Tag: parsnip

Main dish
30th October 2014

An Autumn stew with rabbit

Rabbit is a white meat and fits in low-calorie diets. It has a tender taste.  It is Autumn, so there are a lot of root vegetables on the market such as turnips, celery, and parsnip. Rabbit dishes usually contain beer, or mustard, or tarragon, or a combination.  I took beer and combined this into  very tasty stew.

Beef Main dish Vegetables
12th November 2013

Mirepoix beef stew

Mirepoix is a city in the southwest of France, in the Ariège region. It is also the name given to a certain style of finely chopping vegetables and herbs to go into a soup or stew. I have an old aunt living near that city and when I visit her I usually cook a dish she can keep in her freezer and use for several […]