Recipes By the New York Times
134 recipes found
Jamie Oliver’s Vegetarian Black Bean Burgers
Beans have been a staple in the human diet for more than 4,000 years, and in recent history, they’ve formed the foundation of countless vegetarian burgers. There are white bean burgers, kidney bean burgers and a plethora of other veggie burgers. Most have two things in common: beans and binders. This version from the chef Jamie Oliver’s new book “Ultimate Veg” (Flatiron Books, 2020) combines black beans, rye bread, fresh mushrooms and ground coriander. Mr. Oliver tops his burgers with tangy yogurt, mangoes and salsa, but these crisp, oven-roasted patties are equally delicious with just lettuce and ketchup.
Donald Link's Eggplant Casserole
Donald Link is a New Orleans restaurateur with a passion for the Cajun food of his youth and a restaurant, Cochon, devoted to its delicious execution. His eggplant casserole is warmed with the spicy North African sausage known as merguez. But it works extremely well with lamb sausage, too, or with fresh chorizo.
Vegan Chocolate Pudding Pie
This vegan pie pairs a thick, creamy, chile- and cinnamon-laced pudding from Mark Bittman with a graham cracker crust adapted from the cookbook "Vegan Pie in the Sky." The pudding, whose flavors recall Mexican hot chocolate, can also stand alone. It's made with silken tofu, and it comes together in 10 minutes in the blender, which whips in air for a mousse-like texture. The chocolate is of the utmost importance here; its flavor will be the one that dominates, so be sure to buy the highest quality you can. Top with shaved chocolate if you'd like.
Marcus Samuelsson’s Quinoa with Broccoli, Cauliflower and Toasted Coconut
Quinoa “might be the new kale,” said Marcus Samuelsson, the chef and owner of Red Rooster in Harlem. The ancient grain is the star of this quick one-bowl dish, which Mr. Samuelsson created to be an easy weeknight meal. Quinoa, steeped in coconut milk, becomes a rich canvas for vegetables and bold flavors like ginger and Aleppo pepper.
Coco Bread
Coco bread is the Jamaican version of buttery and sweet yeast-risen dinner rolls. In New York City, they are often sold wrapped around a Jamaican beef patty with a slice of American cheese, but at Miss Lily's in Manhattan, the chef Adam Schop serves them with garlic butter flavored with thyme, a commonly used herb in the Caribbean. Note that the origin of the name coco bread is up for debate: Some say original recipes called for coconut milk, others that the dish is named after a similarly named brand of Jamaican butter.
Tartine’s Country Bread
The country bread from Tartine Bakery in San Francisco has reached cult status among passionate bakers, and deservedly so. Based on traditional principles, Mr. Robertson has developed a way to get a tangy, open crumb encased in a blistered, rugged crust in a home kitchen, from a starter you create yourself. It is a bit of project — from start to finish, it takes about two weeks — but well worth the effort. (If you already have active starter ready to go, then the process shortens to two days.) So know that you have to be patient, and that the nature of bread baking at home is unpredictable. The level of activity of your starter, the humidity in your kitchen, the temperature during the rises, the time you allow for each step — all of these elements affect the bread and any change can impact your final loaf. But that final loaf is a wonder, the holy grail for the serious home baker.
Apple Smash
If fall had a signature cocktail this might be it. Slice some apples, muddle. Add rum, lemon juice, simple syrup, a dash of bitters, a sprinkle of cinnamon and shake. Serve it over crushed ice with an apple slice dusted with cinnamon. Buffalo check flannel shirt optional.
Muffuletta
Here is The Times’s take on a classic New Orleans sandwich, built between slices of light, airy sesame bread, and layered thick with olive salad and cold cuts. It is among the best picnic sandwiches on the planet.
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Robb Walsh's Chili Powder
Come up with a good recipe for chili powder, and it will give you some of the confidence to call your chili the best you’ve ever made. The Texas restaurateur Robb Walsh uses a version of this recipe in his classic chili con carne, but feel free to use it in any recipe that needs a hit of smoke and depth of flavor.
Bolognese Sauce
After the death in 2013 of Marcella Hazan, the cookbook author who changed the way Americans cook Italian food, The Times asked readers which of her recipes had become staples in their kitchens. Many people answered with one word: “Bolognese.” Ms. Hazan had a few recipes for the classic sauce, and they are all outstanding. This one appeared in her book “Essentials of Classic Italian Cooking,” and one reader called it “the gold standard.” Try it and see for yourself.
Husk Cornbread
A good cornbread recipe is an essential part of any good Southern kitchen. Here, Sean Brock of Husk restaurant in Charleston, S.C., uses a specific grind and brand of cornmeal to create a fluffy texture, though similar results can be had by using a blend of cornmeal and flour. The cornbread can be cut and pan-toasted in bacon fat to provide a good base for salads or poached eggs dishes, in which the slight crunch of a pork-flavored crouton is called for.
