Easter Menu

Virginia's heritable is rich in history, hospitality and home cooking.

The following menu conveys Old Dominion hospitality to your guests.

Baked Ham with Wine Sauce

Green beans Almondine

Carrot-Sweet Potato Puff

Potato Rolls

Plantation Spoon Bread

Cidered Up Pound Cake

Select the ham of your choice. 12-15 pounds
Whole Cloves
2 cups orange juice, divided
1/4 c. brown sugar (or more)
Fresh parsley springs (optional)
(I add a little brown mustard to the sugar and orange juice mix.)

Push whole cloves into the ham to make a pretty pattern and coat with orange juice, sugar/mustard mix and bake according to directions. Baste again and again with sugar mix.

WINE SAUCE

1 (18 ounce) jar apple jelly

1/2 c. port wine

1/4 tsp onion juice

1/2 teaspoon ground ginger

Pinch pepper

Combine all ingredients in a small saucepan. Cook until boiling. Remove from heat. Skim off foam with a metal spoon. Serve with sliced ham. Yield approximately 1 1/4 cups.

Indian Sandwish

Sandwiches are just sandwiches~ that is, until you run into something quite extraordinary.


We were sitting on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial on a 4th of July, enjoying people watching.
An Indian family caught my attention. They were seated about 10 steps down from us.
The mother of the family was dressed in traditional India dress. She open a picnic basket and spread out their lunch and immediately started making sandwiches.

The white bread was so soft, I could see it move in her hand as she put butter on one side.
Sliced tomato and a cucumber to top the butter. She then had a golden sauce which she spread on the sandwich before closing with the top slice of bread and passing to her husband.
She continued to make a sandwich for each. They looked so interesting and delicious.
My friend from India told me the sauce was Chutney~ WOW! I LOVE CHUTNEY.

Fresh White Bread
Sliced tomato
Sliced cucumber
Chutney

YUM. I lived on this sandwich the rest of the summer. It was the fresh white bread that made it so, so delicious.