Best Braised Fresh Black Eyed Peas With Baby Turnips Recipes
BRAISED TURNIPS
Provided by Amanda Freitag
Categories side-dish
Time 35m
Yield 4 to 6 servings
Number Of Ingredients 6
Steps:
- Add the butter to a large skillet set over medium-high heat. Add the turnips to the pan and cook until slightly browned and just tender, about 10 minutes. Add the greens and stock, and simmer until the turnips are cooked through and greens are tender, 10 to 12 minutes. Stir in the vinegar and season with salt and pepper to serve.
BIG-BATCH RANCHERO SAUCE
There is no other aroma coming from the kitchen - not truffle, not freshly peeled orange, not a chocolate cake baking - that will stop you in your tracks and make you inhale as deeply as this ranchero sauce simmering away. Here's a large batch to use in many ways: Poach eggs in it for brunch, simmer shrimp in it for taco filling, or spoon it over shredded chicken with avocado slices inside a flour tortilla for lunch for the kiddos. Put it in tightly sealed Mason jars and bring it to friends as a host gift.
Provided by Gabrielle Hamilton
Categories condiments, sauces and gravies
Time 1h15m
Yield 3 quarts (a ton; that's the point)
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- Combine everything in a large pot or rondeau, and simmer over gentle heat for 1 hour, stirring occasionally to prevent any scorching on the bottom. Add a little water if it becomes any thicker than ketchup. Allow to cool before puréeing.
- Working in a blender in batches, purée until smooth. Check the salt seasoning. Let cool.
- Transfer to quart or pint containers, and stock your freezer, or put the sauce in something more attractive - rubber-sealed jars with hinged lids? - to make gifts of the stuff. Ranchero sauce keeps well in the refrigerator for up to 2 weeks, or in the freezer for up to 1 year. (It may separate a little, in which case you can simply reheat and give a new buzz in a blender to reunify.)
BRAISED TONGUE
Beef tongue has none of the characteristic challenges of other ''off-cuts'' - its taste is clean and beefy and its texture is firm and fleshy. Once braised, be sure to peel it while still warm and return it to its braising liquid to remain moist. The cooked tongue will keep in the refrigerator for a week and can be used as a sandwich meat, a warm main dinner course, a cold meat salad for lunch - in almost all the ways you might use a beef tenderloin.
Provided by Gabrielle Hamilton
Categories appetizer
Time 5h
Yield Serves 6
Number Of Ingredients 13
Steps:
- Pour the neutral oil into a large, heavy-bottomed Dutch oven set over medium heat. Sweat onion 5 minutes, stirring constantly so no color develops.
- Add the celery and carrot and 3 tablespoons of water. Cover with a tightfitting lid, and let the vegetables steam for a few minutes, being careful not to scorch. Add more water if necessary.
- Arrange the tongue in the pot, and add the parsley stems, bay leaves, peppercorns, red-wine vinegar and salt. Pour in enough water to just barely cover the tongue. Cover with a lid, and bring to a boil.
- Once the tongue braise has come to a boil, remove the lid, and reduce to a simmer. Cut a round of parchment the diameter of the pot and set it directly on top of the braising liquid. Simmer the tongue 4 hours, adding more water if needed to keep the tongue just covered. The tongue tends to suck up a lot of water quite quickly.
- Remove the tongue from the braising liquid. Strain the braising liquid (discard the solids), and return liquid to the pot. Peel the thick outer skin off the tongue while it is still warm. Trim off any fat or gristle, then return the tongue to the braising liquid and let cool completely.
- To serve, cut the tongue crosswise into thin slices, and arrange on a platter in a single layer. Drizzle with a few drops of the braising liquid. Spoon the gribiche over the tongue, and top with some fresh-picked parsley leaves and a generous glug of olive oil.
Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 535, UnsaturatedFat 21 grams, Carbohydrate 14 grams, Fat 38 grams, Fiber 2 grams, Protein 32 grams, SaturatedFat 15 grams, Sodium 786 milligrams, Sugar 3 grams
BRAISED FRESH BLACK-EYED PEAS WITH BABY TURNIPS
Fresh black-eyed peas, still in their pods, are a pretty pale green, with a gorgeous purple-black O-ring on each tiny pea. They're tender and creamy and snappy - with an earthy flavor that goes well with the mint, pepper and turnips in this shallow braise - and they cook in just minutes unlike their wintered-over chalky, drab dried counterparts. I love them when they come in fresh at the market, and also love the so-called chore of shucking them. The chance to sit for a minute and watch the world go by while shelling a big pile of fresh peas will always leave you feeling glad you did.
Provided by Gabrielle Hamilton
Categories dinner, lunch, main course, side dish
Time 9h
Yield 4 servings
Number Of Ingredients 6
Steps:
- Remove the green tops from the turnips, and cut the turnips into quarters or sixths depending on size. Separate leaves from stems and discard stems; wash leaves.
- Melt 2 tablespoons butter in a 3- to 4-quart shallow stovetop braiser over medium heat. Sweat onion in butter for 1 minute, until translucent. Add turnips and sweat 2 minutes, until glossy and starting to "shine."
- Run a knife through the leaves once, maybe twice, and add to the pot. Season with a healthy pinch of salt and stir until leaves are also starting to sweat and wilt.
- Add peas and 1 cup of water. Season with two large pinches of salt (restaurant-chef pinches, not home-cook pinches). Cover. Reduce heat. Simmer for approximately 10 minutes.
- Stir. Add 1 cup water. Add pinch salt. Re-cover. Simmer for 10 more minutes.
- Stir. Simmer for 10 to 15 more minutes, or until beans are cooked and soft and starchy inside, turnips are cooked and water has turned grayish purple. Taste for salt and season. Let cool completely on stovetop with heat off.
- Cover and refrigerate overnight to allow everything to meld and settle. Serve the next day, reheated over low until tepid, stirring in remaining 2 tablespoons of butter to melt gently into the broth. Finish with a shower of fresh mint and ground black pepper.
SAUCE GRIBICHE
Sauce gribiche has a category problem - is it a vinaigrette, a mayonnaise, a condiment, a sauce? - but that liability turns out to be its strongest asset; it can be used as you would any and all of those ways. It's just delicious, and it makes whatever it lands on even more so. While traditionally (and perfectly) paired with cold boiled meats like beef tongue, it also makes an excellent partner to cold poached salmon, warm braised leeks, steamed asparagus, sliced french ham and watercress, and even halved hard-boiled eggs, like a more piquant version of the classic oefs dur mayonnaise found in French bistros.
Provided by Gabrielle Hamilton
Categories condiments, sauces and gravies
Time 5m
Yield Makes about 1 3/4 cups
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Whisk together mustard, white-wine vinegar and olive oil in a medium mixing bowl until emulsified.
- Fold in the cornichons, capers and eggs.
- Stir in the parsley and tarragon, and season to taste with salt and black pepper.
Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 279, UnsaturatedFat 22 grams, Carbohydrate 3 grams, Fat 28 grams, Fiber 1 gram, Protein 6 grams, SaturatedFat 4 grams, Sodium 365 milligrams, Sugar 1 gram, TransFat 0 grams
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