Bouchees Pauillacaise (potato Balls With Meat Filling)

Seven laws for running the [Christian] race. 1. Run to win: “Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one gets the prize? Run in such a way as to get the prize” (1 Corinthians 9:24-25). 2. Observe strict discipline: “Everyone who competes in the games goes into strict training… I beat my body and make it my slave so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified” (1 Corinthians 9:25-27). 3. Don’t look back: “Brothers, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus” (Philippians 3:13-14). 4. Get constant encouragement: “Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us…run with perseverance the race marked out for us. Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. Consider him who endured such opposition from sinful men, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart” (Hebrews 12:1-3). 5. Throw off restraints: “Let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us” (Hebrews 12:1). 6. Discount pain: “And now, compelled by the Spirit, I am going to Jerusalem, not knowing what will happen to me there. I only know that in every city the Holy Spirit warns me that prison and hardships are facing me. However, I consider my life worth nothing to me, if only I may finish the race and complete the task the Lord Jesus has given me-the task of testifying to the gospel of God's grace” (Acts 20:22-24). 7. Don’t let up until you cross the line: “For I am already being poured out like a drink offering, and the time has come for my departure. I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. Now there is in store for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day-and not only to me, but also to all who have longed for his appearing” (2 Timothy 4:6-8).

Jim Elliff

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Meats, Dairy, Eggs, Vegetables	French	Beef, Chicken, French	8	Servings

INGREDIENTS

2		Potatoes, peeled cut 1"
		cubes
2	T	Unsalted butter
1/2	c	Milk
		Salt and pepper
		Nutmeg, freshly ground
4		Eggs, separated beaten
1	c	Fresh breadcrumbs
		Vegetable oil for deep
		frying
		MEAT FILLING:
1	T	Unsalted butter or veg oil
2		Shallot, minced
1		Onion, finely chopped
1	T	All-purpose flour
3/4	c	Beef stock
		Salt and pepper
1	c	Beef or chicken leftovers
		diced

INSTRUCTIONS

Steam potatoes until soft.  Preheat oven to 300 F.  Meat filling: Melt
butter or oil in a saucepapn. Add the shallots and  onion and saute
over a low fire. Add the flour and let brown. Moisten  with the beef
stock. Season with salt and pepper and let reduce over  moderate heat.
Stir in the diced meat.  Set the mixture aside.  Rub the potatoes
through a ricer or food mill into a pan.  Add the  butter and milk.
Season with salt, pepper, and nutmeg.  Beat the pureed potatoes well
over low heat, 3-5 minutes until they  are very dry and thick.  Add 2
beaten eggs.  Beat again.  Your puree  should be very thick.  Remove
from the fire and cool.  Make balls the size of an egg with the potato
puree.  Flatten them  lightly and make an indentation in the middle of
each.  Heat oil to 365 F.  Dip the balls of potato puree in beaten egg
and  then in breadcrumbs.  Fry in the hot oil, in batches, until
golden,  about 2 minutes.  drain on towels and put aside.  Pile the
diced meat filling in the middle of each bouchee like a dome  and place
in an ovenproof disih.  Heat in the oven for 15 minutes.  Serve hot.
Leftover roasted or braised beef, chicken, veal or lamb may be used.
Shared by Sherilyn Schamber Recipe By     : Pampille's Table  Posted to
MC-Recipe Digest V1 #237  Date: Wed, 09 Oct 1996 08:45:33 -0700  From:
Sherilyn Schamber <sherschm@concentric.net>  NOTES : A translation and
adaptation of Marthe Daudet's 1919 classics  "Les Bons Plats de
France,"  by Shirley King.

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Nutrition (calculated from recipe ingredients) ---------------------------------------------- Calories: 280 Calories From Fat: 64 Total Fat: 7.2g Cholesterol: 103.3mg Sodium: 341mg Potassium: 800.6mg Carbohydrates: 45g Fiber: 5.8g Sugar: 11.3g Protein: 10.4g

I think it is the preacher's responsibility to get attention and comprehension. It is the Holy Spirit’s responsibility to produce yielding, retention, and action – that's not my job. All the slick techniques, all the gospel marketing packages, all the pulpit histrionics of jumping and stomping and flailing around, and doing whatever they do to create the mood. All the sad stories, the mood music, the endless invitations, the hand raising, the walking to the front, all of that kind of pressure is not preaching the Word. It has nothing to do with comprehension. The decision of yielding, surrendering and then retaining and acting, is between the hearer and God, and not the hearer and the preacher.

John MacArthur