Enjoy a Southern-Style Recipe for Summer
1. Lowcountry Boil (Frogmore Stew) Recipe
Ingredients:
- 5 quarts of water
- 1 (3 ounce) bag of crab boil seasoning
- 4 tablespoons Old Bay seasoning
- 1 lemon, halved
- 4 pounds small red potatoes
- 6 small red onions
- 2 pounds kielbasa or hot smoked link sausage, cut into 1, 1/2 inch pieces
- 6 ears of corn, halved
- 4 pounds large fresh shrimp, peeled and deveined
- Cocktail sauce
Directions:
- Add water, lemon and seasoning to a large pot, cover pot, bring to a boil for about 10 minutes
- Add potatoes and onion; return to boil for 10 minutes
- Add sausage and corn; return to a boil for 10 minutes
- Cook until potatoes are tender
- Add shrimp to the pot and cook until shrimp turn pink (3-4 minutes)
- Drain
- Serve with cocktail sauce
2. Pimento Cheese Recipe
- 16 ounces aged sharp yellow or white cheddar cheese, shredded
- 8 ounce jar diced pimento, drained
- 1/2 cup mayonnaise
- 2 tablespoons shredded or finely chopped sweet onion
- 1 bottle mild or hot banana peppers, drained and finely chopped
- Pinch cayenne pepper
Directions:
- In a large bowl stir together cheese, pimento, mayonnaise, onion, banana peppers, and cayenne pepper
- Transfer to a storage container; cover and chill for 4 hours up to 3 days
- Serve on toast or crackers
3. Simple Southern Caramel Layer Cake
Cake:
- 1 box of your favorite yellow cake mix
Directions:
- Prepare your favorite yellow cake from scratch or from a box
- Two 8-9 inch round cakes are most suitable
- You can make this a day ahead of time to allow ample time for the cakes to completely cool
- Once the cakes have set and cooled all the way, use a sharp slicing knife to cut each cake in half in order to create 4 layers
Icing:
- 1 stick of butter
- 1/2 box brown sugar
- 1/4 cup of milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 box 4X powdered sugar
Directions:
- Blend butter, brown sugar, and milk in a small sauce pan over medium heat
- Stirring occasionally to avoid burning, bring the mix to a rolling boil, making sure that all the sugar granules have dissolved
- Remove from heat, and place in a mixing bowl
- Allow the mix to cool for a few minutes, but do not allow hardening
- Beat in the 4X powder sugar until the icing is the consistency to spread. If the icing gets too hard, you may add milk to thin
- Assemble the cake by pouring a layer of caramel icing between each thin layer of cake, and then icing the entire cake
- Place in refrigerator to set
- Serve with vanilla or caramel flavored ice cream
