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18 Ozark Country Recipes

June 01, 2012
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The food of the Ozarks reads like an homage to Midwest and Southern comfort cooking—a story of wild blackberry cobblers, succotash, fried okra and ice cream dotted with black walnuts.
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Ozark Berry Cobbler

Ozark Blackberry Cobbler

Ozark cooks fill this cobbler with any kind of fruit they have on hand. This version sandwiches juicy berries between the streusel top and pastry.Ozark Berry Cobbler

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Beans and Ham Hocks

Beans and Ham Hocks

Thanks to the ham hocks, the only seasoning needed in these homey beans is a bit of salt.Beans and Ham Hocks

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Skillet Corn Bread

Skillet Corn Bread

Long before corn stick pans and muffin tins, a skillet was the pan of choice for making corn bread. This traditional recipe comes from a bed and breakfast in Eureka Springs, Arkansas.Skillet Corn Bread

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Hummingbird Cake

Hummingbird Cake

This tall layer cake, with a medley of flavors from nuts, fruit and spices, comes from the kitchens of Silver Dollar City theme park in Branson, Missouri. Add a sprinkling of pecans on top for even more crunch. Why is it called Hummingbird Cake? One story suggests the Ozark classic used to attract its namesake.Hummingbird Cake

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Upside Down Apple-Pear Pie

Upside Down Apple-Pear Pie

"You make a gooey brown sugar syrup in the bottom of the pan," explains Robert Stricklin, executive chef/educator at Keeter Center, College of the Ozarks in Point Lookout, Missouri. "When it comes out of the oven, you turn it upside down like a sticky bun."Students working at the Keeter Center dining room present slices on a plate with both custard and caramel sauces. The fruit-pecan pie takes extra steps to prepare, but it's worth it.Upside Down Apple-Pear Pie

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Savory Skillet Succotash

Savory Skillet Succotash

The scent of succotash cooking in enormous cast-iron skillets lures visitors at Branson's Silver Dollar City. Our recipe is a smaller version, just right for a regular skillet. It's loaded with veggies, along with the chicken.Savory Skillet Succotash

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Ozark War Eagle Buttermilk Biscuits

Ozark War Eagle Buttermilk Biscuits

Two kinds of flour make for fuller flavor in these biscuits. Our recipe includes an optional topping of sausage gravy, an Ozark tradition. Ozark War Eagle Buttermilk Biscuits

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Gooseberry Pie

Gooseberry Pie

The blueberry-size green gooseberries in this recipe come from a spiny bush that grows in the Ozarks. At Silver Dollar City in Branson, the sweet-tart berries are mixed with sugar and tucked into a two-crust pie.Gooseberry Pie

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Smoked Trout Cakes

Smoked Trout Cakes

At the College of the Ozark's Keeter Center, cooks make this Ozark version of crab cakes substituting smoked trout. Customers pack the 250-seat dining room in the school's expansive Keeter Center log lodge for Ozark lunches and dinners prepared by culinary students.Smoked Trout Cakes

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Calico Potatoes

Calico Potatoes

At Silver Dollar City, you'll find a "mess" of this two-potato side dish frying in a 5-foot-wide iron skillet. The aroma of sizzling onions and potatoes in bacon drippings makes the recipe hard to resist, even when you prepare it in a home-size pan.Calico Potatoes

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Devils' Pool Chicken-Fried Steak

Devils' Pool Chicken-Fried Steak

Traditional chicken-fried steak actually is beef. Diners at Devil's Pool Restaurant at Big Cedar Lodge near Branson, Missouri, love this crispy, fried entree, which comes with the restaurant's creamy mashed potatoes and gravy.Devils' Pool Chicken-Fried SteakPerfectly Seasoned Mashed Potatoes

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Blueberry Thunder Muffins

Blueberry Thunder Muffins

At Persimmon Hill Farm (20 miles southwest of Branson), they call jumbo muffins Thunder Muffins-they're made in extra-large muffin pans. The farm's fresh blueberries make the flavor as big as the muffins.Blueberry Thunder Muffins

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Smoked Tomato Soup

Smoked Tomato Soup

Smoked tomatoes give all-American tomato soup a twist of Ozark flavor. Thyme, garlic and onion bring more depth to the taste.Smoked Tomato Soup

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War Eagle Bean Palace Pecan Cobbler

War Eagle Bean Palace Pecan Cobbler

Using the beloved pecan pie as a guide, cooks for the restaurant at the top of War Eagle Mill near Rogers, Arkansas, fashioned this cobbler, adding oat flour for a different flavor in the crust. The buttery crust layers in the middle of the syrupy filling, for a variation on the usual crown of topping. A generous measure of pecans adds crunch.War Eagle Bean Palace Pecan Cobbler

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Miner's Beef Stew

Miner's Beef Stew

Guests dine on this favorite stew at Silver Dollar City's Lucky Silver Mine Restaurant, while others learn how to make it at the park's Culinary & Craft School. The meat slow-cooks for fork-tender results.Miner's Beef Stew

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Black Walnut Ice Cream

Black Walnut Ice Cream

Staff at Silver Dollar City churn dozens of ice cream flavors at Hannah's Ice Cream Factory. For a sweeter ice cream, use more sugar. Look for black walnut flavoring, which pairs with nuts to give this cool treat its flavor, in large supermarkets.Black Walnut Ice Cream

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Ozark Blackberry Cobbler

Ozark Blackberry Cobbler

A sugared crispy pastry covers sweet juicy berries in this traditional dessert from the Monte Ne Inn near Rogers, Arkansas.Ozark Blackberry Cobbler

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Warm-You-Up Beans and Ham

Warm-You-Up Beans and Ham

First published in Midwest Living® in 1998, this perennial comfort food made our list of the 20 best recipes published in the magazine's first two decades.Warm-You-Up Beans and Ham

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