How to Prepare the Absolute Best Veal Marsala This is the final post for preparing the very best Veal Marsal recipe you will find from my friend Chef Ricco. You can find the short version of this recipe without all the explanations and without the mushrooms at The Very Best Veal Marsala Recipe. Here I’m […]
What Ingredients Do I Need to Make Restaurant Quality Veal Marsala? Years ago I asked my friend Chef Ricco Deluca how to make the very best veal Marsala and he shared with me his recipe. You can see this recipe at The Very Best Veal Marsala Recipe. What I want to do here is to […]
Alternative Cooking Method To Traditional Veal Saltimbocca Veal saltimbocca, which probably originated in Brescia, (a region of Lombardy in northern Italy), is a specialty in Roman cuisine. Quite simply, it is veal sautéed with prosciutto and sage in a butter/wine sauce. In the traditional fabrication method two sage leaves are placed on a veal cutlet […]
Braising Can Take the Chill Out of Winter By: Mark R. Vogel I am not a winter person. But I must admit, there’s nothing like a hearty winter meal followed by a good brandy or a hot cup of tea in front of the fireplace. Historically man consumed rich and robust fare in winter to […]
How to Make Incredible Veal Marsala I learned this recipe from my friend Chef Ricco Deluca who has forgotten more about cooking Italian food then I’ll ever know. He grew up in family of cooks including his mom who was Frank Sinatra’s family cook for more than 15 years. I wanted to know how to […]
Pan Roasting – A Cooking Technique Used By the Pros I recently read an article about Pan Roasting and how professional cooks use this technique all the time in restaurants. Just a handful of years ago, I couldn’t find any reference to pan roasting in any of my cook books, but these days it is […]
Easy preparation Preparing this Osso Buco recipe is easy with a few tips and suggestions. In fact, the night before we brought our youngest daughter home from the NBICU, some friends invited my wife and I over for a “last night out for a while” dinner and served one of my favorite meals, Osso buco, Ossobuco […]
Veal Scallopine with Artichokes, Button Mushrooms and Aged Balsamic Vinegar These recipes come from my friends at ChefsLine.com (no longer in existence) and specifically Chef Cary Wolfson, ChefsLine’s culinary content director and executive chef at a large university. As you can see, there are not a lot of ingredients for either of these recipes and […]
Classic Veal Marsala Dinner After purchasing some nice looking veal cutlets at the market, I thought about making classic Veal Marsala for dinner. With the right ingredients, this is one very quick and easy meal to prepare that’s usually a big success in our house even with the kids. Problem was I didn’t have one […]
Veal Scallopini with Artichokes and Balsamic Vinegar This is great recipe for a romantic Valentine’s dinner tonight. Easy to prepare, lots of texture, flavor and great ingredients. If you are not a veal eater, you can substitute boneless chicken breasts but be sure to get them thin enough. I saw a version of this recipe […]
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How to Make the Best Beef Wellington This Beef Wellington recipe has become a tradition in our house. We prepare it every couple of years for Christmas and made it again this year. If I’m lucky, we will have it next year and the year after that. My wife originally found a recipe in Fine […]
Christmas Standing Rib Roast Thanksgiving is a holiday in which turkey really shines. Many of you would rather not deal with another turkey just four weeks after Thanksgiving. Some of you might still have some frozen leftovers. The Christmas meal is a celebratory meal, and as such, celebration food is a natural at the Christmas […]
How to Bake A Ham For Christmas
Baked Christmas Ham Recipe Would you like to serve a wonderfully flavorful and juicy ham for the holidays? Here’s a can’t-go-wrong recipe that will have your guests asking for seconds, and for a plate of leftovers, as well. Be sure to read about the history of serving ham on Christmas and the various types of […]
