Recipe: Corned Beef Sliders

Laughter is brightest where food is best
~ Irish Proverb

For a hearty dish that will put smiles on their faces, this recipe for corned beef sliders does the trick. Using a 12-pack of dinner rolls you can easily whip up some craft sliders. They’re mini. They’re melted. And they’ll be gone almost as fast as they arrived!  🍀🍀🍀

A client gifted me this recipe so in similar fashion I’m sharing it with you – perfect for St. Patrick’s Day gatherings, game day or just because.

Time:

To Prepare: About 20 minutes
To Bake: 15-20 minutes

Foodie Tips:

❤  I recently scored a Misto – this gourmet oil-vinegar-juice sprayer is a great way to use less oil when cooking. Check it out! So if using the Misto you can dial back the 2 Tablespoons of oil (below) to just a few sprays to evenly coat your onions before sautéing.

❤  Lover of the green? Make sure and check out some of my other St. Patrick’s Day recipes!

Ingredients:

2 Tablespoons  |  Olive Oil
1  |  Yellow Onion, Thinly Sliced
8 Ounces  |  Fresh Mushrooms, Thinly Sliced
To Taste  |  Kosher Salt and Fresh Cracked Pepper
12  |  King’s Hawaiian Sweet Dinner Rolls
1/4 Pound  |  Corned Beef, Thinly Sliced
12  |  Aged Swiss Cheese, Sliced

What To Do:

0. Preheat your oven to 375°F.

1. Warm a medium-sized skillet or pan over medium-high heat. Add your olive oil. Add the sliced onion and sauté them, stirring until they’re soft. Add the mushrooms, salt, and pepper and continue cooking until everything looks nice and done. Remove from heat to rest.

2. While the onions are resting, grease a baking dish or pan. Horizontally cut the sheet of dinner rolls and arrange only the bottom halves into your baking dish.

3. Place a layer or two of the corned beef on top of the roll bottoms – it’s OK if the beef overlaps from slider-to-slider as you can easily cut them apart after they bake. Top the beef with your onion mixture and then top that with your cheese. Hungry yet? :)

4. Place the roll tops on top of the cheese and bake everything for 15-20 minutes or until golden brown and gooey.

5. To serve – Remove the sliders from the oven let them rest a few minutes. Separate them with a knife and serve them from the baking dish or plate them. If entertaining “party style” you can transfer them to a pre-warmed hotplate and let your guests enjoy them as they leisurely mingle. I like these best served warm but even served at room temperature the melty-meaty-cheesy combination is quite nice.

Yields 12 delicious sliders. I enjoyed mine two at a time!

~ Joe Paul Reider

Home Style Austin Founder
Austin Realtor®
Keller Williams Realty

Email: JoePaul@KW.com
Mobile: 512-222-3302
Web: JoePaulReider.KW.com

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Recipe: Irish Beef Stew

A True Pot o’ Gold

Spring is in the air which means St. Patrick’s Day is front and center. While Lucky Charms and green beer frequent the leprechaun’s table, this is a hearty stew that will make eyes green with envy for the recipe. And here it is!

For the past several St. Patrick’s Days this Irish Stew has made a special appearance in my home. After we served it at our first St. Patrick’s Day party in our new home our guests raved about this so much we’ve been making it ever since.  🍀🍀🍀  We don’t just enjoy this for St. Paddy’s Day but any day we have an appetite for a delicious stew.

Try it once and I think you’ll enjoy it as much as we do!

Time:

To Prepare: About 20 minutes
To Simmer: 2-3 hours (the longer the tastier)

Foodie Tips:

❤  The best sidekick for this stew is a 1-2 cup-sized dollop of my family’s smashed potatoes. I form a large divot in the middle and ladle the stew on top. There’s nothing better!

❤  Whether you use a skillet, dutch oven or crock pot, the special “oomph” to this recipe is to make sure your cooking vessel has a lid — covering this stew during the simmer stage will ensure the flavors are infused into the stew for a super-tasty dish.

Ingredients:

1 Tablespoon  |  Olive Oil
1 – 2 Pounds  |  Chuck Roast, Cut Into Cubes
1  |  Yellow Onion, Chunked
5 Large  |  Carrots, Peeled And Chopped
3 Cloves  |  Garlic, Minced
2 Teaspoons  |  Fresh Rosemary, Chopped
2 Teaspoons  |  Fresh Thyme, Chopped
1 Teaspoon  |  Kosher Salt
1 Teaspoon  |  Fresh Cracked Black Pepper
3  |  Bay Leaves
2 Cups  |  Beef Broth
2 Tablespoons  |  Flour, Sifted
2 Tablespoons  |  Butter, At Room Temperature (try Falfurrias available at HEB)
½ Cup  |  Peas

What To Do:

1. Heat a large cast iron skillet or dutch oven to medium-high heat. Add the olive oil. Add the cubed chuck roast and cook, stirring here and there until it’s browned. Do not cook the meat until it’s well done! 

2. Add the onion, carrots, garlic, rosemary, thyme, salt, pepper, and bay leaves and cook until the onions begin to soften (about 5 minutes). If using a slow cooker (Crock Pot) transfer the meat mixture to the crock pot. Otherwise… add the broth, cover and low-simmer for 2 or more hours, stirring periodically. You’ll love the smell that forms from this savory dish!

3. In a small bowl with fork or whisk, make a slurry by mixing the flour and softened butter together. Pour this into the stew. Add the peas and let everything mingle and thicken. Just before serving remove the bay leaves and discard. Serve into bowls and enjoy the stew alone… or even better partnered with my smashed potato recipe (see recipe tips above). Sláinte!

Serves about 4-6 Texans, depending on the size of their appetite!

