Meat Lite: Soppressata, Egg, and Ricotta Sandwiches on Buttermilk Biscuits

Name: Meat Lite: Soppressata, Egg, and Ricotta Sandwiches on Buttermilk Biscuits
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 12
Cuisine: Southern
Ingredients: 2 teaspoons baking powder; 0 teaspoons baking soda; 1 buttermilk biscuit (recipe above); 1 Tbsps butter; 177 milliliters buttermilk; 1 Tbsp chopped chives; 1 coarse teaspoon salt; 12 servings Coarse salt and freshly ground black pepper; 1 fresh egg; 473 milliliters all-purpose flour; 2 Tbsps fresh ricotta cheese; 1 thin piece of slicing soppressata, sweet or hot; 0 teaspoons sugar

The recipe Meat Lite: Soppressata, Egg, and Ricott

Instructions

For the biscuits: Preheat the oven to 450°F and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.

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Biscuits

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Baking Paper

Baking Sheet

Oven

Whisk together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and sugar. Work the butter cubes into the dry ingredients with your fingers, working it just until mixture becomes shaggy.

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Baking Soda

Butter

All Purpose Flour

Sugar

Salt

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Whisk

Add the buttermilk and fold it in just enough to form a wet dough.

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Buttermilk

Dough

Turn it out onto a lightly floured surface and knead it 4 or 5 times.

Sprinkle a little flour on the surface if the dough sticks.

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Dough

All Purpose Flour

Roll the dough with a rolling pin to about 1/2-inch thickness.

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Dough

Roll

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Cut biscuits with a cutter and transfer to a baking sheet.

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Biscuits

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Baking Sheet

Bake biscuits for 15 minutes, or until golden.

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Biscuits

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Oven

For the sandwich: Melt the butter in a small frying pan over medium heat. When the pan is hot, gently crack the egg into the middle.

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Butter

Egg

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Frying Pan

Sprinkle the chopped chives around the egg white and let the egg cook about 2 minutes before turning over. Continue cooking until the yolk is set to order. Season to taste with coarse salt and freshly ground black pepper.

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Ground Black Pepper

Coarse Salt

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Chives

Egg Yolk

Egg

Split warm biscuits (recipe above) in half.

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Biscuits

Put the cooked egg on one half.

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Egg

Spread the ricotta on the other half and sprinkle the cheese with salt and pepper.

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Ricotta Cheese

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Spread

Add the sliced soppressata to the hot pan and fry it quickly, just to heat the meat through. Top the egg with the soppressata and the other half of the biscuit.

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Soppressata

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Egg

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Serve with fresh fruit or mixed greens.

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Mixed Greens

Fresh Fruit

Note: Soppressata comes in various sizes, so ask for slicing soppressata which is generally about 2 1/2 inches in diameter. Genoa salami also works well.

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Servings:

2teaspoons

baking powder 0teaspoons

baking soda 1

buttermilk biscuit (recipe above)1Tbsps

butter 177milliliters

buttermilk 1Tbsp

chopped chives 1

coarse teaspoon salt 12servings

Coarse salt and freshly ground black pepper 1

fresh egg 473milliliters

all-purpose flour 2Tbsps

fresh ricotta cheese 1

thin piece of slicing soppressata, sweet or hot 0teaspoons

sugar

Recommended wine: Riesling, Sparkling Wine, Zinfandel

Southern works really well with Riesling, Sparkling Wine, and Zinfandel. In general, there are a few rules that will help you pair wine with southern food. Food-friendly riesling or sparkling white wine will work with many fried foods, while zinfandel is great with barbecued fare. The Selbach Oster Zeltinger Himmelreich Riesling Kabinett Halbtrocken with a 4 out of 5 star rating seems like a good match. It costs about 21 dollars per bottle.