Tag: turnip

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.

19th May 2014

Sesame chicken, peas with turnips

I often buy a small chicken called poussin on the market because it is sufficient for two people. Here I first braised the chicken in butter and oil and then completed the cooking in the oven with tomatoes and sesame seed. I served it with peas and turnips cooked in a chicken stock and some green salad in a reference to the classic French pea recipe […]

30th January 2014

My French oxtail soup

Here we have a culinary and national identity conundrum. Let’s start by saying that oxtail soup is a hearty winter dish using relatively cheap ingredients. Personally, I always associate oxtail soup with England, so my French version replaced the porto with a Banyuls and added some root vegetables that do not enter in the original recipe. But what is the original recipe?

26th November 2013

Beef and vegetable soup

A hearty soup is a great dish for Autumn. This is a variation on a recipe for a clear beef soup with kale, principally because there was no kale available on the market. After making the broth, I was supposed to dispose of the beef. Instead, I used it for another preparation.