46 kentucky recipes

Kentucky blackberry jam cake bakes a deeply spiced cake with blackberry jam, pineapple-soaked raisins, pecans, and warm cinnamon, nutmeg, and clove. Heirloom Southern holiday cake.

A simple chocolate and nut pie made famous at the Kentucky Derby.

Kentucky bourbon pecan cake with maraschino cherries, mace, and a pound of butter. Wrapped in bourbon-soaked cheesecloth and aged for up to a month for a rich, boozy fruitcake.

Kentucky ham and angel biscuits: light, foolproof biscuits raised with both yeast and baking soda, split and stuffed with salty country ham. The Southern party staple, a fixture from church suppers to Derby Day.

Kentucky turkey and bacon brochettes marinated in a bourbon, Dijon mustard, brown sugar, and scallion blend, wrapped in bacon, and grilled until crispy. Smoky, sweet, and sharp with a Southern bourbon kick.

Kentucky bourbon brown sugar pound cake: a tender bundt-style pound cake spiked with real bourbon and sweetened with dark brown sugar for a caramel-deep, slightly boozy Southern classic.

Celebrate the Kentucky Derby with this famous apple pie.

Kentucky Apple Festival Pie with Shortening Crust recipe

A showstopping flourless torte layered with chestnut-bourbon filling, coated in bittersweet chocolate icing, and served with bourbon whipped cream. Rich, nutty, and deeply indulgent.

Watermelon rind pickle is a Southern preserve made from the white inner rind, brined for three days then simmered in spiced sweet vinegar with cinnamon, cloves, and lemon. Crisp, sweet-tart, translucent.

Baked green tomatoes with brown sugar, butter cracker crumbs, and a sweet-savory contrast. A classic Southern side dish that's an oven-baked alternative to fried green tomatoes.

An easy pasta salad that uses the fresh veggies you have on hand and some Italian dressing so you can put it together quickly, we love quick and easy recipes.

This recipe tastes exactly like the original Kentucky Fried Chicken coleslaw but without the slightly bitter preservative aftertaste. It's easy to make with a food processor and it's very economical.

Tongue-in-cheek eggplant recipe where the real secret is ditching the eggplant entirely and reaching for Kentucky bourbon instead. A classic joke recipe for eggplant haters everywhere.

Kentucky Colonel's pork BBQ sauce is a thin, vinegar-based basting sauce with black pepper, chili powder, Worcestershire, hot sauce, dry mustard, and butter. A tangy, peppery Kentucky-style mop sauce that's all heat and no tomato.

Baby Hot Browns are bite-sized Kentucky classics: sliced turkey and onion on French bread rounds, smothered in a creamy Swiss cheese sauce and topped with crumbled bacon. A rich, savory appetizer.