Weekends are for the family and I believe in the wise old saying that "A family that eat together stays together". So come Sunday, out goes the working outfit and into my cooking Apron.Sunday dinner's main event was Coq Au Vin. Having gone through quite a number of recipes, I finally found one that was easy and fast to cook, and most importantly from a trusted internet source - BBC. The recipe can found here.
In the picture, you could see my trusty cast iron pot (dutch oven) from Ikea. I used that for pilaf, onion soup and confit de canard (duck confit) ... definitely a fantastic buy at a fraction of what a Le Creuset would have cost.
So how was the verdict? The family gobbled every last piece (and slurped every last drop). Guess that's an affirmation.
If I lived just down the street from you, you'd invite us over to dinner, and we'd bring a couple of bottles of red wine to pair - 2000 Chateau Cantermerle, no less...but alas, it's all wishful thinking.
ReplyDeletestrange that bigzeezee was not invited cos I was...love your coq au vin! Use a lighter hand on the balsamic vinegar and the taste may fly (higher)
ReplyDeleteYeah... it would have been fantastic if you lived down the street. We could get ourselves invited for Champagne dinners, Foie Gras degustation, "hand carried" oysters, dirty girl's tomatoes and Friday's pizza galore. *Sigh*, only in my dream.
ReplyDeleteHowzat poshnosh gets invited to coq au vin and I don't? He's family?! What am I?? Chopped liver!?! Now, I'm really offended - it cuts like a personalized Japanese high-carbon steel knife! BTW, I do invite you to foies gras degustation, champagne dinners, seafood-theme dinners, oysters, dirtygirl tomatoes, magret de canard dinners of which nothing lasts shorter than four hours! Jeez...now you're squeezing organic, sustainable farming lime onto my finely-sliced wounds.
ReplyDeletebigzeezee ... it's really you! For you, I will sacrifice sleep to prepare confit de canard!
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