Sweet Touch

I heard today's gonna be a very, very, very sweet day

It's a sweet touch day, y'all. Starting off, y'all, you know I don't know what's sweeter

these tomato tarts with sweet sausage or my boy Jamie? Can Mama have a kiss

Sure, Mama. Just one little quick kiss. Next, y'all are not gonna believe this sweet bacon vinaigrette

that's going right on top of those scrumptious green bean bundles. Oh, my gracious honey, hush

And then Jamie's putting together a sweet twist on pork chops with an amazing blackberry glaze

Finally, we've got a pink lemonade layer cake that's just bound to put a smile on your face

I am in here with Paula's original sweet thing. I want to know what you're going to dazzle all of us with

This that we're going to start with today, Mom, is one of my favorite recipes

And it's a pink lemonade cake. Yum. And it could not be easier. Now, what we're starting with is a simple white box cake mix

The one that we're using today is pretty standard. Yeah. We've got three tablespoons of oil that's going in here and three eggs

All right. Now, Jamie, how much zest do you need? We're going to need one teaspoon of that zest, Mom. Okey-doke

Now, that's not on the box. That's one of the things that we're going to do differently. Right. And I've got one and a third cup of water

You know, I love a cake mix, Jamie. You know, for those days that you're running tight

There's nothing wrong with that. There's nothing wrong with using a box cake mix

Because you can bump them up so, you know, they can be just crazy good

That's what we're going to do to this one. Well, I'm going to crack your eggs for you

I'm going to start blending these now. Speaking of eggs. Here we go. How many chicken little lay this morning

Let me tell you, now I don't have but seven chickens, y'all. Yesterday morning, I had five eggs

This morning, I had four. Those are some happy chickens. All right, two teaspoons of vanilla, one teaspoon of the zest for Jamie

This zest is going to be so nice. That's where a lot of the flavor is going to come

Yeah, I love citrus cakes. Okay, and here comes our pink lemonade

All right, so no juice, son, from the lemon. No, ma'am, just the zest

So that's one, two. Is that going to turn it kind of pink? A little bit

Let's see. Yes. Well, I'm going to come over here and grab the pans and get those sprayed for you

Oh, it didn't turn it too, too pink. You did it. Nope, not too much

Hopefully after it bakes off, it will. All right, we have lined our cake pans

With a little brown parchment Yes, that's gonna assure that our cake is gonna come out nicely

So I measure it out using these measuring cups. I love my measuring cups. This is the way I like to do it

one in one pan One in the other so that way I know I've got them evenly separated. So this is the second cup

Okie doke. Alright. Alright, so we're going to put these in the oven, y'all, 350 for 25 to 35 minutes

And Jamie, let's get started on these delicious tomato tarts, son. We're going to make a dish that has been around 100 years

So we're taking four sausages without the casing. Now, I'm going to add into our bowl three cups of a biscuit mix

Okay. And we're going to mix that with the sausage and just roll them into balls

This has got everything in it. Look it. My son's so talented

I love it. So I'm going to cut these in half, Mom

And we're not going to cook this beforehand. We're just gonna break it up and we're gonna need two cups of grated cheese son

and this is one of those recipes where you know I just I just go in with my hands y'all

It's one of those you just have to work that biscuit mix into the meat

Two cups of cheese mom? Yes, and we're using a sharp cheddar

All right, I'm going to go ahead and start digging for it, okay, son? Okay

Now, the warmth from my hands is going to kind of break down the cheese a little bit

as well as that sausage, and that's what I want it to do

Now we're just going to form them into balls, y'all. This is pretty dry, too, so don't be discouraged

It is. Then just press it in with your thumb. Right here and then just take your tomato cut side up and nestle it right down in your sausage and that it And that it And we on our way Cool These are good cherry tomatoes

Yeah. So, y'all can see that this is a little twist on one of those very old yet reliable recipes

And talking about reliable, can Mama have a kiss? Sure, Mama. Just one little quick kiss

These are not going to rise up too much, Jamie, so I think we almost can slip in another row of them

and then we'll get these in the oven. Can't wait to eat these. And I know it

They're going to be so good. Love the idea of the tomato on them, son

So this is looking good, Jamie. Okay, we got these done? We're going to get these in the oven, 350 for 15 to 20 minutes

Awesome. I'm going to keep just stuffing this, and we'll get up another pan and load it up

Don't go anywhere because I'm in here with Paula's original sweet thing

Thanks, Mom. Coming up, we're topping green beans with a sweet bacon vinaigrette

and smothering our pork chops with an amazing blackberry glaze. Isn't this yummy

It's so good. And later... All we need is dessert. We're going to be putting the final touches on our lemonade cake, y'all

Look, son. Now let me tell y'all what I did. The last three minutes, I changed the oven setting to broil

So it kind of roasted off those little tomatoes on top. They look delicious

They look delicious. Oh, thank you, son. Ladies first. And they're going to be hot as blue blazes, son

