A Southern guide to scratch cooking--over 150 recipes for pantry essentials and modern twists on traditional recipes.
Build your own from-scratch Southern pantry with recipes for flavorful bases: From pickles and relishes to jams and spreads, sauces and vinegars, and more, you'll find recipes for 50 key pantry essentials with tips and information on how to use them. From there, Ashley English opens up a world of Southern cuisine by sharing ideas and recipes that incorporate those base recipes. Have a batch of Dill Pickles? Make Fried Dill Pickles with Sorghum Mayo. Not sure what to do with that Muscadine Jelly? Make some Pork Meatballs with a Muscadine Glaze. With recipes for grits, buttermilk biscuits, BBQ sauce, bacon, and more you'll discover the flavors of southern Appalachia. - 256 pages