FETTUCCINE WITH SHELLFISH, TOMATOES, OLIVES
6 tbsp. olive oil
2 lbs. ripe tomatoes, peeled and chopped
3 tbsp. drained capers
2 tbsp. chopped anchovies
1 tbsp. chopped garlic
3/4 lb. med. shrimp, peeled
1/2 lb. sea scallops, halved
2 tbsp. chopped, pitted Kalamato olives
1 lb. fettuccine
Light red wine like a bezujolias or Garbaresco
Heat 4 tablespoon oil in heavy large skillet over high heat. Add tomatoes, capers, anchovies and garlic and cook until tomatoes release their juices and mixture thickens, about 10 minutes. Add shrimp and scallops and saute until cooked through about 2 to 3 minutes. Meanwhile, cook pasta in large pot, until al dente drain and transfer pasta to bowl. Toss with 2 tablespoons oil. Add pasta to seafood mixture and toss to heat through.
Serve.
Apricots in Red Wine
3 pounds large apricots
2 cups dry red wine
1 cup Ruby Port
1/4 cup sugar
1/4 cup honey
1 cinnamon stick
1/2 cup toasted slivered almonds
1 pint vanilla ice cream
• In a large, heavy saucepan, bring the red wine, Port, sugar, honey and cinnamon stick to a simmer and cook until the sugar is dissolved.
• Cut a small “x” into one end of each apricot with a paring knife.
• Bring a pot of water to a boil.
• Poach the apricots for 30 seconds.
• Remove with a slotted spoon to a colander and slip the skins from the fruit.
• Add the apricots, adding more wine as necessary to cover the apricots, and simmer covered, turning occasionally, until tender, about 15 minutes.
• Remove from the heat and divide the apricots among 4 bowls.
• If desired, cut in half first and discard seed.
• Bring the poaching liquid to boil and reduce by half.
• Discard the cinnamon stick.
• Let the syrup cool slightly.
• Place one scoop of ice cream over each apricot serving, and top with poaching liquid. Sprinkle toasted almond slivers over each serving, and serve immediately.
Serves 6
ITALIAN DRESSING
(2 cups)
3/4 cup wine vinegar 2/3 cup red wine
1 clove garlic
1 tsp. salt
2 tsp. capers
1/2 cup oil
1 tbsp. mustard seed 2 peppers - green or red 2 tsp. prepared mustard 1 tsp. black pepper
1 tsp. rosemary - dried 1 tsp. oregano - dried
Mix vinegar and wine, set for 1 hour. Finely chop garlic. Add salt, capers, mustard seed and pound to paste. Remove pepper insides and cut into slivers. Boil garlic paste, add peppers and spices, stirring. Remove from heat, add oil, cool.
LASAGNE
(3 - 4 Servings)
1 onion
1/4 cup olive oil
8 oz. ground beef
1 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. white pepper 5 tbsp. red wine
1 tbsp. tomato paste 6 tbsp. whipping cream pinch dried oregano
1-1/4 lb. lasagne
1/4 cup butter
pinch ground nutmeg
1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese
Peel and dice onion. Heat oil in pan and fry meat and onions for 5 minutes, until brown. Add salt, pepper, wine, and tomato paste and cook until thick. Stir in cream and oregano.
Cook lasagne in boiling water until just tender. Drain and rinse under cold water. Dry with paper towel.
Arrange lasagne and meat sauce in layers in greased ovenproof dish, ending with a layer of lasagne. Dot with butter and sprinkle with nutmeg and grated cheese. Bake at 350 degrees for 10 minutes.
ORANGE BURGUNDY CHICKEN
* 2 1/2 to 3 pounds frying chicken, cut up
* 1/2 cup orange marmalade
* 1/2 cup orange juice
* 1/2 cup dry red wine
* 2 tablespoons cornstarch
* 2 tablespoons brown sugar, packed
* 1 tablespoon lemon juice
* 1 teaspoon salt
Remove skin from chicken. Rinse and place in slow cooker. Combine remaining ingredients in a bowl and pour over chicken. Cover and cook on low 6 to 8 hours. Serve with rice and spinach salad.
