Re: Dinner suggestion for the year of our lord 20241003!

On Sun, 3 Nov 2024, Citizen Winston Smith wrote:

On 11/3/2024 11:39 AM, D wrote:

  On Sat, 2 Nov 2024, D wrote:
 

  On Sat, 2 Nov 2024, Citizen Winston Smith wrote:
 

On 11/2/2024 11:22 AM, D wrote:

Dear rfc:ers,
 I'm writing this on behalf of the wife. She has thought deeply and come to the conclusion that I should use my participation in this group for something good, and therefore asked me to ask you for a dinner recommendation for the current weather conditions.
 It is about 3 degrees C, windy, dark, and occasionally some light rain.
 What easy and cozy dish would you choose to light up such an autumn evening?

 Beef barley soup.
 https://youtu.be/l2i1w3w5bLE
 Ingredients
2 (907 grams) pounds beef chuck - cubed
3 (41 grams) tablespoons olive oil
1 medium onion - diced
2 ribs celery - diced
4 medium carrots - diced
3 cloves garlic minced
¾ (175 grams) cup dry red wine
6 (1440 grams) cups low-sodium beef broth
1 (17 grams) tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
3 sprigs thyme
1 (180 grams) cup pearl barley
salt and pepper - to taste
¼ cup parsley - minced
 Deceptively simple but it's the barley that adds a special nuttiness to it.
 Kiddo has a bland pallet.
 Easily a 9!
 https://youtu.be/Jd4qkSM7d9o
 

 It has been decided! The wife liked the recipe, so tomorrow we'll have beef barley soup. Hooray! And the wife says "thank you very much".

 It has been done! Delicious, nutritious and perfect for a cold and rainy day!
 Result here: https://postimg.cc/YhYNTrkX .

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There's that Italian parsely too - my what big barley you have!
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The parsley really added to the taste! Better than I expected. As for the barley, maybe it's some kind of local variety? I tried to find the bag, but the wife already threw it away, so can't find the exact name at the moment. If I wake her up with this question, she become really angry, and that is scary! ;)