The thing that baffles me more than anything else, is why restaurant’s give away their recipe’s. What is even stranger, is that other restaurant’s don’t copy them?

Everyday on the Food Network, the best restaurant’s give their recipe’s away. I made custom recipe’s based off of the best of the best. I specifically aimed at creating a menu based off of the must have’s for a successful small restaurant.

If someone just copied these, I can’t imagine that their restaurant wouldn’t be a success. If you have any question’s or comment’s leave them below. Enjoy!

Pizza

My Personal Pizza Recipe (10 year’s in the making)

I’ve been working towards the greatest pizza recipe for over 10 years. Here it is.

• Preheat oven to 550 degree’s
• Get a pizza stone
• Get a bread machine, or mix by hand?
• 2 cups of luke warm water
• 3 cups of King Arthur Unbleached, All Purpose Flour
• 1 cup of Soft As Silk Cake Flour
• 1 Tbs Natural Sugar
• 2 Tbs Dry Milk
• 2 tsp Active Dry Yeast, mix it in the warm water
• Let rise for 4 hours or more.
• Makes 2 pizza’s

Topping’s for pizza

• 3/4 cup Buffalo Mozzarella
• Whatever else you like

Marinara sauce

• Add two Tbs Garlic to 1/2 cup of olive oil
• When the garlic begins to brown add two can’s of diced tomatoes in a pan
• Add two Tbs of Basil Pesto
• Mash the mixture with a potato masher
• Fry until your happy

Bake the 2 pizza’s for 12 minute’s at 550 degree’s.

As soon as the pizza leave’s the oven coat the crust with melted butter, mixed with garlic powder, dried oregano, and dried basil.

Gino’s Knock Off Deep Dish Pizza

• Preheat oven to 400 degree’s
• Get a pizza stone
• Get a bread machine, or mix by hand?
• 4 cups unbleached bread flour
• 2/3 cup cornmeal
• 2 Tbs sugar
• 2 tsps salt
• 2 1/2 tsps instant yeast
• 5 Tbs corn oil
• 1 1/2 cups warm water
• Let rise for 4 hours or more
• Makes 2 pizza’s

• Oil 2 10 inch pan’s
• Roll out dough with a rolling pin and place snuggly in pan and up the side’s
• Back the crusts for 3 to 4 minute’s before adding the toppings (Prick dough to avoid bubbles)
• Cook for 45 minute’s at 400 degrees

Basic Topping’s – 1 1/4 cup mozzarella & 1/4 cup parmesan cheese covered with marinara sauce above

Italian Sausage – 2/3 lb of Italian sausage removed from casing on top of the sauce

Best Hamburger Recipe

• 1 Soft kaiser Roll lightly toasted and buttered
• 8 oz 80/20 Ground Beef mixed w/ 1 egg, divided into 2 patties
• 1 oz chopped cooked bacon
• 1 oz Monterey Jack Cheese
• Mold the patties around the bacon and cheese
• Fry over medium heat in cast iron (Don’t press down on burger, while cooking)
• Fry until the bottom of the burger is browned
• Flip the burger onto a pan and bake in 350 degree oven for 5 – 6 minute’s

McDonald’s French Fries

• Cut pealed potato’s with Cuisinart french fry cutter (1/4” by 1/4”)
• Rinse fries in water to remove starch
• Let the fries dry
• Fast fry fries in peanut oil at 325 degrees for 5 minutes
• Remove fries increase the heat to 400 degrees and fry til crisp
• Add salt

Chicken Nuggets

• 1 lb of boneless chicken breasts cut into nuggets
• Mix together 1 egg with 2 Tbs of milk
• Blend 31/2 cups of corn flakes
• Dunk the chicken into flour, then the egg mixture and finally in the corn flakes
• Bake 15 minutes at 400 degrees

Fried Hot Dogs

• Deep fry 1 Hummel brother hot dog at 350 degrees until it floats
• Then grill the hot dog or pop it in the oven for 5 minutes at 350 degrees
• Place in bun
• Place relish of your choosing on the hot dog
• Place chopped fried bacon on top of that
• Finish with Ketchup and Mustard

Fried Fish

A white fish such as cod or catfish works the best for deep frying

Make the batter

• 1 tsp salt
• 12 oz bottle of beer
• 1 cup of flour

• Cover the fish with dry flour
• Dunk fish in batter
• Deep fry in 5” deep peanut oil at 350 degrees until golden brown

Chocolate Milk Shake

(For other flavor’s replace the ice cream & syrup)