Serves 6.
JERK CHICKEN
(A traditional Jamaican dish adapted to the crockpot)
1 large onion, cut into 8 pieces
1 generous tablespoon chopped crystallized ginger
1/2 to 1 habanero pepper, seeded, deveined, and finely minced (wear
gloves!)
1/2 teaspoon ground allspice
2 tablespoons dry mustard
1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
2 tablespoons red wine or balsamic vinegar
2 tablespoons soy sauce
2 cloves garlic, crushed and minced
3 to 4 pounds chicken tenders
Combine onion and ginger in a food processor; process until finely chopped. Add remaining ingredients, except chicken, and pulse until well combined. Place chicken in a 3 1/2-quart (or larger) slow cooker/Crock Pot and cover with sauce. Cover, set on low, and cook for 6 to 8 hours. or until chicken is tender (3 to 4 hours on high).
4 servings.
CROCKPOT COQ AU VIN
12 sm White onions, peeled
4 lb Roasting chicken, cut up
1/2 ts Salt
1/4 ts Black pepper
1/4 c Brandy or cognac
2 ea Cloves garlic, peeled and crushed
1/4 ts Ground thyme
1 ea Bay leaf
1 1/2 c Dry, strong red wine
5 tb All purpose flour
1 c Chicken bouillon
3/4 lb Fresh mushrooms, wiped and stemmed
1 tb Butter or margarine
1/4 ts Salt
1 tb Chopped fresh parsley
To cook: Place the onions in the slow cooker. Remove the fat from the vent of the chicken and dice it. In a large skillet over medium heat, heat the fat until it is rendered. Discard the shriveled bits and saute the chicken until well browned. Season with 1/2 tsp salt and the pepper. Warm the brandy in a ladle or a small saucepan; light it with match and pour it over the chicken. When the flame dies,lift the chicken into the slow cooker and add the garlic, thyme, and bay leaf.
Pour the wine into the hot skillet and scrape up the pan juices. Dissolve the flour in the bouillon, turn it into the skillet and bring to simmering, stirring briskly to prevent lumps. Turn into the slow cooker. Cover and cook on Low 7-9 hours. Before serving: About 10 minutes before serving, in a medium skillet, saute the mushrooms in the butter over medium high heat. In about 5 minutes, they will be
tender and the moisture will have evaporated from the skillet. Season with 1/4 tsp salt and add to the chicken casserole. If the sauce seems thin, simmer it in the mushroom skillet long enough to thicken to the consistency of heavy cream. Garnish the Coq au Vin with parsley before serving.
CROCKPOT BEEF TIPS
1/2 c Flour
1 ts Salt
1/8 ts Pepper
4 lb Beef or sirloin tips
1/2 c Chopped green onions
2 c Sliced mushrooms (4 oz. can, drained) OR
1/2 lb Mushrooms, sliced
1 cn Condensed beef broth, (10 1/2 oz.)
1 ts Worcestershire sauce
2 ts Tomato paste or ketchup
1/4 c Dry red wine or water
3 tb Flour
1 Buttered noodles
Combine 1/2 cup flour with the salt and pepper and toss with beef cubes to coat thoroughly. Place in crock-pot. Add green onions and drained mushrooms. Combine with beef broth, Worcestershire sauce and tomato paste or ketchup. Pour over beef and vegetables; stir well. Cover and cook on LOW setting for 7 to 12 hours. One hour before serving, turn to HIGH setting. Make a smooth paste of red wine and 3
tablespoons flour; stir into crock-pot, mixing well.
