Basic to Brilliant, Y'all: 150 Refined Southern Recipes and Ways to Dress Them Up for Company Book

Foreword  •  ix Introduction  •  1
 
1. Fundamental Recipes 
Chicken Stock  •  Beef Stock  •  Vegetable Stock  •  Seafood Stock  •  Shallot Vinaigrette  •  Garlic Confit  •  Mayonnaise  •  Crème Fraîche  •  French Pie Crust  •  La Varenne Sweet Pie Pastry  •  All-American Pie Crust  •  Quick Puff Pastry  •  Basic Crème Anglaise  •  Pastry Cream  •  Caramel Sauce 

2. Starters and Nibbles 
Southern Ratatouille  •  Butter Bean Croustades  •  Anne’s Roasted Pepper and Cheese Gratin  •  Pickled Vegetables  •  Shrimp Rillettes  •  Curried Chicken Wings with Peach Dipping Sauce  •  Sautéed Spiced Chicken Livers  •  Pork Terrine  •  Pigs in a Blanket Bites  •  Mini Country Ham Cheddar Biscuits  •  Apple Roquefort Turnovers  •  Black Pepper Cheese Shortbread

3. Salads and Slaws 
Summer Squash Slaw  •  Southern Salad Macédoine  •  Summer Tomato Salad  •  Chilled Haricots Verts with Crème Fraîche  •  Celery Ribbons with Tarragon Vinaigrette  •  Arugula with Country Ham and Pecans  •  Mama’s Macaroni Salad  •  Endive and Roquefort Slaw  •  Oven-Roasted Sweet Potato and Green Bean Salad  •  Alabama “West Indies” Crab Salad  •  Warm Summer Shrimp Salad  •  Lentil Salad with Shallot Vinaigrette

4. Eggs and Dairy      
Skillet-Baked Eggs with Mushrooms and Spinach  •  Perfectly Soft Scrambled Eggs with Grilled Buttered Toast  •  Tarragon Egg Salad  •  Poached Eggs in Red Wine Sauce  •  Kale Omelet  •  Vidalia Onion and Sweet Pepper Strata  •  Omelet with Herbs  •  Marinated Feta  •  Oven-Roasted Camembert with Garlic Toasts

5. Fish and Shellfish 
Pan-Seared Georgia Trout  •  Poached Salmon with Herb Mustard Sauce  •  Whole Roasted Fish with Herbs  •  Oven-Roasted Crusted Fish Fillets  •  Fried Benne Shrimp  •  Grilled Shrimp “Gumbo”  •  N’awlins-Style BBQ Shrimp  •  Panfried Shrimp Po-Boy  •  Steamed Herbed Mussels  •  Seafood Jambalaya •  Creole Country Bouillabaisse  •  Grilled Soft-Shell Crabs with Lemon Gremolata

6. Gospel Birds and Game Birds 
Chicken Breasts with Tarragon Velouté  •  Ruby’s Peanut-Crusted Chicken Fingers  •  Oven-Fried Chicken Stuffed with Goat Cheese and Spinach  •  Grandmother’s Chicken  •  Deviled Chicken Thighs  •  Stewed Chicken in Peanut Gravy  •  Mama’s BBQ Chicken  •  Brined Roast Turkey Breast with Herb Pan Gravy  •  Roasted Lemon Cornish Hens with Thyme Jus  •  Crisp Roasted Duck with Peach Barbecue Sauce  •  Roasted Quail with Muscadines  •  Mama’s Fried Quail with Cream Gravy

7. Beef, Pork, and Lamb 
Spiced Skirt Steak with Shallot Marmalade  •  NY Strip Steaks with Sautéed Mushrooms  •  Mama’s Salisbury Steak with Mushroom Gravy  •  Mama’s Spaghetti Bolognese with Venison  •  Grilled Entrecôte with Red Wine Compound Butter  •  Garlic-Stuffed Prime Rib Roast with Crispy Potatoes  •  Beef Daube Provençal  •  Sweet Tea–Brined Pork Blade Steaks  •  Pork Belly with French Market Red-Eye Gravy  •  Garlic-Studded Pork Roast in Milk  •  Spicy Carolina Pork Shoulder  •  Peach Dijon–Crusted Pork Tenderloin  •  Grilled Spiced Butterflied Leg of Lamb 

8. Rice, Grits, and Potatoes 
Low Country Risotto  •  Savory Rice Gratin  •  Wild Rice Salad with Dried Fruit and Nuts  •  Nathalie’s Cheese Grits Soufflé  •  Sweet Potato Grits  •  Spiced Sweet Potato Mash  •  Yukon Gold Mash with Coarse-Grain Mustard  •  Parmesan Potatoes  •  Southern-Style Home Fries •  Gnocchi à la Parisienne  •  Pasta Gratin with Sauce Mornay

9. Vegetables 
Asparagus with Blender Hollandaise  •  Glazed Spring Vegetables  •  Meme’s Yellow Squash Casserole  •  Grilled Okra Skewers  •  Okra Cornmeal Cakes  •  Green Beans with Buttery Peaches  •  Meme’s Green Beans with Potatoes and Ham  •  Jona’s Tomato Pie  •  Broiled Tomatoes Stuffed with Cornbread  •  Mustard Greens with Smoked Turkey Neck  •  Winter Greens and Butternut Squash Gratin  •  Summer Vegetable Galette  •  Mushroom Ragout  •  Sautéed Brussels Sprouts with Apples and Bacon •  Pinto Beans with Side Meat

10. Soups and Stews 
Tomato Consommé  •  Roasted Tomato Soup  •  Melita’s Sweet Potato Soup  •  Wild Mushroom Soup  •  Provençal Vegetable Soup  •  Split Pea Soup  •  High Cotton Brunswick Stew  •  Louisiana Duck Gumbo  •  Charleston She-Crab Soup  •  Meme’s Chicken and Rice  •  Spring Lamb Stew with Vegetables

11. Daily Bread 
Sweet Peach Pancakes  •  Sweet Potato Biscuits  •  Cornmeal Buttermilk Pancakes  •  Mama’s Dutch Baby Pancake  •  Classic Crêpes  •  Nathalie’s Sally Lunn Bread  •  Savory Monkey Bread  •  Mama’s Sausage Swirls  •  Jalapeño Cornbread Muffins  •  Walnut Soda Bread 

12. Desserts 
Sweet Biscuits with Stewed Blackberries  •  Château du Fëy Cherry Clafoutis  •  Meringue Pillows with Strawberries and Cream  •  Buttermilk Panna Cotta with Mint-Blueberry Compote  •  French Beignets  •  Brown Butter–Pecan Tea Cakes  •  Wedding Cookies  • Mama’s Pecan Tassies  •  Skillet Blondie  •  Claire’s Dark Chocolate Cake  •  Bittersweet Chocolate Bread Pudding  •  Anne’s Cornmeal Cake  •  Dede’s Burnt Caramel Cake  •  Coca-Cola Cake  •  Pineapple Upside-Down Cake  •  Old-Fashioned Lemon Meringue Pie  •  Country Apple Tart  •  Michele’s Quick and Easy Fudge  •  Nut Brittle       
 
Acknowledgments  •  265
Index  •  267
Conversion Chart  •  277