Pork with Red Eye Gravy
Petit Jean Farm pork cuts
1 Tbsp. Oil
Cavenders Greek Spice
Brewed Coffee
Season pork cut (ie. chops, steaks, cutlets) with Cavenders. Brown meat on both sides in oil. Cover meat completely with coffee. Simmer for 45 minutes – 1 hour.
Ranch Lamb Meatballs
1 ½ C. soft bread crumbs
¾ C. milk
2 lbs. ground lamb 2 tsp. salt
½ t. pepper1 medium carrot (peeled & grated)
1 small onion 2 eggs, beaten
¼ C. ketchup 3 T brown sugar
2 T prepared mustard
Start heating the oven to 325. Put the bread crumbs in a large bowl and pour the milk over them. Stir in ground lamb, salt, pepper, carrot, minced onion and beaten eggs. Mix thoroughly with spoon or fork. Lightly shape mixture into meatball shapes. Put in a shallow baking pan, such as a 13X 9X2 inch pan. Mix the ketchup, brown sugar and mustard and spread it over the top of the meatballs. Bake for 1 ½ hours or until cooked through.
Morroccan Lamb Stew
2 lbs. boneless lamb 5 T honey
2 lbs. fresh pears1 T cinnamon
4 medium onions1 pinch saffron
4 T butter Salt and fresh ground pepper
Cut lamb into 1 inch squares. Melt butter in dutch oven or casserole with lid. Add lamb, salt, pepper, cinnamon and saffron. Mix well and sauté lamb until brown.
Cover meat with water. Cook covered for 30 minutes.
Peel onions and cut into large (1” cubes) pieces. Add to lamb. Cover and cook another 30-45 minutes. Test lamb for tenderness.
Peel pears, cut into large pieces. Add to casserole along with honey. Cover and cook about 20 minutes until pears are tender.
Serve with rice or couscous. Serves 8.
Honey Bee Cookies
½ c. margarine or butter, softened 1 ½ c. all-purpose flour
½ c. packed brown sugar ½ tsp. Baking soda
½ c. Petit Jean Honey ½ tsp. salt
1 egg ½ tsp. Ground cinnamon
Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Beat margarine, brown sugar, honey and egg in medium bowl on medium speed, until smooth. Stir in remaining ingredients. Drop dough by teaspoonfuls onto ungreased cookie sheet. Bake 7-9 minutes or until set and light brown around edges (surfaces of cookies will appear shiny). Let stand 3-5 minutes before removing from cookie sheet. Makes 36 cookies.
Variations: Honey-Bran Cookies-Stir 1 c. of shreds of bran cereal into batter.
Honey-Cinnamon Cookies-Mix 2 Tbsp. of sugar and ½ tsp. of ground cinnamon. Sprinkle on cookies immediately from oven.
