Cream of Asparagus version 2.0
Synopsis: Today we made a new cream of asparagus soup, with a nice change of seasoning. Today’s soup is thickened with beurre manie, which is simply an uncooked roux. (The term beurre manie means “kneaded butter” in French.) It also has a helping of sauteed garlic, which adds some extra [...]
Synopsis: Today we made a very tasty Coq Au Vin with a very complicated recipe. It was worth the work, which is why I’m posting it up now. But just know before you start, it takes some time! If you use something to substitute for the beef glace, it can cut the total hours spent [...]
Synopsis: Lately I’ve been getting my palate expanded by new recipes for beets – I always thought they tasted like dirt, but over the last week I’ve tried them a couple of ways that were actually decent. Today’s recipe was especially surprising. I really liked the sweet beet syrup with cinnamon and orange overtones.
The roasted [...]