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In this episode of Paula Deen's home cooking, Paula whips up some elegant dishes for your neighborhood cocktail party.
Poached Salmon Mousse - https://www.pauladeen.com/recipe/poached-salmon-mousse-with-dill-sauce/
Fresh Asparagus and Curry Dip - https://www.pauladeen.com/recipe/fresh-asparagus-and-curry-dip/
Hot Spinach and Artichoke Dip - https://www.pauladeen.com/recipe/hot-spinach-artichoke-dip/
Bacon Crisp - https://www.pauladeen.com/recipe/bacon-crisp/
Date Nut Sticks - https://www.pauladeen.com/recipe/date-nut-sticks/
Enjoy!
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Hey y'all, I'm Paula Dean. You know, do
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you really want to impress the
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neighbors? Well, how about a
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neighborhood cocktail party? Today, I
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want to show you an amazing menu that
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will leave them thinking you're the best
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cook in town. We're going to start off
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with an elegant poached salmon mousse
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with a yummy deal sauce. And then next,
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it's going to be fresh asparagus with a
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curry dip that's just perfect for
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snacking. And then my savory spinach and
0:29
artichoke dip that's just over the top.
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And then I'm going to show you how to
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make one of my favorite appetizers,
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bacon crisp. You're not going to believe
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how good or easy. And then last but not
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least, for dessert, it's my sinfully
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sweet date nut sticks. So y'all whistle
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for the neighbors cuz we're going to
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have a party.
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I'm getting ready to go to a
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neighborhood cocktail party. And the
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good news is that the cocktail party is
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not at my house. And you know, it's kind
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of unfair for one person to have to host
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the party and do all the cooking. So, my
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friend Barbara has agreed to have it at
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her house. So, the least I could do was
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prepare some things to take to eat. I've
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got the champagne chilling. And I want
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y'all to hang with me because you're not
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going to believe the dishes that I'm
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going to be fixing up to take to Bobas.
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I know they're going to love them and I
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think you will, too. Well, let's move
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right along with the first dish that I'm
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contributing to the party tonight. We're
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going to start by making a poached
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salmon mousse with a yummy deal sauce.
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But the only thing about this dish is
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you must make it ahead of time. Uh
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minimum of 8 hours to overnight. This is
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going to have to sit for us. But it's so
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easy and simple to put together. And I
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love anything that I can make ahead of
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time. Now, I've got a bowl here that I'm
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going to add one pack of plain gelatin
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to.
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And then I'm going to add a four of a
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cup of cold water. And I'm going to let
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that start blooming.
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And then I've got some boiling water
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right here. And we're going to add a
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half a cup
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of this hot hot water.
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Okay.
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and we're going to add that to
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our plain gelatin.
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We're going to add one tablespoon of
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grated onion. It's going to give you a
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lot stronger flavor than it would if you
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were just chopping your onion. And next,
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we're going to add some capers
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and a half a cup of mayonnaise.
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and a tablespoon of fresh lemon juice.
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A tablespoon of fresh lime juice. Don't
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use the reconstituted. The fresh is so
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much better.
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Dash of salt,
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a little paprika to kind of boost the
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color of that salmon along. And I'm
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going to add
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um one cup of beaten whipped cream
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because this is going to be a savory
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dish, not a sweet one. So, we're just
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going to mix all of those ingredients
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together. All right. Now, to the rest of
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our ingredients, I'm going to add just a
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couple of dashes of hot sauce. Now, you
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can add as much of that as you want. And
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now I'm going to come in here and I'm
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going to flake my poached salmon.
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I'm gonna remove that skin.
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And your skin will just slip right on
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off.
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And then I'm just going to flake it into
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the mousse.
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All right. Now, I'm just going to fold
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that salmon into the other ingredients.
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And I've got a fish mold that I'm going
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to pour our mousse into.
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And this has been buttered very, very
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well because I don't want to have any
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trouble when I go to unmold it.
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All right. Now, we're just going to wrap
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this up, seal this up with a plastic
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wrap. And we're going to put this in the
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refrigerator. And we're going to let him
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sit at least at least 8 hours or
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overnight.
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All right. So, in the meantime, let's go
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ahead and start on our dill sauce. All
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right.
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So, I'm going to cut the tips off,
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and we're just going to slip this skin
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off of our cucumber.
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All right. So, we've got that peeled,
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and I'm going to grate this cucumber.
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And I'm going to use a strainer because,
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as you probably know, uh, cucumbers
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contain a tremendous amount of water.
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There's really no pretty way to do this.
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Not all that easy to grate because of
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the seeds.
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There we go.
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All right.
