I sincerely hope that wherever you are, you had a pleasant weekend, and that you're keeping warm. Here in the Northeast we're gearing up for another snowstorm (Nope... it's not getting old yet! Ask again in March), and I'm hoping for a(nother) snow day, because they seem to make me very productive.
On to the Mayhem! As requested by the Her Ladyship, the lovely Lady Lalib (why is alliteration so much fun?!) here is a photo of the latest Nigella recipe, Carbonnade a la Flamande (Beer Braised Beef Casserole), produced yesterday with staggeringly positive results:
Note the use of Our (barf) new Dutch oven! (She needs a name, by the way! Suggestions in the comments section, please).
Once again, this selection began with the frying of bacon, which is really The Only Way to start cooking something. The only note I would have for this recipe by way of criticism, though, would be that the fat definitely needs to be drained from the bacon before continuing with the next step. Some fat is desired, but the end result has what I would consider to be too much.
At any rate, fry some bacon, add some onions, make a broth involving beer, mustard, and brown sugar (Guinness was most readily available), chuck in the oven for 3 hours and voila!
Most definitely serve with noodles (Ziti was the only thing we had...) and you have yourself a rockin' Sunday dinner, with leftovers to spare.
The best part of this meal for Boy Scout and his traumatized kitchen (the kitchen is always traumatized when I visit...) it all gets made in one dish! Hooray!
"Sunny" for the new Dutch Oven. A great color and makes you happy when you use it! And the leftovers ROCKED!
ReplyDeleteHoly Dutch Oven it's amazing! Kate Jones in Kolour. LOVE it, great pic, my vote issssss "Sonatina", Sunny for short.... can you tell I'm playing to music teacher on this one?
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