Last night’s menu was:
Crostini of chestnut pâté with caramelised onions,
grape must reduction and a drop of truffle oil
Winter vegetables stew with turmeric & raisins
and a simple green salad.
Stew recipe
Ingredients
- 12 small cipollini onions, whole, peeled
- 4 medium parsnips
- 6 small white turnips
- 1 medium ratabaga
- 2 medium parsley roots
- 4 medium carrots
- 500 gr (1 lbs) fingerlings potatoes
- 5 large chard leaves
- 45 ml (3 tbs) olive oil
- 30 ml (2 tbs) flour
- 5 ml (1 tsp) turmeric powder
- 250 ml (1 cup) dry white wine
- 750 ml (3 cups) strong vegetable broth, mushroom and onion is ideal
- salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
- (1/4 cup) large raisins
- 15 ml (1 tbs) each fresh thyme, sage, marjoram, chopped
- 45 ml (3 tbs) fresh parsley, chopped
Preparation
Preheat oven to 175C (350F)
Bring a saucepan of water to a boil and blanch the onions. Cool and peel the. Set aside.
Scrub all root vegetables clean, peel only those necessary and cut into chunky bite size pieces. Remove the ribs from the chard and cut into 1 cm (1/2 “) wide strips.
In a large cast iron pot, over medium high heat, warm the oil. Add all root vegetables and sauté 5 minutes. In a bowl mix the flour, salt, pepper, turmeric. Sprinkle the mixture over the vegetables. Cook, stirring regularly, until the flour begins to brown. Add the wine, stir and cook 2 minutes. Add broth, chard, onions, raisins and herbs, except parsley. Cover and bake in the oven until the vegetables are tender, about 45 mins.
Serve garnished with fresh parsley.
Wine
Geil muskateller trocken 2007
| Country : | Germany |
| Region : | Rheingau / Rheinhessen |
| Varietal : | Muscat |
| Price : | $15 |
A light and crip wine with decent length. Very fruit forward with dominant notes of musky muscat grape of course, also with notes peach, citrus, floral, hint of honey and nutmeg. Slight minerality.
