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Beef Cube Steak Recipes - Italian Style Cube Steak

Tuesday, October 11, 2011

Cube steak gets the Italian treatment in this recipe that features beef, tomatoes and fresh zucchini.

2 pounds beef cube steak
1/4 cup all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 ( 14.5 oz.) can diced tomatoes
1 ( 15 oz.) can tomato sauce
1 large onion, thinly sliced
1 teaspoon Italian seasoning
5 small zucchini, cut into 1/2 inch slices

Directions

Place the cube steak, flour, salt, and pepper in a large plastic bag you can reseal. Seal and shake to coat.

In a large skillet, heat the olive oil over medium heat; brown the cube steak. Reduce heat to low, and mix in the tomatoes, tomato sauce, onion, and Italian seasoning. Cover and simmer at least 1 hour, stirring once.

Place the zucchini in the skillet, and coat with the tomato sauce. Continue to simmer uncovered 10 minutes or until zucchini is tender.

=> Beef Brisket Recipes: Oven BBQ Beef Brisket

This is a very simple recipe for barbecue beef brisket that features cola, onion soup mix and chili sauce.

2 1/2 pounds beef brisket
1 ( 12 oz.) can or bottle cola carbonated beverage
1 ( 1 oz.) package dry onion soup mix
1 ( 12 oz.) can or bottle chile sauce

Directions

Preheat oven to 325 degrees.

In a roasting pan, place brisket fat side up. In a bowl, combine cola beverage, onion soup mix, and chile sauce. Pour chile sauce mixture over brisket.

Cover and bake for 3 to 4 hours. Uncover the brisket during the last hour of cooking.

=> Beef Jerky Recipes: Savory Beef Jerky

Save money and make your own beef jerky at home. Marinate strips of fresh beef in a spicy sauce then dehydrate to your taste.

2 pounds beef round steak, cut into thin strips
1/4 cup soy sauce
2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
2 tablespoons liquid smoke
2 tablespoons brown sugar
2 teaspoons salt
1 teaspoon ground black pepper
1 teaspoon meat tenderizer
1 teaspoon garlic powder
1 teaspoon onion powder
1 teaspoon paprika

Directions

Place beef strips in the bottom of a large bowl. Pour soy sauce, Worcestershire sauce, liquid smoke, brown sugar, salt, pepper, meat tenderizer, garlic powder, onion powder, and paprika over beef. Mix well to assure all the meat is evenly coated. Cover and marinate in the refrigerator for 8 hours or overnight.

Remove beef from bowl and place between two pieces of plastic wrap. Pound beef to 1/8-inch thickness.

Arrange the beef strips on the tray of a dehydrator and dry at your dehydrator's highest setting until done to your liking - at least 4 hours. Store in an airtight container or resealable bags.




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Italian Flat Leaf Parsley

Thursday, June 23, 2011

Italian parsley (sometimes known as flat-leaf parsley) is a green herb with serrated leaves and a clean, slightly peppery taste. It has flat leaves and grows to a height of one and half feet (4cm). While many are familiar with curly leafed parsley, which often shows up as garnish in restaurants, you may not be equally familiar with the flatter-leafed Italian parsley, a close cousin. Although there are more than 30 varieties of parsley, Italian Parsley is favoured by both professional cooks and home chefs alike because it contains significantly more of the essential oils that make up the parsley taste. It looks a little like coriander, so don't get them muddled up. Flat-leaved parsley has leaves with sharp points, whereas the leaves of coriander are rounded.

Usually sold in bunches, Italian parsley should be bright green with no wilting. Avoid Italian parsley with bruised or limp leaves or with flowering buds which makes it very bitter.

