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Jun22

Chicken or Rabbit–au Vin–Up to you

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Zivi’s Lapin au Vin

Feeds 4-6

I do love this dish made with rabbit, however, you can easily make it with chicken.

Ingredients:

  1. 1 large FAT PLUMP rabbit—cut up in pieces (or chicken)
  2. 1/4 C. flour
  3. S&P to taste
  4. 1/4 Tsp. Paprika
  5. 4 Tblsp. combination of butter and olive oil
  6. 1/2 onion—chopped
  7. 1 garlic-diced (optional)
  8. 1-2 C. chicken stock
  9. 1/2 to 3/4 C. hearty red wine
  10. 1-2 bay leaves
  11. Thyme, Basil or Rosemary to taste (optional)

 

Directions:

  1. Wash and pat dry the rabbit.  In a bag, place the flour, S&P and paprika, shake to mix well; put rabbit in bag and shake once again till rabbit is well coated.
  2. In a heavy such as a cast iron deep sided skillet or pot, heat the butter/olive oil; stir in the onion and garlic for about 4 minutes, over medium heat, till soft and glistening.  Remove to a side plate.
  3. If you need more butter/olive oil at this point, add some.  Make sure the oil is hot before adding the rabbit.  Brown thoroughly on all sides over medium heat (about 5-8 minutes).  Be sure your heat is not too high so that you are not burning the rabbit.
  4. Add the stock, wine, set aside onion and garlic and bay leaves and other optional spices if you wish and place a cover on the pot.
  5. Cook at a simmer for about 1 hour. Do check it every now and then to see if it might need more stock or wine.
  6. I serve this with white rice and a nice fresh vegetable.
Jun17

Blanquette de Poulet

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Blanquette de Poulet

Serves 4-6

My mother was not that crazy about cooking however, every Sunday, this is what she made.  So, of course, I grew very fond of it and now have to make it so as to remind myself about the good and sociable Sundays that she created around this dish.  She teamed this up with fresh veggies or sometimes, I hate to say, canned, a nice salad and her really splendid rice, a sort of risotto. To top off our mid-Sunday repast, she served her excellent open faced apple tart or a zabaglione or some home made meringues with ice cream.  To start off the whole affair, it was either a slice of cantaloupe or canned fruit cocktail. The cantaloupe would be doused by our European friends with sugar.  So, now when I mention the canned stuff, you’ll know that the era was the 40’s and 50’s.  This is not a complicated dish and it’s the sauce that makes it—or at least that’s what I think. Blanquette equates to a totally white sauce in French culinary terms. There is also a more famous version of the blanquette—Veal en Blanquette. The recipe for that is a bit different.  Anyway, here’s to memories and I hope that you’ll enjoy this dish.

 

Ingredients:

  1. 1 nice sized whole chicken, rinsed
  2. Water–enough to cover the whole affair
  3. 2 or 3 carrots, peeled and cut into large pieces
  4. 2-3 celery stalks, washed and cut in half or thirds
  5. 1 onion-peeled and cut into quarters
  6. Several cloves of garlic-peeled and chopped
  7. 3-4 sprigs of garlic
  8. Some peppercorns
  9. A couple sprigs of fresh thyme or tarragon or rosemary—your choice of one
  10. S&P to taste
  11. 2 Tblsp. flour
  12. 2 Tblsp. butter
  13. 1 C. heavy cream (but ½ and ½ will do it except it won’t taste as wonderful)
  14. 2 egg yolks put in a small bowl that will also hold the heavy cream
  15. 1/2 Lb. small mushrooms, sautéed in a bit of butter (optional)

 

Instructions:

  1. In a large pot, place the chicken, water to cover and the ingredients mentioned from item #3 through item #10.  Bring to a boil and simmer, covered for at least one hour or till chicken is done. (You can also put all of these ingredients except the carrots in a large cheesecloth bag and place that in the stock).
  2. Set aside the chicken and carrots. Strain the stock, discard the strained ingredients (or the cheesecloth bag) and put the stock back in the pot.
  3. Bring stock to a boil and reduce to a slower boil until broth is reduced about 2/3rds.
  4. In a small bowl, cream the butter and flour (I do this with a fork) and add a bit of the hot broth and mix well till smooth and no lumps remain.
  5. Add the flour/butter mixture to the broth in the pot and boil 1-2 minutes.
  6. In the meantime, mix the cream with the yolks with a whip. If you wish, you can add some lemon juice to this mixture.  As I remember, mother didn’t.
  7. Reduce heat of broth till barely simmering and add the cream/yolk mixture. DO NOT LET BOIL or it will curdle (YUK!)
  8. Whip the broth until it’s nice a smooth.
  9. Place the chicken on a platter with the mushrooms and carrots around and pour the sauce over all.  Or if you would rather, serve the chicken, carrots and mushrooms plain and put the sauce in a gravy boat and let your guests pour the sauce themselves on their individually plated dishes.

