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Charcuterie and Cheese Board | The Sportsman’s Table

Val Criswell of Peck Away Cafe shows how easy it is to make her Charcuterie and Cheese Board with great SC Certified products.

Peck Away Cafe

Charcuterie & Cheese Board

Meats & Cheeses
Your choice of meats & cheeses. 3oz per person for appetizer. 6 oz per person for a meal.

Bread/Crackers
Options include toasted baguette slices, buttery crackers, whole grain crackers, pretzel chips, bagel chips, flatbread.

Other Add-ins
Options include pickled or fermented vegetables, olives, in-season fresh fruit, dried fruit, jams, honey, whole grain mustard, pesto, & nuts.

Tips for choosing and displaying items

  • Make your board as simple or as adventurous as you like.
  • Include a variety of savory and sweet options.
  • Incorporate both hard and soft cheeses.
  • Use the Internet (Google and Pinterest) for display ideas.
  • Look around your home for a variety of unlikely items to use for your board including baskets and trays.

Products used in demo:

  • Mountain Sharp Cheddar
    (Ashe County Cheese – Jefferson, NC)
  • Garlic, Parsley & Chive
    (Ashe County Cheese – Jefferson, NC)
  • Provolone
    (Andrew & Everette)
  • Clemson Blue Cheese
    (Clemson, SC)
  • Sweet Sopressata
    (San Guiseppe Salami Co. – Elon, NC)
  • Uncured Pepperoni
    (Fiorucci)
  • Raw Honey w/ Flake Salt
    (Uncle Jim’s Honey – Latta, SC)
  • Strawberry Chipotle Jam
    (Emily G’s – Dunwoody, GA)
  • Sweet Pepper Relish
    (Doux South – Atlanta, GA)
  • Sea Salt Flatbread Crackers
    (The Accidental Baker – Hillsborough, NC)
  • Praline Pecans
    (Young Plantations – Florence, SC)

Blackened Mahi Mahi with Succotash | The Sportsman’s Table

Chef Hilton McLeod of F. E. Pop’s in Florence, SC shows Bob how he cooks Blackened Mahi Mahi with Succotash.

Blackened Mahi Mahi with Succotash

Ingredients

  • 6 oz Mahi filet
  • 4 TBLS blackening seasoning
  • 1 ear of sweet corn kernels off the cob
  • 6 okra pods cut in rounds
  • 6 heirloom grape tomatoes cut in half
  • 1/8 cup cooked Butter Beans
  • 1 TBLS diced sweet onion
  • 1.5 teaspoon minced garlic
  • 4 Fresh basil leaves
  • Squeeze of 1/2 a lemon
  • Couple splashes of wine
  • 1 TBLS oil
  • 4 pads of butter

Procedure:

For fish…

  1. On plate spread out blackening seasoning, then lay fish on top to coat, flip fish to coat the other side
  2. In hot skillet, melt three pads of butter
  3. Add fish, to pan.. cook approximately 2 minutes, then flip until done. Cooking time will vary upon the thickness of the filet. (Remember it’s a whole lot easier to correct undercooked fish than it it is to correct over-cooked fish.)

For succotash…

  1. Add oil to pan
  2. Add corn to let it have a minute or so head start on the other veggies
  3. Add okra, onions and butter beans cook another minute
  4. Add garlic and tomatoes for 30-45 secs ( careful not let garlic burn)
  5. Add wine 15 seconds 6. Add remaining butter and basil leaves 7. Turn off skillet add lemon and salt pepper to taste
  6. Swirl pan until butter, lemon, basil as well as salt and pepper are married into the succotash.

Place succotash on plate with fish on top. Squeeze what’s left of the lemon over everything.
Stick fork in the fish and succotash, then place in mouth and chew…repeat as necessary.

Peck Away Cafe’s Southern Cold Salads | The Sportsman’s Table

Val Criswell of Peck Away Cafe shows Bob how to assemble a cold plate with various Southern style cold salads.

Peck Away Cafe

Southern Salads Cold Plate

Salads
Your choice of cold salads. Options include pimento cheese, chicken salad, ham salad, shrimp salad, tuna salad. You can make your own or buy these at the deli.

