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Michigan vs. Louisville NCAA: Final four recipes for fans

Tonight's NCAA championship with Michigan vs. Louisville promises to be an exciting match. Root for your favorite team with these regionally inspired dishes.

3. Kentucky hot brown

The Gourmand Mom
Roast turkey sandwich melt with brie and homemade apple butter.

Work hard, play hard. This is a hearty sandwich from deep within the heart of Louisville's no-nonsense traditions. Be sure to make the signature "X" with the bacon across the top.

Kentucky Hot Brown
From "Southern Living off the Eaten Path: Favorite Southern dives and 150 recipes that made them famous"

By Morgan Murphy (256 pp., $21.95, Oxmoor House)

"Make this classic sandwich with left-over turkey holiday turkey for best flavor." –The Brown Hotel, Louisville, Ky.

Makes 4 servings

1/4 cup butter

1/3 cup all-purpose flour

4 cups heavy cream

10 tablespoons grated pecorino Romano cheese, divided

1/4 teaspoon salt

1/2 teaspoon pepper

1 lb. thinly sliced roasted turkey breast

4 Texas toast slices

4 plum tomatoes, halved lengthwise

1/4 teaspoon paprika

8 cooked bacon slices

2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley

Preheat broiler with oven rack 4 inches from heat. Melt butter in a heavy 2-quart saucepan over medium-low heat; whisk in flour until smooth. Cook 2 minutes, whisking constantly. Gradually whisk in cream; cook over medium heat, whisking constantly 3 minutes until mixture is thickened and bubbly. Stir in 1/2 cup cheese, salt, and pepper.

Trim crusts from toast. Place 1 toast slice in each of 2 (24-ounce) lightly greased individual casserole dishes. Place 2 tomato halves beside each toast slice. Top toast slices with turkey. Spoon cheese sauce over turkey and tomato; sprinkle with 2 tablespoons cheese.

Broil 5 minutes or until cheese begins to brown. Sprinkle with paprika. Arrange 2 bacon slices in an "X" pattern on top of each casserole. Sprinkle with parsley.

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