Bread & Baking
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Homemade Flour Tortillas
In this recipe, handmade flour tortillas are made with a surprising tip that enables you to shape the tortilla with ease using a traditional tortilla press.
Happy Place Spelt Flour Scones
These take me to my happy place and are adapted from my favourite scone recipe I inherited from my Dad. They are a huge crowd pleaser. The way to make new friends is serving up these scones! Best part is they are gluten free - so long as your baking powder is gluten free friendly!
Homemade Pita Bread
Is it worth making pita at home? Absolutely. Store-bought pita (like store-bought sandwich bread) is often several days old. Warm, fragrant home-baked pita is obviously superior, and there’s a bit of a thrill when the breads puff up in the oven. And once you get the hang of it, it’s not difficult. For the best flavor, try to get freshly milled whole-wheat flour. Even though only a little is called for in the recipe, it makes a difference.
Tortilla de Acelga
I spent some time last year in Argentina with family in a sleepy beach-side town. On day 1 in Miramar the family took us to Rotimar, a favorite lunch spot. We chose from dozens of pastries, baked goods, salads, and so much more. My favorite thing: Tortilla de Acelga (Swiss Chard Spanish Tortilla). I couldn't get enough of it. Upon my return to Texas, I immediately recreated the dish. This is the final and most delicious result. Even for the non Swiss Chard lovers out there, this one may win you over.
prosciutto and fig flatbread
flatbread topped with macarpone, fig jam, prosciutto, and arugula
Tomato Graté
Growing up, my grandparents had a vegetable garden, and around this time of year, crates of tomatoes would start lining up along the back of their house. Some were canned for winter but most ended up on the table roasted and crusted with breadcrumbs, garlic and parsley. These tomatos are ubiquitous on the Romganolo table, and quite possibly the best food in the world.
Homemade Corn Tortilla Chips
It's easy to make homemade tortilla chips for salsa or guacamole, or making nachos. Try this masa harina recipe and you'll never go back to store-bought.
Soda Bread Buns
In this new incarnation of my soda bread recipe, I kept the crosses, but to maximize the surface area of the crumbly, crunchy outer crust, I baked the dough into small buns instead of a large loaf. That way, I was able to get more of the bumpy-textured crust in each bite.
Short Rib Chili Nachos
These are fairly high-brow nachos, topped with a mountain of soft, spicy, chile-braised short ribs run through with rivers of molten cheese, above hillocks of guacamole; soft mounds of salsa; creamy pools of sour cream. They're a little more halftime show than Super Bowl, and that's okay: The showmanship here is matched by the flavor.
Corn Tortillas
Mashed Potato Korokke
This Mashed Potato Quenelle recipe is my favorite way to utilize leftover mashed potatoes. This is an easy recipe you can do at home, with basic ingredients.
Chicken Skin Tacos
Nate Gutierrez, the chef and owner of Nate’s Taco Truck and Nate’s Taco Truck Stop in Richmond, Va., could not stop snacking on the skin left over from his roast chickens. So, he decided to make chicken skin crisp on his flattop and offer it in a taco. The chicken-skin tacos sell out whenever they are on the menu. This recipe is adapted from his work: chicken breasts are cooked, the skin crisped and the meat shredded, and the whole thing stuffed into a tortilla. Top at will.
Apple-Spice Breakfast Soup
Years ago, when I lived in Austin, Tex., I had a little business selling hot cups of soup to vendors and shoppers on the “Drag” in front of the University of Texas. This soup was always a favorite on a chilly day. It’s sweet and spicy, and although you can serve it at lunch or dinner, I prefer it for breakfast, with more yogurt stirred in. Use whole-grain sandwich bread if you can.
Sardinian Flatbread with Feta and Za' Atar
My rosemary in the garden finally froze and I was looking for something to do with the flatbreads I had just made, meaning usually I brush it with olive oil and then sprinkle it with rosemary, coarse salt and black pepper. Then this came to mind, I think my flatbread will be singing a new multicultural tune.
