Pimento Cheese and Scallion Biscuits and Fingerling Potato Salad

Quantity                           Ingredient
8                 cups                 sifted all purpose flour
2                 cup                 pimento cheese
4                 tbl                 sifted baking powder
2                 tbl                 sea salt
2                 tbl                 sugar
½                 lb                 crisco shortening
½                 lb                 diced unsalted butter
1½                 cup                 buttermilk
1                 cup                 grated cheddar cheese
0                 as needed                 all purpose flour for dusting
0                 as needed                 melted unsalted butter

Method for Biscuits:
1. Sift together all dry ingredients (flour, salt, sugar and baking powder)
2. Cut in butter, pimento cheese and shortening until will distributed throughout flour mixture
3. Gently add buttermilk and cheese, being careful not to over mix
4. As needed sprinkle flour onto the table so that dough doesnt stick
5. Cut biscuits with dough cutter
6. Brush biscuits evenly with melted unsalted butter
7. Bake at 400 degrees for about 10 to 15 minutes, making sure you rotate pan while baking


Fingerling Potato Salad

Quantity                            Ingredient
1                 lb                 sliced banana fingerling potato
1                 stalk                 diced celery
1                 ea                 diced red bell pepper
½                 ea                 diced red onion
4                 each                 diced hard boiled egg
¼                 bunch            chopped Italian parsley
1                 cup                 aioli
2                 tbl                 whole grain mustard
0                 as needed                 sea salt
0                 as needed                 pepper
0                 as needed                 olive oil

Procedure
1. Toss potatoes with desired amount olive oil, salt and pepper and bake at 350 degrees until soft to the touch
2. Place hot potatoes into a stainless steel bowl and add remaining ingredients to the bowl
3. Mix until all ingredients are well combined
4. Add additional salt and pepper as desired