazzed up the Xni-pec topping, adding carrots and red cabbage for more crunch. It’s similar to cole slaw, only spicier. A dollop of sour cream on the top cools it down a bit. pork7 Speaking of cooling it down a bit, you know you should always wear gloves when working with peppers, right? I know this too. I do. But right now I’m housesitting at a friend’s place and didn’t have access to disposable gloves – and it was just one little jalapeno pepper, right? From experience I can tell you that if you rub your eye after cutting up a jalapeno pepper, you will need to wash it out thoroughly with milk. ‘Nuff said.

Tender Yucateco Pork
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  • 4-5 pound pork shoulder blade roast
  • 2 ounces achiote paste
  • 6 cloves fresh garlic, peeled
  • ½ red onion (save the other half for the Xni-pec)
  • Juice from 1 lime
  • ½ cup orange juice
  • 1 Tablespoon orange zest
  • ½ cup apple cider vinetar
  • ¼ teaspoon cumin
  • ¼ teaspoon chili powder
  • ¼ teaspoon pepper
  • 2 teaspoons salt
  • ½ teaspoon oregano
  • 10 whole cloves (or ¼ teaspoon ground)
  • 1 cinnamon stick, broken in half (or ¼ teaspoon ground)
  • 8 whole allspice (or ¼ teaspoon ground)
  • 1 jalapeno pepper, chopped - or more to taste
  • XNI-PEC:
  • 2 cups chopped red cabbage
  • ½ red onion, chopped
  • 1 habanero pepper, chopped finely
  • 1 jalapeno pepper, chopped finely
  • 1 cup grated carrot
  • ¼ cup apple cider vinegar
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • ⅛ teaspoon allspice
  • ½ teaspoon sugar
  • Juice of 1 lime
  • Chopped cilantro, if desired
Instructions
  1. Place pork in a large crock pot.
  2. Put in a blender: achiote paste, garlic, onion, lime juice, orange juice, orange zest, vinegar, cumin, chili powder, pepper, salt, and oregano. Blend until smooth. Pour over the meat.
  3. Sprinkle with cloves, cinnamon stick, allspice, and chopped pepper..
  4. Cover and cook on high for one hour. Turn heat to low and cook for 5 hours, or until meat is fall-apart tender, turning the meat over once during the cook time. Remove the pork to a platter or baking dish and shred, using 2 forks. Remove and discard any large pieces of fat or whole spices. Strain the juice from the crock pot to remove whole spices and return the juice and meat to the pot, keeping it on warm until you are ready to serve.
  5. Combine all of the ingredients for the Xni-pec. Allow to sit for 15-20 minutes to allow flavors to blend.
  6. Serve the pork in hot corn tortillas. Top with xni-pec and a little sour cream.

The leftover juices in the crock pot make a wonderful base for a spicy Mexican soup! Trust me – you’ll want to freeze this for later. Just ladle off the fat from the surface, or chill in the refrigerator to make it easy to remove the solidified fat and freeze in an airtight container.

Put goodies in blender.

Put goodies in blender.

Blend until smooth.

Blend until smooth.

Pour over pork in crock pot.

Pour over pork in crock pot.

Sprinkle with peppers and whole spices.

Sprinkle with peppers and whole spices.

Separate meat with forks and strain the sauce.

Shred meat with forks and strain the sauce.

Return meat to sauce. Keep warm until ready to serve

Return meat to sauce. Keep warm until ready to serve

As always, feel free to change this recipe to suit your taste. I’m kind of wimpy when it comes to hot, spicy foods, so I kept the heat down to a reasonably fiery level. You may want to add more peppers to your batch. I’m also thinking of adding a bit of dark chocolate to the crock pot next time for another layer of flavor. Pile the pork on a tortilla, top with Xni-pec and a little sour cream (chopped tomatoes are nice, too) and enjoy! Tender Yucateco Pork watermarked

For five other delicious Cinco de Mayo recipes, please visit these amazing pages:

From Tampa Cake Girl: Margarita Cheesecake

From Hun, What’s For Dinner?: Dessert Chimichangas

From Crumbs in my Mustachio: Easy Taco Salad

From Cooking from a SAHM: Easy Salsa

From Moore or Less Cooking Blog: Chicken Fajitas

Triple Cheese Ham Bake

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Once again my five favorite cohorts and I have gotten together to bring you some delicious recipes. This month, we’re digging into our favorite pasta meals. (Yum….pasta!) Here’s a comfort casserole from me, with links to the other dishes at the bottom of the post.

