When it comes to regional food, there are very few thing more regional than the horseshoe. I grew up in Eastern Illinois and had never heard of the culinary creation until I moved to Peoria. It’s a dish you can’t get outside of a 100 mile radius of Springfield, IL where the “sandwich” was created.
Like most dishes, there is some conflicting reports on who actually invented it. The most common and generally accepted story is that the sandwich was invited by two guys working at the Leland Hotel in Springfield in 1928. That recipe lives on at Godfather’s Pizza.
It’s not very often I blog about my adventures in the kitchen, but I thought this one might be interesting to people who have never heard of this artery clogging disaster of a meal. It’s not something I would want every night, but it’s a good “sometimes food”
The sandwich starts with two slices of toasted bread. On top of that, just a regular hamburger. I used some angus 80/20 I picked up at Kroger. The next layer is a handful of fries. I like to bake my fries in a 500 degree oven for 25 minutes….and yes, I cut my fries fresh.
The final layer is what makes a horseshoe a horseshoe is the cheese sauce. The recipe I’m using is supposed to be close to the original recipe. It’s called a Welsh Rarebit sauce and uses white cheddar. I don’t have white cheddar, so I’m just going to substitute regular Cheddar. I also halved the recipe since I’m just cooking for myself. Read the rest of this entry »
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