Easter Recipes 2015

Our Easter Brisket Dinner (Menu & Recipes) Kevin & Amanda. AKA Sunday Brisket Dinner, since Easter was over a week ago… *blush*Because my parents were in town this weekend (and I had a couple new recipes I’ve been wanting to try!), and since we weren’t able to be with them last weekend on Easter, we decided to celebrate a week later with an Easter Sunday Dinner while they were here visiting. The calendar of Christian religious holidays is nothing if not flexible. Right? MY OTHER RECIPESMY OTHER RECIPESI had several traditional recipes for the Easter season that I’ve been wanting to try. After much deliberation (was it wrong to serve green peas with black eyed peas?) here’s how the menu turned out: Fajita BBQ Beef Brisket. Hot Cross Buns. Fried Black Eyed Peas. Smashed Potatoes with Peas & Caramelized Pearl Onions.

Homemade Caramel & Brown Sugar Bacon Ice Cream(Yes, I just said bacon. More on that later.)Fried Black Eyed Peas. When I saw the “Totally Unexpected” episode on the Food Network, and Alton Brown declared Fried Black Eyed Peas as “The Best Thing I ever Ate” I knew right then and there I had to throw on my good southern girl apron, get in the kitchen, and give these a try.

It was the right thing to do. Just like Alton said, these were crunchy on the outside and POOF! Like little fluffy clouds when you bit into them. They were delicious with the mashed potatoes. If you give ’em a try, definitely serve with mashed potatoes. Heck, go ahead and serve them right on top of the mashed potatoes.

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The salty crunch of the peas with the buttery fluffiness of the potatoes was a perfect pairing. When we are in Atlanta for the Boston Terrier Nationals next month, we will be 1. Relish, the restaurant where AB had these fried black eyed peas, and we are definitely, definitely going – the first restaurant from the Food Network that I’ve ever been close enough to go to!

Smashed Potatoes with Peas & Caramelized Pearl Onions. Remember the little green peas with pearl onions that came in a can?

I used to love those. I used to eat all the pearl onions first and beg for more.

Heck, I still love ’em. This grown up version with buttery, caramelized pearl onions and smashed potatoes is a tasty little side that can really dress up a plate. BTW, this was the only recipe for Easter dinner that I’d ever made before. Fajita BBQ Beef Brisket It alllll started with the brisket. I’d never made brisket before, but I’ve always wanted to- I was hooked ever since I saw the Pioneer Woman write about Braised Beef Brisket on The Pioneer Woman Cooks.

Ironically though, I didn’t end up using her recipe. I haven’t had that many briskets, but I’ve heard that it can be a tough cut of meat to turn out tender & juicy.

And brisket is supposed to be best after you let it sit in the fridge for a day or two to let the flavors, you know, mix and mingle and party and stuff. Lemon Bars Recipes. But I never  understood the best way to reheat it – wouldn’t reheating it just make it, um, dryer and tougher?

The recipe I used reheats the brisket over low and slow heat, just like you cook it, in the crock pot the day of serving, and it turned out to be the tenderest, juiciest, most flavorful brisket I’ve ever had. It just fell apart with a fork- no need for a knife.

That’s not a knoife. This is a knoife!” Name that quote.)Homemade Caramel & Brown Sugar Bacon Ice Cream.

If you’ve ever watched anything on the Food Network, for any length of time, you’ve probably seen at least one bacon dessert. After the last episode of “The Best Thing I Ever Ate” and watching Chris Cosentino talk about pancetta ice cream- I knew it was time. I had to try it. I had, had, had to.

I let the ice cream churn while we were eating lunch, and when it was ready, served it to my parents and let them try and guess what it was. Coffee was the first guess. Then he got a bite of the good stuff and the lightbulb went off- “Oh! Bacon!” my dad announced.

The Verdict? It may be a totally unexpected pairing, but this ice cream was really, really good. Everyone liked it (although I’m definitely blessed with non- picky eaters in the family!

The bacon was definitely a novelty- very interesting and I’m definitely glad I tried it once. I thought it was better the next day, after it had a chance to freeze overnight. If I made it again, I don’t know if I’d add the bacon bits again though, unless someone requested it. I would definitely, definitely, definitely (and will in the very near future) make this ice cream batter again without the bacon though. It was – I’m telling you – unbelievable.

Amazing. So rich and creamy and the flavor – with the butter, brown sugar and cinnamon? I don’t even know how to describe it- maybe like a cinnamon bun. Just plain good stuff. While I was at the grocery store, shopping for all the ingredients, I picked up some leftover Easter candy that was marked down to like 2. I got M& M speckled chocolate eggs, Starburst jelly beans (my favorite!), Snickers & Reese’s eggs, chocolate covered espresso beans (faint) and chocolate covered cookie dough (yum. And a Nestle Crunch bar shaped like an Easter bunny. There weren’t any Cadbury eggs left though.

Not that I needed anything else. I don’t remember where I was, but a couple weeks before Easter I overheard someone talking about an Easter bunny jar- fill the bottom with green candy (M& Ms or jelly beans, in my case) nestle an Easter bunny in the “grass” and surround him with Easter eggs.

With my score of leftover Easter candy, I had plenty to work with, and a great way to store & display it all. It made a fun centerpiece for the Easter table. The air- tight apothecary jar was leftover from my scraproom (I got them from Hobby Lobby several years ago) and it kept everything sealed and fresh.

The jar was originally a little fuller, but we snacked on it all weekend. Publix sells Jelly Bellies in individual colors, so I got two different flavors of green and mixed them together for the “grass” – Margarita and Sour Candy Apple. It just seemed wrong to serve Margarita jelly beans for Easter.

But I did it anyway. DThese recipes below are exactly what I did – right or wrong – with my notes at the end of each recipe. All of these recipes except the potatoes I had never made before, so in several cases there are things I would change / do differently next time. Fajita BBQ Beef Brisket.

Tex. Joy Fajita seasoning. Tex. Joy BBQ seasoning. Mc. Cormick’s Dry Fajita seasoning. Rub meat with Tex. Joy fajita seasoning & place in a ziploc bag overnight.