With winter approaching in the US, you would certainly like some potato casserole warm and straight out of the oven after a long day’s work or perhaps anytime you desire. Potatoes are usually a favorite amongst families because they are easy to prepare ans a potato dish normally does not cost that much. As for ingredients: we usually have these items already but if you need to purchase something, it will be inexpensive. Makes between 6 and 8 servings.

Ingredients required:

• 3 medium potatoes, cooked in skins.
• 5 tablespoons butter.
• 1/4 cup finely chopped onions.
• Ground rosemary.
• Salt.
• Pepper.
• 2 cups creamed cottage cheese, beaten smooth.
• 1/4 cup sour cream.
• 2 eggs, slightly beaten.
• 2 teaspoons flour.

Potato Casserole Recipe:

1. Peel potatoes and slice thin.
2. Melt butter in skillet.
3. Add the potatoes and onion: cook over moderate heat, turning occasionally with pancake turner, until lightly browned.
4. Turn into bottom of 1 1/2 quarts rectangular casserole.
5. Sprinkle with a dash of rosemary, few grains of salt and pepper.
6. Blend together the cottage cheese, sour cream, eggs, flour, a dash of rosemary, 1 teaspoon salt and a few grains of pepper.
7. Pour the mixture over the potatoes.
8. Bake in a moderately hot oven at 375° for 35 minutes or until set.
9. If you want, sprinkle with chives before serving.

Sweet Potato Biscuits Recipe:

1. Sift 1 cup all-purpose flour in a bowl with 1/2 teaspoon salt and 2 teaspoons double-action baking powder.
2. With your fingertips or a pastry blender, quickly work in 6 tablespoons shortening.
3. Stir in 6 tablespoons milk and 1 cup, cooked, mashed sweet potatoes.
4. Knead the dough on a lightly  floured board for half a minutes.
5. Roll the dough out to the desired thickness.
6. Cut in with a floured biscuit cutter.
7. Thin biscuits are crisp are crusty, thick biscuits are tender and flaky.
8. Bake the biscuits on a buttered baking sheet in a very hot oven (450°F) for 12 to 15 minutes or until they are browned.

List of ingredients required:

• 1 Cup all-purpose flour.
• 1/2 Teaspoon salt.
• 2 Teaspoons double-action baking powder.
• 6 Tablespoons milk.
• 1 Cup cooked, mashed sweet potatoes.

1. Soak a country ham overnight.
2. Scrub it thoroughly under running water.
3. Cover it with cold water.
4. Bring the water to a boil.
5. Simmer the ham for 18 to 20 minutes per pound.
6. Let it cool.
7. Cut the skin away.
8. Carve the top of the ham in several thin slices.
9. Cut small uniform circles from these slices.
10. Cut matching rounds of páté de foie gras.
11. Sandwich them with rounds of ham.
12. Coat these medallions with Madeira aspic and decorate each with a small circle of truffle.
13. Arrange a small dome of cooked vegetables glazed with aspic on top of the ham.
14. Arrange an overlapping ring of ham.-and-goose-liver medallions around the vegetables.
15. Edge the ring with chopped aspic mixed with chopped truffles.
16. Coat the sides of the ham and the shank bone with aspic.
17. Decorate to taste with small cutouts of carrot and truffle.
18. Cover the end of the shank bone with a paper frill.
19. Garnish the platter with small tart shells made with puff pastry or unsweetened tart pastry.
20. Fill them with cooked peas, small cooked carrots and potatoes cut in olive shapes, all chilled and glazed with aspic.
21. Cut a slice from the top of small vegetables bound with aspic.
22. Use to complete the garnish.

List of ingredients required:

• Country ham.
• Water.
• Páté de foie gras.
• Madeira aspic.
• Truffle.
• Cooked vegetables (carrots balls, peas and potato balls.)
• Ham and goose liver medallions.
• Carrots.
• Peas.
• Potatoes.
• Puff pastry or unsweetened puff pastry.