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MHM Recipes

Easy Skillet Cornbread

MHM Recipes

Easy Skillet Cornbread

*For an 8 inch skillet Ingredients: 1 cup Marsh Hen Mill Cornmeal 1 egg 1 cup buttermilk 1/2 teaspoon baking powder 1/2 teaspoon baking soda 1/4 cup bacon grease Directions: Preheat oven to 425°F. Put well-seasoned 10-inch cast iron skillet with bacon grease in oven while it heats. Put first 5 ingredients in mixing bowl. (mix the dry ingredients, whisk the eggs into the buttermilk, then combine dry/wet ingredients). Pour bacon grease into the other ingredients, stirring as you pour (if you can manage it). Leave enough in the skillet to coat the bottom and sides. Pour entire mixture into the skillet. Place skillet on middle rack of oven; bake until cornbread is springy in the middle, browned and pulling away from the skillet on the sides (about 15-20 minutes). Remove from oven and let cool slightly before serving.   Double recipe for a 10 inch skillet  
Low Country Shrimp and Grits

MHM Recipes

Low Country Shrimp and Grits

Ingredients: 3 cups water 1 cup Marsh Hen Mill Stone Ground Grits 1 1/2 cups half and half Salt to taste Dollop of butter handful finely chopped tomatoes and onions 1 lb. peeled shrimp 1/2 cup white wine Directions: Bring water to boil and add grits slowly. Cover. Reduce heat to low and stir occasionally. As grits thicken add half and half. Continue to cook for 1 hour, stir occasionally. Shrimp Gravy Put dollop of butter in frying pan. Sauté tomatoes and onions over medium-high heat until they begin to caramelize. Toss in shrimp. Using a wood spoon, continue to stir shrimp, tomatoes, and onions until shrimp turn pink. Splash in 1/2 cup of white wine and continue to stir until shrimp are done and wine has reduced Plate grits. Pour entire shrimp and gravy over grits. Enjoy. TID BIT — Shrimp and grits started out as a seasonal fisherman’s dish of shrimp cooked in bacon grease served over creamy grits in the Low Country where they were also known as “breakfast shrimp.” The simple seafood breakfast became an iconic Southern dish.