Sieve and Let Die: A Vintage Kitchen Mystery
by Victoria Hamilton
About Sieve and Let Die
Sieve and Let Die: A Vintage Kitchen Mystery
Cozy Mystery
11th in Series
Beyond the Page (October 17, 2023)
Print length : 279 pages
ASIN : B0CHWKY49V
In the new Vintage Kitchen Mystery from the author of A Calculated Whisk, Jaymie’s not sure who to believe when every suspect’s alibi has as many holes as a sieve . . .
Vintage cookware collector Jaymie Müller is stunned when an irate woman accuses her pharmacist friend Val of tampering with her prescription. When more unfounded accusations follow, it seems clear the woman has a personal grudge against Val. But before they can figure out why, Jaymie and Val stumble upon the woman’s dead body on the steps of Val’s pharmacy. Given her altercations with the woman and the location of the body, the police naturally suspect Val.
Jaymie has heard rumors that the victim had become forgetful and erratic, but could that explain her death? And why was Val being framed as her murderer? Determined to find the clues that connect the woman’s strange behavior to her death, Jaymie begins questioning the people in her life—and soon suspects that the culprit is among them. But she’ll have to be careful about who she confronts, because while solving murders is hard work, there’s a killer on the loose who finds committing them all too easy . . .
Includes a vintage recipe!
Recipe Post for SALD
Pork Medallions with Mushroom Sage Cream Sauce
I’ve been joking lately that you could eat dirt with butter and cream and it would taste just fine. I’m not sure that’s true, never having tried it, but I can tell you that chicken or pork in a cream sauce is delicious! I’ve cooked this recipe with chicken and it was so good I decided to try it with pork medallions, and voila, here you go: that elusive thing, a recipe that is fast, easy and delicious!
Pork Medallions with Mushroom Sage Cream Sauce
Serves 4 – 6
Ingredients:
1 ½ pound pork loin or pork chops, boneless
4 tbsp butter, divided
1 – 2 tbsp olive oil
10 ounces cremini mushrooms, quartered
1 clove garlic, minced
½ cup chicken stock
Sprig of sage leaves, fresh, or 1 tsp dried sage
1 cup (or more) heavy (35 %) cream
Seasoned Flour:
1 cup AP flour
2 tsp salt
1 tsp fresh ground pepper
2 tsp garlic powder
Instructions:
1 – Halve or quarter mushrooms and set aside.
2 – If using pork loin roast, slice pork in ¾ inch thick slices, or cut pork chops into uniform size pieces. (You can use chicken breast or boneless skinless chicken thighs in this recipe) Pound between two sheets of waxed paper with meat mallet into uniform thickness, about half inch.
3 – Mix seasoned flour ingredients in plastic storage bag. Shake the pork medallions in the flour mixture and set aside.
4 – Heat 2 tbsp of butter and 1 tbsp of olive oil in large skillet over medium heat (I used an electric fry pan) and brown the pork on both sides. You may have to do this in batches. Remove browned pork from pan and set aside.
5 – Add the remaining 2 tbsp of butter to the skillet (and little more olive oil, if needed) and sauté the mushrooms and garlic over medium heat for about five minutes, or until the mushrooms are lightly browned.
6 – Add the half cup of stock and the sage to the pan, deglaze, loosening up any of the yummy brown bits, then add pork back to the pan, cover, reduce heat and cook for ten to twenty minutes, depending on how thick your chops are. I did a small test piece just to know when it was cooked through.
7 – Remove pork and mushrooms from pan. Add the cream (I’ll confess I used the whole container – you can never have too much sauce!) and simmer on low/medium until the sauce is reduced and starting to thicken. Once it is to a creamy consistency, add the pork medallions back into the sauce, turning it so it is coated, and heat through. The sauce should thicken a little more at this stage.
8 – Serve the pork medallions with the mushrooms and sauce spooned over. I like it with mashed potatoes and green beans! I haven’t tried it, but I think the sauce would be delicious over noodles or a rice pilaf.
And… enjoy!
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Sieve and Let Die – Vintage Kitchen Mysteries #11
In the new Vintage Kitchen Mystery from the author of A Calculated Whisk, Jaymie’s not sure who to believe when every suspect’s alibi has as many holes as a sieve . . .
Vintage cookware collector Jaymie Müller is stunned when an irate woman accuses her pharmacist friend Val of tampering with her prescription. When more unfounded accusations follow, it seems clear the woman has a personal grudge against Val. But before they can figure out why, Jaymie and Val stumble upon the woman’s dead body on the steps of Val’s pharmacy. Given her altercations with the woman and the location of the body, the police naturally suspect Val.
Jaymie has heard rumors that the victim had become forgetful and erratic, but could that explain her death? And why was Val being framed as her murderer? Determined to find the clues that connect the woman’s strange behavior to her death, Jaymie begins questioning the people in her life, and soon suspects that the culprit is among them. But she’ll have to be careful about who she confronts, because while solving murders is hard work, there’s a killer on the loose who finds committing them all too easy . . .
Includes a vintage recipe!
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To watch for in 2024:
Lady Anne and the Haunted Schoolgirl – Lady Anne Addison Mysteries #5
Thanks for Muffin – Merry Muffin Mysteries #8
And #12 in the Vintage Kitchen Mystery Series: Cat Got Your Tongs
About Victoria Hamilton:
Victoria Hamilton is the pseudonym of nationally bestselling romance author Donna Lea Simpson. Victoria is the bestselling author of four mystery series: the Lady Anne Addison Mysteries, the Vintage Kitchen Mysteries, the Merry Muffin Mysteries, and A Gentlewoman’s Guide to Murder Mysteries. Visit her website at victoriahamiltonmysteries.com and sign up for her newsletter to keep up with all the latest in her mystery world!
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About Victoria Hamilton
Victoria Hamilton is the pseudonym of nationally bestselling romance author Donna Lea Simpson. Victoria is the bestselling author of four mystery series: the Lady Anne Addison Mysteries, the Vintage Kitchen Mysteries, the Merry Muffin Mysteries, and A Gentlewoman’s Guide to Murder Mysteries. Visit her website at victoriahamiltonmysteries.com.
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