Ham Tea Biscuits With Blackberry Mustard Or Lemon Herb Butter Recipes

HAM BISCUITS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450°. In a food processor, process ham until ground; set aside. In a large bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda, onion powder, garlic powder and mustard. Cut in shortening until mixture is crumbly. Fold in ham and chives. Add buttermilk; stir just until the dough clings together. , Turn onto a lightly floured surface; knead gently 10-12 times. Roll dough to 1/2-in. thickness. Cut with a floured 2-1/2-in. biscuit cutter. Place in a large ungreased cast-iron or other ovenproof skillet. Bake until golden brown, 13-15 minutes. Brush with butter. Serve warm.

HAM TEA BISCUITS WITH BLACKBERRY MUSTARD OR LEMON HERB BUTTER

Steps:

• Bake the tea biscuits according to the directions on the package.
• Brown the ham in a hot skillet 1-2 minutes on each side. Cut into small pieces (about the size of the biscuits).
• Split the biscuits in half and fill with the hot ham.
• Place a small amount of either the Blackberry Mustard or Lemon-Herb Butter on top of the ham and replace the biscuit tops.
• Serve while still warm.
• Blackberry Mustard: Stir together the preserves and mustard. Yields about 2/3 cup.
• Lemon-Herb Butter: Combine all ingredients; mix well. Yields about 1/2 cup.

HAM AND CHEESE BUTTERMILK BISCUITS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
• Combine flour, baking powder, salt, baking soda, and garlic powder in a bowl. Whisk to combine.
• Dice the cold butter up into chunks, and cut it into the dry mixture with your fingers, a fork, or a pastry cutter, until the mixture resembles coarse sand, and butter is well blended in. Stir in cheese and ham, gently stirring to evenly coat all the cheese and ham pieces with the flour mixture.
• Use a fork and stir in 1 cup buttermilk. If the mixture is still dry, add a little more liquid at a time until the dough just comes together (it should be a little bit sticky, but not "wet").
• Shape dough into a ball by hand, handling the dough gently. Then pat the dough out on a lightly floured surface to 1/2- to 3/4-inch thickness. Use a small biscuit cutter to cut 12 to 15 biscuits out, and arrange them on a baking sheet with sides just barely touching.
• Bake in the preheated oven until just golden brown around the edges/tops/bottoms and cooked through in the center, 12 to 15 minutes.
• Cool briefly on the baking sheet before moving to a platter or cooling rack. Best served warm!

HAM-STUFFED BISCUITS WITH MUSTARD BUTTER

Steps:

• Spray cookie sheets with cooking spray. In 4-cup glass measuring cup, mix yeast and warm water; let stand 5 minutes. Stir in buttermilk.
• In large bowl, mix flour, sugar, baking powder, salt and baking soda; cut in shortening with pastry blender or fork until mixture looks like coarse meal. Add buttermilk mixture, stirring with fork just until dry ingredients are moistened.
• On well-floured surface, knead dough 4 to 5 times. Roll dough to 1/2-inch thickness; cut with 2-inch round cutter. Place on cookie sheets. Cover loosely with plastic wrap and cloth towel. Let rise in warm place (80°F to 85°F) 1 hour or until doubled in size.
• Heat oven to 425°F. Uncover biscuits. Bake 10 to 12 minutes or until golden.
• In small bowl, stir butter, onion and mustard until blended. Split warm biscuits; spread cut sides with butter mixture. Fill biscuits with ham.

HAM BISCUITS WITH HONEY-MUSTARD CREME FRAICHE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°.
• On a lightly floured surface, roll the pastry into an 11 inch square.
• Using a 1 ½ inch pastry cutter, stamp out 42 rounds.
• Place rounds on a baking sheet and bake until puffed and golden, 18-20 minutes; let cool until ready to serve.
• Meanwhile, in a bowl, mix the creme fraiche with the mustard, honey, lemon juice, Worcestershire, salt, and cayenne; chill a few minutes to thicken and blend flavors.
• To assemble biscuits-split each pastry in half, spoon or pipe a dollop of the honey-mustard creme fraiche on the base; arrange some ham on the cream, and put on the top.
• Serve immediately.

DEVILED HAM BISCUITS

Steps:

• make biscuits
• roll to 1/8 inch thick.
• cut with 1 1/2 cutter.
• spread filling on 1/2 biscuits
• cut center out of top biscuits to make small hole.
• brush with melted butter.
• bake 450 degree oven for 12 minutes.

LEMON TEA BISCUITS

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine the flour, sugar, baking soda and salt. Cut in shortening until mixture resembles fine crumbs. Stir in milk and lemon juice just until moistened. Turn onto a lightly floured surface; knead 8-10 times. , Roll out to 1/2-in. thickness; cut with a floured 2-1/2-in. biscuit cutter. Place 2 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. Bake at 450° until golden brown, 8-10 minutes., Meanwhile, in a small bowl, combine lemon butter ingredients until blended. Serve with warm biscuits.

MUSTARD-HERB BUTTERMILK BISCUITS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450 degrees. In a large bowl, whisk together flour, sugar, salt, baking powder, and baking soda for 30 seconds. Toss butter into dry mixture to evenly coat, then press between your fingers to create flower-petal shapes and return to bowl. Stir in herbs.
• Whisk mustard into buttermilk, then slowly drizzle over flour-butter mixture (to evenly distribute) while stirring with a fork. Stop stirring when dough begins to form but mixture is still crumbly. Transfer to center of a parchment-lined baking sheet. Gather dough with your hands, pressing firmly to bind, and flatten it into a 6-by-10-inch rectangle. Lift parchment along a short end of dough and fold in half, forming a 6-by-5-inch rectangle. Turn dough 90 degrees; gently reflatten to 6 by 10 inches. Fold in half again and flatten slightly into a 6-inch square.
• To keep things easy, form the dough on the same tray it's baked on. Cut it into thirds in both directions with a large, sharp knife, to form 9 biscuits. Brush tops with buttermilk. Bake until puffed, golden brown on top, and hollow-sounding when tapped on bottom, 16 to 18 minutes. Transfer to a kitchen towel-lined basket; cover to keep warm. Serve with mustard and ham.

EGGS AND HAM BISCUITS

Steps:

• Bake biscuits as directed on can.
• In medium bowl, combine beaten eggs, ham, parsley and milk and mix well.
• Melt butter over medium heat and add egg mixture.
• Cook for 6 to 10 minutes or until egg mixture is set, stirring and turning occasionally.
• Stir in cheese.
• Split biscuits and spoon egg mixture evenly onto bottom halves.
• Cover with top halves.