 

P.S.  There are many other excellent and a bit more complicated recipes for Blanquette de Poulet however the one I gave you is the one my mother made and frankly, I enjoyed the simplicity of it because it made the sauce really stand out.    

Jun16

Veal Stew With Mushrooms, Cauliflower, Onions and Sour Cream

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Veal Stew With Mushrooms, Cauliflower, Onions and Sour Cream

6-8 servings

I do love veal.  It’s a bit pricey but it has such a delicate flavor (as opposed to its parents) that I’ll many times bend my budget to accommodate it.  There are a lot of good recipes for veal, however, this is one that I really like because it makes the dish go round a bit more; that’s because there are plenty of good included veggies here.  So here you go:

Ingredients:

  1. 1/4 or more C. of flour for dredging
  2. S&P to taste to add to the flour
  3. 3 lbs. boneless veal stew meat
  4. 1/2 C. olive oil
  5. 3 medium onions, peeled and cut into quarters
  6. 1 C. sliced celery
  7. 1 ½ C. hot water
  8. 1/2 C. white wine or vermouth
  9. Thyme to taste (dried or I used several threads of the real stuff)
  10. 1 small head of cauliflower, broken in small flowerettes
  11. 12 small mushrooms, quartered
  12. Butter
  13. 1 C. sour cream
  14. 1/4 C. chopped parsley

Directions:

  1. In a medium sized bag, shake the flour with the S&P and then put the veal pieces in it and shake some more to coat them all evenly.
  2. In a heavy deep skillet, add the olive oil and heat.  When heated, add the stew meat and brown on all sides (about 5-8 minutes).
  3. When meat is browned, add the onions, celery, hot water, wine and thyme.  Simmer stove stop with a tight lid for 1 ½ hours.
  4. After 1 ½ hours, add the cauliflower and simmer for 1/2 hour more.
  5. Before the stew has finished simmering for the 2 hours, in another skillet, add and heat some butter so that you can brown the mushrooms.
  6. When the stew is cooked and the mushrooms browned, add the mushrooms to the stew along with the sour cream and parsley.  Stir so that the mixture is well blended BUT DO NOT LET BOIL!!
  7. This is excellent over rice or noodles.

 

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May5

Bouillabaisse–Quick and Delicious

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quick bouillabaisseBouillabaisse-Quick and Delicious

Serves 4

 

 

 

 

OK—if you don’t like sea food, don’t even bother looking at this recipe. But if you do—well, here’s an uncomplicated (don’t let the 20 listed ingredients scare you) and delicious way to make what many consider the Cadillac of fish stews. There are so many different versions and recipes for an original and good bouillabaisse; many take hours and a huge amount of various ingredients to make. However, the following recipe results in my opinion in a delicious dish that is not complicated, particularly if you can procure all of the few ingredients that I have mentioned. Please know that you can use fresh or dried seasonings but if you use the fresh variety, it’ll take twice as much of the recipe’s called upon amount as it calls for the dried variety. Fish wise, this dish can be a bit pricey to make if you get fresh non-farmed fish from the fish monger, however if you get the frozen variety (and some of it is wild caught) it can be a lot less expensive. So, here’s a dish that you can make fast, fast for guests, for your family or just for your lonesome and then have some delicious left-over’s.

