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DESSERT RECIPE: PEANUT BUTTER DREAM PIE

Serve your Peanut Butter Dream Pie in traditional pie slices or cut up into small squares.

November’s finally here and if you’re looking for an alternative to the same ol’ pumpkin and pecan pies this holiday season, Kathy G.’s phenomenal pastry chef, Kat Albertson, has a fun twist on chocolate and peanut butter that’d make the people at Reese’s full of envy.  With no baking whatsoever, our PEANUT BUTTER DREAM PIE is super-simple to make and everyone in your family from age 2 through 102 will love it!

(NOTE: Recipe yields one 9-inch pie)

CRUST:
2 oz Melted Butter
1 ½ cup Roasted Peanuts
8 oz Crushed Oreo Cookie Pieces

Place peanuts and Oreo pieces in food processor.  Pulse until coarsely ground. Add melted butter. Mix thoroughly.  Press firmly into pie tin.  Place in freezer.

FILLING:
6 oz Creamy Peanut Butter
6 oz Cream Cheese
4 ½ oz Sugar
1/2 oz Butter
1/4 tsp Vanilla
3/4 cup Heavy Cream

Place peanut butter, cream cheese, and sugar in a mixing bowl with the paddle attachment.  Cream together at slow speed.  Scrape down bowl and paddle.  Increase speed, mixing until light and creamy (approximately 5 min.).  Whip heavy cream to a medium peak.

Remove bowl from machine.  Fold in heavy cream and vanilla.  Place mixture into Oreo pie shell and refrigerate for approximately 1 hour until chilled.

(NOTE: You can serve as traditional pie slices OR you can cut it up into squares as shown in the photo.)

A few optional toppings that you may want to try:
Ganache
Whipped Cream
Chocolate Chips
Roasted Peanuts

“Antiques in the Gardens” is October 1-3, Visit the Gardens Cafe for Lunch

Image from last year's antiques show at the Birmingham Botanical Gardens

If you are planning to attend any of the events during this year’s Antiques at the Gardens, you’ll want to make plans to have lunch at The Gardens Café. Our menu offers plenty of variety: salads, sandwiches, and fabulous, seasonal, fresh from the garden offerings. Our Pecan Honey Mustard Chicken Salad is a perennial favorite and our Autumn Butternut Squash & Wild Mushroom Lasagna is out of this world.

Extended hours for the Antique Show will be 11 am-2:30 pm. And we’re open Sunday, October 3 from 11 am-2:30 pm during the show. We’ll have gourmet box lunches available for those who would like to dine in the gardens so place your order now. Call the café at 205.871.1000 to make a reservation or place an order for box lunches for your group.

KATHY G. & COMPANY EVENTS: BROMBERG’S DEBUT OF NEW BOTANICALS COLLECTION

We are very excited to have been asked to provide some of these delicious desserts for the upcoming launch of the new ”Botanicals” pottery collection that will be available exclusively at Bromberg’s. Artist Tena Payne of Earthborn Pottery, known for her rich glazes, unique shapes, and nature inspired pieces, designs expressly for food service, hospitality and entertaining, something very close to our hearts. Her work can be found at top restaurants like Hot n Hot Fish Club in Birmingham, as well as Sushi Samba in Miami Beach, and the Bellagio in Las Vegas. No two pieces are exactly alike and are not only beautiful, they are made to withstand daily use in a restaurant environment. You’ll love these pieces for your own home and will find them perfect for entertaining!  Take a look at some of the gorgeous Earthborn Pottery designs that you will be able to purchase for entertaining from Bromberg’s.

Bromberg’s Exclusive Botanicals Pattern Photo by Arden Photography

Let Us Handle Your Crowd with Kathy G.’s New Tailgating Menus!

Would you  like for us to do the cooking for you for your next big football weekend? Try one of our new Tailgate packages for your next game day get-together so you can relax and enjoy the fun! We have 3 different packages to select from… from First Down to Touchdown! Check them out below:

kathy g.& company GAME DAY & TAILGATE MENUS 

20 people minimum order- three days notice

THE EXTRA POINT

$16.95 per person (tax not included)

Kathy G’s Signature Sandwiches- Individual Wrapped and Labeled

 Grilled Chicken with Pesto, Melted Provolone, Lettuce, Tomato on Soft Yeast Roll

Wild Mushroom Portobello Sandwiches with Melted Swiss Cheese, Creamy Roasted Garlic Aioli and Grilled Onions on Foccaccia Bread

Pasta Salad of the Day

Crudités Platter of Celery, Carrots, Cherry Tomatoes, Zucchini with Herbed Ranch Dip

THE FIELD GOAL

$22.95 per person (tax not included)

Chicken and Sausage Jambalaya with Creole Rice and Tomatoes

Grilled Vegetable Platters with Balsamic Glaze

Spicy Chicken Wings with Ranch Dip

Creamy Southern Style Slaw with carrots and scallions

Assorted Cookies and Brownies

THE TOUCHDOWN

$28.95 per person (tax not included)