Stew Chicken
Raised as a Seventh Day Adventist and vegetarian in St. Vincent and the Grenadines, the chef Rawlston Williams rarely got to eat stew chicken growing up, he said, but he did help cook this complexly flavored meal with friends — smitten even then with its scent. Like many peasant dishes, Mr. Williams said, stew chicken was often made with leftover scraps like chicken backs, and you could do the same, though the recipe here has been adapted for bone-in chicken thighs or the more economical chicken leg quarters. At the Food Sermon, his restaurant in Brooklyn, he’ll serve it with rice and beans, but his preferred method is his own twist with chickpeas, sweet potato and the Caribbean version of paratha roti, an Indian flatbread he updates with fennel seed.
Roast Chicken With Shallots, Thyme, Bacon and Garlic Confit Sauce
This recipe was designed for new parents, who must cook stealthily to keep from waking an infant. The silent chef must follow a few simple, yet unforgiving rules: any busy, attention-demanding work has to happen before baby's bedtime; recipes must easily tolerate a lengthy span between prep and finish, ideally resting at room temperature to lessen the mess and effort involved in refrigerating and reheating; and the final steps, after baby's bedtime, have to be both quiet and fairly routine.
Vegan Mexican Cacao Brownies
These vegan and gluten-free brownies, as conjured up by Julie Piatt of “The Plantpower Way,” a cookbook and vegan lifestyle guide, will enthrall even the most die-hard of butter devotees. Digging into them can feel like making contact with a semi-solidified form of chocolate syrup. The flavor runs deep, zingy with an undercurrent of cinnamon and chile, and the texture manages to remain simultaneously dense and moist.
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Open Blueberry Pie
This recipe for an open-faced blueberry pie came to The Times in 1961. "At the risk of offending those Americans who insist that tradition be strictly observed, a recipe for blueberry pie is suggested here that varies considerably from the two-crust baked affair that is customarily served on the Fourth of July. For one thing, this pie has only one crust and, for another, the blueberries are not cooked. After washing, the fruit is rubbed in a towel just enough to bruise the skins. When hot, melted currant jelly is poured over the berries, just a bit of their juice ekes out to blend with the liquid. The pie is served cold, topped with whipped cream." If you'd rather not use lard or shortening for the crust, butter will do just as well.
Chicken With Cinnamon and Dates
This chicken dish was adapted from Kim Sunée, the Korean-born author of “Trail of Crumbs: Hunger, Love and the Search for Home” (Grand Central, 2008).
Meatballs in Sour Cherry Sauce (Kabab Karaz)
The writer Anissa Helou put this bright and tart Syrian dish on the cover of her cookbook "Feast: Food of the Islamic World," which gathers recipes from across the Muslim diaspora. "If there is a dish that symbolizes the cooking of Aleppo, this has to be it," she writes inside; the recipe is adapted from Maria Gaspard-Samra, a chef who taught cooking classes in Aleppo. These small lamb meatballs are browned — take care not to overcook them — and then simmered in a pool of pitted sour cherries, raw cane sugar and pomegranate molasses. Then they are piled on a bed of pita bread triangles drizzled with butter and dusted with chopped parsley and toasted pine nuts. If you can’t find fresh or frozen sour cherries, use dried, which you can rehydrate by soaking overnight in water.
Almond Saffron Cake
This cake was adapted from Kim Sunée, the Korean-born author of “Trail of Crumbs: Hunger, Love and the Search for Home” (Grand Central, 2008).
White Russian
Not all that long ago, the White Russian was considered passé and often likened to an alcoholic milkshake. The cocktail, whose culinary precursor is the Alexander, is believed to date to the 1950s or early 1960s. And it gained popularity in the days of disco, which may have added to its dated reputation. But then, the Coen Brothers released "The Big Lebowski," a movie about an aging slacker who calls himself the Dude, played with slouchy brio by Jeff Bridges. The Dude's chief pursuits involve bowling, avoiding work and drinking White Russians, or as the character calls them, "Caucasians."
Spaghetti al Limone
This creamy yet bright lemon pasta, from the cookbook author Marlena Spieler, is simple, elegant and destined to become one of your favorite weeknight dishes. First, combine white wine with the zest of a lemon and reduce until syrupy. Add a generous amount of cream and allow to simmer until it thickens slightly. Toss the pasta with the sauce, a bit of pasta water and Parmesan cheese and stir to coat, adding pasta water if the sauce isn't coming together. Top with extra Parm if you so desire (we always do). If you need a bit more heft, consider topping the noodles with sautéed fish, shrimp or chicken.
Blackout Cake
This absurdly rich chocolate cake came to The Times in a 1991 article by Molly O’Neill about Ebinger’s, the legendary chain of Brooklyn bakeries that closed its doors in 1972 after 74 years in business. Their wildly popular blackout cake, a three layer devil’s food cake filled with dark chocolate pudding, slathered with chocolate frosting and covered with chocolate cake crumbs, had a cult-like following in its day. This recipe isn’t authentic (the Ebinger family never shared the original recipe with the public), but Ms. O’Neill claims in her book, “The New York Cookbook: From Pelham Bay to Park Avenue, Firehouses to Four-Star Restaurants,” that this version got the thumbs-up from “a panel of twelve Ebingerites.” That’s enough for us.
Chilled Burgundy Carrot Soup with Celery, Belgian Endive and Baby Golden Beets
This recipe from the late chef Charlie Trotter came to The Times in 2001 as part of a story about the raw food movement, in which every element of every dish is raw, organic and vegan. If you do not have a juicer, buy carrot juice instead.