Triple Cheese Ham Bake: the ultimate comfort food!

Triple Cheese Ham Bake: the ultimate comfort food!

Pasta is one of those comfort foods that we Baby Boomers were fed often, especially when times were tough and budgets needed to be stretched. In my family, pasta was usually cooked in the form of spaghetti, tuna casserole, goulash, or macaroni and cheese.

Pasta came in a bag and was boiled until it was almost falling apart. We hadn’t heard of cooking it “al dente”, buying or using fresh pasta, or – heaven forbid – making it ourselves.

This is a basic casserole, perfect for using up leftover ham. You can jazz it up with peas, broccoli, or asparagus tips if you’d like, to make it a complete meal. You could also use leftover chicken instead of ham.

Here’s the beauty of this casserole: you don’t have to boil the pasta! I mentally rate recipes by bowls and pans that will have to be washed. By using this method you will save the effort of washing a large pan and a strainer…a big plus in my book!

 

Triple Cheese Ham Bake
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An easy casserole that's a perfect way to use leftover ham. Serves 8.
Ingredients
  • 1 pound Rotini pasta (uncooked)
  • 2-3 cups cubed ham
  • 1 small can sliced olives (more to taste)
  • ½ cup chopped onions
  • 3 cups shredded cheese (I used cheddar, mozzarella, and three-cheese Italian)
  • 1½ cup milk
  • 1 cup cream
  • 1 cup chicken broth
  • ½ teaspoon garlic salt
  • ¼ teaspoon coarse pepper
  • 2 tablespoons butter
  • TOPPING:
  • 1 cup Panko-style breadcrumbs
  • 1 tablespoon butter, melted
Instructions
  1. Heat oven to 375 F.
  2. Pour the dry pasta into a large casserole dish. (I used a 13x9x2" rectangular casserole.).
  3. Sprinkle ham over the pasta.
  4. Sprinkle olives and chopped onions over the ham.
  5. Cover with cheese.
  6. Heat milk, cream, chicken broth, garlic salt, pepper, and 2 tablespoons butter in a small pan until butter is melted. Pour over the cheese.
  7. Cover tightly with foil. Place pan on baking sheet and bake for 30 minutes.
  8. Remove foil. Combine Panko and melted butter. Sprinkle over casserole and return to oven for 30 additional minutes.
  9. Allow casserole to sit for 15 minutes before serving.

 

Cover the dry pasta with ham.

Cover the dry pasta with ham.

Add olives and onions and smother with cheese.

Add olives and onions and smother with cheese.

Pour liquids over the cheese, cover, and bake.

Pour liquids over the cheese, cover, and bake.

Let it sit for 15 minutes and serve!

Let it sit for 15 minutes and serve!

Here are the links for everyone’s pasta recipes. Hope you’ll check them all out!

From Tampa Cake Girl: Greek Pasta Salad

From Hun, What’s For Dinner?: Spring Pasta Salad

From Crumbs in my Mustachio: Caprese Pasta Salad

From Cooking from a SAHM: Ranch Pasta Salad

From Moore or Less Cooking Blog: Mexican Stuffed Pasta Shells.

Corned Beef Pot Pie

 

March Madness is here! Six of us bloggers are posting our favorite recipes to brighten up a gloomy month. I brought comfort food, but if you scroll down to the bottom (after you’ve read my post of course) you’ll find the links to the rest of the sweet, delicious desserts.11059508_921719024545139_911407867225079426_n

 



Corned Beef Pie and plate editedWe never, EVER have enough corned beef left after indulging in our St. Patrick’s Day feast. We love to nibble on it, make huge sandwiches, cook corned beef hash, and (provided I was smart and cooked two pieces) we adore Corned Beef Pot Pie. I’m guessing you will too, so hit those sales after St. Patrick’s Day and put a couple of extra packages of corned beef in your freezer!

Logic would tell you that a beef pie needs beef gravy, but corned beef is different – definitely not your traditional beef flavor. So I use chicken broth in my white sauce, which is delicate enough to allow the amazing flavor of the corned beef shine through.

If you have lots of leftover carrots and potatoes from your dinner, you could certainly use those instead of cooking more; they’d add even more flavor. Aim for 4 cups of veggies, and don’t worry about getting even amounts of each.

