Loveless Cafe Nashville Box

In Nashville, Tennessee, where the Loveless Cafe has poured Southern hospitality and good lookin’ cookin’ since 1951, this Taste of Nashville box gathers the breakfast favorites and pantry staples that made the cafe a landmark. The collection serves 4-6 and brings together heat-and-eat biscuits, hashbrown casserole, applewood bacon, smoked sausage, biscuit-cut ham, grits, sorghum, blackberry and peach preserves, hot sauce, and Loveless Cafe coffee. Built on Annie Loveless’ biscuit recipe – unchanged to this day – it’s down-home Tennessee tradition packaged for gifting, brunch gatherings, and weekend breakfasts. The closest thing to a meal at the Loveless home, minus the fight for the last biscuit.

MORE DETAILS

This package serves 4-6 people and includes

• Heat N Eat Biscuit (1.5 lbs.)
• Hashbrown Casserole (2 lbs.)
• Blackberry Preserves (8 oz.)
• Peach Preserves (8 oz.)
• Sorghum (16 oz.)
• Grits (2 lbs.)
• Plain Ol Hot Sauce (10 fl. oz.)
• Applewood Bacon (14 oz.)
• Biscuit Cut Ham (8 oz.)
• Smoked Sausage (1 lb.)
• Loveless Cafe Coffee (8 oz.)

INSTRUCTIONS / STORAGE

• Loveless Cafe ships Sunday, Monday, Tuesday and Saturday each week
• Orders cannot be shipped to P.O. Boxes
• Orders shipped to Alaska and Hawaii via 2-day will incur an additional $20 charge or $35 for Overnight

• Package ships frozen with dry ice.
• Dry ice may dissipate in transit.
• Do not remove dry ice with bare hands.
• Store biscuits in the freezer until cooking or thaw for up to 24 hours in the fridge prior to baking.
• Store hashbrown casserole in the refrigerator for up to 5 days
• Store Preserves, coffee and hot sauce in a cool, dry place until opening. After opening, store preserves and hot sauce in the refrigerator.
• Bacon, Ham, and Sausage are approved out of refrigeration for up to 7 days. Meat may arrive warm to the touch. Store in the freezer and thaw before cooking or in the refrigerator.
• Once the bacon & ham packages are opened, bacon & ham should be kept refrigerated and enjoyed in 1 week.

To Serve

Biscuits: Conventional Oven (Recommended)

• Make sure to generously brush biscuits with melted butter before placing in the oven.
• If baking from thawed, open vacuum-sealed packaging and leave on counter unwrapped for an hour or in fridge loosely wrapped for 24 hours.
• From frozen, preheat oven to 425°F and bake for 24-28 minutes, turning pan halfway through cooking time.
• From thawed, preheat oven to 425°F and bake for 20 minutes, turning pan halfway through cooking time.
• Generously brush biscuits with melted butter again before serving.

Biscuits: Toaster Oven

• Make sure to generously brush biscuits with melted butter before placing in the oven.
• If baking from thawed, open vacuum-sealed packaging and leave on counter unwrapped for an hour or in fridge loosely wrapped for 24 hours.
• From frozen, preheat oven to 475°F and bake for 16 minutes, turning pan halfway through cooking time.
• From thawed, preheat oven to 450°F and bake for 16 minutes, turning pan halfway through cooking time.
• Generously brush biscuits with melted butter again before serving.

Bacon: Pan Fry

• Place bacon slices in a cold skillet. Cook slowly over heat and turn until slightly crisp, draining excess drippings as required.
• Remove each slice as it browns and drain on paper towels.

Bacon: Microwave

• Place bacon strips between paper towels. Cook 4 slices on high setting for 3 minutes. Then cook at 30 seconds intervals until desired crispness. Microwave temperatures and personal preferences vary.

