Episode 38: Cooking a steakhouse dinner at home: How to transform your kitchen into a restaurant-style meal for family and friends!
Are you intimidated to cook steak at home?
This week, we’re talking about turning your kitchen into a steakhouse! Sometimes it’s fun to cook an extra-special meal at home, and this episode offers our best tips and tricks for preparing steak (hint: we each do it differently). And since the sides are usually the best part of any steakhouse dinner, we share some of our favorites — from gratins to baked potatoes, and garlicky greens to our must-have salads. We also make sure to include a few sweet treat suggestions to round out the meal.
Tune in for all the ways to create a delicious steakhouse-style meal in the comfort of your own home!
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Links to recipes and favorites from this week’s show:
Reverse-seared steak recipe by Kenji Lopez Alt via Serious Eats
Garlic butter roasted mushrooms via Smitten Kitchen
Crispy smashed potatoes via Simply Recipes
Ina Garten’s potato gratin with fennel
Swiss chard and sweet potato gratin via Smitten Kitchen
Saveur’s brussels sprouts gratin
Gooey butter cake by Melissa Clark via NY Times
Claire Saffitz’s Key Lime Pie
Alden’s key lime ice cream sandwiches
Jim Lahey’s no-knead bread recipe via NY Times
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