Ingredients
3/4 lb mushrooms, quartered
3 large round red potatoes, cut into
1 ... 1 1/2 inch chunks
8 shallots, quartered
4 garlic, crushed
1 large cauliflower flowerets
1 can tomato paste (6 oz)
1 tbsp olive oil
1 salt and pepper to taste
1/2 cup parsley, chopped
1 bay leaf
1 tsp oregano , dried
1 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp cumin, ground
1/4 cup red wine vinegar
1 cup stock
1 crumbled feta, fresh parsley
1 ... chopped walnuts for
1 ... garnish
Directions
Preheat oven to 350 Combine all ingredients in a flameproof casserole.
Bring to a boil, then remove from the heat. Cover tightly and bake
for 1 to 1 1/4 hours. Garnish each serving with some Feta, Parsley,
and Walnuts.
Servings: 4 servings
Potato Stefado Recipe brought to you by Recipe Ideas
Categories: Greek; Vegetable
The History of Recipes
Written cooking instructions as an idea can be tracked back into distant history, at least as far back into history as the Egyptians, and possibly even further. However, sadly, these old cookbooks were just very simple pictorial, hieroglyphic or cunieform recipes for preparing meals.
In an interesting twist, the oldest recipe in existence, according to academics are some ancient tablets in the Sumerian language which describe the preparation of bread which is then used to make a drink, quite possibly a form of beer as it is recorded as making people feel blissful. Moving on, we find some interesting books which appeared in the fourteenth century : one book entitled `Forme of Cury`, and another named `Curye on Inglish`. Surprisingly, they have no connection with the indian food that is popular today, but instead accounts of the types of food prepared by the cooks of the nobility of the period. During the next few hundred years, the powerful and rich houses strove to offer the most extravagent meals, and consequentially the best chefs and their collection of recipes were greatly in demand. Nevertheless, it was during the 1800s that haute cuisine and recipe collections became popular. The Famous Mrs Beeton in the UK, and the equally well-known Fannie Merritt Farmer in the USA, dedicated years of their lives to collecting, trying out, and writing down the recipes that were being prepared for the better households. By the advent of the 1900s, cook books were greatly in demand mostly as a result of better eduction, people having increased leisure time and being a little richer. |
We hope you enjoy this Potato Stefado recipe.
