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!
A pat on the back for hubby doing all that butcher work, that can be
ReplyDeleteso 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.
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!
ReplyDeleteA wonderful stew. I too got lots of compliments about it. It's what a cook wants to hear. We are having the leftovers today.
ReplyDeleteWow - cutting up a leg is not simple. Kudos to your "butcher". Glad this went over so well for your family!
ReplyDeleteA delicious looking stew! We thought it was great…my hubby dubbed it “a keeper”! Have a great weekend!
ReplyDeleteGood to hear this was a hit! It looks delicious.
ReplyDeleteIsn'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.
ReplyDeletewow, 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!
ReplyDeleteWe still have leftovers! It was good, wasn't it?
ReplyDeleteKathleen, 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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