Recipes
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Spicy Tomato-Basil Soup with Grilled Cheese Croutons
Tomato soup with a grilled cheese sandwich is about as all-American as it gets. I grew up eating and loving this meal, as I suspect many (if not most) of you have. This is my homemade Daddio-style take on this …
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St. Louis Pork Steaks
Having been partially raised in Columbia, Missouri I thought it high time that I feature a great grilled staple of the region -- pork steaks. St. Louis pork steaks are "steaks" that are cut from a pork butt. They are typically seared over a hot charcoal fire and then braised in a mixture of beer and barbecue sauce. How can you possibly go wrong with that? These are really simple, but the results are spectacular. I use a basic "Dalmation" (salt and pepper) seasoning with a little garlic.
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Steak au Poivre
This meal was inspired by a recent post at The Pioneer Woman . Ree prepared an incredible-looking Filet au Poivre that really got to me. I knew almost instantly that it was something that I just had to try. In short, steak au poivre is a simple steak that is seared, finished in an oven, then served with an incredible pan sauce made from the fond (the tasty brown bits stuck to the bottom of the pan), stock, cognac, and butter.
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