Bread & Baking
456 recipes found
Tostadas With Sweet and Hot Peppers and Eggs
This comforting topping is a kind of Mexican piperade.
Fresh Tortillas
I am a firm believer that the tortilla makes the taco. It is a travesty to slow-cook meats and beans, find delicious cheeses and chop fresh herbs only to throw them onto stale, chemical-laden tortillas. For this recipe, I recommend purchasing a tortilla press, though it is not necessary. Tortillas aren’t hard to make, but they require a little bit of practice. The most delicious tortillas come from masa made from nixtamalized corn, but you can also make masa from good quality masa harina. Tortilla factories will often sell you prepared masa.
Soft Tacos With Roasted or Grilled Tomatoes and Squash
If you’ve got the grill fired up you can cook the vegetables in a grill pan. Otherwise roast the tomatoes under the broiler and cook the filling on top of the stove.
Apple-and-Bread Dumplings in Juniper-Scented Chicken Broth
Soft Tacos With Mushrooms and Cabbage
Two nutrient-dense vegetables combine forces in this delicious filling. Mushrooms are an excellent source of vitamins and many minerals, particularly selenium, copper, potassium, phosphorous, zinc, and manganese – and they contain a powerful antioxidant called L-ergothioneine. They're used medicinally throughout Asia for their immunity-boosting properties. They also contain more protein than most other vegetables, and their meaty texture makes them a perfect choice for vegetarians. Cabbage possesses phytochemicals like sulforaphane, which protects the body against cancer-causing free radicals, and indoles, which help metabolize estrogens. It’s also an excellent source of vitamins K and C, and a very good source of dietary fiber, vitamin B6, folate, manganese and omega-3 fatty acids.
Tortilla Soup
This version of the classic Mexican soup calls for fried tortilla chips to be blended in with the broth and chiles. This yields an earthy bisque with a gentle, smoky heat. And it can be prepared in under a half hour.
Black Bean and Goat Cheese Quesadillas
For these quesadillas, I prefer to use my own cooked black beans, which I try to keep on hand in the freezer. Canned baked beans are also an option, but they are higher in sodium than home-cooked beans.
Seared Summer Squash and Egg Tacos
These make great breakfast tacos, but I make them for dinner most often. Make sure to get the pan nice and hot for a delicious seared flavor.
Quick Quesadilla With Dukkah
Dukkah has so many of the attributes of a snack food – crunch, a little bit of salt (as opposed to a lot of salt), spice. I realized that very little salt is required when the salt is combined with spices and ground or chopped nuts and seeds to give your palate that hit of snack-food pleasure. And it occurred to me that dukkah could also fit the bill as a low-sodium seasoning for all sorts of dishes.
Tortilla Dressing
Southwestern Cornbread Stuffing
Green Chilaquiles With Chicken and Squash
Of all the dishes I make with tomatillos, this one counts as the greatest comfort food. You can toast the tortillas in a microwave: zap them for one minute at 100 percent power, and turn them over and zap them again. Repeat until they are crisp and brown, then break up into large pieces.
Tacos With Turkey Picadillo
Picadillo is a typical filling for tacos, enchiladas and chilies, traditionally made with ground beef. I lighten the sweet and savory mixture by using ground turkey breast.
Breakfast Tacos With Eggs, Onions and Collard Greens
These comforting, easy tacos don’t have to be relegated to the breakfast table. The chili pepper is optional; you can make them as spicy as you want.
Austrian Plum Toasts (Zwetschkenpofesen)
Tacos With Black Beans and Chard
If you are looking to feed a crowd, one way to meet the challenge is to pick up a supply of corn tortillas and make a big pot of beans and some other dishes that are at home in a taco. Buy some salsa, or make your own, and your house will be taco party central. You can make fillings in advance and arrange in bowls or on platters. Then all it takes is warming tortillas in a microwave, oven or steamer, and guests can assemble their own tacos. These beans are great in tacos, but can also be eaten on their own.
Sara's Sweetbread Fricassee
Lot 2's Pecorino Fried Bread With Broccoli
Katherine Youngblood, the chef de cuisine at Lot 2 in Brooklyn, sautées heirloom broccoli with garlic, chile flakes, anchovy and plenty of lemon, and serves it heaped on olive oil-fried bread showered with pecorino. The oily crunch of the bread, the saltiness of the cheese and the sweetness of the broccoli combine into something that, had it not been for my sense of propriety, would have had me licking the plate. I made a few minor edits while testing the recipe, taking down the olive oil by just a bit and streamlining the method. The result is a wonderful melding of simple ingredients and techniques that is easy to replicate at home, whenever the craving strikes.
Toast With New York State Goat Cheese
Family Pizza
“The Batali Brothers Cookbook,” published in 2013, includes recipes from Benno and Leo Batali, whose father, Mario, also contributed to the book, editing some of his classic dishes into simpler, weeknight-dinner versions. The Batali family pizza recipe is highly practical: small rounds cooked on a stove, no pizza oven or grill required. Yes, there are a number of steps to making the dough, but the plain parbaked crusts last for days, and need only be topped and broiled when it’s time to eat.
Chicken Breasts Stuffed With Wild Mushrooms
Beet Greens Bruschetta With Poached Egg and Fontina
You’d think I’d get tired of greens. But this week while I was buying a nice bunch of beets at the market and another customer asked the vendor to cut off the greens from her beets, I jumped at the chance to get two bunches of free greens. I brought them home, stemmed and cleaned them thoroughly, then blanched them for a minute in salted boiling water. I enjoyed them all week. I made this bruschetta for dinner one night when I was home alone.
Chicken With 40 Cloves of Garlic And Garlic Bread
