Then it's cut into rounds, poached in an aromatic broth, pan-seared and glazed with its own jus.
Eventually, she brought all the elements together -- the meats, and the aromatics from the pan in their generous pool of oil -- and began mixing with a wooden spoon.
To make the masala, toast the spices in a dry pan until aromatic.
I spent the quieter evenings peering over the shoulders of the chefs, watching as they hooked charcoal dotted naans out of the tandoor, tossed a secret blend of aromatic spices around a pan and flung samosas and pakoras into smoking hot oil.
Remove and discard the aromatics from the pear pan, then tip the fruit into the pastry shell.
A large Côte de Boeuf – to prepare it, it would be sealed in a pan with aromatics cooked in the oven until medium rare – with fabulous black Russian tomatoes.
The aromatic, herbal alcohol was exactly what the pan roast needed, somehow lifting all the flavors and melding them, too.
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I sat down to eat -- a lot: a pile of chipirones, or baby squid, saut? with onions; an orgy of side dishes like pommes lyonnaises; and -- to avenge Steve Irwin -- pan-seared stingray with an aromatic saffron sauce.
Keftedes, or meatballs, are made from ground filet mignon, mixed with cumin, mint, shallot, parsley and cayenne, then pan-fried, yielding crispy outsides and aromatic insides.
