Something Scruptious by Loveta Byrne


A Speck of This & That


 

My recipe for spring this year is to mix sunny skies with warmer temperatures and hold the rain as we begin our areas’ annual Spring Pilgrimages and greet the thousands of guests coming our way. Perhaps one of the selections below can help you spread some of that Southern hospitality so anticipated and relished by visitors to our homes and communities.

Crescent Sausage Rolls
This recipe is one my daughter loved during Mardi Gras. It’s from Betsy.
1 8-oz. package cream cheese
1 lb. Jimmy Dean Sausage
1 or more cans crescent dinner rolls
    Cook sausage and drain. Add cream cheese and melt. Refrigerate until cold. Unroll crescent rolls. Put a dollop of the meat and cheese mixture (taken from the refrigerator) on the wide end of each crescent roll, and roll in crescent-roll fashion. Then roll into a ball and place on a baking sheet. Bake at 385̊ until done.

Loveta’s Quiche
If you are looking for quiche recipes, they aren’t so easy to find, so here’s one I like.
1 pastry shell
3 eggs
2 cups half & half
1½ tablespoons melted butter
salt and pepper
¼ teaspoon nutmeg
pinch of cayenne pepper
¼ teaspoon Herbs de Provence
½ cup cooked ham
½ cup chopped bacon
½ cup chopped onions
½ cup Swiss cheese, grated
½ cup sharp, grated cheddar
    Preheat oven to 350̊. Bake pastry shell for 10 minutes at 350̊ and set aside. In a skillet, sauté bacon, ham, and onions until cooked. Drain fat off. Spread on bottom of pastry shell. Over this, sprinkle cheeses. In a bowl, beat eggs, half & half, butter, seasonings, and herbs, and pour over ham and cheese mixture. Bake approximately 30 minutes or until set. Cut into 6 to 8 servings.

Tomato Tarts
10 slices bacon, cooked and crumbled
1 large tomato, peeled and finely chopped
½ cup green onions, finely chopped
1 teaspoon dried basil
½ cup mayonnaise
¾ cup shredded Swiss cheese
1 can refrigerator biscuits
    Preheat oven to 385̊. Combine all ingredients except biscuits and set mixture aside. Separate biscuits into three pieces. Press each piece into a section of greased miniature muffin pans. Fill biscuit shells with tomato and bacon mixture, and bake approximately 10 minutes.

Spring Lamb Chops
½ cup soy sauce
½ cup olive oil
½ cup Balsamic Vinegar
6 cloves minced garlic
3 tablespoons dried, crushed rosemary
8 lamb chops
    Mix first five ingredients and add lamb chops; marinate at room temperature for 1 hour. Remove lamb chops from marinade and grill over medium heat for 4 to 5 minutes on each side.