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- So this is the last side dish
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that I'm sharing with y'all
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for the Valentine's side dish.
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And it's funny because I think two
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of the side dishes involves cornbread.
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So this would be wonderful with a steak,
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oh, gosh, and some grilled
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asparagus or brussel sprouts,
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it would be delicious.
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And a nice bread to go along with it.
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But this is from my magazine.
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You know, it's no longer in issue,
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but I still refer back to my magazine
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'cause it was full of so many wonderful recipes.
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And this one is cheesy cornbread bread pudding.
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thinking because of the bread pudding word
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that it's sweet, because it's not.
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It's a savory bread pudding.
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Theresa and I have talked about
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how to cook the bacon with dishes like this
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because she would cook it so crisp
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and you would know what one drop a fat
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left in it for seasoning or anything.
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So I think I finally convinced her
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that if you would not overcook your bacon so much,
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that there would be enough fat left in it
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to give you your flavor that you would want.
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Right, Theresa? - Listen, yes.
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That's actually a little more cooked than I really like it.
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- Yeah, but see it's- - Cooks faster than a-
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- You can see on the board,
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it's got enough fat in, you know,
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that fat will turn into flavor in those ramekin dishes.
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Right now I'm gonna wash the bacon off my hands though.
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Okay, I got my hands washed.
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So I'm ready to finish putting this together,
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and it's very easy, y'all,
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and very delish. (spoon clangs)
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Now I've got a cup of heavy cream,
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You know what I think before I go get the buttermilk,
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I'm gonna go ahead and beat these eggs
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so I have so much left with it.
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Now the cup of buttermilk.
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And I got a wonderful,
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wonderful batch of cornbread
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that's just perfectly delicious.
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And you wanna make sure you
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have a quality cornbread.
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All right, I'm going to add
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about 3/4 of a cup a Gruyer cheese.
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If you don't have Gruyer,
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you can use Swiss or Parmesan,
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but the Gruyer is so very good.
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Now I'm gonna gently toss
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my cubed up cornbread
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into my wet ingredients.
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It's gonna kind of fold.
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And I don't want my cornbread like crumbled.
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All right, I'm gonna add my bacon,
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and that's one pound of bacon.
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And this recipe says it serves six.
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I only have four matching ramekins.
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probably put some in another dish,
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but that's all right.
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You could actually put this in a casserole dish.
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But I love the idea for Valentine's Day
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for everybody to have their own personal dish.
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Just makes it a little bit more special.
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Uh-oh, I forgot to add the ground pepper
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across the (indistinct) of fresh ground.
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And the reason for fresh ground is because it's bigger
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And firstly, I love the flavor
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so much better of the fresh ground.
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I think it's about empty, don't you think, Eddie?
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- Mm. - And I'm not good at filling
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'cause (laughs) the bottom usually falls out,
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and I don't have much will.
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Okay, so we're gonna spray our ramekins
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'cause we don't just stick 'em
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while my guests are trying to eat.
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All right, so I'm gonna gently fill these ramekins.
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To me, that's a big serving right there.
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All right, I'm gonna top it with that last fourth
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of a cup of cheese we had held back.
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I may say below this cheese in it, the last minute.
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And look how much we've got left.
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So I'm almost saying this would serve close to eight people.
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You know, and I'm saying that,
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I don't know the size of your eaters either.
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350 for about 30 minutes.
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I told y'all I was gonna come back
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and top it with a little bit more cheese.
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But I've added another step to this,
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and I'll share that with y'all
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after that cheese melts.
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I'm telling y'all that I'm adding another step
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to this recipe because in this recipe,
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it didn't tell you how much cornbread.
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And so it really depends on how you like
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your perception of a bread pudding.
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Do you like it more on the dry side or more on the wet side?
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Whoa, watch it, Grace.
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So this is what I am choosing to do
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for the one that I'm gonna eat.
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I'm gonna pour a little hot cream over it
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because I like mine more on the moist side.
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I hope I can get enough pepper out for this.
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But isn't that a really pretty,
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You know, you might say.
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It's not so pretty (laughs) on that rag,
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but doesn't that look good?
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And you can choose to add more cream
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or eat it the way it is.
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So to give you an idea,
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the amount of cornbread that I put in here was baked
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in an eight-by-eight dish, and we did use all of it.
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So if you like it creamier,
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you could back off of some of the cornbread.
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If you like it drier,
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then you can use, oh.
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This is gonna be so hot.
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And I have to say the bacon was cooked perfectly
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because it added a little bit of fat
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that we needed for this dish
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to really go bow-wow. (laughs)
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It's really, really good.
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a little more heavy cream to each one of 'em,
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and let that absorb that.
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So if you've got an eight-ounce pan
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of cornbread dressing,
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use half of that or 3/4,
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But I don't think I'd recommend using
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the whole eight ounces.
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Oh. But this is very, very good.
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- And very, very hot. (laughs)
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Yeah, I just get excited about my dishes,
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which means I'm short on impatience
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'cause I want to taste it.
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And I like my hot food hot and my cold food cold.
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So this is definitely hot.
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Happy Valentine's today, y'all.
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I hope that over the last what, six videos,
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there's been something that caught your eye
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and you wanna make it for your Valentine,
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and you tell your Valentine that I sent love and best dishes
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to the both of y'all.
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Hey, y'all, it's Paula Deen.
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Love and Best Dishes Y'all.
