Southern Recipes
382 recipes found
Pressed Cheese Straws
Baked Sweet Potato Purée
Boiled Virginia Ham
Low Country Hush Puppies
4-ingredient Coleslaw
Praline Apple Cream Pie
Carolina Basting Sauce
Microwave Polenta
Greens
Pecan Tart
Corn-Bread Dressing
Yellow Lemon Cake
Oyster-and-Rice Dressing
Craig Claiborne’s Cornbread
Oven Baked Griddle Corn Bread
Louisville Hot Brown Sandwich
Southern Style Barbecued Quail
Succotash With Hominy
Individual Pies With Wild Mushrooms
Moira Hodgson’s Fried Green Tomatoes
Florence Fabricant's Fried Green Tomatoes
Craig Claiborne's Hush Puppies
Hush puppies are found on menus throughout the South and in many homes as well, an ace accompaniment to most of the region's meals. They are fritters, essentially: sweet cornmeal dough that is fried until golden brown. The recipe here comes from Craig Claiborne, the longtime food editor at The New York Times who was from Mississippi.
Chess Pie Squares
These heavenly little bars, adapted from the Southern cookbook author Julia Reed, are a modern-day, perfect-for-a-picnic version of a traditional custard pie made from flour, cornmeal, sugar, eggs, butter and buttermilk. They are like lemon bars without the lip-puckering citrus: a blanket of egg-rich custard generously laced with vanilla atop a lightly salted, crumbly shortbread crust. (If you don't have buttermilk, you can make an easy substitute by combining one tablespoon of white vinegar or lemon juice with a cup of milk. Let stand for 5 minutes, then measure out 3/4 cup.)
Cherry Yum-Yum
If its name is any indication, this retro Southern no-bake dessert maximizes flavor — and it does so while minimizing time, effort and ingredients. Layers of graham cracker crust, tangy cream cheese and canned cherry pie filling create a dessert that straddles a no-bake cheesecake and a classic trifle. The graham cracker crust sets as it chills, lending both texture and a toasty flavor that balances the rich dairy and the sweet pie filling. Almond extract, though optional, complements the cherries perfectly. Yum-yum is the perfect blank canvas party dessert — you can amend it with different cookie bases (Oreos or gingersnaps); flavorings in the cream (Kirsch or almond liqueur); and pie fillings (apple or berry) to suit all seasons and tastes.