Ingredients:

  1. 1-2 Tblsp. olive oil
  2. 1 medium yellow onion peeled and cut into eighths or if you wish, rough chopped by hand or food processor.
  3. 3 large peeled garlic cloves, rough chopped either by hand or in a food processor along with the onions.
  4. 2 celery stalks fine chopped by hand or food processor along with ingredient # 1 and #2.
  5. One 15-oz. can of whole tomatoes rough chopped if you want bigger chunks or even a can of commercially chopped tomatoes. Whatever, be sure to save the liquid to include in the recipe.
  6. 1-2 ears of unshucked corn, priorly soaked in water for about 1/2 hour and then microwaved for 2 minutes (for each ear) and then shucked and kernels cut off cob. Now you can use frozen corn or even rinsed canned corn. (optional)
  7. 3-5 baby red or white potatoes—cut in 2 inch pieces. (optional)
  8. 2 -8-oz bottles of clam juice and/ or seafood stock or a combination of both and actually you may want a bit more if you want a “thinner” potage.
  9. 2 Tsp. ground fennel
  10. 1/2- 3/4 Tsp. ground thyme
  11. 1-2 Tsp. dried parsley
  12. 1 Bay Leaf
  13. 1/2- 3/4 Tsp. dry basil
  14. 1/4 to 1/2 Tsp. Saffron powder
  15. S&P to taste
  16. 8-oz. combination of monkfish, swordfish, halibut, snapper or sea bass cut into large pieces.
  17. 8-oz. clean squid bodies, cut into rings and threads cut in large sections when unfrozen. (I found fresh frozen squid and they were delicious.)
  18. 10 to 15 whole unfrozen cooked medium sized or could even be small deveined shrimp with or without tail on. Sometimes I think it’s fun to present a dish which people have to actually participate in, ie, taking the shrimp tail off. And actually, some people like to munch on the tail.
  19. For last minute topping, freshly chopped parsley or even cilantro.
  20. Crusty French Bread to dip into your fish stew. If you wish, you could broil the bread spread with a bit of butter or olive oil and garlic.

 

easy bouillaibaisse

Directions:

  1. If your fish, squid and shrimp are frozen, unfreeze them per package instructions.
  2. In a large deep pot heat the 1-2 Tbslp. olive oil over medium heat. Then add the garlic, onion and celery and sauté till they are soft and slightly golden (about 5 minutes.)
  3. Then add ingredients # 5 to # 15. Also add in the potatoes if you are using them. Stir well and bring to a slow boil. Place a top on the pot, turn the heat down to medium and simmer with a top on for 30 minutes.
  4. Add the cut fish when the sauce is ready and cook covered for an additional 5 minutes or till the fish is fork ready.
  5. For your very last minute or two of cooking over medium heat and with a top on, add the squid and shrimp and the optional corn.
  6. You can top this all, when serving, with additional freshly chopped parsley or even cilantro.
  7. And don’t forget the crusty French bread and wine, like a rose(accent over the e).

 

Apr29

One Very Easy and Healthy Complete Chicken Casserole

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One Very Easy and Healthy Complete Chicken Casserole

Serves 4

Very often I don’t have any specific plan or recipe in mind however one always seems to pop up.  Atkinsons’ had some very delicious looking and well priced whole (with bone and skin) chicken breasts which I had bought. That was my main ingredient.  I also had bought some fresh California corn (2 ears for $1), fresh organic red chard and for an additional side goodie, some huge CA artichokes (2 for $5).  At home I had some garlic heads, yellow onions, and one red and one white new potato.  So, there you go————I took out my 13 X 9 Pyrex dish and below is what I came up with.  I made it just for myself, but it’s a nice complete dinner for 4 and I envision a busy mother or dad being very happy to make something so healthy but yet so easy for the family—or even for guests because it did look very pretty.   Also, it’s a fun dish to eat because part of it entails just using your hands.  Be sure to have some extra bowls set on your table for discarding the artichoke leaves and corn husks.

 

Ingredients:

  1. 2 large whole chicken breasts, with skin and bone—rinsed and pat dried
  2. 1 large bunch of red or white chard, washed and rough chopped
  3. 1 large yellow onion, peeled and sliced
  4. 2 or 3 large new potatoes, thick sliced
  5. Olive oil and/or olive oil spray
  6. Fresh ground pepper to taste and salt if you wish
  7. Several generous squirts of one of your favorite hot sauce—I used a hot mango sauce
  8. 1 C. vegetable or vegetarian broth
  9. 4 whole heads of garlic
  10. 2 ears of corn, soft end slightly cut off, left in most of its shucking and soaked in water for 10 to 15 minutes.

