Taste Buds: Cabin cooking on True North Island

MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) - Stephanie Hansen returns to her roots in Minnesota’s Northwoods to cook a rustic cabin dinner for her family.

On the menu at True North Island: chicken and biscuits, fresh arugula salad, and a blueberry galette — all from her True North Cabin Cookbook, Volumes 1 and 2.

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Chicken and Biscuits

Ingredients for the stew:

• 2 Tbsp olive oil
• 3 carrots, peeled and diced into rounds
• 2 cups sweet potato or butternut squash, peeled and diced into 1/2-inch squares
• 1 large onion, chopped in 1/2-inch dice
• 2 Tbsp butter
• 3 Tbsp flour
• 1 Tbsp Better than Bouillon chicken seasoning or a dried bouillon cube
• 3 cups warm chicken broth
• 3 cups rotisserie chicken, pulled off the bone or poached chicken breasts
• 1 Tbsp fresh chopped rosemary
• 1 Tbsp fresh thyme
• Fresh ground salt and pepper to taste

Ingredients for the biscuit dough:

• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 tsp baking powder
• 1 tsp sugar
• 1/2 tsp baking soda
• 1 tsp salt
• 8 Tbsp melted butter, cooled to room temperature
• 1 cup buttermilk, chilled

Instructions are available in the video above and here.

Arugula Parmesan Salad

Ingredients:

• 1 Tbsp fresh lemon juice
• 3 Tbsp olive oil, best quality
• 1/2 tsp kosher salt
• 4 grinds freshly ground black pepper – about ½ tsp to taste
• 5 oz clamshell arugula, about 4 cups
• 1/4 cup fresh shaved Parmesan cheese

Instructions are available in the video above and here.

Blueberry Galette with Whipped CreamIngredients for the crust:

• 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 tsp kosher salt
• 1 sticks very cold unsalted butter, cut into 1/2-inch cubes
• 3 Tbsp of ice water
• 1 Tbsp vodka

Ingredients for the blueberry filling:

• 3 cups fresh blueberries
• 1/4 cup sugar, plus 1 tsp reserved
• 1 Tbsp cornstarch
• 1 tsp lemon zest
• 2 tsp lemon juice
• 1 egg

Ingredients for the whipped cream:

• 2 cups cold heavy whipping cream
• 4 Tbsp confectioners’ sugar
• 2 tsp pure vanilla extract (optional)

Ingredients are available in the video above and here.