Missouri

• Kansas City Burnt Ends

  The point of a brisket cooked once for tenderness, cut into inch cubes, tossed with rub and sauce and cooked a second time until every face has its own crust.

  Total

  10 hr

  Serves

  8

  Calories

  650 per serving

• St. Louis Gooey Butter Cake

  A thin yeast-raised coffee cake base under a topping of butter, sugar and corn syrup that sets soft and stays soft, baked until the edges are firm and the middle still moves.

  Total

  3 hr 45 min

  Serves

  12

  Calories

  470 per serving

• St. Louis Toasted Ravioli

  Cheese ravioli breaded in a fine dry crumb and fried straight from the package, showered with Parmesan while the oil is still on them, with red sauce alongside rather than over.

  Total

  30 min

  Serves

  6

  Calories

  520 per serving

• The St. Paul Sandwich

  An egg foo young patty fried lacy at the edges and laid hot on cold white bread with mayonnaise, pickle, tomato and lettuce — the St. Louis takeout sandwich named after a city in Minnesota.

  Total

  25 min

  Serves

  4

  Calories

  540 per serving

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