Kathy G’s Famous Turkey Pitas 

Sweet Potato Chips with Blue Cheese Dip

Pasta Salad of the day

Southwest Cheesecake with Tortilla Chips

Spicy Chicken Wings and Grilled Andouille Sausage with Ranch Dip and Creole Mustard

Crudités Platter of Celery, Carrots, Cherry Tomatoes, Zucchini with Herbed Ranch Dip

White Bean and Roasted Chicken Chili with all Condiments such as Shredded Cheese, Sour Cream, Scallions, and Cilantro

Assorted Cookies

Kathy G. and Catering also offers our Famous Chicken Salad, Pimento Cheese, and Classic Hummus for your events (prices do not include tax)

Kathy G’s Classic Chicken Salad or Southern Pimento Cheese

 $5.00 per 8 oz

    $9.00 per 16 oz

      $17.00 per 32 oz

Kathy G’s Homemade Hummus or Black Bean Hummus with Pita Chips

$3.00 per 8 oz

$8.00 per 16 oz

$14.00 per 32 oz

Download Menu PDF

Rolling with the Tide: Kathy G. & Company Caters to Tuscaloosa

Keeping with our football theme this month, we were very excited to have gotten the call for the University’s School of Business big football kick-off party for the Commerce Executives Society. We served traditional tailgate favorites with a twist for this event for 1,000 that was held on opening weekend. Our team pulled out all the stops as we fed the huge crowd before the game. Check out the fun and all of the excitement for Alabama Crimson Tide Football Opening Day 2010! Our menu included our recipe of the month for September, our spicy Chicken & Andouille Sausage Gumbo, chicken wings two ways with vegetable crudite, classic Kathy G. sandwiches, and much more. If you’d like for us to help you with food for your next game day party, check out our new Tailgate Menus! Whether you’re hitting the road or watching the game at home with friends, we can help you with food and all the fixings so you can hang out and watch the game! View our new Tailgate Menus for 2010...

Kathy G. & Company Caters the 2010 Zoo Gala

Kathy with Nick and Terry Saban during the Gala Preview Party earlier this year

  The Elephants are coming… and the rhinos, hippos, and the wildebeest, too!  We are thrilled to be catering Trails of Africa, the 2010 Zoo Gala this weekend, September 25th. The cocktail hour begins at 6:30 pm and we’ll begin our plated dinner service at 8pm. The black tie event will raise funds for the new “Trails of Africa” pachyderm habitat at the Birmingham Zoo. Our amazing urban zoo is spread over 122 acres and is home to 250 species, including several endangered species. The new $15 million pachyderm habitat has been designed with some of the leading experts to create the most natural home possible for the zoo’s elephant, rhino, and hippo population; the habitat will include a new giraffe, wildebeest, impalas, and others to create a total snapshot of Africa within the zoo.  We’ll be serving some of our all-time favorites plus some new dishes created by our culinary team expressly for this event. Lava Lamp will be providing the entertainment so you know this will be a blowout bash! More post-party photos to come… stay tuned!

Kathy G. Weddings: Jessica & Ryan’s Farm Chic Wedding!

It was a year of weddings for the Bryant family. Jessica, her mother, sister, and two brothers were all married within the year. So Jessica really wanted her wedding to Ryan Sciacca to be different and reflect their unique style. So they took the festivities down to the farm creating a simple and elegant family style wedding. Jessica even rode to the ceremony on a tractor! Some of our favorite wedding friends were on hand: Photographer Frank Carnaggio,  Andy Tolar of Design Productions, Carol Riley of Lillie’s Flowers, wedding planner Anita Kanellis, and the fabulous party band Super T were all part of the team that helped bring the couple’s wedding vision to life. Our own Kathy G. & Company catering division incorporated an upscale farm feeling for the food stations and the buffet tables, including lots of farmstand baskets, sunflowers,  and rustic elements for serving. A canoe was even used to chill the wine! The menu was designed with signature southern summer menu items like our Watermelon Squares with Balsamic Glaze, a Southern Grits n Potato Bar, Sliders, our crowd favorite Mini-BLT’s,  and Crabcakes but also included some of the couples favorites, too. Some of Jessica’s menu choices reflected her love of junk food; she opted for a chip and dip table and also had us pass cookies and milk to guests later in the evening. Look at the beautiful setting, personalized details, and all the fun! Congratulations to Jessica & Ryan! Thank you for letting us be a part of your day.

To see more of Jessica and Ryan’s big day, check out their awesome wedding video preview by Clay Carroll of Carroll Production. Big fun down on the farm!

JESSICA & RYAN’S SNEAK PEEK WEDDING VIDEO!

We love this preview video that Clay Carroll of Carroll Productions has put together for Jessica and Ryan’s wedding! It’s so much fun and the music just brings all of that gorgeous footage to life– check out our magnificent buffet tables and signature Kathy G. cuisine. We love the bridesmaids in cowboy boots, the big John Deere tractor, and of course, the happy couple as they said their vows. Awesome! Thanks for sharing, Clay! More best wishes and congratulations to Jessica and Ryan and their families. What a wonderful wedding!