Appetizer
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Smoked Salmon, Fromage Blanc and Caper Spread
One selling point of smoked salmon is that you don't need to do much to it to get it on the table — but take it a step further and break out of the canape cliché. Here, you’ll whip it up in the food processor with fennel and cream cheese for a light spread. Serve it with baguette slices. It’s a quarter-hour of work for a savory, guest-friendly appetizer. (The New York Times)
Spiced Chicken Liver Mousse
Chicken Liver Mousse
Avocado Mousse With Shrimp Sauce
Avocado And Crab Meat Mousse
Cold Borscht
Lima Bean Spread With Feta and Za’atar
Roasted Peppers With Lemon Ricotta
Roasted peppers are culinary chameleons — they have their own distinctive flavor, yet they mix easily with so many ingredients. In this recipe, the peppers are slicked with olive oil and vinegar (use either sherry or balsamic) and served with ricotta that’s enlivened with lemon zest and juice. If you’ve got it, add also the finely chopped rind of a salt-preserved lemon to the ricotta. Because the peppers can be made ahead and the ricotta is better chilled, this is a great recipe for a dinner party — it takes just a few minutes to assemble the dish at serving time and it looks good whether you arrange it on a platter or take the time to make individual plates.
Rice Balls Stuffed With Mozzarella and Beef (Supplì al Telefono)
Supplì al telefono are rice balls stuffed with ground meat and mozzarella, then breaded and fried. They are a classic Roman snack. Serve them as an appetizer, and pair them with an aperitif like Prosecco or Campari.
Lentil and Pumpkin Tagine
Clam Fritters
This is a recipe for classic New England clam fritters prepared as conch fritters are in the Bahamas, with a low zip of jalapeno heat and a high one of lime juice. I serve them with my version of the ubiquitous mayo-ketchup sauce of the Lucayan archipelago. These fritters are terrific when prepared with freshly shucked clams, but if you don’t want to open clams by hand, they are still excellent with lightly steamed ones. A deep cast-iron skillet placed over a gas grill allows you to fry the fritters outdoors if you like, reducing kitchen mess. Or if you don’t wish to fry, you can treat the batter as if it were for pancakes. The flavor abides, if not the full crispiness.
Melon With Red Chili Flakes, Salt and Lime
Skewered melon with chili, salt and lime juice, served as a snack or part of a larger meal, is as unexpected as it is compulsively edible. It's also easily assembled and takes no time, and rewards with layers of flavor.
Artichoke Fritters With Bearnaise Sauce
Brandade Of White Beans With Artichokes And Truffle Vinaigrette
Five-Spice Crisp-Fried Squid
In most Chinese restaurants, so-called “Salt and Pepper-Style” shrimp or squid usually contain other spices too. A good dose of 5-spice mixture makes these fried squid especially tasty, and dusting them with cornstarch before frying keeps them delicately crisp. Maintain the oil temperature at 375 degrees, and don’t try to fry too many pieces at once.
Moroccan Tagines With Meatballs
Spicy Corn and Shishito Salad
In this recipe, shishito peppers are sliced, lightly sautéed, then tossed with raw summer corn and a cumin-lime vinaigrette for a summer salad that’s crunchy, smoky and a little spicy. Traditionally used in Japanese and Korean cooking, shishitos are small, thin-skinned green peppers that have become increasingly popular in the United States. They are typically mild in flavor, but the occasional pepper packs a spicy punch. If you can’t find them, use diced green bell peppers in their place. Finally, cilantro-averse cooks can substitute fresh mint.
Mashed Potato and Broccoli Raab Pancakes
A delicious way to use mashed potatoes, whether they be leftovers or freshly mashed. Use leftover mashed potatoes from Thanksgiving for these, or just steam up some potatoes and mash (that is what the nutritional values here are based on, not on your buttery leftover Thanksgiving mashed potatoes). Whichever way you go, the mixture is very quickly thrown together.
Penne With Artichokes And Mushrooms
Roasted Potato And Cabbage Soup
Butternut Squash and Purple Potato Latkes
Purple potatoes add a bit of color and some extra nutrients but regular white potatoes work, too. Of course you can use white potatoes for these, but I loved the idea of the color combo when I created the recipe. The purple doesn’t show up so much once you have browned the latkes but the anthocyanins in the potatoes are still there.
Lemon Grass-Ginger Pork Sliders
Jamaican Janga
