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Rib-Eye Steaks with Gorgonzola Butter and Crispy Sweet Onion Rings-
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Rib-Eye Steaks with Gorgonzola Butter and Crispy Sweet Onion Rings-
Rib-Eye Steaks with Gorgonzola Butter and Crispy Sweet Onion Rings
Bon Appétit, September 2004
Yield: Makes 6 servings
Ingredients
Gorgonzola butter
* 2 heads of garlic, top 3/4 inch cut off to expose cloves
* 2 tablespoons olive oil
* 1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, room temperature
* 1/3 cup crumbled Gorgonzola cheese (about 2 ounces)
* 2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley
Onion rings
* 3 cups buttermilk
* 2 sweet onions (such as Vidalia or Walla Walla), thinly sliced into rounds, then separated into rings
* 3 cups unbleached all purpose flour
* 3 tablespoons onion powder
* 3 tablespoons garlic powder
* 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
* 1 1/2 teaspoons ground black pepper
* 4 cups canola oil (for frying)
Steaks
* 6 10- to 12-ounce rib-eye steaks
* 2 tablespoons olive oil
Preparation
For gorgonzola butter:
Preheat oven to 350°F. Place garlic on piece of foil; drizzle with olive oil. Enclose garlic in foil. Bake until garlic is very soft, about 1 hour. Cool. Squeeze garlic cloves out from papery skins into medium bowl; mash garlic with fork. M less 
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