Friday 3 December 2010

Chop an onion

Have you ever wondered how to dice an onion without tears? Here's how ......



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Thursday 2 December 2010

Simple French Recipes - How to make roast chicken Provencal

Some French recipes are complicated, but many of them are actually very simple, including the following recipe for fried chicken Provencal. The chicken is combined with tomato, basil, onion, garlic, wine, broth and olives in this recipe and this is all you need to make a tasty dish. You can serve with mashed or boiled potatoes, rice or potatoes.

This recipe serves four people and is ideal if you have a dinner party and you want to serveclass, but not too clumsy. So what exactly Provencal? Provence is a region in southern France and a recipe that is labeled with the term "Provence" or "Provence", this means that it is prepared in the style of the region.

Herbes de Provence

You may have heard of Herbes de Provence, which is a combination of fennel, savory, thyme, basil and more. Timo is usually the strongest flavor, but it depends on the manufacturer. Lavender is added toAmerican mix, but not the traditional French. This spice blend has been since the year 1970 and you can use it to flavor grilled meat, fish or vegetables.

The dishes of this region of France has always used a lot of herbs, but the people who live in the area still have the herbs separately, rather than a mix of Herbes de Provence.

Recipe - Step by Step

What you need:


3 pounds chicken
2 plum tomatoes
1 / 2 cup fresh basilBrowse
1 onion
1 clove garlic
3 / 4 cup veal stock
1 / 2 cup dry white wine
1 / 4 cup Kalamata olives
Salt and black pepper
How:

Preheat oven to 450 degrees C. Sprinkle chicken with salt and pepper and turn it into a ten-inch baking pan. Bake in the center of the oven for twenty minutes.

As the bird roasts, mince garlic and onion. Pit the olives and chop finely. Chop enough to get two tablespoons basilthe remaining basil and cut into thin strips. De-seed tomatoes and cut into quarter pieces.

Set the oven temperature to 350 degrees F and fry the chicken for another forty minutes or until a thermometer inserted in the center of the thigh reads 170 degrees F and juices Chicken Run clear. Place the chicken on a cutting board and make a loose foil tent over it to keep warm.

Pour all the fat, except for two teaspoons of the pan and frythe onion half a minute, stirring all the time. Add garlic and cook another minute and a half. Add the white wine to de-glaze the pan, scraping the burnt bits from the bottom.

Boil the mixture until it reduces by half, then add the broth. Bring to a boil and add the olives and tomatoes. Boil the sauce for three minutes or until it thickens. Mix the basil strips and remove the mixture from the heat. Cut the chicken into four pieces and pour the sauceit. Sprinkle chopped basil over the top and serve.

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Wednesday 1 December 2010

Venison Pie

This was a recipe of my grandmother and I have a couple of minor changes to make it better. I did it for my mother-in-law on Sunday and she was hit, so score some points for me on the path of the old lady.

Ingredients: -
0.5 kg of venison cut into cubes
150g sliced mushrooms same size as the meat (it's better to use wild mushrooms, but these are not always available).
150g of mixed chopped peppers (coarsely chop about 1 to 1 1 / 2 "pieces)
A little 'sunflower oil
1 large onion, chopped
2 cloves garlic, crushed
1 / 2 bottle of red wine
2 teaspoons Chinese five-spice
2 tsp English mustard
2 teaspoons brown sugar
2 tablespoons cornstarch
Butter
A great package of puff pastry (I have mine, it is better to buy)
1 beaten egg to glaze the pastry

Method: -
1 - Heat the oil in a frying pan and fry the meat, remove and drain.

2 -Put the drained fluid from deer meat in the pan and add the onions and garlic soften. When the onions are transparent add the meat again.

3 - Add the mushrooms, peppers, mustard and red wine Chinese five-spice and leave for 40-60 min. This will be the meat is tender.

4 - Add a bit 'of water, if necessary, and mix the cornstarch with a little water and add the stew, add sugar and salt and pepper to taste. Allow to cool.

5 - Setfilling in a baking dish and cover with pastry. Apply egg wash to the dough. I like to fold the dough around the edges of the pan helps the dough begins to shrink during cooking, I use a funnel cake for the pasta to stop the filling falling and go soggy.

6 - Bake in preheated oven at 200 ° C / 400 ° F / gas mark 6 for 30-40 minutes until the pastry is golden.

Serve immediately. I think this goes really well with mashed sweetpotatoes.

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