I've been promising to make one for my daughter for years, and she has
finally called my bluff. I have one week to come up with it.

Between my cookbook collection and Google I've come up with, oh, a million
or so versions. So who has a tried-and-true recipe? I'm not averse to
spending much of the next week scrounging for ingredients and doing all the
prep work (which does, indeed, sound formidable) but I'd ever so much rather
do it using a recipe someone can vouch for.

Someone? Please? Pretty please? Pretty please with duck confit?

Felice

"Felice Friese" > wrote in
:

> I've been promising to make one for my daughter for years, and she
> has finally called my bluff. I have one week to come up with it.
>
> Between my cookbook collection and Google I've come up with, oh, a
> million or so versions. So who has a tried-and-true recipe? I'm not
> averse to spending much of the next week scrounging for ingredients
> and doing all the prep work (which does, indeed, sound formidable)
> but I'd ever so much rather do it using a recipe someone can vouch
> for.
>
> Someone? Please? Pretty please? Pretty please with duck confit?
>
> Felice
>
>

Beef Cassoulet With Herb Dumplings


1 lb lean or regular ground beef
1 cup water
1 teaspoon dried oregano leaves
1/2 teaspoon dried basil leaves
2 cloves garlic; finely chopped
1 stalk celery; thinly sliced (about 1/2
1 onion; chopped (about 1/2 cup)
1 can (16-oz) navy or kidney beans; drained
1 can (14.33-oz) ready-to-serve beef brot; h
1 can (16-oz) whole tomatoes; undrained
2 cup bisquick original baking mix
2/3 cup milk
1/4 teaspoon dried oregano leaves
1/4 teaspoon dried basil leaves


COOK ground beef in Dutch oven, stirring freequently, until brown; drain.
Stir in water, 1 teaspoon oregano, 1/2 teaspoon basil, the garlic,
celery, onion, beans, broth and tomatoes; break up tomatoes. Heat to
boiling; reduce heat. MIX remaining ingredients until soft dough forms.
Drop dough by 12 spoonfuls onto beef mixture (do not drop directly into
liquid). COOK uncovered over low heat 10 minutes. Cover and cook 10
minutes longer. 6 servings.

From <Betty Crocker: Bisquick Classics and New Favorites>.

--
No Bread Crumbs were hurt in the making of this Meal.
Type 2 Diabetic 1AC 5.6mmol or 101mg/dl

Respectfully but this is not a real cassoulet. Apperantly the French
decreed in 1966 that the proper cassoulet should have at least 30%
pork, mutton or preserved goose and 70% navy beans, stock, fresh pork
rinds and herbs. It so happens that cassoulette was on my mind this
week too. I cooked the following which turned out great

(From the Larousse Gastronomique - see your other sources for more
detail)

First you need a large earthenware dish. I have four individual
earthenware pots which worked just fine. I found mine in a Spanish
deli-shop but I've seen them in many places.

You need (modified for 4 - read vandalized):
3 cups of navy beans
4 oz pork fat (I used salted pork with the rind)
4 oz fresh pound pork rind (see above)
bouquet garni (2)
1 pound pork shoulder
1/2 pound lamb
2 large chopped onions
1 carrot
Saussages (no amount specified, I used 5 pieces of bratwurst)

To Prepa

1. Soak the beans in a pot of cold water for a few hours. Drain and add
the pork fat and rind, carrot, 1 onion and enough water for the beans
to swim. Simmer gently

2. Brown the pork and lamb well. Add them to a pot with the other
onion, bouquet and 2 garlic cloves. Cover and cook.

3. When the beans are almost cooked (no time specified so a little
tricky) remove the vegetables (who needs those) and add the pork and
lamb (from the other pot) and sausage. Cook for another hour.

4. Remove all meats and beans and drain. Cut in pieces (the meat not
the beans).

5. Line the earthenware first with the rind, then beans, meats, beans
again and finally fat. Sprinkle with bread crumbs and some of the fat.

6. Cook gently in the oven (I used 280F) for about 1.5 hours. Serve in
the earthware

No guarantees but I liked it quite a bit. It helps to cross reference
with other more detailed recipies for the cooking times and
temperatures.

Felice Friese > wrote:

> So who has a tried-and-true recipe?

Here is one I posted a few times befo
<http://groups.google.co.uk/groups?selm=1gowrz1.f4gqg33yy4jaN%25azazello%40kor oviev.de>

Victor

"Victor Sack" > wrote in message
.. .
> Felice Friese > wrote:
>
>> So who has a tried-and-true recipe?
>
> Here is one I posted a few times befo
> <http://groups.google.co.uk/groups?selm=1gowrz1.f4gqg33yy4jaN%25azazello%40kor oviev.de>
>
> Victor

Thanks for searching that post out for me, Victor. That one sounds "real"!

Felice