CROCKPOT BEEF BURGER STROGANOFF
1 1/2 lbs lean ground beef
3 slices bacon, diced
1 small onion, chopped
2 tbs flour
1/4 tsp paprika
1 tsp salt
1 can (10 3/4oz) condensed cream of mushroom soup
2 tbs dry red wine
1 cup dairy sour cream
6 to 8 hamburger buns, toasted and buttered
In large skillet, brown beef and bacon until red color disappears. Drain. In crockpot, mix together drained beef, bacon, onion, flour, paprika, and salt. Stir in undiluted soup and wine. Cover pot and cook on low 4 to 5 hours. Stir in sour cream. Spoon mixture over toasted buns. Serves 6 to 8.
I served this over buttered noodles instead of the buns.
CROCKPOT BEEF BOURGUIGNON II
1 lb. bacon, cooked, reserve grease
3 lbs. beef, cubed
1 bottle red wine
1 lb. onion, chopped
1 lb. celery
1 lb. carrots, chopped
2 cloves garlic, chopped
Chopped shallots (optional)
1 bay leaf
Salt & pepper
Flour
Slowly cook bacon in large baking pan; remove. Dredge beef cubes in flour, brown in bacon fat. Transfer meat from skillet to heated platter. Saute vegetable and garlic in bacon fat; remove. Drain fat from pan. Gently combine beef, vegetables, bacon and half the wine. Add bay leaf and salt and pepper to taste. Cook on low 8 – 10 hours.
CROCKPOT BEEF BOURGUIGNON I
1 Cup Dry red wine
2 Tablespoons Olive oil
1 Large Onion — sliced
1/2 Teaspoon Thyme
2 Tablespoons Parsley — chopped
1 Bay leaf
1/4 Teaspoon Pepper
2 Pounds stewing beef, cut into 1 1/2-inch cubes
3 Slices Bacon (thick-cut is possible) — diced
12 Small White onions
1/2 Pound Sliced mushrooms
2 Cloves Garlic — minced
1 Teaspoon Salt
Combine first seven ingredients, mix well, add beef. Marinate at least 3 hours (overnight if refrigerated) Drain meat, reserving marinade. In skillet, saute bacon and remove. Brown meat in bacon fat. Combine beef, bacon, vegetables and seasonings in slow cooker. Pour over enough marinade to cover. Cook on low 8-10 hours.
CROCKED KIELBASA
1/2 pound Lean ground beef
1 pound Kielbasa sausage — sliced
1 Can whole tomatoes — (28 ounces) undrained
9 ounces Frozen French-cut Green beans
1 Can pitted black olives — (6 ounces)(drained and left whole)
1/2 cup Red wine
3 Garlic cloves — minced
1 medium Onion — sliced
1 medium Green pepper — chopped
1 teaspoon Basil — crushed
1 teaspoon Oregano — crushed
1/2 teaspoon Thyme — crushed
1/4 teaspoon Pepper
1 pound Pasta of your choice
4 ounces Parmesan — freshly grated
In a medium skillet, saute ground beef. When browned, transfer to crockpot. Add all other ingredients except pasta and parmesan Simmer on low for 6-8 hours. Cook pasta according to directions. Ladle Crocked Kielbasa over pasta in large bowls. Pass the Parmesan cheese to garnish.
BARBECUE BRISKET
First, make a batch of homemade Bar-Be-Que Sauce:
1 TBS liquid smoke
1 TBS crushed garlic (or less, we like lots)
1 large onion chopped (I use a small vidalia)
2 TBS cider venegar
1 TBS loose brown sugar (not packed)
3 TBS fresh squeezed lemon juice
1-14 oz. bottle of ketchup
1/2 tsp chili powder
4 TBS worchestershire
1 TBS dry mustard powder (like Coleman’s)
1 cup water or red wine
1 tsp salt
1/8 tsp black pepper
1 TBS honey
Mix together and heat on range.
Then prep the brisket by removing all silver skin if the butchere didn’t already do this, place it in the CP, pour the homemade sauce over it and let it go on low. The length of time cooking will depend on how large a brisket you got. When done, remove lid from CP and using two forks shred the brisket. Terrific served on rolls or buns. It’s also good served like tacos with all the trimmings in soft or regular taco shells.
