Father's Day Food

In retrospect, these are not dishes one may want to cook for hours in the oven when it's 147 degrees outside, but you can always do the brisket for 6-8 hours in the crockpot.

EM'S STOLEN FROM THE JUNIOR LEAGUE BRISKET

One 5lb brisket
celery salt
garlic salt
black pepper
onion powder
Liquid Smoke
2 cups ketchup
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup vinegar
1/2 cup Worchestershire

Paula Deen says the secret to incredible meat it to rub the spices in it real good, so that's what I do with the peppers, powders and salts on my brisket. Marinate in the refrigerator overnight in all but 4 tbsp of the bottle of Liquid Smoke. When you're ready to cook, remove brisket from excess liquid. Bring the rest of the Liquid Smoke, ketchup, sugar, vinegar and Worchestershire sauce to a boil in a saucepan, until the sugar is dissolved. Pour over brisket in a dutch oven and bake at 275 for 5-6 hours. Or put in the crockpot for 6-8 hours. The meat should fall apart on you when you try to move it from the pot to the cutting board or serving dish.


POTATOES SAVOYARDE (Williams Sonoma Cookbook)

I admit, I have a little work to do on this recipe. I think it needs to be cooked longer than this recipe says. Use chicken stock when serving with chicken and beef stock when serving with beef.

1 tablespoon unsalted butter, melted
3 tablespoons unsalted butter, cut in small pieces
3 cloves garlic, minced
2 tablespoons fresh parsley, chopped
1 1/2 cups Gruyere cheese
1/4 teaspoon fresh ground black pepper
2 1/2 pounds baking potatoes, unpeeled, scrubbed 1/4" slices
1 1/2 cups beef stock, or chicken stock

Preheat oven to 375°. Brush a souffle dish with the melted butter. In a small bowl stir together the garlic, parsley, cheese and pepper. Layer 1/3 of the potatoes and sprinkle one third of the cheese mixture over the top. repeat the layers once and top with last potatoes. Pour the stock evenly over the layers. sprinkle the remaining mixture over the top and dot with butter. Butter a piece of aluminum foil and place over dish. Bake for 30 minutes. Remove foil and bake 30 to 40 minutes more until the potatoes are render and the top is brown and crusty.


MS. JAN'S CHOCOLATE ICING

She puts it on brownies, but I think you could put it on a boot and eat it delightfully.

1 stick butter
3 tbsp cocoa powder
6 tbsp evaporated milk
1 BOX powdered sugar
1 tsp vanilla extract
1/2 tsp cinnamon, or more to taste

Melt the butter. DO NOT BOIL. Stir in the cocoa powder until dissolved and evaporated milk until creamy. Add the sugar, vanilla and cinnamon and simmer until evenly blended. Pour HOT on HOT cake or brownies and let cool.