Recipes By Florence Fabricant
975 recipes found
Prietoni
There’s a negroni craze out there in cocktail land. This variation, with raicilla replacing gin, takes the classic in a new, slightly more earthy direction. If you prefer a slice of orange as the garnish instead of a twist of peel, go right ahead.
Beachcomber
The Beachcomber dates to the 1930s or '40s and has been sometimes been described as a maraschino-flavored daiquiri.
Gin Fix
Ceviche à la Minute
This recipe is from Javier Wong, the owner of Chez Wong, a lunch-only restaurant that he runs from his home in Lima, Peru. His recipe is one of astonishingly pared-down simplicity and speed. He demonstrated it on a recent trip to New York, filleting a seven-pound fluke he had bought that morning in Chinatown, mixing ingredients and setting the finished dish out on a platter at Raymi, a Peruvian restaurant in Chelsea. The entire process took all of five minutes. That’s not counting slicing onions and squeezing lime juice; he had helpers for that. So at home you may have to allocate a mighty 10 minutes. “Over the years, it’s become simpler and simpler,” he said. “If I could leave off another ingredient I would.” It’s important to serve it just as soon as it’s ready.
Matcha Pie
Matcha, or powdered green tea, makes this pie a verdant green. Melissa and Emily Elsen, the owners of Four & Twenty Blackbirds in Brooklyn, use a culinary grade matcha, which is less bitter and which you can find online. Serve the pie plain or with whipped cream.
Matador Norteño
A splash of pineapple juice fine-tuned with some lemon brightens sotol, a spirit with yeasty character and chamomile flavor. Pineapple is a reliable ingredient for most Mexican spirits. The drink is easy to assemble and the recipe can be doubled or even increased to a pitcherful for a party. If you plan on including agave drinks in your repertory, it pays to have agave syrup on hand for the most felicitous sweetener.
Bucatini all’Amatriciana
For a simple dish, pasta all’amatriciana is freighted with controversy. People in Amatrice say it originated in that central Italian town, as the name implies. But in Rome, about 60 miles away, chefs proudly claim it as their own and say its name has nothing to do with its origins. In Amatrice, the dish is simply pasta, tomatoes, cured pork and cheese. But Romans include onions and olive oil. Even the type of pasta is in dispute. After half a dozen plates of it during a recent trip to Italy, one detail became clear: for any pasta all’amatriciana to be authentic, it must be made with guanciale — cured, unsmoked pig jowl.
The Catcher
The maraschino liqueur in this cocktail adds depth and richness, and marries well with the rye.
City of Rosés
This drink, from Jackrabbit at the Duniway restaurant in Portland, Ore., calls for an assertive rosé as its base, and rightly so: The combination of ingredients tilts the drink toward serious cocktail territory. The rosé defines it, and the herbal notes contributed by the other sprits give it character. Serve it on the rocks if you prefer. (The name is a play on City of Roses, as Portland is sometimes known; the wine the restaurant uses is from Division Winemaking Company, in the city.)
White Wine Mojito
I tend to prefer cocktails that follow classic recipes. But on a recent trip to southern Utah, I happily sipped a moderated mojito at Red Mountain Resort, which does not serve spirits, only beer and wine. The rum in this rendition had been swapped for sauvignon blanc. The general manager, Tracey Welsh, explained: “Our inspiration was to offer a lower alcohol content in cocktail favorites our guests love, allowing them to wake up feeling refreshed the next day, and ready to go for early morning hikes.” That’s providing you can drink just one.
Rosé Royale
This is the best-selling summer cocktail at Ralph Lauren's Polo Bar in Manhattan, where it is regarded as "summer in a glass." A critical ingredient is French grapefruit liqueur, or pamplemousse, a relatively new spirit that contributes aroma, a touch of sweetness and a bitter edge, even in a small dose. It marries superbly with rosé wine. Consider adding a splash of it to a glass of rosé Champagne.
Thai-Style Scallops and Asparagus
Asian restaurants should pay more attention to dry Vouvrays. Like rieslings, which are frequently poured with Thai, Vietnamese and Chinese dishes, Vouvrays knit bright acidity into their alluring canvas of citric and floral aromas and flavors, sometimes kissed with spice or sugar. They are ready for action the minute the fragrances of ginger, coriander and lemon grass waft from the kitchen.This recipe follows the template for many Thai dishes: it starts with a curry paste that is heated and becomes the foundation for a stir-fry. The dish does require some shopping, though most of the ingredients have become mainstream. Asparagus cues the season.
Spaghetti With Salmon Two Ways
To dress pasta? Olive oil, of course. But that was until I tried a generously buttered spaghetti at Arakataka restaurant in Oslo. Only after I unwound the disarmingly simple knot of fresh pasta strands tossed with butter and crowned with fish roe did the sumptuous complexity of flavors start to bloom. This was a dish I knew I would try to replicate at home. The challenge was the roe. The restaurant used lojrom, also called bleak roe, a fairly fine-grained roe that is popular in Scandinavia but hard to find in the United States. Other roes, like golden whitefish, trout and salmon, may be substituted. For a somewhat more substantial preparation, I added some hot-smoked salmon, ripe tomato and a hint of lemon.
Slow-Roasted Duck With Peppered Pineapple Chutney
Spiced Shrimp Salad
Barefoot Contessa's Cheddar and Dill Scones
Blueberry Pancakes
Potato Latke 'muffins'
Squab With Mushrooms and Pears
There’s an almost infinite list of compatible dishes to match the earthy elegance of Barolo. Some gaminess, herbs, fruit and the alluring funkiness of mushrooms are the wine-friendly elements brought together in this dish, a dinner for two. The method of roasting the squab is based on the recipe in Pierre Koffmann’s “Memories of Gascony.” It’s a technique that yields perfectly medium-rare birds, so I would not mess with it. But the accompanying pear and mushroom ragout is my own, and I’m quite proud of it, down to the idea of not bothering to peel the pears. You could serve the squabs whole for more drama, but quartering them makes them easier for guests to handle.
Rosemary Bread
Classic Ciabatta
Stir-Fried Asparagus, With Jicama
Pear Almond Cake
