Recipes By Martha Rose Shulman
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Wild Arugula, Celery and Apple Salad With Anchovy Dressing
The dressing in this salad is inspired by a much more robust dressing in Jennifer McLagan’s wonderful new cookbook, “Bitter.” I have reduced the anchovies significantly, not because I don’t adore anchovies, but to reduce the sodium levels, which would be too high if an entire can were used. The salad presents a delicious play of bitter, pungent, sweet and salty flavors.
Orecchiette With Raw and Cooked Tomatoes
Here’s a great destination for the last of your summer tomatoes. The sauce is a great blend of concentrated, sweet cooked tomatoes and vibrant fresh tomatoes with garlic.
Whole Wheat Almond Biscotti
These are based on the classic biscotti de Prato, but they are much less sweet and made with whole wheat flour and almond flour. Cut them in thin slices on the diagonal and dip them in tea, coffee or wine.
Pasta With Pepper and Tomato Sauce
Pasta is a perfect vehicle for showing off late summer vegetables. Pasta dishes also are great way to get more vegetables, as they’re often concentrated in the accompanying sauces and toppings. Between the peppers and the tomatoes, this dish is packed with lycopene, as well as vitamins C, A, B6 and K. If you use a food processor to puree the sauce, be sure to strain it afterward for a smooth, elegant texture.
Quick Pan-cooked Mushrooms
I serve these with chicken, fish, and pasta. I’ve made the dish with mushrooms that had seen better days and I’ve made it with nice fresh ones. The latter was prettier and the mushrooms juicier, but it’s delicious even if the mushrooms aren’t at their freshest.
Mâche and Radicchio Salad With Beets and Walnut Vinaigrette
Of all the greens I worked with this week, mâche has the sweetest, mildest flavor. It goes nicely with the bitter radicchio, sweet beets and the nutty vinaigrette. Mâche is so delicate that it takes very little dressing.
Lemon and Garlic Chicken With Spiced Spinach
This is a heavenly combination; I’m not sure what I like best, the subtly spiced spinach or the chicken. They make a great combo. When you add the rinsed spinach to the pan after cooking the chicken it will wilt in the liquid left on the leaves after washing, and it will deglaze the pan at the same time.
Pasta With Mushrooms and Broccoli
Broccoli stems and flowers can be prepared and cooked separately, like two different vegetables. For this pasta I used a vegetable peeler to shred the broccoli stems into thin ribbons, which I cooked briefly with the mushrooms. I sliced the crowns very thin and blanched them briefly with the pasta. The result is a dish with different textures and shades of green: the stems should be crisp-tender, their color faded. The crowns will be bright green, and 2 to 2 1/2 minutes cooking will render them tender but not mushy.
Polenta With Parmesan and Tomato Sauce
This is my favorite way to serve polenta, and it’s the simplest, too. My son loves it -- maybe your kids will feel the same.
Albacore Roasted in a Bed of Lettuce
This is inspired by a traditional Provençal tuna dish. Albacore works just as well. It has a lot going for it as a New Year’s dish, what with all the green leaves and the fish – lots of prosperity. Saffron is optional. I like to serve the lettuce, cut into strips, on the side.
Chard Stalk, Chickpea, Tahini and Yogurt Dip
When you’ve bought a bunch of Swiss chard and used the leaves for another dish, like an oven-baked frittata with yogurt, Swiss chard and green garlic, save the stems. Then you can make this dip, which is a cross between hummus and classic Middle Eastern dip called silqbiltahina, made with chard stalks and tahini. I’ve added lots of yogurt to the mix. I love to use some red chard stalks because they give the dip a beautiful pale pink hue. This will keep for 3 or 4 days in the refrigerator. It will become more pungent as it sits.
Arugula, Corn and Herb Salad
Corn, lightly steamed and cut off the cob, is terrific in salads. It goes very nicely with arugula, the sweet corn providing a beautiful contrast to the pungent salad green. Although we don’t think of corn as a nutritional powerhouse, it’s a good source of several nutrients, including thiamin (vitamin B1), pantothenic acid (vitamin B5), folate, dietary fiber, vitamin C, phosphorus and manganese. A cup of corn supplies 19 percent of the recommended daily dose of folate, and about a quarter of the daily value for thiamin.
Fennel, Kale and Rice Gratin
Two types of greens provide delicious contrast in this comforting yet light dish, which is perfect for a weeknight dinner or a festive side. It's a flexible recipe, lending itself to all sorts of adaptations. Make it once, and then make it your own.
Provençal Zucchini and Swiss Chard Tart
This is such a pretty mixture of zucchini and greens that I hate to hide it under a top crust. Sometimes I substitute beet greens for the Swiss chard.
Eggplant and Tomato Gratin
This is a delicious, low-fat version of eggplant Parmesan. Instead of the usual heavy, breaded fried eggplant, here the eggplant is roasted and sliced, then layered with a rich tomato sauce and freshly grated Parmesan, and baked in a hot oven until bubbly.
Baked Frittata With Yogurt, Chard and Green Garlic
Inspired by the signature Provençal chard omelet called truccha, this beautiful baked frittata incorporates thick Greek yogurt and lots of green garlic. It will puff up in the oven, but then it settles back down. Use a generous bunch of chard for this – green, red or rainbow – and save the stalks to use in the chard stalk and chickpea purée that I’m also posting this week. I like to serve the frittata at room temperature, or I grab a cold slice for lunch. It’s a wonderfully portable dish. The filling can be prepared through Step 4 up to 3 days ahead. The frittata keeps well for 2 or 3 days in the refrigerator.
Braised Hearts of Celery Vinaigrette
Braised celery has a much milder flavor than raw celery, and needs a robust, lemony sauce. I was introduced to this dish in France and I’ve always loved it. It’s a great starter or side dish, and it keeps for a few days in the refrigerator.
Tomato and Carrot Marinara Sauce
If you’re trying to eat less meat but miss chunky tomato sauce, you’ll appreciate the finely diced carrots in this one.
Roasted Leeks and Potatoes Vinaigrette
I prefer using tiny whole potatoes for this elegant potato and leek salad if I can find them. Firm red potatoes or fingerlings are good alternatives.
Apple Walnut Galette
A great rustic apple pie for Thanksgiving, this has very little butter in the pastry and a minimum of sweetening. It’s all about the apples.
Baked Beans With Mint, Peppers and Tomatoes
I’m becoming hooked on baked beans. The long, slow, gentle cooking called for in this recipe results in a thick, sweet sauce and very soft beans.
Red Lentil Kofta With Spinach
These bite-size bulgur and lentil balls can be part of a mezze spread — an assortment of appetizers — or they can be served as a side dish.
Tapa of Mushrooms in Garlic Sauce
You find these mushrooms served in little ceramic casseroles at tapas bars all over Spain. It’s a simple hors d’oeuvre that can be made ahead and reheated. In Spain, it would be made with about four times as much olive oil and served in small ceramic cazuelas. You also can serve the mushrooms with toothpicks.
Red Chard, Potato and White Bean Ragout
This comforting stew is infused with pink from the red chard. It makes a hearty meal, served with a salad and crusty bread.