Bacon: Bake

• Place bacon strips on a baking sheet (that has sides to contain drippings) and place in the center rack of a cold oven.
• Turn oven on to 400° F and check bacon in 15 minutes. Remove as soon as bacon is golden brown, but not excessively crisp. Cooking times can vary depending on how quickly oven reaches temperature. You will notice when cooking Loveless Cafe bacon that it does not shrink as much as typical grocery store bacon. This is due to the old-fashioned dry curing method used with Loveless Cafe Bacon.

Sausage

• Cut off tie end of sausage bag approximately 1 1/2 inch from tie end area that has full thickness of bag.
• Split bag lengthwise and peel cloth bag off sausage with thumb and forefinger. This will allow you to remove your country sausage from the cloth bag with very little or no sticking.
• Slice into patties and place in a cold ungreased skillet over moderate heat and cook until medium brown on both sides. Sometimes during shipment mold may appear on the exterior surface of country sausage bag. This mold will not damage your sausage-just wipe off and use as suggested
• Cook to well-done temperature (at least 160º internal temperature).
• Serve and enjoy!

Hashbrown Casserole: From Frozen

• Preheat oven to 375°F.
• Remove lid and bake uncovered for 65-75 minutes or until internal temperature reaches 165°F.
• Enjoy!

Hashbrown Casserole: From Thawed

• Thaw in refrigerator for up to 48 hours.
• Preheat oven to 375°F.
• Remove lid and bake uncovered for 45-55 minutes or until internal temperature reaches 165°F.
• Enjoy!

Ingredients

• Heat N Eat Biscuit – Self-Rising Flour (Enriched Bleached Flour (Wheat Flour, Niacin, Reduced Iron, Thiamin Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid), Leavening (Baking Soda, Sodium Aluminum Phosphate, Mono Calcium Phosphate), Salt), Water, Buttermilk (Cultured Milk, Less Than 2% Of Corn Starch, Tapioca Starch, Locust Bean Gum, Salt, Carrageenan, Mono And Diglycerides, Sodium Citrate, Vitamin D3), Lard (With BHA, BHT, And Citric Acid Added As Preservatives), Baking Powder (Disodium Diphosphate, Sodium Carbonate, Corn Flour). Pans Greased With Unsalted Butter (Pasteurized Cream, Natural Flavorings).

Contains: Wheat, Milk.

• Hashbrown Casserole – Water, Sour Cream (Cultured Milk, Cream, Whey, Modified Corn Starch, Sodium Phosphate, Guar Gum, Carrageenan, Carob Bean Gum And Potassium Sorbate (Maintains Freshness)), Hashbrown Potatoes (Potatoes (Dry), Corn Starch, Dextrose, Onion Powder, Freshness Preserved With Sodium Bisulfite), Sharp Cheddar Cheese (Cultured Pasteurized Milk, Salt, Enzymes, Artificial Color, Potato Starch And Powdered Cellulose Added To Prevent Caking, Natamycin (A Natural Mold Inhibitor)), Chicken Base (Roasted Mechanically Separated Chicken, Salt, Sugar, Hydrolyzed Wheat Gluten, Chicken Fat, Onion Powder, Disodium Inosinate, Disodium Guanylate, Extractives Of Turmeric, Spice Extractive), Vegetable Oil (100% Soybean Oil), Modified Corn Starch, Onion, Enriched Bleached Wheat Flour (Niacin, Iron (Reduced), Thiamine Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid, Malted Barley Flour), Spice.

Contains: Milk, Wheat.

• Blackberry Preserves – Blackberries, Cane Sugar.
• Peach Preserves – Peaches, Cane Sugar.
• Sorghum – 100% Pure Sorghum.
• Grits – White Corn Grits.
• Plain Ol Hot Sauce – Hot Sauce (Water, Peppers (Arbol And Piquin), Salt, Vinegar, Garlic Powder, Spices, Xanthan Gum), Brown Sugar, Honey, Malt Vinegar, Cayenne Pepper.

Contains: Wheat.

• Applewood Bacon – Pork Cured With Salt, Sugar, Sodium Nitrite.