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Wed 21 Apr 2010

Experimental Buffalo Stew

Posted by Chad under Recipes
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Buffalo and Root Vegetable Stew

Buffalo and Root Vegetable Stew

Recipe: Buffalo and Root Vegetable Stew

Summary: A stew using ingredients from Saturday’s farmer’s market. I’m experimenting with root vegetables here, and would love input on making the most of them in the comments

Edit: Ingredients added

Ingredients

  • 1/4 Cup + 1 Tbsp Butter Divided
  • 10 Garlic cloves unpeeled
  • 1 lb Buffalo Stew Meat, cut into 1″ pieces
  • 3/4 of a Rutabaga Peeled, Chopped
  • 3/4 of a Kohlrabi Peeled, Chopped
  • 3/4 of a Parsnip Peeled Chopped
  • 1 Large Onion Chopped
  • 2-3 Stalks Celery Coarsely Chopped (Forgot about that!)
  • 1 32 oz. container Beef Broth
  • 1 Cup Dry Red Wine
  • 2 Bay Leaves
  • 1 Tbsp Dried Thyme
  • Salt and Pepper to taste

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350° F.
  2. Melt 1 Tbsp butter in a microwave safe bowl. Toss Garlic cloves in melted butter till well coated.
  3. Place on baking sheet and bake for 15 minutes, turning once.
  4. Cool for 10 minutes, then slit the wrapper on each clove with a knife and gently push the garlic out with your fingers. Set aside
  5. Place remaining butter in bottom of a large cock pot or slow cooker.
  6. Add onions, meat, garlic, and remaining vegetables to the pot.
  7. Pour broth and red wine over the ingredients.
  8. Add bay leaves, thyme, and a pinch each of salt and pepper.
  9. Set temperature on low and cook 5-6 hours, stirring every few hours, till vegetables are tender. Taste and add salt and pepper as desired.

Cooking time (duration): 6 Hours

Number of servings (yield): 8

Meal type: dinner

Culinary tradition: USA (General)

Photo: Lindsay

Microformatting by hRecipe.

 

Fri 16 Apr 2010

Hello Green World.

Posted by Chad under Intro
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Lettuce Greens at Farmer's Market

Image: House Of Sims

This post represents a number of things for me.  It’s the first blogging I’ve ever done, the first steps for a small business I envisioned during a recent deployment to Iraq, and the beginning of a challenge I’m undertaking to try as hard as possible to cook and eat meals based on real food that is both local and seasonal.

Because this is my first blog, I hope to provide the reader with something worth reading, following, and if you feel so inclined, sharing with other people who might be interested.  If you have any suggestions for making this a better read (or catch a major error in either my editing or blog etiquette) please let me know in the comments.

The site you see here is a work in progress.  I’m attempting to develop a local and seasonal food website, and am looking for programmers, designers, chefs and cooks, and other bloggers who are interested in  the Madison area’s local food scene.  If you fall into this group, or know someone who might, please e-mail me: chad@localseasonaleats.com

As for the “project”… I’ll detail that more in the next post.  Hope you stay tuned!