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  • Here’s Your Damn Chocolate Ice Cream

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    Ingredients ¾ cups sugar ½ cup water 2 cups heavy cream 1 cup whole milk 2 tsp salt 3 egg yolks ½ cup unsweetened cocoa powder 4 oz dark chocolate (70%), chopped Ingredients In a large, heavy-bottomed, nonreactive saucepan over medium-high heat, melt ¾ cup of the sugar, stirring occasionally with a heatproof spatula and […]

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  • Tahitian V*nill@ Ice Cream

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    Ingredients 2 cups heavy cream 1 cup whole milk 2 tsp salt 1 Tahitian vanilla bean 1 cup sugar 3 tbsp malt powder 3 egg yolks 1 tsp vanilla extract Instructions Fill a large bowl or pan with ice and water. Place a large, clean bowl in the ice bath and fit the bowl with […]

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  • Secret Breakfast Ice Cream

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    Ingredients 2 cups heavy cream 1 cup whole milk 2 tsp salt 3 egg yolks 1 cup sugar ½ tsp vanilla extract ¼ cup bourbon ½ cup chopped Corn Flake Cookies (see recipe) Instructions Fill a large bowl or pan with ice and water. Place a large, clean bowl in the ice bath and fit […]

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  • Corn Flake Cookies

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    Ingredients 2 cups all-purpose flour 1 tsp baking soda 1 tsp salt 1 cup butter, at room temperature 1 cup granulated sugar 1 cup brown sugar 2 eggs 2 cups Corn Flakes Instructions Sift together the flour, baking soda, and salt in a medium bowl. In a large bowl, using an electric mixer or beating […]

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  • Moto Guzzi – Casa Erickson Style

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    Ingredients Extra Virgin Olive Oil 1 clove garlic, minced 1 eight ounce ball of pizza dough ¾ cup grated Smoke Provolone Cheese ¾ cup grated Mozzarella Cheese 3-4 ounces Spicy Italian Sausage sautéed until just pink 3 ounces mushrooms, cleaned, thinly sliced and sautéed in the juice from the sautéing of the Spicy Italian Sausage 1 […]

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  • Slow Cooker Pork Carnitas / Cena Completa de Carnitas de Puerco

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    Ingredients 2 pounds boneless pork shoulder Salt 1 ½ to 2cups freshly rendered pork lard (you can buy good-quality lard from a local butcher or Mexican market; I don’t recommend the hydrogenated lard that’s sold in bricks) 3 serranos (or 2 jalapeños) stemmed, seeded if you wish 10 unpeeled garlic cloves 1 15-ounce can fire-roasted tomatoes, drained ½ cup chopped cilantro (divided use) 3 or 4 limes (divided use) […]

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  • Jim Lahey’s Bird’s Nest Pie

    30 minutes
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    Ingredients 120 grams (3 to 4) thick asparagus spears 1 ball of No-Knead Pizza Dough, shaped and waiting on a floured peel 15 grams (1/4 cup) finely grated Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese 20 grams (about 3/4 ounce) Saint Nectaire cheese, cut into 6 chunks 4 to 6 quail eggs (see Note) Pinch of fine sea salt Instructions Place […]

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  • Tarragon Pizza Bianca

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    Ingredients 2 (10-ounce) tubes refrigerated pizza dough 6 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil 4 teaspoons chopped fresh tarragon 1 1/3 cups (packed) grated whole-milk mozzarella cheese 1 medium fennel bulb, trimmed, very thinly sliced 1 small zucchini, very thinly sliced 1 small yellow crookneck squash, very thinly sliced 2 tablespoons minced shallot 4 ounces Brie, rind […]

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  • Various Pizza Doughs

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    The mixing method is the same for each of these four doughs. The only thing that changes are the ingredients and proportions. Each recipe makes 4 or 5 dough balls, depending on what size pizza you prefer (you can also make mini-doughs or even maxi-doughs, but the most common size is between 8 to 10 […]

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  • Pork Satay With Thai Spices and Peanut Sauce

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    Ingredients For the skewers 1 ½ pounds pork loin, tenderloin or shoulder, sliced into thin rectangles (1/4 inch x 1 inch x 2 inches; you should have about 24 pieces) 1 shallot, minced 2 garlic cloves, minced 1 tablespoon grated ginger 3 tablespoons chopped lemongrass 1 teaspoon cumin seeds, toasted and ground 1 teaspoon coriander […]

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