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Look, I want to show you something. Look
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at all the water that has come out of
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that cucumber. When we come back, now
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that I finally got this bad boy grated,
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I'm going to finish showing you how to
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complete your cucumber dill sauce. And
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then we're gonna make one of my all-time
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favorite cocktail foods, a spinach
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artichoke dip
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with mayonnaise.
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[Music]
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[Music]
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Okay, y'all. In case you've just
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peakedked in on me, uh I'm planning some
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dishes for a cocktail party that I'm
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going to and I want to show you how I
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put together this yummy cucumber deal
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sauce. All right. Now, I have drained my
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cucumber that I grated.
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And in the bowl that goes
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with one clove of minced garlic.
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A tablespoon of fresh lemon juice.
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And remember to keep it fresh,
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not a reconstituted.
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All right. A cup of mayonnaise.
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One cup of sour cream.
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a pinch of salt
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and 2/3 of a cup of diced fresh dill.
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And that's all it is to the sauce. We're
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just going to stir this together. And
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I'm going to put it in the fridge so
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those flavors can marry together. Maybe
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30 minutes. And this is going to be just
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a perfect
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sauce for our
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salmon. It's yummy. All right, let's put
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this away.
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And I've got another one that's been in
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here
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for about an hour. And our mold
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that I put in the refri last night.
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So, I'm going to unwrap this. And you
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can see with it being a fish that I
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wanted to use some type of seafood mold.
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Now I'm just going to gently put him in
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a little warm water. I want to make sure
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that it doesn't get into our mousse.
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Okay. And I'm going to
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come over here with a knife and just
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soften those edges a minute.
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Okay. So, I'm going to situate my
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platter on top of him.
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Okay.
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I'm gonna hope that he comes out. There
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he goes. Now, I'm going to garnish this
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by cutting the tip of this lemon off.
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So, I'm going to use that as his eye.
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And then I'm going to come over here and
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I'm gonna just cut some little strips of
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lemon.
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Now I'm going to come in here
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and I'm just going to accentuate
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his tail
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with these lemon strips.
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All right. I wanted to add a little deal
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because I've got this wonderful deal
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sauce
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that we're going to use with him. And
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I'm going to just fill this bowl up
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with our sauce.
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I'm going to nestle him right there. I'm
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going to take a little papa and kind of
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just do on his body. All right. Now, the
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only thing we need to eat this dish is a
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wonderful cracker. Now, I've got two or
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three different kind of crackers here.
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Personally, I love bagel chips.
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So, that's all you need to have along
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with this dish. Now, I'm going to move
10:36
on over here and put together a hot
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spinach and artichoke dip that is so
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good. Now, I'm going to start with two
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cans of artichoke carts. I'm going to
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just put them in here. There's still a
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little bit of juice from the can, so I'm
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not going to pour that in there.
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Now, if you don't have a food processor,
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you could do this by hand, but I'm just
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going to pulse. I don't want to puree
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it,
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but I just want it chopped nice and fine
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because when I bite into it, I want to
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be able to get those pieces of
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artichoke.
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All right, we're just going to put our
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artich choke in our bowl. Now, I have a
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package of chopped frozen spinach that I
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popped in the microwave and cooked him
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for like five minutes on high.
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And you'll want to make sure that after
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you take him out of the oven that you
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squeeze all that juice out of there.
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And you'll need to let it cool off
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before you can do this. Look how much
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water that one 10 oz package of spinach
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yielded. It's just amazing.
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You know how much water vegetables have
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in them.
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All right. Now, we're going to mix a
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half a cup of mayonnaise.
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It's got all my favorite condiments in
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it. A half a cup of sour cream
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and a cup of grated Parmesan cheese.
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And we're just going to stir all this
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together.
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We're going to put this in a preheated
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350°ree oven and we're going to bake it
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for about 30 minutes. Now, I'm going to
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bake this in a cast iron skillet. All
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right. So, I'm just going to pile this
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into the skillet.
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All right. Now, I'm going to top it with
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a grated pepper jack cheese.
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And in the oven it goes for 30 minutes.
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All right. So, in the oven it goes.
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And look at that.
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How yummy does that look?
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Mhm. This is so incredibly wonderful.
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When we come back, it's going to be date
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nut sticks. So, you won't want to miss
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it. You won't believe how good it is,
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how simple.
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[Music]
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Well, thanks for coming back and joining
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me. We're almost ready to wrap this
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cocktail party up. I can't hardly wait
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to fix these for you. But before we
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start this, I want to come down here and
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get the date nut fingers started. I'm
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going to take a stick and a half of
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butter and I'm going to put it in our
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saucepan along with two eggs,
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two cups of granulated sugar.
