Re: [london.food] Duck au vin

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From: Marna Gilligan
Subject: Re: [london.food] Duck au vin
Date: 11:54 on 13 Oct 2005
> On Thu, Oct 13, 2005 at 10:31:47AM +0100, Russell Joanne (ST) said:
> > That sounds lovely.  What would be a good vegetable to substitute for duck as O
> > /H is a veggie.

I have been making similar veggie-tastic casserole of late, because it's
winter and I love winter veg cooking.

It goes something like;

Saute large chopped onion, large chopped leek, lots of garlic, until just
starting to brown so they're all gooey and sweet. Shallots would be ace
here, too, if I ever had any.

Add lots and lots of red wine. Add some veg stock. Heat. Toss in red
peppercorns, bay leaf, sage, rosemary, thyme, paprika, ground nutmeg,
ground coriander, a dribble of balsamic vinegar, a dribble of mushroom
ketchup. 

Chop large chunks of lots of root veg (I used celaric, romany potatoes,
sweet potatoes, swede, turnip, carrot, parsnip). Throw them all in the
nummy stock, pop the lid on, and leave in the oven for 90 mins (on about
160c). Then add cheese and herb dumplings (which is just cheese and herb
scone mixture made into small balls*) to the pot, leave the lid off, and
cook for another 20 mins. Then scoff it all, with help from Sean.

I am contemplating making a dumpling hat for the next one; covering the
entire casserole with a layer of scone mixture, so as not to lose any
tasty juice because of evaporation.


*Cheese and herb scone mixture is finely grated cheeses of all the sorts
you have in the fridge, rubbed with flour and a smidge of baking powder  
until breadcrumby, then you add in tasty herbs and some garlic and pepper,
and then you mix in milk until you have nice dough, and there you have it.


Marna


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