Tag: FFwD

Originally, this French Fridays with Dorie recipe called for veal. I haven't really eaten veal since becoming an un-vegetarian (uh, 1994 1995?) and I didn't really see the need to use it here. Not when there's...PORK! So, yeah, I subbed the veal for pork shoulder. And I also made mine more broth-y by using a …

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This week's French Fridays with Dorie is for Quiche Maraichère, which is basically a vegetable-filled quiche, but with the cheese on top. The recipe can be found online here, but of course, it's also in Around My French Table. My tart crust was my favorite whole wheat crust and although it shrank quite a bit …

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This, like all of the French Fridays with Dorie Indian-influenced recipes this was good, but I wanted a little more...something. It was a very nice rainy, cold weather meal though. The only substitutions I made were hul-less barley for the pearl barley and a sweet potato for the parsnip - only because these were the …

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Well, this French Fridays with Dorie was a little different -- but in a really good way. I didn't quite know what to expect but it seemed sort of like a scallop pizza to me. And what does pizza need? A little cheese. I know some people do not like to mix cheese with seafood …

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I really tried to like this week's French Fridays with Dorie recipe for Boeuf à la Ficelle. I did! But, no, and I wasn't the only one that didn't quite care for it. To begin with, neither of us are big meat-and-potatoes eaters. And my general feeling is that if I'm going to make steak, …

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