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Restaurant Sauce & Marinade Copycat Recipes
Big restaurants do everything they can to create signature sauce and marinade recipes. It is difficult to create signature marinades and sauces recipes that will distinguish restaurants from the rest of the competition. But that is exactly what the top restaurants do; spend time creating the perfect restaurant signature recipes. America's Secret Recipes has sauce and marinade copycat recipes with the distinct tastes and flavors of Famous Restaurant Secret Recipes.
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Olive Garden's Alfredo Sauce Copycat Recipes
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Ingredients
1 1/2 cup milk
1 1/2 cup heavy cream
1/2 cup imported Parmesan cheese, grated
1/2 cup imported Romano cheese, grated
6 egg yolks from fresh jumbo eggs
Salt and black pepper to taste
Procedures
HEAT milk and cream in a heavy bottom saucepan until it begins to
simmer. Turn off heat. Slowly whip in cheese, then remove from heat.
PLACE egg yolks in a separate bowl and slowly whip in a portion of
the hot milk and cream mixture. Slowly add egg yolk mixture back
into remaining cream mixture. Place back on very low heat and
continually stir until simmering. Take sauce off heat so it
thickens. (This will increase temperature of egg yolks, known as
tempering).
SEASON to taste with salt and black pepper. Serve over your
favorite pasta.
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 10 minutes
Servings: 4
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Bull's Eye Barbecue Sauce Copycat Recipes
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Ingredients
1 cup Heinz Ketchup
6 tablespoons Lea & Perrins Worcestershire Sauce
4 tablespoons butter
3 tablespoons Distilled White Vinegar
1 tablespoon French's Yellow Mustard
3 tablespoons finely minced yellow onion
4 teaspoons Hickory Flavor Liquid Smoke
1/4 teaspoon Tabasco Sauce
1/2 cup Brown Sugar
1 tablespoon Granulated White Sugar
1 teaspoon table salt
Makes 2 cups of sauce.
Combine all ingredients in a 2-quart sauce pan. Mix well.
Simmer over very low heat for about 15-minutes, stirring
occasionally.
Store refrigerated in a sealed container. You can even refill an
old barbecue sauce bottle.
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Olive Garden's Beef Filets in Balsamic Sauce
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Ingredients
4 Tbsp Extra Virgin Olive Oil
4 Tbsp Butter
1 Yellow onion, medium and sliced thin
pinch Salt
pinch Black pepper
1/2 cup(s) Dry white wine
1/2 cup(s) Marsala wine
1/2 cup(s) Beef broth
2 Tbsp Balsamic vinegar
6 Beef Tenderloin filets (6 oz each)
dash Parsley, finely chopped
6 Fresh rosemary sprigs
SAUCE PREPARATION
Heat oil and butter in large saute pan over medium heat. Add sliced
onions, salt, and pepper; cook 10 minutes or until carmelized
(softened and golden browned), stirring frequently.
Add wines, broth, vinegar and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and
simmer for 10-15 minutes or until sauce is reduced by half.
BEEF PREPARATION
Lightly rub filets with oil; season with salt and pepper. Grill to
preferred temperature.
Place onions and sauce on a platter and top with steaks. Garnish
with parsley and rosemary.
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Skirt Steak with Chimichurri Sauce from the Hudson River Cafe (NY)
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Ricardo Cardona, chef-partner at the Hudson River Cafe in Harlem,
won the 2007 Time Out New York Critic's Pick Best Bite Uptown - Way
Uptown, and was awarded two stars in "Crains." His food has won
recognition and praise both from critics and customers, who love
how he puts a new twist on Criollo-Latino cuisine.
This skirt steak recipe is quintessential Cardona: expertly
grilled, smartly presented, and accented with Argentina's favorite
sauce: chimichurri (which is as common in that country
as catsup is here.)
Ingredients:
For marinade:
1 cup vegetable oil
1 tablespoon paprika
1 tablespoon onion powder
1 tablespoon cumin
1 tablespoon fresh chopped garlic
4 tablespoons pureed, canned chipotle chiles
For steak:
2 pounds skirt steak
For chimichurri sauce:
3 cloves garlic, chopped
1 small onion, chopped
3/4 cup olive oil
Juice of 2 lemons
1 teaspoon chopped fresh parsley, no stems
Pinch of red pepper flakes
Salt and pepper to taste
Method:
Combine all marinade ingredients in large shallow bowl. Place meat
in marinade for 15 minutes. Prepare sauce by combining all
ingredients in a medium bowl. Heat an oiled, well-seasoned grill
over high heat until hot but not smoking. Grill steak, turning
occasionally, for about 2 minutes per side for thin pieces or 4 to
6 minutes per side for thicker pieces (medium-rare). Portion onto 4
dinner plates. Drizzle with the chimichurri sauce.
Serves 4
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Marinades help prevent chicken from drying out during cooking and adds flavor. Marinade chicken in the refrigerator. Boneless and skinless chicken pieces marinade quickly from 15 to 120 minutes. Marinading is ancient art of tenderizing meat and improving flavor. Acids like vinegar or lemon juice are used in marinade tenderizers. Marinades for flavor vary from spicy, sour, sweet & sour, smoky and sour. Ingredients vary from hertbs, spices, vegetables, wine, soy sauce and a wide range of other ingredients.
When a marinade is designed as a tenderizer, it includes an acid like vinegar or lemon juice. The acid attacks the and softens fibrous connective tissue between the muscles, making the muscle less stringy. Acid penetration also flavors the meat. The longer meat is marinaded the more tender and flavored it become.
Flavorings in marinades vary widely. Flavoring can be spicy, bitter, sweet and sour, smokey, sweet or sour. Herbs and a wide array of ingredients can be used like, vegetables like garlic,fruit juices, soy sauce, yogurt, wine, sugar and a wide variety of ingredients. Basic marinades include: vinegar, olive oil, herbs, salt, and pepper.
Sauces and Basting:
Dipping sauces and basting are alternatives for adding flavor to chicken. Additionally, they preserve moisture and give your chicken an attractive appearance. Gravy, pan dripping (barbecue sauce), broth, melted butter, butter garlic sauce and etc are commonly used. Sauces can be garnished with frest herbs.
Rubs:
There are dry rubs and paste rubs. Rubs are a blend of seasoning. The blend can vary but generally the blends are coarse pepper (white/black), paprika, garlic powder and variety of herbs. Rubs add flavor, retains moisture (seals juices) and sometimes forms a crust. Paste rubs are held together by moisture (water, oil, soy sauce, worchester sauce or horseradish) and generally will add a crust to the chicken.
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