Chicken Quesadillas With Avocado-Cucumber Salsa
There is one caveat when using leftover grilled meat. As the meat chills, the flavors recede, becoming quieter and mellower. For these quesadillas that I made out of Sunday’s grilled chicken thighs, shredded and stuffed into a corn tortilla with a little cheese and quickly toasted, I stirred together a lime-zest-imbued cucumber and avocado salsa that added a welcome citrus edge.
Stale-Bread Pizza
Easy Huevos Rancheros
Fried eggs on warm corn tortillas, topped with cooked tomato salsa — it’s a classic dish, though I probably make it a little differently than they do at your neighborhood Tex-Mex restaurant. This recipe makes for an easy supper or a great Mexican breakfast.
Soft Tacos With Scrambled Tofu and Tomatoes
Soft tofu makes a wonderful stand-in for scrambled eggs. Serve these savory tacos for a great Mexican and vegan breakfast.
Fish Tacos
Fish tacos, that great meal of the Baja Peninsula, and a taste of summer. They are simple to make, no more complicated in fact than a hamburger or a mess of pancakes, and they are considerably more flavorful. Fried in strips and served onboard warm corn tortillas with a simple salsa, a pinch of fresh cabbage, plenty of lime and a cream sauce you might want to punch up with some chopped chipotle, these fish tacos can turn a cold night into bluebird summer, transporting you from chill into deep humidity and bliss. Why You Should Trust This Recipe Sam Sifton, the founding editor of New York Times Cooking and an avid fisherman, created this version of fish tacos after spending time with a chef who specializes in fish. Sam also took inspiration for this dish from the delicious version at El Siete Mares on Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles before it closed in 2020.
Banana Bread
Here is an easy way to use up the bananas on the countertop, or brown ones thrown in the back of the freezer. Don’t overmix the ingredients, and make sure the bananas are very ripe.
Simple Bread Pudding
This recipe is proof-positive that leftover bread can easily be converted to dessert without much work. There’s room for customization here: Consider adding fresh or dried fruit or a combination of spices like cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice and cardamom. Bread pudding makes a great brunch dish, served with fresh fruit compote. Or add a handful of chocolate chips before baking for a decidedly more decadent outcome. Discover more ideas for the big day in our best Thanksgiving recipes collection.
Migas With Tortillas and Beans
This recipe, brought to The Times in 2004 by Karen Olsson as part of a collection of regional recipes published in The New York Times Magazine, comes from Juan in a Million, in East Austin. To best appreciate this Tex-Mex favorite, she writes, “the procedure is as follows: Smear the tortilla with a spoonful of the beans, pile on the migas, followed by a dollop of salsa, and tell your cardiologist to kiss your widening behind.” Follow her advice, or don’t. But do garnish it with a bright salsa fresca or pico de gallo, and enjoy.
Chicken Salad With Skordalia
My approach to chicken salad was changed when I traveled to the Middle East and had a chicken salad bound with a distinctive "mayonnaise" that turned out to be a version of skordalia, the Greek dip. Like mayonnaise, skordalia will bind any cold minced meat or fish (and make a good sauce served with hot ones), but, unlike mayonnaise, it contains no egg. The binding "glue" is bread soaked in milk. There are other differences between common mayonnaise and skordalia. The Greek dip is more intensely flavorful -- atop the garlic I like it with a sound dose of strong paprika or mild chili powder and a handful of cilantro leaves -- and it cannot be bought in a jar. Fortunately, assembling a batch takes about five minutes in a food processor. With it, leftover chicken is almost essential, though of course you can cook some especially for the salad.
Green Chicken Enchiladas
You could poach chicken breasts for these enchiladas, as Amanda Hesser did when she first published this recipe in The Times in 2002, or you could use store-bought rotisserie chicken. After reading several comments from readers who felt the sauce needed to be doubled, we retested the recipe and agreed. We've updated the amounts accordingly.