Friday, March 19, 2010

Hot Kentucky Brown - A Nice Recipe for a Cold Day

I enjoy reading recipes. I adore cook books. I have a grand time over at "Tasty Kitchen". Here's a recipe that I had bookmarked for a while. Yesterday it was shorts and flip flop weather. Today it is snow boots and heavy winter coats. I thought it would be nice to have a comforting dinner and this was just the ticket:

Hot Kentucky Brown
from Tasty Kitchen by The Pioneer Woman

* ½ cups Butter
* 6 Tablespoons Flour
* 3-½ cups Milk (2% Or Whole)
* 6 Tablespoons Grated Parmesan Cheese
* Salt And Pepper, to taste
* Leftover Cooked Turkey And/or Ham, Shredded
* 8 slices Bread, Toasted
* 8 slices Tomato
* 8 slices Bacon, Slightly Undercooked
* 2 cups Cheddar Cheese, Shredded

Preparation Instructions

Melt butter in a pan over medium heat. Add flour and stir until well incorporated. Cook about 1 minute. Add milk and whisk quickly to avoid lumps. Add Parmesan, salt, and pepper. Cook on medium heat until it begins to boil, stirring constantly. Sauce will thicken and be almost like a batter.

Put one slice of toast on each of four oven-save plates. Cover with the leftover turkey and/or ham and top each with another piece of toast. Drizzle 1-2 cups of sauce over top of sandwich, covering it entirely and covering the base of the plate. Put two slices of bacon on top of sauce and four half-slices of tomato around the sandwich.

Sprinkle about 1/2 cup of cheddar cheese on top of everything. Place plate under broiler for 2-4 minutes or until cheese is bubbly. Serve immediately. Be careful, for the plate is very hot!!

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