CHICKEN WITH PORT
Serve with an elegant dry red wine, such as Cabernet Sauvignon Sequoia Grove Vineyards 1986. Napa Valley.
2 tbsp. vegetable oil
2 tbsp. butter, room temperature
1 c. thinly sliced onions
6 lg. boneless chicken breast halves
Salt, freshly ground pepper to taste
4 cloves garlic, minced
1 c. tawny port (such as Fonseca Bin #27)
1/2 c. heavy cream
1/4 c. chopped parsley, to garnish
In a large skillet heat oil and butter over medium heat. Add onions and cook, stirring frequently, until golden brown, about 5 minutes. Add chicken and cook 4 minutes on each side, or until golden brown on outside and cooked through on inside. Season with salt and pepper.
Remove chicken with a slotted spatula to a platter; cover to keep warm. Add garlic to skillet and cook over low heat 2 minutes until garlic just releases its fragrance. Add port and boil 1 minute, or until reduced to 1/2 cup. Add chicken and boil 30 seconds, or until lightly thickened. To serve chicken, cut each breast on the diagonal into 1 inch slices. Serve with sauce; garnish with parsley.
Roast Venison
4 pounds venison roast (elk, moose, deer)
2 tablespoons flour
2 cloves garlic — minced
2 tablespoons brown sugar
1 teaspoon prepared mustard
1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
1/4 cup vinegar or lemon juice
1 large onion — sliced
14 ounces canned tomatoes
MARINADE:
1/2 cup vinegar
2 cloves garlic — minced
1 tablespoon salt
1/2 cup red wine
cold water to cover meat
Let the meat stand at room temperature for 8 hours then marinade the venison over night in the refrigerator. This opens the pores of the meat when at room temp and when cooling will draw in the marinade.
Season with salt, roll in flour and brown in hot skillet. Place in crock-pot cooker and add remaining ingredients. Cover and cook on low 10 to 12 hours.
MARINADE: Mix ingredients together in a bowl just large enough to cover venison with water. No need to stir this marinade. Use for “red” meats or game birds.
Per Serving (excluding unknown items): 428 Calories; 7g Fat (16.8% calories from fat); 71g Protein; 13g Carbohydrate; 1g Dietary Fiber; 257mg Cholesterol; 1368mg Sodium. Exchanges: 0 Grain(Starch); 9 1/2 Lean Meat; 1 Vegetable; 0 Fat; 1/2 Other Carbohydrates.
Russian Beet Soup
Boil 5 medium-sized beets until tender; then chop and add to a highly seasoned chicken broth. Add the juice of 1 lemon, some cinnamon and nutmeg; let boil fifteen minutes. Then add 1 glass of red wine, mixed with a teaspoonful of brown sugar. Let boil a few minutes longer and serve with fried croutons.
Fettuccine with Turkey Marinara
Ingredients:
1-1/2 cups chopped onions (about
3 medium)
3/4 cup chopped carrots (about
1-1/2 medium)
3/4 cup chopped celery (about
1 large stalk)
1-1/2 cups chicken broth
2 cloves garlic, finely chopped
1-1/2 pounds ground turkey
1 tablespoon chopped fresh or
1-1/2 teaspoons dried thyme leaves
1-1/2 teaspoon fennel seed
1/4 teaspoon pepper
1/2 cup red wine or unsweetened grape
juice
1 tablespoon tomato paste
1 (28-ounce) can Italian plum
tomatoes, drained
2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley
3 cups hot cooked fettuccine
Instructions:
Cook onions, carrots, celery, broth and garlic in 3-quart saucepan over medium heat 5 to 7 minutes, stirring frequently, until onion is tender. Stir in turkey, thyme, fennel seed and pepper. Cook over medium heat about 3 minutes, stirring occasionally, until turkey is white. Stir in wine, tomato paste and tomatoes; break up tomatoes. Cover and simmer over low heat 20 minutes, stirring occasionally. Uncover and cook 5 to 7 minutes longer or until sauce thickens. Stir in parsley. Serve over fettuccine. 6 servings
Dip For Sausage Balls
3/4 cup chili sauce
1 tablespoon horseradish — (1 to 2)
2 tablespoons worcestershire sauce
2 tablespoons red wine — (2 to 4)
1 dash tabasco
Mix all ingredients well.
