Best Aunt Roses Bean Salad Recipes

AUNT RO'S BAKED BEANS

Steps:

• Place the bacon in a large, deep skillet and cook over medium-high heat until evenly brown. Drain on paper towels, crumble, and set aside. Drain bacon fat from the skillet.
• Using the same skillet, cook the ground beef and onion over medium heat, stirring until the meat is no longer pink, 5 to 7 minutes. Drain.
• Transfer the ground beef to a slow cooker. Add the pinto beans, butter beans, baked beans with pork, barbeque sauce, ketchup, and brown sugar to the ground beef mixture; stir to blend well. Cover and cook for 4 hours on High. Top each serving with crumbled bacon.

MAMA'S FAMOUS BEAN SALAD

Steps:

• Dressing: Whisk together the Dressing ingredients. Set aside.
• Salad: Toss together the Salad ingredients.
• Combine: Mix the dressing into the salad mixture. Cover and refrigerate for an hour to allow flavors to mix (can skip this step if necessary). Keep in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 5-7 days.

AUNT TC'S POTATO SALAD

Steps:

• Fill a large stockpot with heavily salted water and the potatoes and bring to a boil. Cook until tender, 20 to 25 minutes. Drain the potatoes and quarter when cool enough to handle.
• Mix together the relish, mustard, garlic powder, onion powder, smoked paprika, eggs, onion, bell pepper, 3 cups mayo and a pinch of salt and pepper in a large bowl. Add the potatoes and toss until combined. Add additional mayo if the salad looks dry. Sprinkle with smoked paprika. Serve immediately or cover and refrigerate until ready to eat.

AUNT MARION'S FRUIT SALAD DESSERT

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine fruits; set aside. Whisk sauce ingredients until smooth. Gently fold into fruits. Cover and chill for 3-4 hours before serving.

RED LEAF SALAD WITH ROASTED BEETS, ORANGES, AND WALNUTS

Steps:

• 1. Heat the oven to 350°F. Lay the beets on one half of a large piece of aluminum foil. Sprinkle with olive oil and season with salt. Fold the foil in half to make a packet and roll the edges to seal. Lay on a baking sheet and roast until tender, 45 to 60 minutes. Let cool. Peel the beets and slice into 1/2-inch-thick wedges.
• 2. Keep the oven at 350°F; toast the walnuts on a baking sheet for a few minutes, 5 to 7, until they smell good. Remove the nuts and let them cool while you wash and dry the lettuce and tear it into a salad bowl.
• 3. Zest one orange-you need 1 teaspoon grated zest. Using a very sharp knife, cut the ends from the oranges, slicing just deep enough to expose the flesh. Cut off the remaining peel and pith. Then, working over a bowl, remove the segments, cutting between the membrane. Place the segments in a strainer to drain off excess juice.
• 4. Whisk together the dressing ingredients-the shallot, fennel seeds, and lemon juice-in a small bowl, adding the oil last, whisking as you pour it in so the dressing emulsifies a bit. Taste and adjust the seasoning.
• 5. Toss the nuts, beets, oranges, and the dressing with the salad, adjust the seasoning, and serve immediately.
• Tips and Techniques
• Teresa: "The oranges and beets are best tossed in at the last minute, when you dress the salad to serve it, lest the o‐juice and beety color run amok."
• About the Cook
• Teresa Parker is an expert on Catalonia and its cuisine, and runs culinary tours in Spain. She's a good friend of Merrill's and splits her time between New York City and Wellfleet, Massachusetts.

AUNT ROSE'S FANTASTIC BUTTER TOFFEE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. In a shallow baking pan, toast almonds until golden brown, 5-10 minutes, stirring occasionally. Cool. Pulse chocolate in a food processor until finely ground (do not overprocess); transfer to a bowl. Pulse almonds in food processor until coarsely chopped. Sprinkle 1 cup almonds over bottom of a greased 15x10x1-in. pan. Sprinkle with 1 cup chocolate., In a heavy saucepan, combine butter, sugar and water. Cook over medium heat until a candy thermometer reads 290° (soft-crack stage), stirring occasionally., Immediately pour mixture over almonds and chocolate in pan. Sprinkle with remaining chocolate and almonds. Refrigerate until set; break into pieces.

BEAN SALAD -AUNT VIRGINIA'S RECIPE

Steps:

• 1. Measure and mix sugar, vinegar and oil into a saucepan, and bring to a boil. Boil for two minutes.
• 2. Drain cans of beans and rinse, and place in large bowl, add sliced onion and celery.
• 3. Add dressing to mixture and cover bowl, refrigerate three days.