Tag: Bay-leaf

  • Beef And Carrot Stew (Spezzatino )

    Beef And Carrot Stew (Spezzatino )

        With the nights getting colder, beef stew is very welcoming Winter’s rolling in.  There’s frost on the grass in the mornings and ice on the car windows. Though, luckily where I live (at least in my opinion!), the temperature then rises to about 15 to 20 degrees C or so during the day.…

  • Pasta al Ragù (Pasta With Meat Sauce)

    Pasta al Ragù (Pasta With Meat Sauce)

        Every now and then when I’m feeling especially energetic, I make a big batch of ragù and then freeze it in portions so that I have a impressive tasting, good-for-you pasta sauce to pull out of the freezer at the last minute if we have unexpected guests, or if I just don’t know…

  • Triglie alla Livornese (Red Mullet with Tomatoes)

    Triglie alla Livornese (Red Mullet with Tomatoes)

        A mullet by any other name tastes the same The fish used in this recipe is a pretty little reddish/pinkish fish is called triglia in Italian and rouget in French.  Nice names, aren’t they?  Well, do you know what someone way back when decided to call it in English?  Red Mullet!  What an awful name!  I…