Bavarian Wine Soup
Mix 3 pints of red wine with 1 pint of water. Add sugar, nutmeg and cinnamon to taste and the grated peel of half a lemon. Let come to a boil; then stir in the yolks of 2 well-beaten eggs. Do not boil again. Serve hot with biscuits.
Chicken Breasts Roma
4 chicken breasts — boneless
1 mdonion — diced
3/4 pound italian sausage; bulk
1 green bell pepper — diced hot
1 red bell pepper — diced
4 ounce mozzarella cheese
1/4 pound mushrooms — sliced cut in sticks
2 liter tomatoes — diced
1/4 cup flour
1/2 cup red wine or chicken broth
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon basil
1/2 teaspoon dried oregano leaves
freshly ground black pepper
3 tablespoon olive oil
Place chicken between sheets of plastic wrap. With flat mallet, pound until 8 inches in diameter. Press together to patch any holes. In large skillet, saute sausage until done. Skim fat. Leave drippings in pan. Spread 1/4 of the sausage on each chicken breast. Top each with 1 cheese stick. Roll up, encasing sausage and cheese. Fold in sides. In a bowl, mix flour, salt and oregano. Roll chicken breasts in mixture. In pan drippings, brown chicken on all sides over medium heat. Remove chicken. Wipe pan dry with paper toweling. Place chicken back in pan. Add olive oil, onion, peppers, mushrooms, tomatoes, wine, basil and pepper. Cover. Simmer over low heat 25 to 30 minutes. Serve immediately.
Bolognese Sauce - Meat Sauce
1 stalk celery grated
2 tablespoon tomato paste
1 pound chopped beef
1 28 ounce can tomato puree
1/2 pound chopped pork or sausage meat
1 28 ounce can italian tomatoes
4 tablespoon olive oil
crushed by hand
1 onion chopped
2 cup water
2 cloves garlic crushed salt and pepper to taste
1 carrot grated
In a large pot lightly brown garlic in olive oil and discard. Add onion, celery and carrot and saute until translucent. Add meat and lightly brown stirring often. Add tomato paste and simmer 1 min. Add tomatoes, tomato puree and water and simmer 1 1/2 to 2 hours stirring often. Salt and pepper to taste. Serve over cooked hot pasta or rice.
*option-instead of 2 cups water, you may add 1 cup water and 1 cup red wine (dry)
20 Minute Hamburger Skillet Stew
1/4 lb Lean ground beef
1 lg Onion,sliced wafer-thin
4 Carrots,sliced wafer-thin
2 Potatoes,halved, sliced
-wafer-thin
3 Ribs celery,sliced
-wafer-thin
1 c Boiling water
2 t Beef extract OR bouillon
2 Bay leaves
1/4 t Dried thyme
Salt OR garlic salt
Pepper 1/4 c Dry red wine
-OR tomato
-juice
2 T All purpose flour
Use melon baller and shape meat into tiny meatballs. Brown in skillet. Discard any fat. Stir onion into skillet and cook 1 min. Add boiling water or broth and extract or bouillon. Add remaining veggies, seasonings. Cover, cook over low heat, 15 mins until vegs are tender. Combine wine or water and flour in covered jar. Shake and stir into skillet. Cook and stir until sauce is thick, 4 mins.
