Making Mirepoix

January 30, 2008 (Updated March 23, 2014) by
Technique, Vegetables

Mirepoix is a simple combination of onion, celery and carrot sautéed together. It is so common in French cooking that recipes will sometimes call for a certain amount of mirepoix, instead of listing the three vegetables separately. When you do see recipes for the mirepoix, it is typically either two parts celery to one part each of onion and carrot, or equal parts each. I have found that you don't have to be really precise with this. As long as there's enough of each that you get all three … [Read more...]

Pasta carbonara

January 22, 2008 (Updated March 24, 2014) by
Dinner, Pasta, Pork , ,

Depending on who you talk to, carbonara may have eggs, cream, mushrooms, peas, garlic, pepper, and any of a half-dozen different kinds of cheese as the "proper" ingredients. I'm not a purist about it. I just care how it tastes. Oh, and "easy to make with what I already have" is pretty good, too. … [Read more...]

How to Dice an Onion

January 22, 2008 (Updated March 24, 2014) by
Technique

Lots of recipes have the line "1 medium onion, diced" in the ingredients. Not too many of them show you how to do that. Here's a simple way that's easy to learn and pretty quick. … [Read more...]

Rib steak with broiled asparagus and broccoli

January 15, 2008 (Updated March 24, 2014) by
Beef , , , , ,

You might think after three days of eating prime rib I'd be a little tired of it for a while. If so, you'd be wrong. Maybe if I had gone four days straight then I'd have gotten tired of it. I guess I'll have to try it sometime and see. Until then, I'm going to keep enjoying days like this past Saturday. I took the girls to the West Side Market, had some lunch on the balcony, and picked up a rib steak and some veggies for dinner. … [Read more...]

Polish hot sausage hash browns

January 14, 2008 (Updated March 24, 2014) by
Breakfast, Pork , ,

[NOTE: This recipe appeared in the Project Foodie Lefotever Tuesdays #11.] My wife let me sleep in Sunday morning while she made breakfast for the kids. Unfortunately, I've taught the girls to like real food, so instead of cereal they finished off all the eggs in the house. (I feel sorry in advance for the boys who will eventually date my daughters. Instead of Burger King, they'll have to take them to Hellreigel's.) I opened the fridge to see what we had. Hmm, half a baked potato left over … [Read more...]

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