Parsley is used for its leaf in much the same way as coriander (which is also known as Chinese parsley or cilantro), although it has a milder flavour than coriander. You will find it in every kind of cooking, from sauces to soups and is particularly wonderful eaten fresh in salads. It is rich in Vitamins A and C and the minerals, iron and calcium; although it is unlikely that anyone would consume enough qualities that would make a significant contribution to their health. Parsley is said to be a diuretic and a stimulant; it combats scurvy and intestinal problems, stimulates the appetite, and aids digestion. Parsley oil is sometimes used in perfumes and soaps, and parsley juice has been used as an insecticide.

This particular herb grows best in a mostly sunny location with relatively rich, moist well drained soil. It also grows well in deep pots, which helps accommodate the long taproot. If grown indoors it requires at least five hours of sunlight a day and will make seeds in its second year. It tends to self-seed once it is started. Plant new Italian Parsley seedlings every spring.

Parsley is susceptible to downy mildew, so give it enough space for good air circulation.

Use in Cooking

Italian parsley intensifies the flavours of other herbs and can be included in any dish using herbs for a fuller, richer flavour. Mince Italian parsley and add to buttered, boiled potatoes. Add whole sprigs of it to tomato sauces for the last 20 minutes of cooking and remove before service. Mince Italian parsley very finely along with fresh oregano and basil and add to breadcrumbs to use for coating veal, pork or poultry scallops. On the other hand if you're making vegetable, chicken or beef stock, adding a bunch of Italian parsley will provide excellent flavour.

Combine one stick of butter at room temperature with two tablespoons chopped Italian parsley (leaves do not have to be chopped perfectly but you want to make them small enough that you don't just get a whole mouthful of leaf) and two tablespoons lemon juice to make the classic Maitre d' hotel butter to use on steaks, fish, vegetables and breads. Briefly boil Italian parsley leaves, drain, and sauté in olive oil and serve as a side dish.

Parsley doesn't hold up well to cooking, so add it to cooked dishes at the very last

What does it go with?

The fresh flavour of green parsley goes extremely well with potato dishes (French fries, boiled buttered potatoes or mashed potato), and with rice dishes (risotto). It also goes well with fish, fried chicken, lamb or goose, steaks, meat or vegetable stews. Freshly chopped green parsley is used as a topping for soups, green salads or on open sandwiches with cold cuts or pâtés.

Discover the flavour of flat leave parsley and find a new world,



Kath Ibbetson has a BSc, a diploma in aromatherapy and a certificate in counselling. But most of all she is a mother and an enthusiastic Italian cook. Italian food is her passion and she has been cooking it for 30 years. Visit her site FoodTheItalianWay.com

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Beef Cube Steak Recipes - Italian Style Cube Steak

Saturday, March 26, 2011

Cube steak gets the Italian treatment in this recipe that features beef, tomatoes and fresh zucchini.

2 pounds beef cube steak
1/4 cup all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 ( 14.5 oz.) can diced tomatoes
1 ( 15 oz.) can tomato sauce
1 large onion, thinly sliced
1 teaspoon Italian seasoning
5 small zucchini, cut into 1/2 inch slices

Cook Steak

Directions

Place the cube steak, flour, salt, and pepper in a large plastic bag you can reseal. Seal and shake to coat.

In a large skillet, heat the olive oil over medium heat; brown the cube steak. Reduce heat to low, and mix in the tomatoes, tomato sauce, onion, and Italian seasoning. Cover and simmer at least 1 hour, stirring once.

Place the zucchini in the skillet, and coat with the tomato sauce. Continue to simmer uncovered 10 minutes or until zucchini is tender.

=> Beef Brisket Recipes: Oven BBQ Beef Brisket

This is a very simple recipe for barbecue beef brisket that features cola, onion soup mix and chili sauce.

2 1/2 pounds beef brisket
1 ( 12 oz.) can or bottle cola carbonated beverage
1 ( 1 oz.) package dry onion soup mix
1 ( 12 oz.) can or bottle chile sauce

Directions

Preheat oven to 325 degrees.

In a roasting pan, place brisket fat side up. In a bowl, combine cola beverage, onion soup mix, and chile sauce. Pour chile sauce mixture over brisket.

