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  • Cherry and Chocolate Ice Cream (aka Cherry Garcia)

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    Ingredients ½ cup shaved chocolate (any high quality chocolate with around 60% cocoa) ½ cup fresh Bing cherries, halved and pitted ½ cup high quality cherry jam 1 cup (250 ml) whole milk ¾ cup (150 g) sugar 2 cups (5oo ml) heavy cream Pinch of salt 1 vanilla bean, split in half lengthwise 6 large egg […]

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  • Lamb Chops Scottaditi

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    Ingredients 2 8-rib lamb chops, trimmed of excess fat and bones frenched 5 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil For the rub 5 ounces salt 3 ounces brown sugar 1.5 ounces black pepper 1/2 tablespoon chile flake 2 ounces dried mint For the Gnocco Fritto 12 ounces whole milk 8 ounces heavy cream 3 ounces semolina 1 […]

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  • Steak Skewers with Scallion Dipping Sauce

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    Ingredients Meat And Marinade 1 cup canned unsweetened coconut milk ¼ cup fish sauce (such as nuoc nam or nam pla) 2 tablespoons palm sugar or (packed) light brown sugar 1 tablespoon fresh lime juice 6 garlic cloves 4 red or green Thai chiles, stemmed 2 lemongrass stalks, bottom third only, tough outer layers removed […]

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  • Kuku Paka (Chicken With Coconut)

    1 hour
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    Author’s Notes This rich dish of chicken in a spiced coconut sauce comes from Kenya’s coast, though creative cooks now produce variations of it all over the country. This simple version was adapted from many of them, including Kirti Patel, Agnes Kalyonge and the author Madhur Jaffrey. It requires slowly grilling the marinated chicken, ideally […]

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  • Ravigote Sauce

    10 minutes
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    Author’s Notes Heavily seasoned with chives, parsley, shallots and capers, this versatile French sauce can be prepared hot or cold. Its light flavor is best balanced out with proteins like fish, grilled meat. – Saveur Ingredients ¼ cup aged red wine vinegar 1 tbsp. Dijon mustard ½ cup cooking stock from Tête de Veau or […]

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  • Gelato di crema

    2 hours
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    Author’s Notes Today we’ll take a look at the basic recipe for everyone’s favorite summer dessert: ice cream! The Italian version of ice cream, called gelato, meaning simply ‘frozen’, is typified by the density of its texture and intensity of flavor. It achieves these qualities by avoiding any fillers or fluffers like whipped cream or […]

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  • Screaming Eagle Cheese-Steak Sub

    60 minutes
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    Author’s Notes Every college has one: some kind of nasty-fantastic amalgam of cheese and meat and grease and bread and salt and melting awesomeness. From freshman year to graduation, you can eat these things twice a week and it will hurt you, but not badly — that is the magic of youth and appetite and […]

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  • Lamb Chops with Polenta and Grilled Scallion Sauce

    35 minutes
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    Author’s Notes Grill scallions and jalapeño alongside lamb chops and sliced polenta, then chop them up with fresh basil to make a zesty, spicy, smoky sauce that goes great with everything on the plate. A little bit of that sauce mixed with yogurt becomes an instant salad dressing for the accompanying salad of seasonal greens […]

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  • Carrot and Pistachio Salad

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    Author’s Notes This refreshing summer salad is a wonderful way to spruce up the humble carrot and was inspired by an afternoon I spent with Leila Rohbani, a yoga teacher from Tehran. I had a delightful time with her; drinking green tea from small stoneware cups and talking about our favorite recipes in the bright, […]

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  • Charred Asparagus with Citrus Bagna Cauda

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    Ingredients 2 tablespoons skin-on almonds 2 oil-packed anchovy fillets 4 garlic cloves, smashed 1 sprig oregano 1 teaspoon finely grated lemon zest 1 teaspoon finely grated orange zest 2 tablespoons unsalted butter 3 tablespoons olive oil, divided 2 tablespoons fresh orange juice 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice Kosher salt, freshly ground pepper 1 ½ pounds […]

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