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All right. Now, we're going to mix this
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up and we're going to let that butter
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melt. And then I'm going to throw in one
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8 oz package of chopped dates.
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This is the healthy ingredient to this
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yummy snack.
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All right. Now, we would cook this for
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about 10 minutes. Once it comes to a
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boil, we would cut down our heat,
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stirring it constantly. Cook it for 10
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minutes. Well, I've already got a pot up
14:44
here that I've cooked for 10 minutes.
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So, all we're going to do at this point
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is add a cup of chopped pecans
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and a cup and a half of a rice type
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cereal
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and a tablespoon of vanilla.
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All right, so we're just going to mix
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these up real good.
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All right, so we're going to pour this
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in our bowl.
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Watch it, Gertie.
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I'm not disturbing your nap, am I?
15:21
All right, we're just going to let that
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cool just for a few minutes.
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Now, there's a couple of ways you could
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do this. You could butter your hands uh
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so that it won't stick because it's a
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little bit of a messy job. But I've got
15:37
some ice water that I'm going to dip my
15:39
hands in because when I go to pick this
15:42
up, it'll help cool off the date nut
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stick
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as well as keeping it off my fingers.
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Okay. Now, what we're going to do at
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this point is I have some sweetened
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flaked coconut
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and roll them in the coconut.
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See how pretty those look?
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And to let people know what they're
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going to be biting into,
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I'm just going to pile up
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some dates right in the center.
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And look how pretty they look. I can't
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wait to show y'all this next little
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appetizer. They're so good.
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So, I've gotten some fresh grated
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Parmesan cheese and I'm going to put
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about a tablespoon
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on each cracker.
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Now, I've gotten my bacon
16:53
and I've cut them in two horizontally.
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Now, we're just going to take our bacon
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and wrap it around that cheese and
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cracker. Just like that.
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We're going to bake these at 250°
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for 2 hours. And we're going to bake
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them slow because we want that bacon to
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get nice and crisp.
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Yum.
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All right. 250° in a preheated oven for
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two hours.
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And we're going to see if we can do this
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without disturbing Gertie's nap.
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All right.
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All right. I've got some that's been in
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here a couple of hours. I'm going to set
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them over here.
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I'm going to step over here and wash my
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hands.
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I can hardly wait for y'all to make this
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recipe. If you've never had this before,
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you're going to be so surprised that
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something that simple, that easy, can
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have the kind of flavor and taste that
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this has. They are truly spectacular and
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after all these years, remain one of my
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favorite ordurves.
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I can't describe how good they are. And
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I'm going to come down here.
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Look at that. Very sweet and very
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healthy tasting.
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I'm going to run for a minute, y'all.
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Meet me back because I've got some tips
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for you. We're going to talk about dips
18:38
and fresh vegetables. So, I'll see y'all
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back in a few minutes.
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[Music]
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So, you know, maybe you don't have a
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pretty bowl to to serve your vegetables
19:00
in. That is so easy to fix. I just
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happen to have some beautiful colored
19:04
bell peppers in the refrigerator. I'm
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going to cut the top off of that and
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just pop the center out. Just like that.
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Ooh, it smells so good and the color is
19:15
so beautiful. I'm going to fill this
19:17
with some blanched asparagus. And look
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how beautiful the yellow and the green
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is together. And I'm going to put it on
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my plate. And then I'm going to come in
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here with a red bell pepper. And I'm
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going to slice it the other way. And I'm
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just going to take a little piece of it
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off.
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Just like that. Because I'm going to
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need the depth of this bowl. Knock those
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seeds out. And I'm going to fill this up
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with a dip.
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In 2 minutes,
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we've got a fabulous vegetable plate. I
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hope y'all will think of this one when
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you're in a last minute jam.
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My friend Barbara is having a cocktail
20:08
party and I know how difficult it is to
20:10
get your house cleaned up and prepare
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all the food. So, I'm bringing her a few
20:14
dishes to help her out. The poached
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salmon mousse with the dill sauce is
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it's just such an elegant appetizer. And
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the date nut sticks are just a fun
20:24
little sweet finger food. And the
20:28
artichoke and spinach dip is so over the
20:31
top. But the one thing that I really,
20:34
really want y'all to try is this little
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appetizer that I've been making since I
20:39
was a girl. The bacon crisp. You're not
20:42
going to believe how delicious it is.
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So, I hope that when y'all have a
20:46
cocktail party or you need a dish to
20:48
take to somebody's house that you'll
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think of one of these. So, until next
20:52
time, America, I send you love and best
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dishes from my kitchen to yours.
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