Steak, salad & Sourdough and Taylor Swift

The grocery had these little steaks. They callled them patio steaks. I don't know what that is so I marinated them just to hedge against them not being tasty. They were good.  Taylor Swift lives part time in Kansas City now so she appears in the newspaper occasionally.  A recent interview said that she was really into baking with sourdough and then there was an interview with a guy who teaches sourdough classes.  I have been making sourdough French bread for 40 years and haven't been much interested in experimenting with different recipes, like cinnamon rolls.  Anyway, the guy said baking bread in a Dutch oven was important.  I looked into it and found that putting it in a preheated Dutch oven will seal it in so the moisture is trapped around the bread and the steam will enhance the rise.  Another article had a recipe that was very much like mine except it used a little more water  and used diastic malt powder. Malt powder is also supposed to help the yeast and gives a nice golden brown to the crust. I tried it with my Dutch oven and it was a little too small.  The top of the bread rose to touch the top of the oven and it got too brown. There was very little rise outside the oven and there wasn't much today when I tried again with a new Dutch oven.  I am guessing something happened to the yeast when our refrigerator stopped working and we had go get new one. By the way, when I ordered the diastic malt powder, spell check changed it to diabetic. This time the bread turned out well.  Charlie even had seconds.

 Steak Marinade 

This steak marinade is a family recipe that has been developed only over the last 5 years. In this short time, it's made me famous in our close circle, but until now I've never shared it with anyone.

Prep Time: 15 mins Total Time: 15 mins Servings: 8Yield: 1 1/3 cups

Ingredients

• ½ cup olive oil
• ⅓ cup soy sauce
• ⅓ cup fresh lemon juice
• ¼ cup Worcestershire sauce
• 3 tablespoons dried basil
• 1 ½ tablespoons garlic powder
• 1 ½ tablespoons dried parsley flakes
• 1 teaspoon ground white pepper
• 1 teaspoon dried minced garlic (Optional)
• ¼ teaspoon hot pepper sauce (Optional)

Directions

Place olive oil, soy sauce, lemon juice, Worcestershire sauce, basil, garlic powder, parsley, white pepper, minced garlic, and hot pepper sauce in a blender; blend on high speed until thoroughly combined, about 30 seconds.