Marinated Rabbit
1 3 lb rabbit, fresh or frozen
1 ts Salt
1/4 ts Pepper
3 tb Canola oil
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2 c Red wine
2 c Chicken broth
1 ts Allspice
2 Bay leaves
1 ts Thyme
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12 Pickled cocktail onions *
12 Stuffed olives, sliced
1/2 lb Fresh mushrooms, sliced
2 tb Butter or margarine
* white onions unsliced.
Cut rabbit into serving pieces and rub with salt and pepper. Put into a large bowl; add marinade. Refrigerate overnight. Drain rabbit; DO NOT PAT DRY. Strain reserve marinade. In a large cast iron frypan over high heat quickly brown all sides of rabbit pieces in hot canola (or vegetable) oil. When brown, pour in the reserve marinade and simmer over low heat for 1 hour or until tender. Just before the rabbit is done, saute the onions, olives, and mushrooms in butter. Add to rabbit mixture. Serve with boiled potatoes.
Black Duck with Wine
2 Black ducks, large
3 tb Butter
1 1/2 ts Salt
1/2 ts Thyme
3 Onions, white, chopped
1 Duck hearts, chopped
12 oz Wine, white, warmed
Directions: Pintail ducks may be used in place of Black ducks. Cut ducks into serving pieces. Roll in flour and brown in butter and oil, turning often. Sprinkle with salt and pepper and add thyme, basil, onion, parsley, giblets and wine. Cover and cook in 350-F oven for 1 hour. Add cream and cook for 20 more minutes or until duck pieces are tender. Serve in a warm platter with the gravy from the pan. Suggestions: Hot bread, red wine, buttered baby carrots & braised celery
Aaronson Simple Stew
3 lb Beef cubes — chuck is fine
2 c Onions — sliced
3 c Beef broth
1 c Dry red wine
4 Tomatoes; skinned — chopped
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2 c Carrot chunks
1 c String beans
12 Tiny new potatoes — peeled
W Whole bay leaf Thyme Basil 1 pkg Aujus gravy mix
1 pkg Frozen tiny peas
Heat a large, heavy Dutch oven (I used a LeCreuset). When hot, add eht beef cube s, searing and browning them on all sides. When browned all over, add the onions , sauteeing until they brown a bit. All of this searing and browning is done WIT HOUT ANY ADDED FAT OR OIL. After the onions are browned, add the wine and deglaz e the pan, which means scraping up the browned bits that cling to the bottom of the pan and mixing them in with the wine. Add the beef broth and tomatoes and mi x again. Cook on medium/high heat to the boil. Lower the flame to maintain a slo w, steady simmer and cook for 1/2 hour longer. Add the potatoes and cook for an hour more. Add the carrots and the beans and cook until the beef is tender. The entire cooking process should take about 3 hours. I keep the pot seim-covered until the end when I want to chicken the sauce. Taste and adjust seasoning with sa lt and pepper and any herbs you like. Serve over rice or noodles. Sometimes I th row a whole bay leaf, thyme and basil at the beginning of the c ooking process. Other times I add a package of au jus gravy mix to enrich and thicken the gray. A package of frozen tiny gree peas is another addition. They ad d a nice color to the dish.
20 Minute Hamburger Skillet Stew
1/4 lb Lean ground beef
1 lg Onion, sliced wafer-thin
4 Carrots, sliced wafer-thin
2 Potatoes, halved, sliced
-wafer-thin 3 Ribs celery, sliced wafer
-thin 1 c Boiling water
2 t Beef extract OR bouillon
2 Bay leaves
1/4 t Dried thyme
Salt OR garlic salt Pepper 1/4 c Dry red wine OR tomato juice
2 T All purp flour
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Use melon baller and shape meat into tiny meatballs. Brown in skillet. Discard any fat. Stir onion into skillet and cook 1 min. Add boiling water or broth and extract or bouillon. Add remaining veggies, seasonings. Cover, cook over low heat, 15 mins until vegs are tender. Combine wine or water and flour in covered jar. Shake and stir into skillet. Cook and stir until sauce is thick, 4 mins.