Posted in Ingredients, Recipes, tagged braise, chicken kapama, cinnamon chicken, Greek chicken, kota kapama, lemon, main dish, marinade, pasta, tomato, traditional recipe on 03/01/2009 | 2 Comments »
Ever since I saw a mouth-watering photograph of pastitsio, I’ve been more than a little preoccupied with Greek cooking. I was trolling Recipezaar for ideas and stumbled across this incredible recipe for chicken pieces marianted in lemon juice and braised in a rich tomato sauce with white wine, allspice, cinnamon, and cloves.
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Posted in Recipes, tagged braise, enchilada, meat, Mexican, pork, roast, tacos on 01/10/2009 | Comments Off
I don’t know how authentic this recipe is exactly—it started with a wikipedia entry* and combines elements of various recipes I found online. Regardless, pork carnitas is the perfect recipe for a Saturday or Sunday. It takes a while to cook, but most of that is “passive” time in the oven. And the result? Tender, crispy, intensely [...]
Posted in Recipes, tagged braise, casserole, chicken, French, red wine on 01/05/2009 | Leave a Comment »
Let me preface this recipe by saying, if you’re a French food purist, you might want to look away. I’m sure this recipe isn’t 100% authentic, but I’m also sure it’s delicious. So just…deal.
That said, I hope you enjoy! This one is worth the work. If you’re feeling really extravagant (read: can consume tons of calories in [...]
