Southern Comfort
offers hearty fare
Recipes prepared by Debra Hopkins, owner and chef of Deb's Southern Comfort, on "Hawaii's Kitchen" this week. The show aired at 5:30 p.m. Sunday and will be rebroadcast at the same time Saturday on KHON Fox 2.
RIBS
Slab pork ribs
Onion
1/2 bell pepper
1 cup canned pineapple juice
Salt
Pepper
Rinse ribs, salt and pepper right side up, turn over and pour on pineapple juice, salt and pepper to taste. Top with bell pepper and sliced onion. Bake in pre-heated oven at 325 for 1 hour. Remove and top with favorite barbecue sauce. Then finish on the grill
COLLARD GREENS
Fresh greens
Ham shank
Onion
Salt
Pepper
Water
Simmer shanks until partially tender. Wash greens thoroughly. Trim stems from greens, roll handful of green leaves and cut crossways. Add to simmering shanks. Simmer on medium heat for 1 hour. Season to taste.
SWEET POTATO PIE
3 hot, cooked sweet potatoes, orange or white, mashed
1/2 lb. butter
1 cup dark brown sugar
3 eggs, beaten
Cinnamon, ginger, cloves, nutmeg (to taste)
1 cup evaporated milk
2 tablespoons vanilla (other options: lemon or rum flavoring)
1/2 teaspoon salt
Mix all ingredients in order listed to a creamy texture. Pour into a prepared pie shell. Bake at 350 degrees on the bottom rack of the oven for 45 minutes or until golden brown.
Nutritional information unavailable.
Morsels
Electric Kitchen: Judy Thompson, a dietician at Queen's Medical Center, is demonstrating "Hearth Healthy Cooking" throughout February on Hawaiian Electric Co.'s "The Electric Kitchen." The program airs Mondays at 8:30 p.m., Tuesdays at 5 p.m., Thursdays at 6 p.m. and Sundays at 9:30 a.m. on Oceanic Channel 16. On the menu for the second half of the month is Gingery Tomato Soup, Chocolate Biscotti, Easy Chicken Luau and Low-Fat Rice Vinegar Dressing.
Italian how-tos: "Seafood Dishes from Venice to Milan" features the cooking of chef Fabrizzio Favale of Mediterraneo Ristorante Italiano. Favale will prepare antipasti, ensalate, pasta and sicondi. The class runs 5:30-8:30 p.m. in Ohia Room 118, Kapiolani Community College. Fee is $23. Call 734-9441.
"Evening of Wine and Roses": St. Anthony School and Ko'olau Ballrooms will be hosting a wine tasting and silent auction featuring hors d'oeuvres from around the world and live entertainment at 6 p.m. Feb. 26 at the Ko'olau Ballroom. Tickets: $30. All proceeds benefit the children of St. Anthony School. Call 261-3331 for more information.
"Vegetarian Meal Ideas for Any Time of the Day": Eileen Towata demonstrates how to prepare scrambled tofu, hearty breakfast rice, cold noodle salad, bean stew, baked fruit and other favorites from 9:30-11:45 on March 4. A discussion of vegetarian food products and stocking a vegetarian pantry will also be discussed. The class will be conducted at Lyon Arboretum, 3860 Manoa Road. Reservations are required, call 988-0456. Fee is $22.
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