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Behold, Heartlandia, a new cookbook from the husband-wife team behind Portland, Oregon, restaurant the Country Cat Dinner Business firm & Bar. He heads the kitchen, and she'due south the pastry chef. Needless to say, at that place'southward a lot of beloved in this food. But when was the last time you saw a braised pot of beef that didn't inspire a lot of love?

When it comes to beef, everyone praises steak, but this tender braised chuck roast is the epitome of the cow for me. From an early age, I saw how a big pot of braised beef encouraged families to sit down and share food in a way individual steaks never could. Recall of this dish as an elevated pot roast. Serve it with the wild mushroom steak sauce, or environs it with seasonal sides like boiled or butter-braised potatoes in the winter, roasted asparagus in the spring and fresh sliced tomatoes in the summertime.

Over the years, I've come upward with a hundred unlike means to serve braised beef; pairing it with this wild mushroom steak sauce is my favorite. The combination of compact wild mushrooms and classic steakhouse flavors like Worcestershire sauce really enhances the beef to brand it a dish worthy of company. You'll desire to start preparing the sauce toward the end of the braising time and can apply the securely flavorful goop from the braise in identify of the craven or beef stock called for hither. Apply any leftover sauce on steak or pork chops or spoon information technology over poached eggs.

Reprinted with permission fromHeartlandia