So Weltek is here visiting ME in Virginia, and we decided to do this together.We opted to go with only four pounds of ribs, as I mentioned earlier: (1) the ribs were a little pricey here, and (2) we weren't quite feeding an army.
Ingredients:
We opted not to use the turnips. I've never had them, and Kim confessed that she is really not a fan. Easy decision. We originally thought of using potatoes, but I forgot them at the store, so we decided to just use mushrooms. MMMMmmmmmmm 'Shrooms!!!!!!!!!!!! We love 'shrooms here.
Out of order note about the ingredients. I'm glad we opted to go with the mushrooms due to size constraints that we will discuss in a minute. Also, I don't think we used quite four cups of broth.
Prep:
Cooking:
As Weltek was sleeping this morning, I was reading AZKate's review and wondered (seriously wondered) for a moment if Weltek was really AZKate. Seriously.
We too did not have that fancy Dutch oven thingy that I won't attempt to spell, so we too opted to use my Calphalon pot, which is oven proof. Like AZKate, it was a little bit too small. Hence my note about the 'shrooms. Potatoes would not have fit. Nor would have more beef. I also think we didn't use all of the broth.
The recipe said to put in whole sprigs of herbs, and we didn't pay attention to that so we removed the Thyme from the woody stems. It didn't end up really being an issue.
We also didn't use the immersion blender at the end. Well, since I don't have one, we didn't use it. But we also opted not to use the regular blender either.
We decided sort of last minute that we would be going out to play Trivia at BW3s, so we were in a bit of a hurry, which also contributes to that whole blender thing.
I didn't have potatoes, so we opted for a rice pilaf courtesy of Uncle Ben.
The smell during the cooking was amazing. Weltek agrees. We smelled this for two entire hours. I've cooked roasts, stews, etc. for years and have never smelled them the way I smelled this.
The End Result:
Opinion:
*sigh* We liked it, but I think we were all expecting a lot more - especially based on the smell. It could be that we didn't do the gravy and just served the veggies as an addtional side. We did drizzle the vinegar on the finished meat on our plates, which added a little kick. We all agreed that it tasted very similar to an oven roast.
The sundried tomatoes were a great addition, and we both agreed that we would add them to regular roasts in the future.
Thank you CT Girl. It was fun. It was definitely fun to do this with my good friend, who happily finished the remainder of the wine (plus part of another bottle).
Other Notes:
1. I could not find my sunglasses, so these 3D glasses were the next available option.
2. There is an apple in the background of the ingredients picture. We did not use the apple.
3. You may notice my new red kitchen in the background of some of the pictures.
4. This post has not been proofread. I was under tremendous stress this morning with Weltek watching me type and my bratty child driving us both insane.
5. I couldn't end on 4, even though it's an even number.
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