'Sometimes, I’ve learned, the perfect is the enemy of the fed.'
cooking for 20 minutes or more, paying attention to whatever’s sizzling in the pan and not attending to your kid’s princess tea party or the Slack questions pinging in from a coworker .Photo by Marcus Nilsson, Prop Styling by Amy Wilson, Food Styling by Frances Boswell
I’d forgotten this fact until a box of meat landed on my doorstep last week. I subscribed to a monthly butcher box fromfor a few reasons, but the most valuable aspect may have been that some of the cuts included in my first box required braising. As spring blooms and winged seeds start bombarding the sidewalk outside our window, braising feels a bit weird. But when undistracted time—and real focus—is in short supply, the answer isn’t whipping dinner together on the fly.
If you’re able to be at home right now, a few minutes of mellow prep early in the morning can yield a braise that’ll feed you for days. And the aromas of hands-off, slow cooking have the added bonus of reminding you to stop and breathe, to take a break from worrying about dinner. Your nose can tell that the cooking is already happening, and that the meal is going to be good.
When undistracted time is in short supply, the answer isn’t whipping dinner together on the fly. It’s putting a pot on low and walking away. There were two lamb shanks in that first box. I realized they would tenderize in a little more than four hours, which was just about ideal timing. I could throw them in the pot while my daughter ate lunch, skipping the usual step of carefully browning each shank.
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