Recipes By Martha Rose Shulman
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Spaghetti With Walnuts and Anchovies
This is a pared-down version of a recipe that I came across in Nancy Jenkins’s informative book on Southern Italian food, “Cucina del Sole.” The dish is traditionally part of a meatless Christmas Eve dinner. If you can find freshly harvested walnuts, they’ll make this pasta even better.
Classic Pho
Braised Greek Artichoke Bottoms with Lemon and Olive Oil
Because artichokes appear in early spring in Greece, they were traditionally part of the Passover meal. The recipe that inspired this, from Nicholas Stavroulakis’ delightful “Cookbook of the Jews of Greece,” also included honey (2 tablespoons), but I prefer the dish without. I don’t like throwing away the leaves that I break off, especially with large, meaty artichokes, so I steam them separately and serve them as an appetizer, with vinaigrette.
Pho With Carrots, Turnips, Broccoli and Tofu
I like this sweet, colorful combination of julienne carrots and turnips with either traditional rice noodles or heartier buckwheat soba. The carrots and turnips can be simmered directly in the stock, as they will contribute to its sweet flavor. The broccoli should be steamed separately.
Pho With Spinach and Tofu
You can fuse Asian cuisines in this version of pho, substituting soba for the rice noodles and seasoning the tofu with a little soy sauce.
Yogurt or Buttermilk Soup With Wheat Berries
This is the kind of meal I could eat every day for lunch and never tire of. Cold summer soups welcome the addition of chewy whole grains. On a hot day in early summer, a soup like this one is both refreshing and substantial.
Grilled Vanilla-Ginger Pineapple
Sherry Yard has a wonderful recipe in her first cookbook, “The Secrets of Baking,” called Roasted Voodoo Vanilla Pineapple. She roasts her pineapple with the dried vanilla pods that you save after you’ve scraped out the seeds, and fresh ginger. She inserts the pods into the flesh of the pineapple, a great idea if you’re roasting the pineapple for a long time. I decided to use vanilla extract instead of the pods, because during the relatively short time on the grill they infused only the section of the pineapple they had been stuck into. I add vanilla to the ginger syrup and baste the pineapple with this sweet and pungent mix. You could also simply drizzle the pineapple with honey.
Rainbow Carrot Stir-Fry
In January, a friend gave me beautiful lacquered chopsticks from Shanghai. That was a spur for me to pull out my wok for a stir-fry of spring onions and young carrots of all colors: purple and dark red-orange, yellow and the familiar orange. I’ve made many rainbow pepper stir-fries, but this time I used my multicolored carrots, and cut them into matchsticks so they would cook quickly along with the spring onions. I wanted this to be a main dish, so I added tofu, as well as the aromatics that I always use in my stir-fries: garlic, ginger, dry sherry, soy sauce and a bit of sugar. The list of ingredients in stir-fry recipes can look long, even daunting. But most of the ingredients don’t require knife skills, just measuring spoons, so the preparation is simple. And the actual cooking goes very quickly, so quickly that it’s important to have everything prepped and within reach of your wok. Read through the recipe a couple of times before you begin cooking, because once you start, you won’t have time to refer to it.
Wheat Berries With Winter Squash and Chickpeas
Use wheat berries or spelt for this hearty, nutrient-dense winter dish. The squash will fall apart as it simmers with the wheat berries, adding a sweet flavor to the mildly spicy broth.
Chicken or Swordfish Kebabs
I can’t think of a better destination for chicken tenders than these succulent grilled kebabs. The yogurt marinade works equally well with chicken or with swordfish. The results are unbelievably tender and juicy (as long as you don’t overcook them). Serve the kebabs with basmati rice.
Pizza With Spring Onions and Fennel
Fennel and spring onions, cooked gently until they begin to caramelize, make a sweet topping for a pizza. Fennel is an excellent source of vitamin C and a very good source of fiber, folate and potassium. Fennel also contains many phytonutrients, including the flavonoids rutin and quercitin, as well as a compound called anethole, mainly responsible for its anise-y flavor, that may have anti-inflammatory properties.
Rye Caraway Breadsticks
Rye and caraway have always been a match made in heaven, but until now I never thought of using them in something other than Jewish rye bread and rye crisps.
Stir-Fried Leeks With Amaranth and Green Garlic
In April, I found piles of baby leeks, red spring onions, amaranth and green garlic at one stand at the local farmers’ market. I bought some of each on impulse, and this dish is what became of them. Amaranth is a beautiful leafy green used in the cuisines of China and Mexico. You can find it at some Asian markets and farmers’ markets.
