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Slow-cooked recipes from the American South β€” built on golden butter, smoky bacon fat, and beef tallow. Real, soulful food, the way grandma cooked it on Sunday.

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Southern American Comfort Recipes

Six beloved dishes from the Southern kitchen β€” each cooked low and slow with honest fats that bring out true Southern soul.

Brown Butter Pecan Smoked Brisket

Brown Butter Pecan Smoked Brisket

⏱ 10 hr🍽 8 servingsπŸ”₯ Hard

A low-and-slow Texas-style brisket finished with a brown butter pecan baste β€” bark like a roof, meat soft as butter.

Ingredients

  • 5 kg whole packer brisket, fat trimmed to 6 mm
  • ΒΌ cup coarse kosher salt
  • ΒΌ cup cracked black pepper
  • 2 tbsp granulated garlic
  • 2 tbsp smoked paprika
  • 120 g unsalted butter
  • 60 g pecan halves, toasted
  • 2 tbsp apple cider vinegar
  • 2 tbsp beef tallow

Instructions

  1. Pat brisket dry and rub all over with salt, pepper, garlic, and paprika.
  2. Smoke at 105Β°C (225Β°F) over post oak or pecan wood for 6 hours until a deep mahogany bark forms.
  3. Brown butter in a pan until nutty; stir in pecans, vinegar, and tallow.
  4. Wrap brisket in butcher paper with two spoonfuls of pecan butter; return to smoker.
  5. Smoke 4 hours more until probe-tender, internal temp around 95Β°C (203Β°F).
  6. Rest wrapped in a cooler 1 hour. Slice across the grain and spoon over the remaining warm pecan butter.
Blackened Catfish in Brown Butter

Blackened Catfish in Brown Butter

⏱ 25 min🍽 4 servingsπŸ”₯ Easy

Cajun-spiced fillets seared screaming-hot, then finished with foaming lemon brown butter and parsley.

Ingredients

  • 4 catfish fillets (180 g each)
  • 2 tbsp smoked paprika
  • 1 tbsp granulated garlic
  • 1 tbsp granulated onion
  • 2 tsp dried thyme
  • 2 tsp dried oregano
  • 1 tsp cayenne
  • 2 tsp kosher salt
  • 60 g unsalted butter for the pan
  • 120 g unsalted butter
  • Juice of 1 lemon
  • 2 tbsp parsley, chopped

Instructions

  1. Mix paprika, garlic, onion, thyme, oregano, cayenne, and salt for the blackening rub.
  2. Pat fillets dry and coat generously on all sides.
  3. Heat a cast-iron skillet until smoking. Add 60 g butter; lay fillets in and sear 3 minutes per side.
  4. Transfer to a warm plate.
  5. Wipe the pan and melt 120 g butter; cook until amber and nutty, 2 minutes.
  6. Off heat add lemon juice and parsley; spoon foaming butter over the fish and serve.
Collard Greens with Smoked Ham Hock

Collard Greens with Smoked Ham Hock

⏱ 2 hr🍽 6 servingsπŸ”₯ Easy

Pot-likker collard greens, slow-braised with a smoked ham hock until silky, with a kick of cider vinegar.

Ingredients

  • 1 large smoked ham hock
  • 2 bunches collard greens, stems removed, leaves torn
  • 1 large onion, diced
  • 4 cloves garlic, minced
  • 3 tbsp bacon fat
  • 6 cups chicken stock
  • 2 tbsp apple cider vinegar
  • 1 tsp red pepper flakes
  • Kosher salt
  • Hot sauce to serve

Instructions

  1. Render bacon fat in a heavy pot; cook onion until golden, 8 minutes.
  2. Add garlic and red pepper flakes; cook 1 minute.
  3. Place ham hock in the pot; pour in stock and bring to a simmer.
  4. Add collards in batches, pushing them down as they wilt.
  5. Simmer covered 90 minutes until the leaves are silky and the broth is rich.
  6. Stir in vinegar and salt. Pull meat from the hock and stir back in. Serve with hot sauce.
Chicken & Andouille Gumbo

Chicken & Andouille Gumbo

⏱ 2 hr 30 min🍽 8 servingsπŸ”₯ Hard

A proper dark-roux gumbo with smoked andouille, chicken thighs, the holy trinity, and a slow simmer.