Directions:

  1. Pre-heat the oven to 375.
  2. Spray your 13 X 9 Pyrex dish with olive oil and layer first with the onion slices, then the potatoes, and last the chopped chard.  Sprinkle some hot sauce over it and then pour the broth over it all. Then place one chicken breast at each end—on top of the greens, etc.  Sprinkle the chicken with fresh ground pepper/salt and some more of your favorite hot sauce and place the whole garlic heads at each corner.
  3. Put the dish on the middle rack in your preheated oven for 30 minutes.
  4. After the initial 30 minutes, take the dish out, turn the oven down to 350, and place the two un-husked presoaked corn ears in the middle of the dish.
  5. Cook for half-hour more and everything should be done just perfectly.
  6. Take the corn out with gloved hands and remove the husks.  Break each ear into two and place back on top of your dish.  If you wish place a small pad of butter on each corn ear.
  7. As I said, I served this with a side of artichoke.
  8. As always, bon appetit
Apr18

Chicken, Dumplings and Peas

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Chicken, Dumplings and Peas

Serves 6

 

I love dumplings and I also love chicken and peas—so if you do too, here’s a simple recipe you’ll love.  I bet the family and kids will love it too.  I made it real simple and just used peas for the veggies, however, if you wish, you can add or substitute carrots, onions, celery, mushrooms, ———-and————well you get the picture.

 

If you add carrots, let there be two diced; celery, another 2 diced; onion, 1 large diced; mushrooms as many as you wish for the last 15 minutes.  If you decide to add the additional veggies, brown the chicken and set aside on a plate; then brown the above mentioned veggies (except for the mushrooms) until softened (about 5-7 minutes) and then add the liquids.  For the last 15 minutes, add the mushrooms and peas.

 

Imagination my dear———and I hope that I didn’t confuse the issue to much.

 

Ingredients:

For the stew:

  1. 2 lbs. whole skinless or with skin chicken breasts or thighs
  2. 2/3 C. all purpose flour
  3. 2 Tbls. Olive oil
  4. S&P to taste
  5. 3 roughly chopped peeled garlic cloves
  6. 2 sprigs of fresh rosemary or 1 tsp. of dried rosemary
  7. 1 C. water
  8. 3 ½ C. vegetarian broth
  9. 1 ½ C. frozen or fresh peas

For the dumplings:

  1. 1 C. whole-wheat flour
  2. 1/2 C. all purpose flour
  3. 1/2 Tsp. baking soda
  4. S&P to your taste
  5. Fresh or dried rosemary to taste
  6. 3/4 C. buttermilk ( if you don’t have that, try milk and 1 Tblsp. lemon juice or vinegar that has sat for about 10 minutes)

Directions for the stew:

Cook the stew for a total of 60 minutes

  1. Toss chicken with the 2/3 C. all purpose flour mixed with S&P to your taste.
  2. In a large deep skillet, heat the oil over medium high heat; add the chicken to the pot and brown for about 5 minutes.
  3. Stir in water, broth, garlic cloves, rosemary and S&P to taste; bring to a boil and turn down the heat to medium so that the broth is just simmering.  Stir every now and then.
  4. Add peas and dumplings the last 15 minutes.

Dumpling directions:

  1. Whisk flours, baking soda, S&P, and rosemary in a medium sized bowl.  Quickly add the buttermilk and spoon the dough 1 Tblsp. at a time over the simmering chicken stew.  Makes about 18 dumplings (about 3 per person).  These dumplings are the hearty kind.  You won’t need another starch but a nice salad would be nice to have as an additional side dish.
Apr18

Stuffed and Rolled Flank Steak

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prerolled stuffed flank stuff flank steak for ONE stuffed flank steakStuffed and Rolled Flank Steak With 2 Different Stuffings

Serves 4

Here are two delicious stuffed flank steak recipes given to me by a good friend.  I used to make this dish often for my family years ago and honestly, I hadn’t thought about the flank steak for a long time.  So, I was delighted when Pat brought this recipe back to my attention because it immediately brought back very fond memories.  With this recipe, don’t feel limited to just these 2 recipes; stuffed and rolled flank steak is extremely versatile and is usually always delicious with an inventive stuffing.  As I remember, my children always were enthused about this dish so it’s a good family offering; but honestly, now that flank steak costs a bit more, I wouldn’t feel embarrassed about serving it for a nice guest dish as well.  And, I have added a picture to show you that yes indeed, you can make this for ONE.  I paid $5 for a nice steak and actually got 2 meals out of it.

