Recipes By Frank Stitt
3 recipes found
Highlands Braised Beef
The Highlands Bar and Grill in Birmingham, Ala., has evolved with dining trends to a small degree over the years (these days, of course, there is a poached “farm egg” on the menu), but it also bucks them to a larger one. The point has been to change carefully and ever so slightly, always and never. At no time can the restaurant be perceived as changing at all. This recipe for braised beef cheeks is served with pirlau, a rice porridge of sorts, made here with chanterelles and basmati rice.
Highlands Baked Grits
Sautéed Flounder With Green Beans and Potatoes
Frank Stitt opened the Highlands Bar and Grill on a gritty street corner in Birmingham, Ala., in 1982, when most of the city’s elite still took its meals in country clubs and restaurant dining meant flambéed everything at the Hyatt downtown. His was a Southern cuisine married to French technique, which meant it was plain and simple as much as it was the exact opposite. This recipe, which Stitt gave to The Times in 2013, is a marvelous example, elegant and refined.