Cover and bake for 3 to 4 hours. Uncover the brisket during the last hour of cooking.

=> Beef Jerky Recipes: Savory Beef Jerky

Save money and make your own beef jerky at home. Marinate strips of fresh beef in a spicy sauce then dehydrate to your taste.

2 pounds beef round steak, cut into thin strips
1/4 cup soy sauce
2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
2 tablespoons liquid smoke
2 tablespoons brown sugar
2 teaspoons salt
1 teaspoon ground black pepper
1 teaspoon meat tenderizer
1 teaspoon garlic powder
1 teaspoon onion powder
1 teaspoon paprika

Directions

Place beef strips in the bottom of a large bowl. Pour soy sauce, Worcestershire sauce, liquid smoke, brown sugar, salt, pepper, meat tenderizer, garlic powder, onion powder, and paprika over beef. Mix well to assure all the meat is evenly coated. Cover and marinate in the refrigerator for 8 hours or overnight.

Remove beef from bowl and place between two pieces of plastic wrap. Pound beef to 1/8-inch thickness.

Arrange the beef strips on the tray of a dehydrator and dry at your dehydrator's highest setting until done to your liking - at least 4 hours. Store in an airtight container or resealable bags.

Beef Cube Steak Recipes - Italian Style Cube Steak

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Campfire Cooking Recipes - Porterhouse Italian Marinated Steaks

Saturday, October 9, 2010

Campfire cooking recipes are not complete without a great marinated porterhouse steak recipe. What could smell better than a couple of thick porterhouse steaks when you place them on hot coals with a dash of salt and pepper and roasted corn on the cob than an Italian marinated steak?

Depending on how hot your coals are you should always try to time your foods so everything should get finished cooking at close to the same time so everything stays hot and is at its peak flavor. Cast iron cooking can be fun in the open campfire and lets open fire cooking flavor your food with that great smokey flavor that everyone thinks of when they think of campfire cooking recipes. It makes your mouth water waiting for the vegetables you could be cooking in the dutch oven like celery and carrots with come finely chopped onion and garlic with sliced carrots.

Depending on how many people you have present to feed you should figure one large porterhouse steak per person but don't be surprised if a few end up splitting a porterhouse because they are big meaty cuts that are quite filling. To marinate your steaks it is best to either seal them in a gallon zip lock bag with about a 1/2 Cup of Italian dressing each and coat each steak thoroughly or place the steaks in a large cake pan and pour the salad dressing over the steaks. Wait about 20 minutes and then turn the steaks over and make sure to coat both sides. Just before you place the porterhouse steaks on the hot coals wipe off any dripping Italian dressing. Grill on the first side for about 5-7 minutes being careful not to burn them over to hot a campfire.

What are good campfire cooking recipes without a side dish to accompany a mouth watering steak like an Italian grilled porterhouse steak? Try roasting some asparagus spears wrapped in strips of bacon. A tasty treat to beat a plain potato would be to try roasting a sweet potato instead. You need to start the sweet potato about 45 minutes before you start your steaks though and make sure you wash them, coat them with a little oil and pierce the skins with a fork to hasten the cooking time and to keep the skin from drying out. The roasted sweet taste of a sweet potato is not to be missed.

Never forget the tried and true campfire cooking recipes queen of the campfire, the smores around a fire at night. Who can resist the temptation of chocolate, marshmallow and that yummy cracker? Can you just smell the sweet smell of a smore in the air? Campfire cooking recipes are endless with so many foods to choose from for ingredients.




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Traditional Italian Recipes: How to Prepare Traditional Italian Beef Steak Florentine

Saturday, September 18, 2010

Tips for preparing a beef steak in this free video lesson on preparing Italian dishes. Expert: Judith Amdur Bio: Judith Amdur passes for family recipes and is proud to share this classic Italian dish. A passion for cooking for thirty years, you learn their secrets. Director: Nili Nathan

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