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It is quintessentially Southern to look back, to be modern you must limit yourself to do this with quiet deference and a quick nod.

Pie and a Pint- Wabi Nabe

Shepherd's  Pie

for your Wabi Nabe

Some time ago when I last lived in Tennessee the pals and I would drive out to East Nashville for a pie and a pint. While this recipe is certainly not what was served at that laundromat-turned-restuarant, it serves as an inspiration. Sized just right for your Wabi Nabe, enjoy.

INGREDIENTS:

-3 potatoes, peeled and cubed

-3 tbs. sour cream

-1 tbs. butter

-1 egg yolk

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-1 lbs. ground beef, lamb, or protein of choice

-1 small red onion, chopped

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-3 tbs. cold water

-2 tbs. all-purpose flour

-2 tbs. butter

-1 cup milk or water

-7 small crimini mushrooms, chopped

-2 dashes Worcestershire sauce
-Salt and pepper to taste

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-1.5 cups green peas 

-1 tsp.  cayene

-1 tsp. paprika

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-Shredded cheddar cheese

*optional 1-2 cloves roasted garlic

-1 pint Guinness stout

DIRECTIONS:

Before you begin anything else, begin your garlic roasting while you prep your meal if you plan on including this addition. 

Peel, cube and boil potatoes in Wabi Nabe filled half full of water. Potatoes are done when after speared with a fork, they slide easily off. Drain and place in a separate bowl. Add sour cream, butter, and egg yolk and beat until creamy.

In a separate skillet (or Wabi Nabe) brown protein. Add chopped onion and cook over medium heat until onions are tender. Set aside. 

In the empty Wabi Nabe bring one cup of water or milk with butter to a simmer. Add mushrooms and cook until softened, dash with Worcestershire. In a jar combine flour and cold water, cap with lid and shake until smooth, pour into the mixture and thicken gravy over low heat. Add seasonings, protein mixture, and stir in peas. Top with mashed potatoes then cover with cheddar cheese. 

Broil in oven until the cheese is a crispy golden brown, let set for 5-8 minutes and spread with roasted garlic.

Serve hot with a cold pint of Guinness.

Simple Bread- Wabi Nabe

Simple Bread

for your Wabi Nabe

Another bread recipe, a variation on the Hell's Kitchen no knead recipe tested by the good folks over at the Food Crypt. Feel free to post notes and improvements in the comments sections, folks.

INGREDIENTS:

2 tsp. Active dry yeast

1- 1/4 cup Warm water

2 tsp. Sugar

3 cups All Purpose Flour

1- 1/2 tsp. salt (Truffle salt dresses this up well)

1- 1/2 tbsp. Olive oil

Cornmeal and Flour mixture for dusting

*Optional Ingredients

-1 tsp. Cracked peppercorn

-1/3 cup chopped black olives and1/4 cup Parmesan cheese

or similarly

- 1/3 cup chopped jalapeno and  1/4 cup Asiago cheese

DIRECTIONS:

-In a large bowl dissolve sugar in warm water (100-110°F), sprinkle yeast on top, let stand for 10 minutes until doubled in size.

-Add flour, oil, salt, and pepper toss with fork until blended. The dough will be shaggy and sticky. Place in an oil-greased bowl, cover with plastic wrap. Let the dough rest at 12-18 hours, but at least 8 hours in warm temperature (70°F).

-Look for bubbles on the surface, flour surface and sprinkle with a dusting mixture of part cornmeal, wheat bran, oatmeal, or flour. Add any optional ingredients.

-Fold dough into itself twice. There is no need to knead. Cover and rest for a quarter hour.

-Gently form into a ball, place seam side down, dust again with mixture, let rest between clean dishcloths dusted with mixture.

-Let rise for 1-2 hours until roughly doubled and dough is stiffer.

-Place in Wabi Nabe pre-heated to 475°F, shake the pot twice to settle the dough.

-Cover and bake for 30 minutes at 475°F, remove the lid and bake for 15-20 minutes until loaf is browned. Remove bread from Wabi Nabe and let rest an hour.

NOTES:

It is best to prepare bread on a clear day with little or no humidity.

Wheat flours can cause this recipe to be too dense.

Wabi Nabe Fruit Cobbler

Fruit Cobbler
for your Wabi Nabe cast iron pot

Ingredients:

• 3 tsp. baking powder
• 1 cup flour
• 1 cup sugar (divided)
• 1 cup milk
• 1/2 cup butter
• 3 cups fruit

Directions:

1. Preheat oven and Wabi Nabe with butter inside to 350°F
2. Separately, mix baking powder, flour, sugar (reserve 1/8 cup for later), and milk together leaving lumps, ladle evenly into preheated Wabi Nabe on top of the butter.
3. Add fruit, distributed evenly
4. Sprinkle remaining sugar over fruit
5. Bake uncovered for 30- 40 minutes at 350°F until golden brown on top
6. Serve warm over fresh vanilla bean ice cream.

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