AUTHENTIC FRENCH ONION SOUP, ASHTON STYLE, #231

  French onion soup is a great soup for inviting a crowd or for just two!  For one thing it is a very
inexpensive soup to make. Even better, it is a very delicious soup to eat and to serve company!
I encourage you to try and make the following recipe.
     To start, buy some beef ribs or get some beef  bones and put them in a large fry pan after having added 1/2 cup of extra virgin olive oil and 2 onions which you. have peeled and sliced. Now add about 8 beef  ribs or bones and fry until all sides are well browned. Now add 1 tbls of Kitchen Bouquet sauce and  2 quarts of water.\
Now put all into a roasting pan and place into a 350 degree oven for about 45 minutes,( then set bones aside you are now ready to begin the soup!)
INGREDIENTS
     pour stock and onions from oven into a large bowl
     now peel and slice  6 or 7 medium onions into a large bowl
     1/2 cup brandy
     1/2 bottle Pinot Grigo wine
     1/4 cup sugar
     1 tsp Millers or equivlent chicken base
     3 or 4 bay leaves
     1/2 tsp sage
     1/2 tsp black pepper
     2 sticks sticks of ]butter that is at room temperature
DIRECTIONS
     1. pour 1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil and 1 stick
        of  butter into a large fry pan over medium heat
     2. add the sliced onions into fry pan and
         saute until onions are well browned
     3. add onions, beef stock, the other stick of butter,
         and the browned onions, into a large soup pot
     4 add flour and pepper and stir in well
     5 add brandy and sugar into the onions and stir well
     6. add a  half a bottle of pinot grigio wine
         and strir in well
     7.  pour into large soup pot and simmer
          about 45 minutes
     8. taste for flavor
     9. serves 6 to 10 generously


    

PORK ROAST WITH VEG #230

I have cooked German dinners for many people including 130 high school students at a annual
three day German camp where only German was spoken except in the kitchen I ran.  his was
because I didn't speak German but did cook several German dishes.  This included Swine schnitzel,
bratwurst, and saurbratten. I did not use the following recipe but since it has become a favorite.
INGREDIENTS:
     one eight pound or so fresh ham
     4 carrots peeled and sliced
     4 celery stalks cut into 1/2 inch pieces
     2 large onions peeled and sliced
     1 bottle dark beer
     3/4 cup brown sugar
     1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil
     1 cup white sugar
     1 cup salt
     3 qts water
     1 5 qt soup pot
DIRECTIONS
    
   
    1. the night before, pour 3 qts of water into soup
        pot and add the salt and sugar and stir well
    2. add the pork into pot and marinate overnite
    3. next day remove from pot and rinse then dry
    4. pour oil into large fry pan and when hot add
        pork to fry pan and brown all sides (set aside)
    5. add sliced onions and garlic in same fry pan
        and saute until well brown (set aside)
    6. add carrots, celery and saute with onions
    7 add beer and stir in
    8. add brown sugar and continue stirring
    9. put roast in soup pot with vegtables and bake
        with no top about 11/2 hrs and check with
        thermometer to 160 degrees
  10. make gravy
  11. slice thin with electric knife
   
    

 

GREEN GODDESS CASSEROLE #229

     This casserole is a combination of several green items mixed with additional items and
then baked in an oven.  I do believe it is worth trying. Please let me know what you think!
INGREDIENTS:
     3 fairly large leeks thinly sliced
     3 cups fresh parsley rough cut
     8 large eggs
     1 cup pine nuts
     1 1/2 cups ricotta cheese
     1 cup parmesean cheese
     6 cloves garlic peeled
     1/4 cup papricka
     9 x 13 glass pan (oven proof)
DIRECTIONS
   1.  remove most of the green leaves of
     the leeks and thinly slice the white
     part
  2. add a half cup of virgin olive oil in a
      large fry pan
  3. add the leeks, parsley, pine nuts, and minced garlic;
      saute until leeks are slighty brown
 4. in a large bowl add leeks, garlic, parmesean
    cheese, eggs, and ricotta and pour into a
    food processor and mix well
5. in a 9 by 13 glass pan butter all sides
6, add all the batter into the pan
7. bake at 300 degrees for 50 minutes
8. spoon portion for each person
p serves 6 to 8