
Chicken Stew with Spices
A fragrant braised chicken with walnuts, saffron, cinnamon, raisins, and savory — a Caucasian-inspired stew from a Central European cookbook.
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Traditional meat and poultry dishes — from Sunday roasts to slow-braised classics.

A fragrant braised chicken with walnuts, saffron, cinnamon, raisins, and savory — a Caucasian-inspired stew from a Central European cookbook.

Thin beef slices pounded flat, stuffed with bacon and garlic, rolled and braised in a thick onion and pepper sauce until tender.

Freshly ground beef mixed with whipped butter, shaped into steaks, coated in flour and egg, and pan-fried in butter until golden — a Central European meat dish.

Soft potato dumplings filled with ground pork, finished in pan juices with sour cream — a hearty Central European one-pot classic.

A whole pheasant stuffed with a pan-fried filling of bread, fresh mushrooms, bacon, walnuts, and white wine, roasted with butter and basted with pan juices.

Pork leg fillet studded with garlic, braised in white wine, sliced and served in a rich tomato sauce with hard-boiled egg — a Central European pot roast.

Tender braised veal marinated in white wine, slow-cooked in a covered casserole, and finished with a light sour cream and lemon pan sauce.

Roe deer loin marinated two days in red wine, larded with dry bacon, braised until tender, and finished with a caper and sour cream sauce.

A traditional sage and onion stuffing for rich roasting meats — double-blanched onions, fresh sage, butter, and breadcrumbs bound with egg.