Whole Wheat Spaghetti With Green Garlic and Chicory
This dish is inspired by a classic oil and garlic pasta. I’ve added chicory, a bitter green that is much loved in southern Italy but underused here. It’s sold with lettuces in the supermarket, often called escarole or curly endive. Chicory contains a type of soluble fiber called inulin, which some studies suggest may have a positive effect on blood sugar levels.
Focaccia With Tomato Sauce and Green Garlic
We call this “pizza focaccia” in our house, as it does resemble a thick-crusted pizza. Make it when you crave a tomato focaccia and fresh tomatoes aren’t in season. I like to use fire-roasted canned tomatoes for this, as they develop such a deep, double-roasted flavor when the sauce bakes on top of the bread.
Asparagus With Green Garlic
When you sauté or roast asparagus in hot olive oil, the asparagus will have a much more concentrated flavor than it would if steamed or blanched. Here I add the garlic to the pan once the asparagus is just about done, so that the garlic cooks only long enough to soften and sweeten. You can serve this skillet dish with grains or pasta, or with eggs -- fried, poached or scrambled. I find this asparagus so hard to resist that I decided to give you a range for the weight. One pound is adequate, but you might want to treat yourself to more than that.
Green Garlic, Chive and Red Pepper Frittata
Green garlic has a small window. At the beginning of the season the bulbs look more like leeks or spring onions than garlic, as they have not yet set cloves. To prepare them just cut away the stalks as you would a spring onion, cut them in half and remove any tough stalk that might be running down the middle, remove the papery outer layers and chop like a scallion or leek. Some farmers sell garlic scapes, the curly, green flowering end of the garlic plant. If you can’t find them at a farmers market, you can find recipes at several Web sites. They can be used in the same way you might use the green parts of scallions.
Pizza With Green Garlic, Potatoes and Herbs
Pizza is many things to many people, but one thing it usually is not: is healthy. But in any pizzeria in Rome or Naples, you’ll find a dizzying array of offerings that really are healthy. The crusts are thin, often topped with seasonal vegetables, and the slices are reasonably sized. There may be cheese on top, but not more than a few ounces. The crust for this recipe is made with half whole wheat flour and is wholesome but light and full of flavor. This week’s pizza recipes also make for a handy way to sabotage the picky habits of vegetable-averse kids. Just tell them they’re having pizza for dinner.
Rice Sticks With Walnut and Basil Pesto and Green Beans
Ever since I had a reaction called pine mouth to imported Asian pine nuts, I’ve been wary of using pine nuts unless I know that they’re the Mediterranean variety. And I’m finding it increasingly difficult to find Mediterranean pine nuts, which are larger than the Asian variety (about twice as long). Instead, I use walnuts in this pesto.
Rainbow Peppers and Shrimp With Rice Noodles
You can now find brown rice noodles in many supermarkets and whole foods stores. For a vegetarian version of this dish, try it with tofu instead of shrimp.
Stir-Fried Noodles With Tofu and Peppers
This simple stir-fry is a dish to throw together when you want something like fried rice but don’t have any cooked rice at hand. Begin soaking the noodles before you begin to chop the vegetables, and they’ll be ready to stir-fry when the other prep is done.
Rice Stick Salad With Shredded Vegetables
Rice stick salad is a terrific vehicle for vegetables. Play around with the ingredients here — if you have different vegetables than those called for, try them. You might shred lettuce in addition to the cabbage, add some bean sprouts, add a minced chili or some cayenne if you want a little spice.
Rice Noodles With Zucchini, Tomatoes and Fresh Mint
Zucchini remains in the farmers’ markets into the fall. Even if you can’t find fresh tomatoes, you can make this easy pasta with canned tomatoes. The days may be cooler now, but the dish will remind you of summer.
Winter Squash With Anchovies, Capers, Olives and Ricotta Salata
Adapted from a recipe in Clifford A. Wright’s book “Mediterranean Vegetables,” this is another Italian recipe for winter squash (or pumpkin, to Italians), this time from the southern region of Apulia. It’s a delicious contrast of sweet and savory. Serve it as a side dish, toss it with pasta or use it as a topping for squash blini. The seasoning is provided by the anchovies, capers and cheese, a salty contrast to the sweet squash (the recipe is not for you if you cannot eat salt).