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Chocolate Port Truffles

Red Eye Pulled Pork on Stone Ground Grits

Salmon Cakes

Spicy Cajun Shrimp Caesar Salad

Chocolate Port Truffles
Makes about 100 Truffles

2 lbs Bittersweet Chocolate
1 cup Port
1 cup Sweetened Condensed Milk
1 cup Heavy Cream
1/3 cup Cocoa Powder
1 cube Unsalted Butter

Instructions:
In a sauce pan melt chocolate. Warm the cream, condensed milk and port in the microwave until it is the same temp as your melted chocolate. Once both are the same temp, mix the two together. Stir in cocoa powder, then add butter and stir until melted. Cool to room temp, then cover and refrigerate at least 4 hours or overnight.

Working quickly, scoop up cold chocolate mixture and roll in 1" balls.

Roll truffle onto cocoa or any kind of nut. Cover loosely and refrigerate. Truffles keep for 2 weeks in refrigerator.

 

Red Eye Pulled Pork on Stone Ground Grits

3# boneless pork shoulder cut into 2' cubes
1/4 cup dry rub for BBQ (your favorite recipe or brand)
3 cups brewed black coffee
2 cups catsup
1 cup chicken stock
1 tbsp Tabasco sauce
2 tbsp Apple Cider Vinegar
Salt and pepper to taste
1/4 cup pure olive oil

Dredge pork in dry rub and salt and pepper.  Let marinate over night.  Heat oil  in heavy bottom pot.  Sear pork in oil until well browned, almost black.  Add coffee, catsup, stock, Tabasco, and cider vinegar.  Bring to a boil.

Cover pot with tight lid, turn heat to very low and let simmer for 2 hours.  Let meat cool slightly in liquid.

Remove meat from the braising liquid and skim fat from the tip of the pot.  Bring to a boil, and cook until sauce is reduced by 1/2.  Season to taste with salt and pepper.

Shred pork with your fingers and mix with some of the sauce.

Serve over grits



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Stone Ground Grits

2 1/2 cups Stone ground grits
12 cups chicken stock
1 cup heavy whipping cream
1/4 cube unsalted butter
2 cloves garlic-minced
1 tsp Tabasco
Salt and pepper to taste

Bring stock, cream, butter, garlic and Tabasco too boil.  Stir in grits in a steady stream while whisking.

Turn heat to low and cook for 40 min stirring every once in a while.  Season to taste with salt and pepper

Dredge pork in dry rub and salt and pepper.  Let marinate over night.  Heat oil  in heavy bottom pot.  Sear pork in oil until well browned, almost black.  Add coffee, catsup, stock, Tabasco, and cider vinegar.  Bring to a boil.

Cover pot with tight lid, turn heat to very low and let simmer for 2 hours.  Let meat cool slightly in liquid.

Remove meat from the braising liquid and skim fat from the tip of the pot.  Bring to a boil, and cook until sauce is reduced by 1/2.  Season to taste with salt and pepper.

Shred pork with your fingers and mix with some of the sauce.

 

Salmon Cakes
2 lbs Filets (poached, grilled or both)
Zest of 1 lemon
1/2 cup Red bell pepper cut into 1/4" dice
1/2 cup Yellow bell pepper cut into 1/4" dice
1/2 cup onion cut into 1/4" dice
1 Tbls finely diced garlic
1/4 cup lemon juice
1/8 cup chopped fresh flat leaf parsley
1/8 cup chopped fresh baby dill
1/2 Tbls chile sauce (Srkacha)
1/2 cup bread crumbs
1-2 eggs

Sautee Red and Yellow peppers, onion and garlic in butter. Crumble salmon in large bowl add onion, bell peppers, garlic and mix. Add other ingredients and mix. Add salt and pepper to taste. Form cakes, roll in bread crumbs. Sautee in clarified butter.

Can make 1 day ahead.

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Cajun Spice Shrimp and Caesar Salad:
Makes 8 cups

2 1/2 Cups Paprika
1 Cup Salt
1 Cup Garlic Powder
1 Cup Onion Powder
1 Cup Black Pepper
1 Cup Italian Seasoning or Thyme
1/3 Cup Cayenne Pepper
Season Shrimp and pan fry on very hot frying pan.



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Caesar Salad Dressing
Makes 1.5 Gallons

1/2 cup Garlic
1/4 Cup Dry Mustard
1/4 cup Anchovies
1 Cup Parmesan Cheese
1 Cup Worchestshire
1 Cup Lemon Juice
3 Cups Seasoned Rice Wine Vinegar
1 dozen Raw Eggs
6 Cups Olive Oil
6 Cups Salad Oil
6 Cups Mayonnaise
Season with 1 Tablespoon salt and 3 Tablespoons Pepper.

Toss hearts of Romaine with Salad dressing add seasoned shrimp and enjoy!

 

   

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