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Saturday, April 28, 2012

Navarin Printanier 4_26_12


Navarin Printanier 4_26_12

Pronounced ‘de-lish-us’! Wish Dorie had provided a pronunciation guide for us non-French speakers so we could sound well-traveled and epicurean as we serve up her dishes!  Guess I need to go to Babel.com for that!
This is the first time I’ve had ‘lamb stew’.  The tenderness of the lamb was, no doubt, due to Husband’s cutting and trimming of the 3 pound semi-boneless leg of lamb.  You see, I forgot what boneless cut I was to buy when I was at Shop Rite.  I just remembered lamb and boneless.  Husband made me promise never to ask him to do butcher’s work again!  It took him about an hour and a half to cut out the various ligaments and tendons from that leg!  And did I mention that well over a pound was lost in the trimming.  I looked at a much smaller amount of cubed lamb in the bowl than what I had hoped for, but persevered on.  The turnips, potatoes, carrots, onions, and peas were easy to cut up and toss into the rich beef broth (I use Better Than Bouillon, which is excellent tasting!) with the thyme, bay, salt and pepper. I used ketchup for the tomato paste as it was all I had. It didn’t matter that I couldn’t find any beautiful little onions, the white onion cut into 1 inch chunks were a worthy substitute.  Husband was peering over my shoulder into the pot and commenting on the wonderful aroma of the lamb browning in the olive oil.  It came together in under 2 hours.  I served it over fettuccine (I know, I know, always the pasta!). 
We were quite vocal as we ate with lots of mmmm’s while we ate with relish.  Nephew said it was ‘the best [Dorie dish] yet’.  Husband said ‘delicious’ several times.  Son missed a great dish, but I doubt he would care.  The new girlfriend is all the substance he needs right now (lol) and he was out to celebrate her grandfather’s birthday with her family.  He’s been out for several nights in a row now and I envision an empty seat for many more nights to come.  Sigh!  Nephew is currently girlfriendless so Husband and I welcome him to dine with us and he comes willingly.  He loves good food!  At least we had one ‘young ‘un’ at the table with us (though he’s nearly 20).
Guess what we are having for dinner tonight?  Yep, you guessed right—leftover navarin printanier!

10 comments:

  1. A pat on the back for hubby doing all that butcher work, that can be
    so time consuming. Even though I used beef stew meat there was a lot of trimming to suit our taste. I'm glad all of you enjoyed it, Tricia and I
    both thought it an excellent recipe.

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  2. We're having our leftovers for dinner tonight too and I know it will taste delicious on this dreary day. Seems like your family really enjoyed it!

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  3. A wonderful stew. I too got lots of compliments about it. It's what a cook wants to hear. We are having the leftovers today.

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  4. Wow - cutting up a leg is not simple. Kudos to your "butcher". Glad this went over so well for your family!

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  5. A delicious looking stew! We thought it was great…my hubby dubbed it “a keeper”! Have a great weekend!

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  6. Good to hear this was a hit! It looks delicious.

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  7. Isn't it nice to have helpers in the kitchen? Having shared the work, sharing the meal is so much sweeter. I loved this stew! I'm glad your family enjoyed it too.

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  8. wow, serving it over pasta was probably really tasty! That's a great idea for the leftovers too! We are going to make this again and again, I'm certain!

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  9. We still have leftovers! It was good, wasn't it?

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  10. Kathleen, I could have sworn I left a comment on your blog on Friday! I don't know what happened...anyway, your stew looks delicious and I am so glad that everyone enjoyed it. So cute about your son. When my son is home from school that is exactly what happens since he now has a new girlfriend. :)

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