You know what? This is so hot, Jamie. Why don't we take our plates down here and start on our warm bacon dressing

And I'm going to let mine cool for a second. I actually like little sausage balls at room temperature

So it's good. Just have one little bite. Okay. Y'all, these are delicious

Are they? Oh, gosh. They are hot, but they are so good

I love sausage balls. It's hot, Mom. Ooh, ooh, ah, ah. Mmm

Another wiener, Jamie Dean. Mm-hmm. All right, Jamie is fixed to make us a wonderful warm bacon vinaigrette to go on top of our green bean bundles

So put me to work, son. Drizzled over a green bean bundle. Now, we used to do these for a lot of parties that we did

Yes, when we would do fancy catering jobs. Fancy schmancy. Mm-hmm. We've cooked off some bacon, y'all

And I'm going to use what we've rendered out of that bacon, and I'm going to do two shallots

Well, I'll come down here and start making our carrot ribbons. Okay, you want to switch

Yes. All right. I'm just going to cut us some strips. And for your carrot strips, the great big fat carrots work really, really good, y'all

This is what we're going to use to tie up our bundles of green beans with

My favorite flavors are when we get a good combination of salty and sweet

So we've got the renderings from our bacon here with the shallots that we've cooked down

Now I'm going to add the sweet. This is a quarter cup of brown sugar down in here that's going to make it so sticky and delicious

All right, now I'm just going to grab my green beans. We have blanched off some green beans, and it doesn't take but a few minutes

Just a little bundle. About five or six. Yeah. And I'm just going to take my carrot and wrap it around just like that

You can try to tie it or you can twist it and lay it on the seam

So there we go. There's so many different things that you can tie these up with

You just want to make sure it's edible. We cook these shallots now with the brown sugar in our rendering

so I'm going to add two-thirds of a cup of balsamic. And I'm going to reduce this just a little bit

and then we're going to spoon it over as green bean bundles. Boy, Heidi, that balsamic took it to another level, didn't it

It's going to be delicious. Yes, it is. Love hot bacon dressing

Well, Mama, I've got enough dressing here for about 25 bundles, and you've done five

You want some help? I would love some help. I think these would be perfectly fine

Here's the last one. Beautiful, son. Okay, here we go, mom. I'm gonna spoon this on

We're not gonna use a lot of this, mom, because this is, do you smell that balsamic? Yes

So I just gonna drizzle a little bit on each one of these ribbons And we gonna crumble up our bacon and we put it on it when we take them out How about that Sounds good Oh my gracious honey

Now, this is going to go into the oven for pre-50 for about 15 or 20 minutes

Okay. And while we're cooking these, Mama, let's get our pork chops started. You wanted to

I am with you on that one. So Jamie's going to be helping me make pork chops

with blackberries, y'all. This is pretty simple from the outset, y'all. All we're going to do on these is a little bit of our house seasoning on our pork chops

Mama, if you will, let's get some oil and some butter going in this pan. Okay

Four tablespoons of oil. We're going to use some butter, of course. And four tablespoons of butter

And we want it to be fairly hot because these are rather thin pork chops

We're going to saute them for about two minutes per side. This has just got our simple house seasoning recipe on it

And if y'all don't know at home, it's a super simple recipe. It's a cup of salt, a quarter cup of garlic powder, and a quarter cup of black pepper

And Mama's put some in a ball jar here and just keeps it up on the counter. But if you want to put it in a shaker, I promise you, you'll use this on a lot of things. Yeah

Mommy, do you think this is hot enough? Yeah, I think our oil and butter is hot enough, y'all. Right

So that's great. This pan is perfect to hold full pork chops

So like I said, about two minutes per side. and when we come back, this sweet thing's gonna make us another sweet thing

to go on top of these fabulous pork chops. We're doing a blackberry sauce, y'all, when we come back

Yum. Up next, we're finishing off this meal that's looking just as good as it is sweet

We got some gray colors going on, Jamie. And later, I don't think I'm gonna be able to hold Jamie back

as we finish up our pink lemonade cake. It's genius is what it is

hey y'all welcome back mama our pork chops are done okay so what we're gonna do is i'm gonna

take these out and we're gonna use all the juice down in this pan to help kick start our sauce

some lovely juices in the meantime while you're doing that son i'm gonna chop up that wonderful

bacon that we fried up for your dressing i'm gonna deglaze this pan y'all with about a half

a cup of a dry white wine. Okay. Half a cup. And I am

mincing up our bacon because we're going to take it and sprinkle over our

green bean bundles. And I'm going to get all the sticky parts up

off the bottom of this pan. And it's going to be so good

Okay. Now, I'm going to cook this down for just a second, but Mama, I want you to put these

blackberries down in here. Okay. And let's let those soak up a little bit

You want all of them? Yes, ma'am. Okie dokie. Don't want to get these on your clothes, y'all

Nope. Because the blue from these blackberries... They'll stay with you. Yeah, you'll never get them out of your clothes

