Company Pot Roast

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Brussel Sprouts Au Gratin

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Stir Fry Sauce

2/3 cup soy sauce
1/4 cup brown sugar
1 tablespoon cornstarch
1 tablespoon minced fresh ginger
1 tablespoon minced garlic
1/4 teaspoon red pepper flakes

Combine soy sauce, brown sugar, and corn starch in a small bowl; stir until smooth. Mix ginger, garlic, and red pepper into sauce; Combine soy sauce, brown sugar, and corn starch in a small bowl; stir until smooth. Mix ginger, garlic, and red pepper into sauce; 

Sausage Stuffing

Cook time: 45 Min  Prep time: 30 Min  Serves: 10

Ingredients

1 lb pork sausage

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3/4 c onions, minced

1/2 c celery, chopped

1 tsp salt

1 tsp pepper

1 Tbsp sage, dried

12 c bread, cubed or torn into small pieces

3 eggs

1 c chicken broth

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees (or whatever temperature you are using for other dishes in oven).

2. Butter or lightly oil a 9 x 13 inch baking pan/dish.

3. Brown sausage, remove from pan.

4. In same pan, saute onions until translucent.

5. Beat eggs and chicken broth in a medium bowl.

6. Mix sausage, onions, egg mix and all other ingredients in a very large bowl. Add more broth if it seems dry -- it should be fairly damp to the touch.

7. Put all ingredients in baking pan/dish. Place in oven and check after 30 minutes. Cover with foil if it starts to get dry or too brown on top. Continue to bake for 15 - 30 minutes more.

Stove Top Mac and Cheese (Alton Brown's Recipe)

Ingredients

• 1/2 pound elbow macaroni
• 4 tablespoons butter
• 2 eggs
• 6 ounces evaporated milk
• 1/2 teaspoon hot sauce
• 1 teaspoon kosher salt
• Fresh black pepper
• 3/4 teaspoon dry mustard
• 10 ounces sharp cheddar, shredded

Directions

In a large pot of boiling, salted water cook the pasta to al dente and drain. Return to the pot and melt in the butter. Toss to coat.

Whisk together the eggs, milk, hot sauce, salt, pepper, and mustard. Stir into the pasta and add the cheese. Over low heat continue to stir for 3 minutes or until creamy.

Beef Stew

Beef Stew
 The meat should fall apart if you just look at it. 
And the thicker, more flavorful the sauce, the better.
 PREP TIME: 20 minutes 
TOTAL TIME: 2 hours 50 minutes
Serves 8
3 Tbsp olive oil
2 lb cubed beef stew meat (1 1/4") 
1 med onion, diced 
3 cloves garlic, minced 
12 oz beer (pale lager)
3 1/2 c beef broth 
2 Tbsp tomato paste 
1 Tbsp Worcestershire sauce 
1 1/2 tsp sugar
1/2 tsp paprika
8 new potatoes (1 1/2"-2" diameter),
quartered 4 carrots, sliced diagonally 
3 Tbsp all-purpose flour
Finely chopped fresh parsley (optional)
Crusty bread (optional)

1. Heat oil in large pot or Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Season beef. Working in 2 batches, brown meat on all sides, 6 minutes. Remove to plate. 

2. Add onion to pot and reduce heat to low. Cook, stirring, until softened, 3 minutes. Add garlic and cook, stirring, 1 minute. 

3. Pour in beer. Add broth, tomato paste, Worcestershire, sugar, paprika, 1/2 tsp kosher salt, and pepper to taste. 

4. Return beef to pot. Simmer until meat is tender, 1 1/2 to 2 hours. 

5. Stir in potatoes and carrots. Simmer until vegetables are tender and meat is very tender, 30 to 40 minutes longer. 

6. Remove 1 cup of liquid from pot and slowly whisk in flour. Stir back into pot and bring to a gentle boil. Reduce heat and simmer until thickened, 10 minutes. Season. Sprinkle with parsley (if using).

Berks County Potato Dumplings

6 uncooked potatoes
10 slices bread
Salt and pepper to season
1 onion, grated
1 teaspoon minced parsley
2 eggs, well beaten

Pare potatoes and grate.  Soak bread in cold water and squeeze out as much of the water as possible.  Mix together bread, salt, pepper, grated onion and parsley.  Add grated potatoes and eggs; mix well.  Form into balls, roll in flour gently; drop into boiling salted water, cover closely and cook for 15 minutes.  These dumplings are excellent with sauerkraut, stewed chicken or meat.  Serves 6.

With Hominy Grits (Farina) - Omit bread.  Prepare potatoes as above, place in a cloth and squeeze as dry as possible.  Add 2 cups hot cooked hominy grits.