Turkey Marengo stew is a classic French dish usually prepared with veal in a white wine tomato sauce with carrots and mushrooms. It is one of my favorite simmered comfort food and easy to make. For the little story, this recipe was invented by Napoleon’s cook, Dunand. He created this recipe to celebrate one of…
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Ragu Bolognese
Ragu Bolognese is a popular, slow-cooked, meat-based sauce in Italian cooking which originates from the region Bologna in north-eastern Italy. In the traditional recipe, Ragu Bolognese is made from a base of onions, celery, and carrots (called soffritto in Italian, mirepoix in French), minced meat, pancetta, tomatoes, red or white wine, and milk or cream. In my Ragu…
Hachis Parmentier (French Cottage Pie)
Hachis Parmentier is the French version of Cottage Pie. The dish is made of ground beef or leftover meat and top with mashed potatoes. As we are in fall, I substituted a part of potatoes with butternut squash. I love the vibrant color in my plate and the taste. In every case, a green salad…
Asian Fried Rice
Asian Fried Rice is a convenient and complete dish that I like to make from time to time. It is perfect for using leftover rice. Asian Fried Rice is a versatile dish because you can use any vegetables that you like or have in your fridge such as leeks, carrots, sweet peas, corn, red or…
Basquaise Chicken – Pressure Cooker
Basquaise Chicken (Poulet Basquaise in French) comes from French Basque country located between France and Spain, on the Atlantic coast. It is crossed by the western Pyrénées chain. Basquaise Chicken uses two main ingredients coming from the French Basque country: Espelette pepper and Bayonne Ham (a cured ham). The chicken is cooked in a sauce called…
Turkey Osso Buco
Osso buco is a Milanese dish made with veal shank. In France, I often used to eat some veal but these days finding veal in U.S. seems harder than it should be in grocery store… and it is also expensive. For this recipe I switched veal with some turkey thighs. This Turkey Osso Buco is…
Turkey Chili Con Carne
I always thought that Chili con Carne was a Mexican dish because of his name (‘Carne’ means “meat” in Spanish). But in fact, it is a popular American stew originally from Texas made with meat, onions, tomatoes, chili pepper and NO beans. This Turkey Chili Con Carne is not the original recipe, but my family…
Lamb Tagine
The Tagine is one of my favorite comfort foods when the weather gets cold. Tagine is a tasty slow-cooked stew from North Africa, typically made with any kind of meat or fish with vegetables or fruit (fresh or dry) and enhanced with different combinations of spices. The name “Tagine” comes from an earthenware dish in…