 

Ingredients:

  1. 1 flank steak, pounded VERY thin
  2. Here’s 2 yummy easy stuffings–#1:
    1. Portobello mushrooms sliced and sautéed in olive oil
    2. Fresh Spinach-washed and kept whole (can be the baby kind)
    3. Pesto to taste
    4. Parmesan cheese( optional)
    5. Minced onion and/or garlic (optional)
  3. Stuffing # 2
    1. Provolone Cheese or another kind of your favorite cheese
    2. Thinly sliced Prosciutto or ham
  4. 1 Egg, well beaten
  5. 3/4 C. (more or less) Italian bread crumbs

 

Directions:

  1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
  2. Place stuffing down the middle of the beef.  Roll it tightly and hold it with toothpicks or tied with some good cooking string.
  3. With stuffing # 1, line the beef with the spinach and Portobello mushrooms, spread pesto on top and add some Parmesan if you choose.
  4. With stuffing #2, line the beef with the Prosciutto or ham slices and the Provolone slices and then roll.
  5. When the flank steak is rolled and tooth picked or tied with some good cooking string, roll the whole steak in one beaten egg and then in the Italian bread crumbs.
  6. Place the steak in a well oiled baking dish and bake at 375 degrees for half hour or more until the roast is pink for medium or well done for those who wish it so.
Apr10

Rick’s Slow Cooked Pork

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Pork with spinach and potatoes

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Rick’s Slow Cooked Pork

Serves 6-8

Two of my guests at my bed and breakfast inn decided that they wanted to move from Tahoe to Paso.  So, they resided in my cottage for well over a month.  They were a lovely young couple and I loved their company.  Christy eventually became the manager at an exclusive winery; Rick though always loved to cook and he ended up working at an exclusive restaurant.  This is one of his recipes and I love the ease and simplicity of it.  It is sort of a pulled pork recipe so if you look at comparable recipes, you can also add vinegar, etc. but honestly, I think that Rick’s way is the best.  So here it is:

Ingredients:

  1.  One 3-4 lbs. Shoulder/butt (NOT LOIN) I used a 3.44 Lb. Fresh Boston Butt Pork Shoulder Roast that was priced very nicely.
  2. Olive oil—I used at least 1/2 C.
  3. S&P
  4. Fresh thyme

Directions:

  1. Preheat oven to 275.
  2. LIBERALLY, and I mean that, spread olive oil over the whole roast. I sprayed with olive oil a large Pyrex dish first and placed the roast in it.
  3. Salt and pepper the roast to your taste.
  4. Spread fresh thyme, as much you would like, over it all.
  5. Cook the roast, uncovered, for 6 hours.
  6. That’s it and believe me, moist and delicious is what you get.
  7. Now, I had some freshly washed spinach waiting to be cooked and I thought, well, why not about 1/2  hour before the pork is done to pile it on top of the pork, sprinkle some red pepper flakes and Parmesan on top of the greens, place a top (or aluminum foil) on top and put it back in the oven. But even before that since I also had a left over cooked baked potato,  I had cut that up in small bits and had added that around the roast before I did the spinach bit.
  8. When I took the roast out, I arranged the spinach and potatoes nicely around the roast and it looked gorgeous.
  9. Of course, this kind of pork also goes very well with potato salad and/or beans.
  10. Rick also said that you can cook very thick pork chops like this as well.  He said to cook them for 1 ½ to 2 hours the slow way.
Mar23

Southern Steak and Milk Gravy

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Southern Steak and Milk Gravy (just in case you are not familiar with this easy and economical dish)

Serves 4

 

Every now and then, I think that it’s nice to give a heads up on an easy and relatively inexpensive family dinner to make. This recipe is for the busy Mom or Dad; it even is easy enough for a carefully adult observed youngster to make. I also think that kids in particular like this dish. It’s nice to serve with mashed potatoes and a side of some good fresh vegetable.  You can also saute some sliced mushrooms and place those in the gravy or as a topping for your plated steaks.

