Of course I don't have kids, but my brother does, so he got the dad's day dinner.
Menu:
Fried chicken
roasted corn on the cob
potato salad
risotto
salad
chocolate pecan cheesecake bars
white chocolate cherry pie
Ok, we were not going for a lowcal dinner.
Fried chicken was a twist on my mom's recipe.
I marinated the chicken overnight in buttermilk with some paprika, garlic, and jamaican jerk spices added to it. Took it out, dredged it in egg and coated it with a mixture of flour, old bay seasoning, garlic powder, salt and pepper. Fried it in an olive oil/butter mixture till it's brown and then placed it in a 350 degree oven for about an hour until the chicken was the correct temperature.
Roasted the corn, simply put the ears in the silks in the same 350 degree oven for half an hour.
Potato salad. I hate most potato salads, this is the only version I like. 10 smaller potatoes (I used yukon gold, red are really better), boiled, skinned and cut up. 7 eggs boiled and chopped. Enough good quality mayo to make it wet (about 3 cups probably), garlic powder, chopped celery, paprika, old bay seasoning, pepper and a small amt of worcestershire sauce. Mix it all and use all seasonings to taste. This is not a sweet potato salad, it's just a clean, fresh taste.
And the desserts --- I got both recipes from Paula Deen's Chocolate Celebration. The cheesecake bars were good, but I think I need to tweak it a bit. So I'll leave those off for now. But the White chocolate cherry pie. EASY and oh SOOOOOO good!!! This one will go into the mainstay..
Filling:
6 squares white chocolate (6 oz total)
3 tbsp heavy cream
2 8 oz packages cream cheese
1/2 c powdered sugar
1 can cherry pie filling.
Melt the white chocolate with the cream being careful not to scorch. Let cool and beat with cream cheese till smooth then add sugar and beat till creamy smooth. Spoon into a graham cracker pie crust and chill for 2 hours. Top with cherries and serve. Oh my goodness - it wasn't good, it's sinful.
It was better the next day after chilling overnight. It'd be great with other fruit too, or even on it's own.
I strongly recommend this little cookbook, it can be found in grocery stores right now and has amazing recipes in it. There are a lot more I want to try out. Or look online at www.pauladeen.com
Happy Father's day to dad's everywhere!
