French
Braised Beef Short Ribs
Michelin-starred chef Adam Byatt’s braised short ribs recipe. A slow braise in red wine and chicken stock produces fall-off-the-bone tender meat with a deeply reduced flavored sauce.
Pommes Boulangère
A one-pan side dish that requires a mandoline or good knife skills. Potatoes, a little onion, and a lot of butter. This is another Adam Byatt recipe. There are many variations of this dish, but I like how he arranges the potatoes almost vertically and in a tight spiral.
French Peas
Adam Byatt’s recipe from YouTube. This was the my first time using beurre manie as a way to create and thicken sauces, and sticking two entire lettuces in the dish was counter-intuitive, to say the least! Learning how to make and use a cartouche or ‘paper lid’ is a nice touch.