Sunday, October 17, 2010

Hachis Parmentier-week Three French Fridays with Dorie

Hachis Parmentier with Balsamic Braised Beef-Week Three

This week for French Fridays with Dorie she choose Hachis Parmentier the quintessential date dish. It is a meal my husband adores. Most men if they had their druthers would have a steak and a potato every night. Or for that matter, in my house, I would have to include my daughter who is a self proclaimed carnivore. This dish is the pinnacle of the concept of meat and potatoes. What Daniel Boulud chooses to cook at home for himself. Hellllllo I think I'll try it!!!

I chose to use a recipe of my own for the beef segment of this dish . The piquant and hearty flavor adds so much to the meal.

Balsamic Braised Beef:
1 3 lb chuck cut into bite sizes cubes

flour for dredging
2 Tbs olive oil
1/2 tsp salt
pepper
1/4 cup Balsamic vinegar diluted in 1 1/2 cup water
2 yellow onions sliced
4 shallots sliced
1/4 cup pitted dates chopped
Preparation:
Season beef with salt and pepper. Dredge in flour. In large dutch oven add olive oil and cook beef in batches until browned. Reserve in a bowl. Add 1/2 vinegar and water solution and scrape fond from bottom of pan . Add the rest of the liquid along with the remaining ingredients. Stir. Place in 325 oven for 2-3 ts. hours stirring every half hour.

Serve this with a nice full bodied red wine and a crisp green salad to cut the richness and you are set.

Enjoy!

10 comments:

  1. oooohhh! I am going to have to try your balsamic beef. It sounds wonderful.. Your topping is so pretty and fluffy!

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  2. Oh, GORGEOUS. And that balsamic beef ... I'll have to make that.

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  3. I'm going to try adding balsamic to my next stew. I can imagine for it will enrich the flavour.
    Your photo is gorgeous!
    I added edamame to my meat. I put it in just about every casserole I make. Mild flavour, tons of vitamins.

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  4. Great photo!! Wish I liked this as much as everyone else did! :)

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  5. Your balsamic braised beef sounds fantastic! Nice pairing with the cabernet...wish I had had some around at the time but I think I ate mine too fast to even think about wine!

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  6. I love that gorgeous golden potato crust- Your recipe for the beef sounds delicious too!

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  7. Thank you everyone for your comments. I love to read them all and part of why I do this is the connection we all get from sharing. This is a great group. So fun..B

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  8. Fantastic! What you did with balsamic is what I wanted to do with red wine but I seem to be too much of a Dorie purist these days. I will have to break out of that! Beautiful photo! I'm jealous!
    Trevor Sis Boom.

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  9. I just received your comment on my blog and stopped by to read yours. I really enjoyed your posts and your beautiful photos. I subscribed to your updates and look forward to reading more about your culinary adventures as much as I look forward to sharing mine with you!
    Jennifer
    http://1840farm.wordpress.com

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  10. Thanks for posting your variation! Sounds really good. And the pot pie looks great, too. My son & husband love pot pie so I will have to try yours.

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