European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 27, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                By Pierre Haney new York times s an Ron familiar Ullh the latest maj  knows stack Ned Reddish has b  one of the most  foods on american menus the principle behind its preparation is to heat a cast Iron Ottille until in a lie thy hoi Almas smoking. The Tish is dipped into hot 5pced Buller and then pan broiled in the Skilli until done ii is a technique vaguely related to a dish of my childhood. R,1nuk Wuh shallots the Skillet is healed of a Carlan iu1i?r,ml/ and brushed lightly with a Little Oil Beloro she sleol1 in added. The meat Sears immediately and becomes almost blackened. A Good Deal tins been written recently about the popularity of Bistro cooking in America and this dish is one of the most traditional of All Bistro dishes often served Wil h pommes titles known in this country As French red potatoes Steak with shallots is easy to Cook. While the Slink is in the Billot you heat a ballot Butler and Cook thinly sliced shallots until they Are lightly browned. Add a touch More Butler and pour Tho shallots Over the meat and so pc t e Deal meat Lor this dish is a Boneless Shell Steak and you should count on providing about a halt Pound Lor each serving. For Itie meal outlined hero. I have chosen against serving Pornes tales because the dish is tedious to prepare  it demands cooking Iho potatoes in two batches of Oil. Each heated to a different temperature instead \ recommend Uola lacs pay Sanne. Which is to say country style the policies Are peeled and Quail red cooked n a air my onions until tender and Ihen mashed until Niclai Ivity i mooch in lecture. Alter spooning the i Luro Inlo a Omang dish Sprinze in with grated Parmesan cheese and place it under a broiler until browned Steak with shallots 4 Boneless Shell steaks about 2 pounds total weight Salt to lasts if desired freshly ground Pepper to taste 1 Tablespoon earn Peanut or vegetable Oil 4 Tablespoons butter i cup thinly sliced shallots 2  finely chopped Parsley 1, Sprinkle the steaks on both sides with sail and Pepper. 2 heat a cast Iron Skillet Largo enough of hold the steaks in one layer until in is piety hot. Add the Oil and quickly Coal the Bottom of tha Skillet. Add the steaks and Cook i ill Well browned about 3 minutes. Turn the steaks and continue cooking on Tho second Side about 3 minutes h you want the Steak medium rare Cook 4 to s minutes on each Sido. Transfer to a warm Tatler. 3. Heat 1 Tablespoon of Iho Butler in a Small ski let or Saucepan and add the shadows. Cook Alining Olton until they awful Oktor Brown about 2 io3mintiles. Add Iho remaining 3 Tablespoons of butter and Cook until bubbling hot. Spoon the shallots Over the meat and pour any remaining butter Over All. Sprinkle with Parsley and serve. Yield 4 Servings potato country Sita 2 Pound Idaho Kiisel potatoes i cup finely chopped onion t Clovo garlic peeled Salt to taste ii desired 6 Tablespoons butter plus butter Tor greasing the dish freshly ground Pepper to taste a Teaspoon freshly grated Nutmeg 2 Tablespoons finely chopped Parsley 3 Tablespoons freshly grated Parmesan cheese 1. Peel the potatoes and Cut each into quarters. There should Daaboul 4 cups. Put the potatoes in a Large Saucepan and add water to a depth of about one Hall Inch above the potatoes 2. Add Tho onion garlic and Salt bring to a boil and Cook 10 to 1s minutes or until tender. Drain the potato mixture and return to the Neltte in which it was cooked. Add sail 4 Tablespoons of the butter Pepper Nutmeg and Parsley 3. Mash the potatoes to a smooth texture using the Back of a taiga spoon. Spoon Tho potato mixture into a buttered batting dish Adish measuring 6v4 6y lit inches is idea land smooth Over the top. Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese and Dot with the remaining � Tablespoons butter. 4. Meanwhile preheat the broiler to High. 5. Placo the potatoes under the boiler 3 or 4 inches Tram the source of heal. Broil 6 to b minutes or until go Dan Brown and slightly bubbling on lop. Yield 4 Servings. The curious packages of Root Ginger Are Tola in the supermarkets in this area. One Only uses a Ihfe of this fresh Ginger Tor chinese recipes. How can one preserve it what uses other than la chinese cooking does h Nave Mary Giovanni cd Pembroke Pines Fla. Margate i Kikm 111 the encyclopedia of food arid Cooke in and imps Hal la keep of fest Ginger Vang Juicy Roo ii Hinl have nol become Loo fibrous May to pooled and Oji info Smalt knobs place them in a clean Glass Jar at id cd vim with dry Sherry keep covered in to  if Iho i ii is lined out Cut Inlo pieces and soak in cold water Toi everal hours you can also Lake Tho dried Rool and a grind it Wile a powder storing in in a Jar in a Day place ii can be1 inc tied and grated or ground to a pulp and used in Many types of curies. You can saute a slice o Erma Bombeck it in Oil Lor a minute before making tried Chicken. Ii can to rubbed Over Chicken Duck or Lish. Ginger can also be used As a marinade Tor prawns scallops diced Chicken or pork Lish fillets or Chicken by lasts. For one Pound of meal or Lish. Use one Tablespoon paled fresh Ginger two Tablespoon soy sauce one Tablespoon Lemen juice and two Tablespoons Oil. Combine the ingredients and marinate covered for 30 minutes to two hours. While you re cooking it on the Grill to in Iho broiler turn the meat several limes and Brush with Iho extra marinade. To give a special zest to bottled salad dressing grata a mile fresh Ginger Root and add Illo Iho dressing shaking Well. Since fresh Ginger Rool can to expensive Frieda Arkin in More Kitchen Wisdom suggests growing your own in the Kitchen place a piece of the Rool that contains a Bud in a pot of soil the Root will Send up shoots and leaves and when tie Plant later becomes Dormani end tha shoots die Oil you la to. Able to dig up Hall a dozen or Mote new Laige roots to use in cooking and to Start new  ii you have a Mavorite recipe utilizing Ginger for other than distinctly chinese cooking please pass it along. My son sew an ail on to about gait rag a return on Cha least Attar they Wen paid off h asked people to Send jj9.95 for instructions or a  be never heard of any Type of return from a lean it to tit is a gimmick or it h on the invert mrs. . 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