Recipes By Martha Rose Shulman
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Corn Pudding With Roasted Garlic and Sage
This comforting pudding has a rich, creamy texture, but the only “cream” comes from the juice of the corn kernels, which are puréed in a blender with a small amount of milk. Toasted garlic has a rich, earthy flavor.
Baked Halibut With Tomato Caper Sauce
This is a pungent tomato sauce that I learned to make in Provence. It goes well with any type of robust fish.
Shell Bean Salad With Tomatoes, Celery and Feta
This is a perfect end-of-summer farmers’ market dish. It makes a nutritious main salad or a great starter or side dish.
Tacos with Roasted Potatoes, Squash and Peppers (Rajas)
You can turn the heat up or down on this taco, depending on your taste for spiciness. Season the potatoes, onions and squash before roasting. A comforting filling that you can heat up or tone down, depending on your taste for spicy. If you like heat, use a preponderance of poblanos and Anaheims for your peppers; if not, use more bell peppers. I season the potatoes, onions and squash with cumin and chili powder before I roast them, and serve the tacos with a cooked salsa ranchera.
Sesame Coconut Bars
These heavenly bars are inspired by a much heavier sweet that I used to make at the dawn of my cooking: Sesame Dream Bars, from “Diet for a Small Planet” by Frances Moore Lappé. Coarsely grind the sesame seeds by pulsing them a few times in a food processor. Do not overprocess or you’ll get butter; some whole seeds are fine.
Fried Red Thai Jasmine Rice With Shrimp
Thai-style fried rice is an addiction in our household. If you cannot find Alter Eco’s ruby red jasmine, you can make this dish with red Bhutanese rice or with regular jasmine rice. This may seem like a lot of fried rice, but believe me, you’ll finish it in one sitting.
Soft Tacos With Mushrooms, Onion, and Chipotle Chile
Mushrooms make a great filling for tacos and quesadillas. Hot, smoky chipotle chiles complement the earthy flavor of the mushrooms. You can use cremini or white button mushrooms or oyster mushrooms for this dish.
Tomato and Avocado Salsa
Serve this rich-tasting salsa with fish or chicken, or on its own with soft corn tortillas and a sprinkling of queso fresco or feta.
Quinoa Pilaf with Chick Peas, Pomegranate, and Spices
Two superfoods in one dish! Pomegranate juice is considered by many nutritionists to be a superfood, with powerful antioxidant properties and cancer-fighting benefits. This quinoa pilaf is based on a Turkish pilaf that is traditionally made with rice or bulgur.
Farro or Bulgur With Black-Eyed Peas, Chard and Feta
Black-eyed peas cooked with greens is a classic Greek preparation. I decided to add a chile pepper to the beans, just to spice things up a little. I like to serve the beans with bulgur, but you can also serve them with farro.
Asparagus Rolled in Herb Crêpes
A simple and elegant way to serve asparagus, this dish makes a great main course for a vegetarian dinner party. It can be assembled ahead of time and baked just before serving.
Roasted Eggplant and Red Pepper Gratin
Roasting eggplant requires less oil than frying. It is important to let the roasted eggplant and roasted peppers drain in a strainer, otherwise the gratin will be watery. I recommend roasting the vegetables several hours or a day before you wish to make this. Adding cooked rice to the mixture will result in a firmer gratin.
Cornmeal Coconut Biscotti
When I use a grainy flour like cornmeal I always include some fat in the biscotti, and this time I went with coconut oil, which contributes great flavor and a sweet perfume. Use fine or medium-grind cornmeal and make sure to use fine coconut flakes. I used organic sugar (not brown) for these; the sugar is off-white rather than white, and coarser than regular granulated sugar.
Cucumber and Radish Salad With Yogurt and Cumin
This is based on a recipe from Mark Peel’s “New Classic Family Dinners.” Slice the cucumbers and radishes as thin as you can. I use an inexpensive plastic Japanese mandolin for this. (Make sure to use the guard so you don’t cut your fingertips!) I eat this as a salad and also as a delicious bruschetta or crostini topping.
Roasted or Grilled Peppers
Roasting or grilling sweet peppers makes them even sweeter, with another layer of flavor from the charred skin that is removed. You can grill them under a broiler, over a burner flame, or over coals, or you can roast them in the oven. Oven-roasting is the easiest method if you’re roasting more than one or two peppers. It yields more juice than grilling. Keep these on hand, serve them as they are or add to salads, pasta, pizza and panini.
Stir-Fried Bok Choy or Sturdy Greens
This recipe works equally well with bok choy or sturdy greens, both of which have tough ribs and leaves that have a cruciferous flavor. I steam them for a minute before stir-frying so the leaves won’t be too tough.
Turkey and Rice Casserole With Yogurt Topping
This Middle Eastern dish may include fried stale pita bread doused with chicken or turkey stock in a casserole and topped with the other ingredients. In the days after Thanksgiving, I’m likely to have all of these ingredients on hand -- except for pita, so here I’ve made it without.
Quinoa and Wild Rice Salad With Ginger Sesame Dressing
I like to use a mixture of grains in salads and pilafs. The fluffy, pale quinoa in this gingery salad contrasts nicely with the dark, chewy wild rice. You can serve this as a one-dish meal, a starter or a side dish.
Chard and Sweet Corn Tacos
These sweet and spicy tacos can be filled with chard of any color, or other greens like beet greens or amaranth. I used Swiss chard for these tacos, but other greens like beet greens or amaranth will work. I don’t recommend strong-tasting cruciferous greens like kale, though. You can use green chard, red chard or rainbow, and do include the stalks if they’re nice and wide. Don’t skimp on the garlic. As for the salsa, you can choose between fresh or cooked tomato salsa, or use a salsa verde made with tomatillos. They all work well. A quarter cup of filling is plenty for each taco.
Tofu Mushroom "Quiche"
This is a vegan quiche filled with a savory mix of blended tofu and mushrooms. It has a deep, rich umami flavor. No eggs are necessary to bind it; the tofu stiffens up when it bakes. You can use the crust of your choice. The yeasted crust is not vegan, as it contains an egg.
Winter Squash Gratin
This gratin uses the same template I use for many of my vegetable gratins. It’s an easy vegetarian main dish to make, resembling a quiche but without the crust.
Vegetable Torta
This torta is inspired by an award-winning one made by Laurie Figone of Petaluma, Calif. And her Pinhead Torta is a spin on a rice and egg torta, a sort of frittata made with eggs, rice, oregano and Parmesan. She substituted steel-cut oats for the rice, soaking and cooking the oats in mushroom broth, which contributed great flavor. She also added shredded zucchini, soaked portobello mushrooms and sun-dried tomatoes. This recipe is slightly different. Three tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil are a substitute for Ms. Figone's 6 tablespoons of butter, and fresh garlic for garlic salt. There’s also a choice between dried portobello mushrooms and dried porcinis. Serve the torta with a simple tomato sauce.
Tuna Steaks With Fennel
Sea bass is the fish I always associate with fennel, as the combination is a classic in Provence. But cross the border into Italy and you’ll find tuna cooked with this anise-flavored vegetable.
Polenta With Zucchini and Tomatoes
Though I think of this Greek-inspired ragout as a summer topping, zucchini is available year-‘round in the supermarket, so you can make this dish through next winter.