This recipe yields enough for a 20 pound holiday bird. Reduce ingredients proportionally for a family size chicken or duck.
Also – if you’re using sausage links remove the casings before cooking.
This recipe yields enough for a 20 pound holiday bird. Reduce ingredients proportionally for a family size chicken or duck.
Also – if you’re using sausage links remove the casings before cooking.
Filed under Pork, Poultry, Sauces & Stuffings
I post a lot about cooking with boned chicken and fish. It’s great presentation and easier to eat (why else would markets sell filets and breasts?). It’s also the way cooking used to be done, because bones have all the goodness of marrow and texture of gelatin, and who wants the yummy firm stuff going to waste? So use the bones for stock.
Making stock requires a bit more organization in the kitchen. After a few times it becomes habit. And there’s no comparison between the tepid stuff you bring home from the market and a quart of fresh stock waiting in the back of the fridge. This is a basic recipe, so add whatever herbs you like, or a full bouquet garni if you want to get fancy.
Filed under Condiments, Soups & Stews, Technique & Dirty Secrets
No sausage grinder? No problem. If you have a Cuisinart you can have fresh sausage for patties, sauces, stews or stuffing. You can even make links, but that’s a bit more involved.
Here’s a basic recipe for either chicken or pork. The pictures are chicken, but the basic idea remains the same.
This is a full bodied recipe. It’s got big taste, rich flavors and bold colors. You have the fatty goodness of meat and cheese, the tangy spinach and aromatic carrot and pepper. And the colors – green, orange and red – to liven up the meal.
Great hot or cold. This technique is know as rouladen in Germany, paupiettes in France, or rollatini in Italy. If it’s that popular it’s gotta be good.
Filed under Beef, Main Courses
What is it about meat, heat and knives? Is it a guy thing that we take home cuts from the market and then make them into smaller bits before delivering to a stove, oven or grill? A compelling question. In the meantime, here’s a post about filleting flank steak.
This method works best with flank steak because of its tough quality but it can be used on any lean meat.
Butterfly the flank steak using 3 steps:
Filed under Beef, Technique & Dirty Secrets
Filed under Baking, Table Daughter
Filed under Baking, Table Daughter