Recipes

Southern Cooking Without Leaving Home

Posted 12/3/2010

(NAPSI) - Party hearty with your family or a large group with this new book of recipes to find your Southern accent: Southern Living: 1,001 Ways to Cook Southern (Oxmoor House $34.95). Compiled by the experts at Southern Living magazine, it includes helpful tips, menus for authentic occasions and quick inspirations with great recipes such as these:

Citrus Glazed Ham

makes 12 to 14 servings

prep: 10 min. bake: 2 hr., 30 min. stand: 15 min.

1 (6−7-lb.) fully cooked, bone-in ham

30 to 32 whole cloves

1 (10−oz.) bottle orange juice−flavored soft drink

1¼ cups orange marmalade

½ cup firmly packed light brown sugar

¼ cup Dijon mustard

Garnishes: apple slices, orange slices, orange zest, salad greens (optional)

Preheat oven to 350°. Remove skin from ham and trim fat to ¼-inch thickness. Make ¼-inch-deep cuts in a diamond pattern and insert cloves at 1-inch intervals. Place ham in an aluminum foil−lined 13x9-inch pan. Stir together soft drink and next 3 ingredients until smooth. Pour mixture evenly over ham. Bake at 350° on lower oven rack 2 hours and 30 minutes, basting with pan juices every 20 minutes. Remove ham; let stand 15 minutes before serving. Garnish, if desired.

Apple-Gingerbread Cobbler

makes 8 servings. prep: 15 min. cook: 5 min. bake: 30 min.

1 (14-oz.) package gingerbread mix, divided

¼ cup firmly packed light brown sugar

½ cup butter, divided

½ cup chopped pecans

2 (21-oz.) cans apple pie filling

Vanilla ice cream

Preheat oven to 375°. Stir together 2 cups gingerbread mix and ¾ cup water until smooth; set mixture aside. Stir together remaining gingerbread mix and brown sugar; cut in ¼ cup butter until mixture is crumbly. Stir in pecans; set aside. Combine apple pie filling and remaining ¼ cup butter in a large saucepan and cook, stirring often, 5 minutes over medium heat or until thoroughly heated. Spoon hot apple mixture evenly into a lightly greased 11x7-inch baking dish. Spoon gingerbread mixture evenly over hot apple mixture; sprinkle with pecan mixture. Bake at 375° for 30 to 35 minutes or until set. Serve cobbler with vanilla ice cream.

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