 

Ingredients:

  1.  4 pieces of cubed steak
  2. 2 Tblsp. olive oil
  3. 1 C. flour or plain bread crumbs (I use crumbs) that you have seasoned with S&P to taste to coat the steaks
  4. 1/4 C. more flour to make the gravy
  5. 1 beaten egg with a splash of water in it (if one egg doesn’t seem like enough, use two)
  6. S&P to taste
  7. 1 ½ C. milk

 

Directions:

  1. Place the flour or bread crumbs on a platter. Place the platter by your frying pan.
  2.  In a wide enough bowl to hold the steaks, beat the egg and the splash of water. Place this by the frying pan.
  3. Put the oil in a frying pan and heat it over medium heat till a drop of water will sizzle in it.
  4. Dip your steaks first into the egg mixture and then dip it in the flour or breadcrumb mixture until it’s well coated.
  5. Place your coated steaks in the frying pan and sauté until nice and brown on both sides.  Remove steaks to a pre-warmed platter and place aluminum foil over to keep them warm—or place them in a slightly pre-warmed oven.
  6. Still over medium heat, in your frying pan, place 1/4 C. flour and some more S&P to taste and stir until the flour is SLIGHTLY browned.  Slowly pour the milk stirring constantly with a wire whisk (to get rid of the lumps).  This will happen quite quickly.  If you prefer thinner gravy, add a bit more milk.  To this mixture you can also add some chopped parsley.
  7. Now, return your steaks to the pan and turn them to coat both sides.
  8. Place the steaks and the gravy in a pretty serving bowl or if you would rather plate them, you can place them individually with a side of mashed potatoes and serve the gravy in a gravy boat.
  9. Don’t forget your fresh veggies!!!

 

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Margot is a self-taught enthusiastic & passionate cook. Having been an inn-keeper for 5 years at her own inn, she accumulated a lot of good recipes which she loves to share.

 

 

Mar23

Civet of Eggs (Stew of Eggs)

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civet with avocado Civet of Eggs (literally Stew of Eggs)

Serves 2IMG_3491

 

 

 

I’m going back to my French heritage which includes memories of eggs cooked in France lightly based on the same idea of our possibly original American popular brunch dish featuring Eggs Benedict with Hollandaise Sauce; only the civet has the French twist of including red wine. So, I was hungry for a lighter dinner one night and I thought of this recipe on which to dine.  It was delicious.  Give it a try for breakfast, lunch or dinner.

 

Ingredients:

  1. 4 eggs
  2. 2 Tblsp. olive oil
  3. 3 onions, thinly sliced
  4. 2 Tblsp. water
  5. 4 pinches of sugar
  6. 1 Tblsp. balsamic vinegar or any aged vinegar you have
  7. 3 Tblsp. red wine
  8. S&P to taste

 

Directions:

  1. Heat the oil in a nonstick sauté pan.  Add the onions, stirring, over high heat till they are nice and brown. Turn heat to medium-low, add the water and sugar and simmer the onions for 15 minutes.
  2. Add the vinegar and cook till it evaporates.
  3. Add the wine and some S&P to taste.
  4. Break the eggs, one by one, in a cup and slip each one individually on top of the onions.
  5. Place a cover on the pan and still over medium-low heat cook until eggs are done to your taste.  Watch carefully to see that they don’t get overdone. S&P if you wish the tops of the eggs.
  6. Divide the egg stew between two plates and serve immediately with some crusty French bread.

 

I added some Parmesan on top (an Italian addition) and placed some sliced avocados on the side, but you can also add some sautéed mushrooms as a topping and freshly sliced tomatoes as a side garnish.  This is a very versatile dish and is fun to serve and eat.

 

In conclusion, I would like to tell you of another truly excellent French egg dish called “Oeufs en Meurette” (eggs poached in a red wine sauce). This is a timelier dish to make; however you can make it, including the poaching of the eggs, the day before serving.  It is so delicious, that I feel that it’s worthwhile spending the time making it in a proper fashion.  However, the recipe I gave you is in essence a bit of a quickened version of the Oeufs en Meurette.

 

For easy access and printing of this and past recipes, visit Margot’s blog http://blog.tempinnkeeper.com  Call Margot for personal cooking help or hosting

 @ 721-3551.

Margot is a self-taught enthusiastic & passionate cook. Having been an inn-keeper for 5 years at her own inn, she accumulated a lot of good recipes which she loves to share.