Reviewed: Jan. 17, 2012

Good, easy, one dish dinner. Omitted tomato paste. Used ground turkey/chicken, chicken broth and white wine instead of red. About 1/2t each of poultry seasoning and parsley instead of tarragon. Puff pastry shells could have ANYTHING in them and be scrumptious. I love them!

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Reviewed: Dec. 21, 2011

Use 2 lbs beef, 12 oz mushrooms, 1/2 Tbsp. Tarragon, additional red wine.

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cookingmama

Reviewed: Apr. 17, 2010

This was a great recipe I made my biscuit bowls instead of using pastry puffs and I tweaked with the seasonings quite a bit since we did not have some of what was called for. but over all the recipe turned out rather well.

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treazon

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Idaho Falls, Idaho, USA

Living In: Tacoma, Washington, USA

Reviewed: Jan. 3, 2010

This was a definite hit with our company the other night. I will cut the tarragon down by a 1/3 to 1/2 - as it was a little strong. I substituted shredded carrots and didn't cook them before hand. I also omitted the wine, as one of the diners has an allergy to sulfites. Mine was very thick, probably due to omitting the wine - so I'll add 1/2-1 cup of water next time. I will definitely make this again!

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STASEEKA

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Seattle, Washington, USA

Reviewed: Jan. 11, 2009

Good added beef stock instead of wine for more stew flavor. + a little chili seasoning.

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Cooking Level: Beginning

Home Town: Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

Living In: Pahrump, Nevada, USA

Reviewed: Nov. 6, 2008

We loved this. I used 1 1/2 ground beef. I used onions instead of shallots and omitted the taragon. I used regular carrots cut in "coins", cooked them in the microwave and added the cooking water to the gr. beef mixture. I think I may have added a little more water, I just added until it looked right and there was a little gravy. I served it with regular bisquick bisquits and it was great!! I was in a hurry, but I think it only took about 30 min. start to finish.

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munchk1n

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Reviewed: Sep. 15, 2008

This was good! I had a mishap with the puff pastry shells so I ended up serving this over "Grands Butter Tastin' biscuits which was good also. I also subbed cranberry juice for the red wine and garlic for the tarragon. Most of us topped ours with grated parmesan cheese.

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SarabearMcD

Reviewed: Aug. 26, 2008

I left out the wine and replaced the tarragon with creole seasoning, then served it over mashed potatoes. It was wonderful!

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Turkey

Reviewed: Apr. 11, 2008

This was easy to make and does look nice, but unless you are a real big fan of Tarragon I suggest cutting it in half for this recipe. Or coming up with your own comdo of spices. I thought it would taste a little more like a hardy stew, so was slightly disappointed. I might try it again without so much of one spice.

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Ashley N

Reviewed: Mar. 12, 2008

This was a very tasty dish with a lovely presentation. It was easy to make, dinner was on the table within about a half an hour but could really be a company dish. Will definately make again!

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