What do you think that is, son? This is probably about two cups of blackberries, y'all. That's what I would think

As soon as these cook down, I'm going to stick these pork chops back into this berry sauce and let it all get married together

Son, would you mind passing me that wrapped green beans, please? Oh, look how pretty these turned out

Oh, they're beautiful. Oh, it's just barely warm. Yeah. I'm going to just sit it over there while I transfer them to our platter

I'm going to go ahead and get our thyme down in here, y'all. I've got about a tablespoon

Looks delicious. It smells so good. And while this is cooking down, I think I'm going to do Mama a little bit of lemon for our garnish

Okay. All righty. That's about all I can fit on that platter, y'all

So now I'm just going to take my bacon and just sprinkle it on top of our green beans

Save some for the cake, Mom. The cake? Oh, yeah. Mama, can I have some bacon on my pink lemonade cake, please

Yes, you may. Mmm. Now, the last thing that we're going to add here, Mom, is about a tablespoon of honey

Okay. And I'm just going to eyeball that. Yay. Good eye. It's looking..

Looks great. Yeah. The blackberries are starting to kind of break down now in the heat

and your sauce almost looks like it's trying to thicken up. Okay, now I'm going to nestle these pork chops back down in this sauce

Mm-hmm. Now we're cooking. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. And I think this is going to take about five minutes, Mom

Mmm. I love the little green pieces of thyme in there, y'all

You don't want to overcook them because pork is such a lean cut of meat that there's not a lot of fat in there

And once they dry out, it's hard to get juice back into them. To me, I think it needed just a wee bit of salt, Jamie

and a little bit of pepper. Very, very unusual flavors going on in there, y'all

So how about it? Let's start plating this meal, Jamie. All right sonny boy I swap with you Looks good son I just kind of ease myself over here closer to a fork

Look how pretty that is. That's beautiful colors. Beautiful. There you go, son

Is there room for two of us on this cutting board? I believe there is. Remember when you were a little boy and I'd swap you all of my meat for your bone

Then I got smarter. And then you got smart, dadgummit. Mmm. What you eating

I'm eating pork chops. I'm eating green bean bunnies. This is so good. That is awesome

I'm just going to pull me out. Mmm. Balsamic vinaigrette is one of my favorites

It is so good on those crunchy beans. A little bit of bacon, great day

Isn't this yummy? It is so good. You know, it's certainly different

It is different. Mmm. Look, I have managed to somehow put bacon on top of my very pork chop

Oops. That's because I have a very talented son. We've got far from the tree around here, y'all

I know this is different from the pork chops that you're used to making, Mama. But it is a fine dinner

These are awesome green beans. All we need is dessert. So when we come back..

Oh, gosh. Did y'all forget about that pink lemonade cake? No, I did not. I didn't either

I did not forget. I bet y'all didn't either. We're gonna top it off and taste it as soon as we get back

Y'all stick around. Yes. Coming up, y'all, we're gonna be topping off this pink layer cake

with something unique and special. Now, you know that has to make one smile

Welcome back, y'all. Now, here's the cake that we've been working on the whole show

This is the pink lemonade cake. What Mama's doing, she's got some wax paper

and we're going to put these on the edges so when we set our cake down

we keep all the edges really pretty. We'll have a keen cake plate

We'll have a clean cake plate. Jimmy, your layers are beautiful, son

It's genius is what it is. There's exactly the same amount in each one

As long as it's frosted, you can't tell. But when you go to cut, it's important to me that they're the same layer

Now we're going to take the parchment paper off our layers and then get started on our icing

I've got a pound of powdered sugar. Okay. I'm going to be zesting your lemon for you

I've got two sticks of butter. Okay. I've got your lemon zest ready

I'm going to start adding your pink lemonade concentrate. One. That will be two

And you want to add this slowly, y'all. Three, four, and five

All right, sonny boy. There goes your lemon zest. And now I'm going to throw you in one teaspoon of vanilla flavoring

And just that quickly and easily, we have our icing. and I'm gonna

put me a generous dollop. Powdered sugar, y'all

makes the best icing because it's got such body and it's just easy to work with

Looks like a cotton candy cake. Doesn't it? It's just beautiful, isn't it, y'all

Yum. All right, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. Put your fork down, Sonny Boy

We got to make it look real pretty before we cut it up and devour it. It's not time to eat cake yet

Now, I have made a little tussie-mussie, a little bundle of flowers

Now, you know that has to make one smile. Now, sonny boy, my angel, my darling, my love, it's time to eat cake

Are you sure? I'm positive. Awesome. Are you ready? I'm ready. Okay

Oh, my. Oh, look. Mmm

Mmm. Ooh. Isn't this delicious

That's awesome. Son, I love the cake part. Just as light as a feather

Thank you, baby. Thanks, Mom. I enjoy every minute that I have in the kitchen with you

Best dishes, y'all. From her kitchen to yours. Best dishes, y'all. Love ya

Love you. Love you