Bread/Crackers
Options include mini croissants, crackers, Hawaiian rolls, mini pita breads, & pita chips. Try to incorporate a gluten free option.

Other Add-ins
Fresh vegetable crudité with ranch or blue cheese dressing for dipping. Fresh fruit, deviled eggs, olives, pickled vegetables & cheese cubes.

Southern Salads Cold Plate is…

  • Great to prepare ahead and spend time with your guests.
  • Ideal for hot weather when guests are eating less and prefer a cold meal.
  • Casual easy dining with familiar comfort foods that puts guests at ease.

Products used in demo:

  • Dressed up Naked Chicken Salad (SC Real Foods – Florence, SC)
  • Pimento Cheese Salad (SC Real Foods – Florence, SC)
  • Homemade Ham Salad
  • Deviled Eggs (SC Real Foods – Florence, SC)
  • Homemade Pickles
  • Crudité  w/ Ranch Dressing (SC Real Foods – Florence, SC)
  • Homemade Lemonade

Best of 2020

Bob looks back at the best moments from 2020. Come along as Bob recaps some of the best hunting and fishing destinations of this historic year.

  • Segments featured in this episode:
    • 1:40 North Carolina Smallmouth Fishing on Lake James, NC.
    • 3:20 Charleston Big Bull Redfishing
    • 5:10 Santee Catfishing
    • 6:50 Summer Redfishing Georgetown, SC
    • 8:10 Carolina Stripers, Lake Wateree, SC
    • 12:38 Kansas Duck Hunting
    • 13:45 South Georgia Quail, Southern Woods Plantation, Sylvester, Georgia
    • 15:12 South Carolina Deer Hunt

Fried Shrimp and Altman Farm & Mill Grits with Stewed Tomatoes | The Sportsman’s Table

Fried Shrimp and Altman Farm & Mill Grits with Stewed Tomatoes

  • 3 large tomatoes, diced
  • 1 medium onion, diced
  • 3-4 cloves of garlic, peeled and minced
  • 2 jalapenos, gutted and diced
  • 2 Tbs. butter
  • 1 tsp. salt & pepper
  • 1/3 c. white wine
  • 1/4c. water

In a preheated sauce pan, add butter then saute the onions, garlic, jalapenos, and cook down for about 10 minutes.  Add tomatoes, wine, and water.  Cover and simmer for 30 minutes – stirring occasionally.  Remove lid and reduce until thickened.

Altman Farm & Mill Grits should be prepared according to the package.

Use Altman Farm and Mill’s Fish Fry to batter 1lb. of head-off shrimp, peeled and deveined.  Fry the shrimp according to the directions on the package.

Chicken Tray Bake with Doug the Food Guy | The Sportsman’s Table

Doug the Food Guy shows Bob how to make his famous Chicken Tray Bake.

Ingredients

  • 4 x 8oz chicken breast (or your favorite cut)
  • 1.5lb new potatoes
  • 1/2 stick unsalted butter
  • Olive oil
  • 1 lemon
  • Fresh parsley
  • Fresh thyme
  • Sea salt and pepper to taste
  • 2​ or 3 fresh vegetables of your choice (carrots, squash, tomatoes, asparagus, etc)

Instructions

  1. W​ash and scrub potatoes well.
  2. Quarter the potatoes.
  3. F​ill a stock pot with cold water. Add the potatoes and a large pinch of salt.
  4. Bring to a boil, then cook for around 10 minutes (depending on the size of your potatoes), or until they’re nearly done.
  5. Drain the potatoes over the sink into a colander. Steam dry for a couple of minutes, then add to a roasting tray.
  6. Scatter over the vegetables, dot over the butter and drizzle with a tablespoon of olive oil.
  7. Roughly chop the fresh parsley and thyme. Zest the lemon onto the vegetables in the tray and toss well.
  8. Add the chicken and season with salt and pepper.
  9. Squeeze the juice over the chicken and vegetables, using your fingers to catch any seeds.
  10. Bake in the oven at 450F for 10 to 15 minutes, or until the chicken is cooked through and the vegetables are soft.

Recipe Notes
Make this one your own by using whatever vegetables are in season.