Ingredients

  • 180 g unsalted butter (or beef tallow)
  • 1 cup all-purpose flour
  • 2 large onions, diced
  • 2 green bell peppers, diced
  • 3 stalks celery, diced
  • 6 cloves garlic, minced
  • 450 g andouille sausage, sliced
  • 1 kg boneless chicken thighs, cubed
  • 3 liters chicken stock
  • 2 bay leaves
  • 2 tsp dried thyme
  • 2 tsp Cajun seasoning
  • Hot cooked rice
  • Sliced scallions

Instructions

  1. Make the roux: melt butter, whisk in flour, and stir over medium-low heat 45 minutes until the colour of dark chocolate.
  2. Stir in onions, peppers, and celery; cook 8 minutes until softened.
  3. Add garlic, sausage, and chicken; cook 6 minutes.
  4. Pour stock in slowly while whisking. Add bay leaves, thyme, and Cajun seasoning.
  5. Simmer 1 hour 30 minutes, skimming and stirring occasionally, until thickened.
  6. Ladle over rice in bowls and shower with scallions.
Buttermilk Cornbread

Buttermilk Cornbread

⏱ 45 min🍽 8 servingsπŸ”₯ Easy

Crackling golden-crust skillet cornbread, sweet only with the corn itself, baked in a hot iron pan slick with butter.

Ingredients

  • 180 g fine yellow cornmeal
  • 120 g all-purpose flour
  • 2 tsp baking powder
  • Β½ tsp baking soda
  • 1 tsp fine salt
  • 2 tbsp honey
  • 2 large eggs
  • 350 ml whole buttermilk
  • 100 g unsalted butter, melted
  • 2 tbsp unsalted butter for the skillet

Instructions

  1. Heat oven to 220Β°C (425Β°F) with a 25 cm cast-iron skillet inside.
  2. Whisk cornmeal, flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
  3. In another bowl whisk honey, eggs, buttermilk, and melted butter.
  4. Combine wet and dry with a few strokes β€” do not over-mix.
  5. Add 2 tbsp butter to the screaming-hot skillet; swirl. Pour in the batter immediately.
  6. Bake 18 minutes until golden and split on top. Cool 5 minutes before cutting into wedges.
Brown Butter Peach Cobbler

Brown Butter Peach Cobbler

⏱ 1 hr 15 min🍽 8 servingsπŸ”₯ Easy

Bourbon-laced peaches under a craggy biscuit lid, kissed with brown butter and the very last of summer.

Ingredients

  • 1.2 kg ripe peaches, peeled and sliced
  • 100 g brown sugar
  • 2 tbsp bourbon
  • 1 tsp cinnamon
  • 1 tbsp lemon juice
  • 2 tbsp cornstarch
  • 240 g all-purpose flour
  • 60 g sugar
  • 2 tsp baking powder
  • Β½ tsp salt
  • 120 g unsalted butter, melted and browned
  • 180 ml buttermilk
  • Coarse sugar for sprinkling

Instructions

  1. Heat oven to 190Β°C (375Β°F). Toss peaches with brown sugar, bourbon, cinnamon, lemon juice, and cornstarch in a 25 cm baking dish.
  2. Bake 15 minutes while you make the biscuit topping.
  3. Whisk flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt.
  4. Stir in browned butter and buttermilk until just shaggy.
  5. Drop spoonfuls of dough over the hot peaches; sprinkle with coarse sugar.
  6. Bake 35 minutes until the biscuits are deep golden and the filling bubbles. Rest 15 minutes before serving.
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