~ Joe Paul Reider

Home Style Austin Founder
Austin Realtor®
Keller Williams Realty

Email: JoePaul@KW.com
Mobile: 512-222-3302
Web: JoePaulReider.KW.com

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Shamrock Turnovers

Mushroom Magic

This recipe comes to Home Style Austin from our Brand Director, Patrick (it was his Mom’s recipe). This evolved from a Mushroom Turnover recipe into something we transformed into an annual treat for St. Patrick’s Day by stamping the turnovers into little shamrocks.

Foodie Tips:

• Use fresh mushrooms for a flavor explosion. Try a little more salt and some pepper if your tongue doesn’t tingle on your first “go” of it.
• Can’t find three 3-ounce packages of cream cheese? You’re not alone. It seems our modern day bellies are bigger than the “small packs” so you’ll most likely have to buy multiple 8-ounce blocks or containers of the good stuff and trim ‘em down.
• Don’t have a 2¾” cookie cutter? I found a small juice glass in my kitchen that measured-up quite fine.
• While the original recipe calls for an ungreased cookie sheet, I think I went a little liberal with the egg brushing. I found some PAM Baking Spray helped a lot.
• Why not create a mushroom masterpiece of your own? I used a clover-shaped cookie cutter and made my own version of this tasty treat… debuting this St. Paddy’s Day 2012.
• This recipe yields enough for a party. If you don’t want to prepare 50 turnovers, half the recipe!

Ingredients: 

9 Ounces  |  Cream Cheese, Softened
½ Cup  |  Butter, Softened (use Falfurrias brand butter)
1½ Cups  |  Sifted Flour
½ Pound  |  Mushrooms, Minced
1 Large  |  White Onion, Minced
3 Tablespoons  |  More Butter, Softened
1 Teaspoon  |  Salt
¼ Teaspoon  |  Fresh Thyme Leaves, Minced
2 Tablespoons  |  Flour
¼ Cup  |  Sour Cream
1  |  Cage Free Egg, Beaten

What To Do:

1. Early in the day or 2 hours before serving, place in a large bowl the cream cheese, butter and flour. Beat with an electric mixer at medium speed until soft dough forms.

2. Wrap dough in waxed paper and refrigerate at least one hour.

3. In a medium-sized skillet over medium heat, cook the mushrooms and onion in 3 tablespoons butter until tender, about 5 minutes.

4. Stir in salt, thyme and 2 tablespoons flour until blended and then stir in the sour cream (yes!).

5. On a floured board, thinly roll-out one half of the dough and cut into about 12 circles using a 2¾” cookie cutter. Roll dough scraps into ball and refrigerate.

6. On one ½ of each circle, place a teaspoon of the mushroom mixture. Bush the edges with egg and fold the edges over the filling to meet the bottom edge.

7. With a fork, press edges together and prick tops in three places to let the steam out. If you want to enjoy your turnovers for St. Paddy’s Day you can stamp them with a clover-shaped cookie cutter at this step – note: there will be spoilage!

8. Place turnover on an ungreased cookie sheet. Repeat with remaining dough and mushroom filling until you’re all done.

9. Preheat oven to 450°F.

10. Brush the turnovers with egg.

11. Bake 12-15 minutes or until golden brown.

Makes about 50 turnovers. Serve warm.

Enjoy!

~ Joe Paul Reider

Home Style Austin Founder
Austin Realtor®
Keller Williams Realty, Inc.

Does St. Patrick’s Day Have You Doin’ The Jig? Check out our “Holidazed” Pinterest Board for some SPD inspiration that will have you seeing the green!

Pots o’ Gold Party Mix

For The Sweet n’ Salty Leprechaun In You

This is one of our team’s most favorite snack *AND* our favorite St. Patrick’s Day recipe!

Each pot o’ gold brings your lucky tastebuds a sweet and salty taste in a super-addictive way. Serve the mix up in little hats or your own St. Paddy’s Day inspired gear. Lucky you!

Foodie Tips:

• Honey roasted cashews? Our absolute favorite nut!
• We have it on good word that Falfurrias brand butter is the best in these here parts of the galaxy.
• We’re sorry you have to hand-pick the green M&Ms. If you’re a wee-bit tired, order them en masse here on Amazon.
• For another version of Pots o’ Gold check out the pic below – you can use Skittles or M&Ms to create your own lucky treat.

Ingredients: 

4 Cups  |  Lucky Charms Cereal
2 Cups  |  Corn Chex Cereal
1 ½ Cups  | Mini Pretzel Twists
1 Cup  |  Honey Roasted Cashews
1 Cup  |  Dry Roasted Peanuts
½ Cup  |  Brown Sugar, Packed Well
¼ Cup  |  Falfurrias Brand Butter
2 Tablespoons  |  Corn Syrup
⅛ Teaspoon  |  Baking Soda
¼ Cup  |  Green M&M’s Candies (the chosen ones)

What To Do:

1. In a large microwaveable bowl mix together the first 5 ingredients then set the cereal mixture aside.

2. In a 2-cup microwave-friendly measuring cup, heat the brown sugar, butter and corn syrup about 2 minutes on high, stirring after 1 minute, then returning to microwave until melted and smooth.

3. Stir in baking soda into the heated brown sugar mixture until dissolved. Pour over the cereal mixture and stir until well coated.

4. Microwave the whole “she-bang” 1-2 minutes, scraping the bowl every 30 seconds, until cereal begins to brown. Let cool 5 minutes.

5. Stir in the M&M candies. Spread mixture on wax paper to cool.

6. Break the mix into bite-sized pieces and place into wee widdle individually-sized serving cups!

Enjoy!

~ Joe Paul Reider

Home Style Austin Founder
Austin Realtor®
Keller Williams Realty, Inc.

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Another version of Pots o’ Gold that’s sure to make those Irish eyes a’ smile!