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From: ronl@athena.UUCP ( Ron E. Lunde )
Newsgroups: net.cooks
Subject: Favorite Recipes
Message-ID: <405@athena.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 29-Sep-85 16:19:14 EDT
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Posted: Sun Sep 29 16:19:14 1985
Date-Received: Wed, 2-Oct-85 07:24:28 EDT
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Hi.

It occurred to me a while ago that whenever we have guests over for dinner, 
it's very likely that I'll make the same main dish that I made the last time
we had dinner guests (except if I have made the same thing for the same people 
before).  Actually, I have about 2 meals that I will pick from the first time 
people visit.  Are other people like that?  If you have a favorite recipe or
two which you imagine almost anyone HAS to like, which look and smell good as
well as taste good, which are not time-critical (either it "will keep" or it
can be made in a few minutes), and which go well with wine, I'd like to see
them!  (It took me about 3 months of experimentation a few years ago to settle
on the ones which I've been using since.)

Here's My Favorite:

Source: "Budget Recipes", by Jacqueline Heriteau

BEEF IN RED WINE

Ingredients:
  2 pounds lean stewing beef, 1&1/2 inch cubes
  1/3 cup flour
  2 tablespoons fat
  1 onion, sliced
  1 clove garlic, minced
  1 teaspoon salt
  Freshly ground black pepper to taste
  1 cup red table wine
  1 10 ounce can beef consomme

Instructions:
  Dredge beef in flour.  Heat a Dutch oven or a large heavy kettle; add fat 
  and brown beef cubes.  Add remaining ingredients, cover, and simmer about
  2 hours.  If the sauce is too thin, simmer with cover off until reduced.

  Serves 5 or 6.

Experience:
  Actually serves 4 (around here).  Use a dry red wine, since a sweet wine
  doesn't seem to work as well.  DON'T use dried garlic -- if you don't have
  fresh garlic, don't bother with it (I'm not sure why this is, since it 
  seems to work OK in other recipes).  This recipe doubles easily if you
  have more that 4 people.  It also reheats well.  I usually serve it with
  parseley'd rice and a fresh green vegetable (and with a green salad).  
  It's also a good idea to have something to munch on before dinner, since
  it fills the air with an aroma that would make a rock salivate.


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