re: Best side dish to accompany steaks

creamed spinach
baked tator
homemade sweet tator fries
homemade Zea Corn grits.

The space any side occupies in your stomach is less space that can be occupied by steak.

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what is the potato to water ratio? you told us how much butter and water to use but not how many (lbs?) to use.

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you can fill up a ten cup rice cooker or a three cup rice cooker with sliced potatoes and still only put 3/4 cup of water. doesn't matter.

Potatoes au gratin done right or Broccoli au gratin done right...the key is that they are done right.

Turnip Gratin Recipe .... a very good side dish (Posted on 1/31/11 at 6:54 p.m.)

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I did this last night. Ann Burrel's recipe. Very good with a steak.
Ingredients
2 cups heavy cream
3 cloves garlic, smashed
1 bundle thyme
Pinch of cayenne
Kosher salt
1/2 stick butter, plus extra for baking dish
2 pounds turnips, peeled and sliced very thin (mandoline works best)
1 1/2 cups grated parmigiano
Directions
Special Equipment: mandolin, 11 by 7-inch baking dish


Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.


Put the cream, garlic, thyme and cayenne in a saucepan and season it with salt. Taste to make sure it is adequately seasoned. Bring the cream to a boil and then turn off the heat. Let the mixture steep for 15 to 20 minutes.


Butter the baking dish and layer in 1/3 of the sliced turnips. Sprinkle 1/3 of the grated cheese over the turnips and dot with 1/3 of the butter. Remove the thyme and garlic from the cream and pour 1/3 of the cream over the turnips. Repeat this process 2 more times until all of the ingredients are used up.


Cover the dish with foil, place on a baking sheet and bake in the preheated oven for 35 to 40 minutes. Remove the foil and bake for another 20 minutes, until golden. When done a fork should slide in and out of the center of the dish easily.

I love tomatoes as a side to a lot of things. I don't broil them, though. I bake them until the crust is evenly browned. I take bread crumbs or panko and add salt and red pepper, parmesan and/or romano, chopped garlic and finely chopped chives or green onions. Mix and then mix in melted butter. Put the topping on the tomato halves and bake at 350 or 375 until golden on top. The juices are wonderful, too.

Look up blue cheese potatoes delmonico. The recipe is on all recipes and it's incredible.

Whenever i grill steaks i always make a spicy potato salad, Here in Slidell Rouses boils crawfish everyday so getting the potatoes is no problem, I use the taters from the boiled crawfish mixed with dill relish green onions and blue plate, after its all mixed together then add about 2 cups of sour cream and 2 cups of shredded cheese and one whole pack of fried bacon broke into bits, best damn tater salad you ever wanted , taste like a baked potato

a BJ