Onion, lettuce, uncured ham, fish sauce, black rice, calrose rice, balsamic vinegar, tarragon, garlic, black pepper.
The thought of lettuce in a soup used to revolt me. But ahh, those French, they made it a classic soup. So I had to try it. 50 million Frenchmen can’t be wrong.
Pureed the lettuce with the onion.
Standard mirepoix. Halibut, tomato, green bell pepper, yellow squash, black olive, garlic scape, worcestershire sauce, honey, sugar, balsamic vinegar, basil, parsley, garlic, cinnamon, nutmeg, clove
Halibut, the Lexus of fish–luxurious yet costly. Just one of the jewels that our donors sometimes send us.
Mirepoix: yellow and red onion, carrot, bell pepper. Strip steak, tomato, Brussels sprouts, green beans, great northern beans (pureed with mirepoix), curds, balsamic vinegar, Italian seasoning, sugar.
Arch Duke Ferdinand customarily ate this when visiting his southern dominions. He had one eye in the mirror as he watched himself gavotte.
Ok, I made that up.
Made 5/15/19
Mirepoix: yellow onion, leek, fennel, carrot, celery, red bell pepper. Tomato, green beans, leek tops, yellow bell pepper, portobello mushroom, balsamic vinegar, worcestershire sauce, cayenne pepper, tarragon, oregano, basil.
A Pippin would complain: “needs rashers of bacon”. Sorry, it wasn’t available that day, my woolly-footed rascal.
Made 4/24/29
Mirepoix: yellow onion, green and red bell pepper, poblano pepper, carrot, parsley. Roasted zucchini, fresh tomato, kalamata olives, capers, morel mushroom, crimini mushroom, eggplant tapenade, worcesterhire sauce, balsamic vinegar, sugar, fresh oregano, fresh basil, garlic.
” Romanes eunt domus”
More morels. The earth shakes!
Made 4/17/19
Mirepoix: yellow onion, carrot, poblano pepper, jalapeno pepper (calientepoix). Ham, tomato, black beans, roasted zucchini, Metro Market salsa, green chilis, tomato paste, balsamic vinegar, cinnamon, garlic, sugar.
Made 12/19/18
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