Country Kitchen Recipes

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Recipes on this page feature food products raised on North American farms. Winning recipes are usually unique variations on standard dishes. Meat and vegetable recipes are especially needed.

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Sweet Potato Salad

Louise Byrd, Booneville, Kentucky

5 lb. new potatoes, boiled until tender
3 lb. sweet potatoes, baked until tender
10 peeled garlic cloves
Olive oil
1 bunch green onions, diced diagonally
10 slices cooked bacon, crumbled
1 cup sour cream
3 cups mayonnaise
1 tsp. white pepper
1 Tblsp. salt

Cut potatoes in bite size pieces, peel and cut up sweet potatoes in small pieces. Saute garlic cloves in olive oil until darkened. Chop in small pieces. Add garlic to potatoes along with remaining ingredients. Adjust mayonnaise to desired consistency. Add salt and pepper. Mix well. Refrigerate until ready to serve. Makes 20 to 25 servings.

Ranch Crew Chicken Casserole

Jane Siebert, Pretty Prairie, Kansas

4 cups cooked chicken, cubed

2 cups grated American cheese

12 flour tortillas, quartered

1 onion, cut fine

Sauce:

1 cup chicken broth

1 can cream of chicken soup

1 can cream of mushroom soup

Layer half the chicken, cheese, tortillas, onion and 1/2 of sauce. Repeat for second layer with cheese on top. Bake uncovered for 1 hour at 350° F. Serves 8.

Blueberry Torte

Mrs. Margaret Cydejko, St. Walburg, Saskatchewan

Dough:

3/4 cup butter

1 cup sugar

2 eggs

1/2 cup ground almonds

1 1/2 tsp. grated lemon rind

3 1/2 cups flour

Filling:

1 1/3 cups thick, fruity blueberry jam

Dough: Cream butter and sugar well. Beat in eggs one at a time. Add almonds and lemon rind. Mix slowly. Add flour, mixing in well by hand. Form into large ball, cover. Refrigerate for 1 hour.

Divide dough into 5 parts. Grease detached bottom of 10-in. springform pan. Roll dough 1 part at a time. Cut to fit bottom of springform pan. Place 1 layer of dough on bottom section of pan. Spread with 1/3 cup jam. Top with another layer of dough and spread with jam. Repeat until all dough is used. Place ring around pan. Bake at 400° F. on bottom oven rack for 45 min. Cool. Place on platter. Serve with whipped cream.