Linton Hopkins

Recipes from Atlanta chef Linton Hopkins include coffee-cured pulled pork and shrimp-and-sausage stew. Plus, more great Southern recipes.

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Aunt Julia’s Barbecue Sauce

Linton Hopkins’s aunt Julia—“my paternal grandmother’s sister-in-law,” he says—made giant vats of this barbecue sauce on her farm in Alabama, then drove around delivering it to everyone in her extended family. Hopkins likes to spoon it over coffee-cured pork shoulder. “To have a meal in the South without roast pork is not really a meal,” he says.

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Tabernacle Crush

This light and refreshing cocktail is as reminiscent of the American South as it is of the South of France.

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Crab Salad with Paprika-Scallion Mayonnaise

Marinating lump crab overnight gives it terrific flavor; combining it with a scallion-and-paprika-spiked mayonnaise makes it even more delicious.

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Shrimp-and-Smoked-Oyster Chowder

There are several tricks to this terrific chowder from Linton Hopkins. He adds potato chunks to the broth for thickness, then pours in a little naturally low-fat buttermilk for creamy tanginess. And instead of fatty bacon, he uses smoked oysters to give the chowder a slightly woodsy flavor.

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White Gazpacho

This refreshing gazpacho—made with apples, grapes, almonds and cucumber—is a perfect balance of sweet and tangy.

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DCV

Chef Linton Hopkins named this Calvados-based twist on a sidecar after the Citroën 2CV, known informally as a Deux Chevaux.

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Butter Pecan Cookie and Peach Ice Cream Sandwiches

“Ice cream sandwiches are universally popular, and everyone loves peach ice cream, too,” Linton Hopkins says. “To make this recipe really Southern, we use pecans in the crispy cookie.”

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Grilled Peach, Onion and Bacon Salad with Buttermilk Dressin

The secret to this salad is using big, juicy sweet onions like the Vidalias that Linton Hopkins favors, which get nicely charred on the grill.

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Sunchoke Pickle Relish

Sunchoke relish is on every table in Georgia and South Carolina, says Linton Hopkins. “When I was a boy, I thought they were the funniest artichokes,” he recalls; in fact, they are knotty tubers with a sweet, crunchy taste.

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Shrimp-and-Sausage Stew

Even though Linton Hopkins’s stew is full of shrimp and sausage, the best part is the delicate lima beans, a Southern staple.

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Coffee-Cured Pulled Pork

Linton Hopkins turns this slow-roasted pork shoulder into sliders. "Why are we so obsessed with the 30-minute meal?" he says. "I want to create a TV show called The 36-Hour Meal. The best things take a little bit of time."

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Bucatini Carbonara

Italian carbonara is famously rich, combining pancetta or guanciale (cured pork jowl), egg yolks and cheese. Linton Hopkins adds his own Southern accent to the dish with house-cured pork and local eggs.

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Linton Hopkins

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Aunt Julia’s Barbecue Sauce

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Tabernacle Crush

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Crab Salad with Paprika-Scallion Mayonnaise

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Shrimp-and-Smoked-Oyster Chowder

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White Gazpacho

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DCV

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Butter Pecan Cookie and Peach Ice Cream Sandwiches

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Grilled Peach, Onion and Bacon Salad with Buttermilk Dressin

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Sunchoke Pickle Relish

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Shrimp-and-Sausage Stew

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Coffee-Cured Pulled Pork

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Bucatini Carbonara

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Aunt Julia’s Barbecue Sauce

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Tabernacle Crush

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Crab Salad with Paprika-Scallion Mayonnaise

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Shrimp-and-Smoked-Oyster Chowder

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White Gazpacho

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DCV

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Butter Pecan Cookie and Peach Ice Cream Sandwiches

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Grilled Peach, Onion and Bacon Salad with Buttermilk Dressin

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Sunchoke Pickle Relish

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Shrimp-and-Sausage Stew

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Coffee-Cured Pulled Pork

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Bucatini Carbonara

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