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Gimlet Compote
Ingredients: 4 tablespoons sugar 4 tablespoons water 3 tablespoons lime juice 2 teaspoons grated lime zest 4 tablespoons vodka 4 kiwi fruit 2 cups honeydew melon chunks 1 cup green grapes Instructions: In a small sauce pan combine sugar and water. Bring to a boil swirling pot to dissolve sugar. Set aside until the mixture […]
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Genovese Cannelloni
Ingredients: 2 tablespoons butter 1 onion (8 oz), peeled and chopped 2 pounds boned, skinned, fat-trimmed chicken thighs, rinsed and cut into 1-inch chunks 1/2 cup fat-skimmed chicken broth 8 ounces ricotta cheese (1 cup) 3/4 cup grated parmesan cheese 1 large egg ½ teaspoon fresh-grated or ground nutmeg ¾ teaspoon salt 16 fresh egg […]
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Garlic and Five Spice Chicken
Ingredients: 2 to 3 cups uncooked chicken meat 4 tablespoons sherry 4 tablespoons garlic, minced ½ teaspoon five spice powder 4 tablespoons fish sauce 1-4 ounces rice noodles cooked and chilled 2 tablespoons oil 1 onion, thinly sliced 1 tomato thinly sliced 1 small cucumber thinly sliced 1 head ruffled head lettuce chopped 1/3 cup […]
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Frijoles Charros de Guadalajara (Horsemen’s Beans with Bacon and Chorizo)
CHARROS STILL RIDE WITH FUROR AROUND CONSERVATIVE GUADALAJARA. Dressed to kill in silver-studded regalia, they’re show-offs to appreciative fans who pack horsering bleachers on weekends to watch rope tricks and riding stunts. Old traditions run deep in Jalisco. These beans, which were once cooked over fires on the open range by cowboy chefs, now bubble […]
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Fried Rice
Ingredients: 3 tablespoons canola oil 3 eggs, beaten 1 bunch scallions, roughly chopped 1 cup leftover pork, chicken or beef, diced 1 cup frozen peas and or corn, thawed (plus any leftover veggies) 4 cup cold cooked white or brown rice 4 tablespoons soy 2 tablespoons sesame oil ½ teaspoon chili paste Salt and pepper […]
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French Walnut Bread
Instructions: Heat pizza oven and place loaves in when temperature is at 410°. The bread needs to bake for about 35 minutes with the temperature between 400 and 350°. You may need to put one small piece of kindling during the baking time. Comments: Entire recipe can be found on page 38 in THE BREADS […]
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French Prune Tart
Ingredients: For the Pastry 1 ½ cups flour ¼ cup confectioner’s sugar 10 tablespoons cold butter cut into small pieces 1 egg 1 egg yolk ½ teaspoon vanilla For the Filling 1 pound dried pitted prunes 1 cup Armagnac ½ cup sugar 2 tablespoons butter 2 egg yolks 2/3 cup cream Instructions: For the pastry […]
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Franny’s Potato Salad
Ingredients: 6 chicken drumsticks or boneless, skinless thighs Olive Oil Salt and pepper 4 large russet potatoes, each about 12 ounces, cut into quarters 6 eggs, hard boiled and roughly chopped ½ cup pitted kalamata olives, chopped ½ cup finely chopped yellow onion 1/3 cup drained dill relish 1/3 cup drained sweet pickle relish ¼ […]
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Florette’s Spritz Cookies
Ingredients: 1 cup soft butter 2/3 cup sugar 3 egg yolks 1 teaspoon almond flavoring 2 ½ cups sifted flour Instructions: Mix first four ingredients well. Then work in flour with your hands until smooth. Chill dough slightly before filling press. Keep dough you are not working with chilled. Bake at 400 degrees for 7 […]
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Roasted Red Pepper Tart
4 hours 15 minutesIngredients For the peppers: 2 medium red bell peppers Kosher salt Freshly ground black pepper For the dough: 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour, plus more for dusting the work surface 1 teaspoon kosher salt 8 tablespoons cold unsalted butter (1 stick), cut into 1/2-inch cubes 3 tablespoons ice water, plus more as needed For the […]
Recipe by Jo Ann Erickson