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October 5th, 2022

Crispy Garlic Crumb Steak from All Recipes

Terrific technique which I'm looking forward to trying with chicken and pork. I even overcooked the steaks to try and get enough color on the crumb coating, but the pounding out (and the coating) saved... read more >


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Website: Kevin Dundon

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I'm not quite getting the point of this dish. It's leeks in a cheese sauce - a fair side dish, but not terribly interesting.

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Exceptionally good technique for trout - perfectly done, wrapped in crispy bacon, and not a hint of sticking to the pan. I'll be returning to this many times. It also has a lovely mix of textures, with firm fish, crispy-chewy bacon, and shattering slivers of almonds.

The sauce didn't work perfectly for me. I think I misunderstood an instruction that the oil in the pan needed to be dumped and replaced with just butter, because mine came out very oily and perhaps not lemony enough. The flavors are there, but I didn't get them in the right balance.

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