The experimental meal

Back in October, Harrison and I took a cooking class on braising. Basically, you sear the meat, add the veggies and spices, add some liquid and let it cook.


So here's the meat marinating. I needed something to begin breaking down the meat. The chef instructed us to use something with lots of sugar, like Coke. I didn't have any kind of pop or juice in the house, so I used the Southern Comfort that I've been using in my tea to help with my head cold. Right then, I took the attitude that this is all an experiment.

Here's the beef being seared in the skillet. I seasoned it and I just need to brown it in a bit of oil. Then I transferred the meat to the crock pot.


The beef left all these wonderful brown bits in the skillet, so I added some onions, let them get translucent, added a bit of flour and put that over the meat in the crock pot.


Then I added winter veggies to my crock pot and spices, although I remembered that in the braising class, the veggies went on the bottom. Oh well, this is an experiment, right?


Next comes the wet stuff. I added stewed tomatoes, mushrooms and some red wine that we didn't finish last week. It all smells delicious. I bet it tastes good too, even if it was an experiment.


Edited Post: It was delicious! Adding that onion gravy gave it just the right amount of thickness. Mmmmm.