• 1/4 cup Heavy Cream
• 2 Tbs Marshmallow Fluff
• 1/3 Cup Whole Milk
• 3 Tbs or to Taste Chocolate Syrup (1 cup water, 1/2 cup sugar, 2/3 cup unsweetened Girardelli Cocoa Powder, 1 tsp Vanilla Extract)
• 2 cups Premium Chocolate Ice Cream

Geno’s Philly Cheese Steak Recipe

• 1 Foot Long Italian Bun
• 1 lb 1/8 inch Slices of Top Round (Tenderize in Bowl of Hot Water, 3Tbs Salt, 1/4 cup Vinegar 4 – 8 hours) or Castle Wood Reserve Angus Roast Beef
• Amazing Taste Steak House Seasoning to taste
• 1/2 Cup Sliced Red Onion’s
• 1/2 Cup Sliced Green Pepper
• 1 Cup Sliced Mushroom’s
• 1/4 cup Cheese Whiz
• Fry on medium heat in oil till done

Fried Chicken

• Chicken Breasts and Legs
• Soak Chicken in Cold Water for 1 Hour
• 3 Cups of Flour
• 1 tsp MSG
• 1/4 tsp Powdered Nutmeg
• 2 tsp Garlic Salt
• 2 tsp Onion Salt
• 1 tsp Powdered Paprika
• 1 tsp Dried Oregano
• 1 tsp Dried Sage
• 1/2 tsp Powdered Rosemary
• 1/2 tsp Powdered Thyme
• 1 tsp Dried Parsley
• 1 tsp Salt
• 1 tsp Pepper
• Soak chicken in 2 cups of butter milk
• Dunk Chicken into flour mixture, let rest 5 minutes
• Melt Crisco Shortening to make 1 inch depth in a deep pan
• Heat to 375 degrees
• Fry Chicken for 5 minutes per side

Meat Ball Sub from The Back Road Pizza, NM

Combine ingredient’s for the meatball’s and then bake 20 minutes at 550 degrees.

• 2 eggs
• 1 Tbs dried oregano
• 1 Tbs dried basil
• 1 Tbs black pepper
• 1 tsp salt
• 1/2 cup chopped red onion
• 1 cup bread crumbs
• 1/4 cup chopped garlic
• 1 lb 80/20 Ground Beef
• Roll into 2 inch balls

Combine to make the sauce

• 4 cups tomatoes
• 1/4 cup tomato paste
• 1 tsp chopped basil
• 1 tsp chopped oregano
• 1/2 tsp black pepper
• 1/2 tsp sugar
• 1/2 cup chopped garlic
• Pour a cup of sauce on 5 meatballs
• Put the meatballs in a bun and cover with shredded parmesan and mozzarella

Eggplant Parmigiana

• Slice 1 pealed eggplant length wise 1/4” thick
• Soak eggplant in warm salted water for 2 hours
• Mix together 3 eggs, salt and pepper
• Dip eggplant in the egg and then cover with bread crumbs
• Fry breaded eggplant in peanut oil over medium heat until browned

Marinara sauce

• Add two Tbs Garlic to 1/2 cup of olive oil
• When the garlic begins to brown add two can’s of diced tomatoes in a pan
• Add two Tbs of Basil Pesto
• Mash the mixture with a potato masher
• Fry until your happy

Place fried eggplant on a bun, cover with sauce and sprinkle with mozzarella cheese

Jalapeno Popper’s from The BBQ Shack, KS

• Marinate 1 can of water chestnuts over night in 2 cup’s of Soy sauce 2 lbs of brown sugar
• Cut stem’s off 12 large Jalapeno’s
• Fill each pepper 1/3 of the way with cream cheese
• Put 2 water chestnut’s on top of the cream cheese
• Fill up the pepper with more cream cheese
• Wrap a slice of bacon, that has been sliced in half, around the pepper
• Keep bacon in place with toothpick’s
• Grill until the bacon is done

Buffalo Wing’s Like the Anchor Bar

• Coat each wing with vegetable oil, sprinkle of salt and flour
• Bake in the oven for 20 minute’s per side at 425 degrees. Remember to flip them half way

Mix together the following for the sauce.

• 1 1/2 Tbs white vinegar
• 1/4 tsp garlic powder
• 1/4 tsp cayenne pepper
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 1 tsp Tabasco sauce
• 6 Tbs Frank’s Hot Sauce
• 6 Tbs of butter

Here to Serve

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