Well the "see if we can screw up Julia's recipe" event has begun. First up is getting the pearl onions ready. I kind of figured that wouldn't be much at all, until I read the recipe. She was serious about this stuff. Cooking onions for an hour? That's serious stuff just to get them brown. As soon as we clear the decks from lunch I'll get started on them. Half-time score: CU 17, MD 7 - now we're talkin!!!
Score now 24-7 - Go T I G E R S!!!!
The onions are happily braising away, the interesting part is that all the liquid is supposed to boil away, dangerous if you ask me. I opened the large bottle of Pinot Noir I purchased yesterday for this recipe, I was totally crushed when Macy informed me that the recipe didn't call for BOTH bullion AND wine. Well needless to say, I lost the argument that if one was good, both would be better...had to settle with a wine tasting to make sure the wine would be ok for the chicken part. It was...is... delicious...lingering on the palet...where's my glass?
The onions turned out great, almost but not quite caramelized. Julia would be proud. Then on to the mushrooms, one of my most fav veggies. Now if I had a dollar for every time I have sauteed mushrooms, I would be a rich man. So they were easy, and good.
So that completes the first phase, on to the chicken main course, after the girls try their hands at soufflés!!!
Oh...final score CU 31 - MD 7 yeah T I G E R S!!!
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