Buffalo Gap Brisket Chili Texas Style Food

ZUCCHINI PERINI

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350º.
• In an oven-safe pan, brown the ground beef, sausage and onion. Add salt and pepper to taste.
• Add the whole tomatoes, tomato paste and tomato sauce. Add the oregano and garlic powder and simmer for 5 minutes.
• Add the zucchini, mix thoroughly then sprinkle with Parmesan.
• Bake at 350º until cheese melts and starts to brown, about 10 minutes.

RUB A DUB T-BONES

Steps:

• Blend all dry ingredients together and rub into both sides of at least 4 t-bone steaks.
• Heat 1 tablespoon canola oil in large skillet at fairly high heat.
• Cook steaks for 5 minutes; turn, drop heat to medium and continue cooking for approximately 10 minutes for medium-rare, depending on the thickness of your steaks.

SMOKED BRISKET SOUTH TEXAS STYLE

Steps:

• Prep your pit with your favorite wood.
• I prefer pecan for the mellow flavor.
• Optimum cooking temperature will be between 200 to 250 degrees.
• Trim excess fat from brisket and place in smoker.
• Let it slow smoke for 2 hours or until you have a good smoke ring around it.
• Remove from smoker and rub it down with a stick of butter and then rub in the brown sugar.
• Wrap in tin foil and place back in the smoker cooking at 1 hour per pound while maintaining slow smoked temperature.
• If the temperature is too hard to control then you can cook as above for the first two hours or until you get a good smoke ring, add butter and brown suger, wrap in tin foil and cook in oven at 225 degrees for the remaining cooking time.

MEATLOAF TEXAS STYLE!

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Combine meat with all ingredients except cheese.
• On a sheet of wax paper, flatten the meat mixture to 1/4 inch thick.
• Shape into a flat rectangle.
• Place cheese slices on top of meat, leaving about 1/2inch space on outside edges.
• Lift up one end of wax paper and begin rolling the meat mixture like a jellyroll onto cheese.
• When all cheese is rolled into meat mixture, pinch sides to keep cheese from melting out.
• Spray a loaf pan with cooking spray.
• Use wax paper to help lift meat loaf into pan.
• Bake for 1 hour 15 minutes. Let rest for 20 minutes after removing from oven.

BELGIAN WAFFLES TEXAS STYLE

Steps:

• Sprinkle the yeast over warm milk; stir to dissolve.
• Beat the egg yolks and add to yeast mixture along with vanilla.
• Blend together the flour, salt and sugar; add to liquid ingredients.
• Stir in the melted butter and combine well.
• Beat the egg whites until stiff but not dry.
• Carefully fold beaten egg whites into batter and let the mixture stand in a warm place about 45 minutes or until it doubles in bulk.
• Using approximately 1/2 cup mix per waffle, pour into preheated waffle baker and bake according to manufacturers recommendations.
• Spoon fresh strawberries onto waffles and sprinkle with powdered sugar.
• Serve immediately.

BRISKET CHILI

Steps:

• Trim and chop brisket into 1/2 lb pieces. Sear sides of beef in a large cast iron pot or braising pot. Remove meat when caramelized on all sides and saute sliced onions in rendered fat left in pot.
• In a side saute pan toast all spices together. Once onions are caramelized, scrape bottom of pot and then add all ingredients and meat.
• Cover meat 3/4 of the way with beer and stock. Cover and simmer for 5 hours or until meat falls apart.
• Serve with shredded cheddar and cracker. At the restaurant they serve with "Garlic Cheddar Spurs", which is puff pastry cut into stars and brushed with butter and garlic and topped with shredded cheddar, then baked to a golden brown.