Community Magazine October 2014

tishrei 5775 oCtober 2014 79 Ask theChef: Need help in the kitchen? Looking for new cooking tips? Chef Elliot is available to answer all your culinary questions. Just send your requests to: ChefElliot@communitym.com Ingredients: • 4 lb. bone-in breast of veal (with pocket) • 1 lb. hashu meat (recipe below) • 1 large onion (chopped) • 3 ribs celery (chopped) • 3 whole garlic cloves (minced) • 1 tsp Allspice • Kosher Salt & black pepper • 3 bags of frozen fava beans Directions: 1. With your hands, apply a liberal coating of vegetable oil to the veal and generously season with kosher salt, black pepper, garlic and Allspice. Stuff the veal breast with the hashu (recipe to follow). Set aside. 2. Heat a little oil in a roasting pan over moderately high heat. Sauté the onion and celery until just soft. Place stuffed breast of veal on top of the sautéed aromatics and place under the broiler until lightly browned. Place any extra stuffing in the roasting pan, add 2 cups of water to the bottom of the pan, cover very tightly with foil and braise for 1 hour at 350 degrees. 3. Remove roasting pan from the oven. Add the fava beans, season beans with salt, pepper and allspice. Add another cup of water, cover the pan tightly with foil and return to the oven for another 1 ½ hours. Uncover and roast for 20 more minutes. Hashu Hashu is a simple, all-purpose meat and rice stuffing used in a wide variety of Syrian dishes. Use medium or short grain rice for their starchier content and get the fattiest ground beef you can find. Yes, really. Fatty ground beef = best beef flavor. Ask your butcher. Ingredients: 2 lbs. ground beef 1 cup short grain rice 2 tsp each – Allspice, kosher salt, cinnamon Directions: 1. Soak rice in water until the rice absorbs some of the water and softens a bit, about 30 minutes. Drain. 2. Combine the rice with the ground beef and spices in a large mixing bowl. Mix well. Rub’uh (Stuffed Breast of Veal with Fava Beans) This may be one of my favorite things in the world to make and eat. It combines a few different cooking techniques but the end result is rich, tender and absolutely delicious.