Basic to Brilliant, Y'all by Willis, Virginia -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Cover Title Page Copyright Contents Foreword Introduction 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

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