For this recipe, I’ll assume you only have leftover corned beef. Need a pie crust recipe? Here’s my favorite:

Never Fail Pie Crust
(makes 2 crusts)

1 cup chilled shortening
2 cups flour
1 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon vodka (or vinegar)
1/4 cup milk

  1. Mix flour and salt in medium bowl. Cut in the shortening until it looks like coarse crumbs.
  2. Mix vodka (or vinegar) into milk. Combine all at once into flour mixture.
  3. This can be rolled into crusts immediately, or flattened into disks and placed between sheets of plastic wrap and chilled first in the refrigerator.

Since I like big, thick top crusts, I usually double the recipe and freeze leftover dough. Just sayin’.

Corned Beef Pot Pie
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  • 2 cups carrots, cut into bite-size pieces
  • 2 cups cubed potatoes
  • 2 cups (or whatever you can spare) cooked corn beef, cut into bite-size pieces
  • 1 cup chopped cabbage
  • 2 thin slices onion, chopped finely
  • 1 small can mushrooms (optional)
  • 6 tablespoons butter
  • ½ cup all-purpose flour
  • 1 can (14.5 oz) chicken broth (I use low sodium)
  • ½ cup heavy cream
  • ½ cup milk (more if necessary)
  • ½ teaspoon sugar
  • pepper and garlic salt to taste
  • Pastry for 2 crust pie
Instructions
  1. Heat oven to 375 F.
  2. In a large pot, boil carrots for 4 minutes
  3. Add potatoes and boil for an additional 5 minutes
  4. Strain carrots and potatoes and put in a large bowl.
  5. Stir in corned beef, cabbage, onions and mushrooms (if using).
  6. In a large pot on medium heat, melt the butter.
  7. Gradually whisk in the flour, and continue to whisk and heat for 2-3 minutes.
  8. Slowly add the chicken broth, and then the cream, whisking continuously.
  9. Add the sugar, pepper, and garlic salt.
  10. Bring to a simmer and gradually add milk until the mixture is thick but pourable.
  11. Turn to low and cook for 5 minutes, stirring often. Mixture may thicken...add more milk as needed.
  12. Pour into bowl with the meat and vegetables, and stir to coat.
  13. Place pie crust into a deep pie pan and fill with the mixture, pressing down firmly.
  14. Place a top crust over the filling. Crimp the edges and cut vents in the crust.
  15. Put the pie on a baking sheet and bake for 1 hour, or until the crust is a rich golden brown.

 

Adding the cream sauce to the meat and veggies.

Adding the cream sauce to the meat and veggies.

Fill and top with upper crust.

Fill and top with upper crust.

Bake it until it's rich golden brown

Bake it until it’s rich golden brown



and....eat!

and….eat!

This rich pie will serve six people easily. If you let it sit for twenty to thirty minutes after it comes out of the oven, it will be easier to serve, and won’t burn any tongues. (Ahem.)

After the pie you’ll be ready for dessert, and there are some lovely choices in the links below!
Lorinda

From Tampa Cake Girl: Going Ape Over Banana Pudding Cake

From Hun, What’s For Dinner?: Chocolate Mousse Cake

From Crumbs in my Mustachio: Chocolate Raspberry Roll

From Cooking from a SAHM: Lemon Blueberry Puffs with Lemon Whipped Cream

From Moore or Less Cooking Blog: Fresh Strawberry Yogurt Cake

Mother’s Favorite Dish: Crab Bake Royale

collage for may finalFor the month of May, eight bloggers and I are posting “Mother’s Favorite Dish”. There were a couple of ways this could be interpreted: a dish my mom loved to eat or a dish my mom loved to make. I agonized over this, because I truly couldn’t remember what my mother loved to eat.

I know that she liked raspberries and cream, but that wouldn’t make a very good recipe. She liked anything with butter on it. GOBS of butter. When she was a little girl, visiting a friend of the family with her mother and father, she was asked what she would like to eat. Her answer was: “I’d like some butter with some bread under it.” That was my mom.

She didn’t have a sweet tooth at all (probably the reason I learned to bake for myself) so desserts weren’t an option. I guess as a typically narcissistic child/teenager I just didn’t pay attention to what Mom ate!  And sadly, she’s no longer here to ask.

I would just have to think this one through, because it was important to me that I came up with the right answer. Hmmmmm.

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My mom was a young housewife in the 1950’s, inundated with advertising that created rigid standards for young women. Spotless homes, starched aprons, pearls and heels. If you’re old enough to remember “Leave it to Beaver” you’ll know exactly what I’m talking about. Did we ever see June wearing anything but a dress and pearls?

Giving a party was serious business; a husband’s job could depend on the gracious hostessing abilities of the “little woman.”  These were the years of cocktail parties, hors d’oeuvres, and aspic coated everything. Talk about pressure!

Mom was a very good cook. A very good basic cook. She was a left-brained kind of gal – the one you’d go to if you needed something organized. Efficient, capable, but for the most part not creative. She followed recipes exactly, just like her mother did, so all of her “best” dishes turned out perfectly each time.

She was the queen of roasts and gravies, something I’ve never mastered. And oh, Lord, did she have the whole lime jello thing down pat. Ugh. We entertained often, and company dinners were usually roasts and jello. Pretty predictable.



Crab Bake Royale

But…the one casserole that I remember helping Mom make was a “company casserole”. In other words, it was expensive, and not an everyday treat. I found the recipe recently in one of her old recipe boxes, and am proud to pass it on to you. I agree…it’s not something I’d make often. I figure it cost me about $16 to make this dish – a little pricey for my budget. But it really is good! I am going to give you the recipe exactly as it was written, but I do have some suggestions for improvement:

  1.  Use fresh crab and shrimp. Seriously. If you can’t afford that, make something else! Where we live, there really is no fresh or even frozen crab available. I turned my nose up at snow crab (though later I regretted that), refused to even consider “Krab”, and even checked out canned crab as a last resort, but it was from overseas and I just couldn’t make myself buy it. I grew up in Seattle and the farthest our crab ever traveled was from Alaska.  So I went to the last grocery store in the area and they had refrigerated crab from the Philippines in little tubs. I was desperate and bought it, but was sorry later. The flavor was very fishy. Fresh crab would have made ALL the difference. Go for dungeness if you can get it.
  2. Garlic. I think this would really be good with a little fresh minced garlic. Not necessary, but yummy.
  3. I used the buttered breadcrumbs for the topping, and they were very good, but I’m a big fan of Panko and would probably just use that next time.

Here’s the recipe:

Crab Bake Royale
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Serves: 6
This is a very rich casserole, so this should be plenty for 6 people. Serve it with a big salad and crusty french rolls!
Ingredients
  • 1 can (7½ oz.) crab meat, or 1 package (6 oz) frozen
  • 1 can (4½ oz.) shrimp
  • 4 sliced hard-cooked eggs
  • ½ cup chopped celery
  • ½ cup sliced ripe olives
  • 2 tablespoons grated onion
  • 1 cup soft bread crumbs
  • 1 cup sour cream
  • ¾ cup mayonnaise
  • ¾ teaspoons salt
  • dash pepper
  • ½ cup buttered crumbs and parsley for garnish
Instructions
  1. Drain and slice canned crab, reserving whole leg piece for garnish if desired. or, defrost, drain and slice frozen crab.
  2. Drain shrimp.
  3. Combine crab and shrimp with remaining ingredients, except buttered crumbs and parsley.
  4. Place mixture in shallow, buttered, baking dish. Sprinkle buttered crumbs on top. Bake, uncovered, at 350 degrees 25-30 minutes.
  5. Garnish with crab leg and parsley. Makes 6 medium size servings.
  6. Note: don't use too big of a casserole dish because the mixture should be at least 2" deep.)

 

 

Getting soft bread crumbs from day-old French bread.

Getting soft bread crumbs from day-old French bread.

Combine and place in casserole. I used a deep pie pan.

Combine and place in casserole. I used a deep pie pan.

I hope you’ll enjoy this casserole from the past. It’s just as rich and hot and appealing as it was in the ’60s!

You can consider yourself lucky, because originally I was going to include her favorite jello salad. It had lime Jello, walnuts, shredded cheddar cheese, and pear halves. Seriously. To this day I can NOT eat canned pears. Slimy, grainy things. Fortunately, I didn’t put the ingredients on my shopping list, because I was positive I wouldn’t forget them. Hah! What would Freud say???

Here are links to the bloggers who have already posted their special dishes, and dates for those yet to come. Please come back and follow along with us!

May 6, Chocolate Raspberry Rugelach from Baking In a Tornado

May 7, Berry Tart from Crumbs in my Mustachio

May 8, Peggy’s Hummingbird Cake from Tampa Cake Girl

May 9, my Crab Bake Royale

May 13, Caramelized Onion, Tomato & Goat Cheese Focaccia from Hun, What’s for Dinner?

May 14, Banana Cream Jelly Roll from An Affair From the Heart

May 15, White Wine and Fontina French Onion Soup from Cooking from a Stay at Home Mom

May 16, Aunt Bee’s Recipes

That’s it for May, but I hope you’ll come back next month when we crack out the Red, White, and Blue!!
Lorinda