Brunch
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Tomato, Kale and Mozzarella Sandwich With Parsley Pesto
This sandwich is an example of how you can get more vegetables into your diet and also get away from the drab ham and cheese you’ve been taking to work. It’s a stack of parsley pesto, Roma tomatoes, mozzarella and blanched kale on focaccia.
Turkey and Red Pepper Hash
This sweet and spicy turkey and red pepper hash is much like a beef picadillo that might be used to fill an empanada or to stuff a chili pepper. I make quick soft tacos most often with warm corn tortillas.
Chocolate-chip souffle
Blackberry-Lemon Tart With Champagne- Mint Granite
Flaky Chicken Hand Pies
Everyone falls for the homey appeal of chicken potpie. This fold-over version made with buttery puff pastry takes the concept up a notch for an elegant lunch or supper. Store bought pastry makes it easy. You can do the cooking in stages, and even freeze the pies (either baked or unbaked) for a future meal. Serve with a green vegetable or leafy salad.
Nectarine Crisp
Monkey Bread
Back in 1982, a reader wrote in about a friend who had “once seen ‘monkey bread’ on a dinner menu,” asking Craig Claiborne if he'd ever heard of it. Mr. Claiborne, it turns out, hadn’t. “My dictionary informs me that monkey bread is the gourdlike fruit of the baobab tree,” he wrote. A couple of weeks (and “numerous” letters and phone calls) later, he corrected himself, running this recipe from James Beard’s 1973 book “Beard on Bread.” We've retested the recipe, and made a couple of updates. It’s still a little different from many of the pull-apart breads you may find online, and a showstopper. Its crispy, buttery edges are almost like sweeter dinner rolls, giving way to caramelized, gooey bits at the bottom. It makes a ton, so save it for guests — or freeze the leftovers for your next French toast casserole.
Sweet Lemon Tart With Plum Tomatoes And Verbena
Corn Fritters
Corn is the One True Vegetable of American summer. Vine-ripened tomatoes are thrilling, but not ours alone. And zucchini, while pleasant, does not make anyone’s toes curl. But the crunch and suck of ripe local corn on the cob is, so far, confined to the Here and Now. Once you’ve tired of piled-high platters of cobs, turn to corn fritters, which are always greeted with surprise — joy, even. And they are forgiving, because they can be made with fresh, or leftover cooked, kernels. Frying on a hot day isn’t anyone’s idea of fun, so my recipe has evolved into a hybrid of fritter and pancake, cooked in shallow oil. It goes with everything on the August table and, with maple syrup, peaches and bacon, is an ideal breakfast for dinner.
Key Lima Pie Quiche
Biscuits and Momofuku Red-Eye Mayo
This recipe comes from a feast that Mark Bittman and Sam Sifton prepared in Charleston, S.C. These biscuits are topped with a dollop of a mayonnaise that David Chang serves at Momofuku Ssam Bar in New York.
Fig-and-Almond Streusel Biscuits
Refrigerator Corn Relish
This colorful, mildly spicy relish is sweet, but not as sweet by a long shot as many corn relish recipes I’ve seen and tasted. It goes well with everything from burgers to tofu sandwiches. You can add more chiles to the recipe if you want a spicier relish.
Summer Squash Refrigerator Pickles
With its spongy texture, summer squash will soak up the spicy flavors in this mix. Experiment with other spices if you wish. I like to use a mix of yellow squash and zucchini. Add the pickled squash to salads, use it as a relish or as a condiment with grains, meat or fish.
Creamy Potato Gratin With Smoked and Fresh Salmon
Swedish laxpudding, the basis for this brunch-friendly bake, is a dish that lives in the same neighborhood as frittata, potato gratin and quiche. The original is much more restrained than this version, comprised only of potatoes, smoked salmon and dill, held together with an egg custard. My additions include saffron and capers, which I borrowed from Sicily and work surprisingly well here. This can be served for any meal but is an especially impressive brunch dish.
Pickled Green Beans
In the South these are sometimes called “dilly beans” because of the dill that goes into the jars with the beans. My only reservation about making pickles out of green beans is that it is impossible for the beans to retain their wonderful green color. But I forget about this regret when I taste them, redolent as they are with coriander seeds and dill. You can serve them as an aperitif, garnish or side, or cut them up and add them to salads.
Pears Poached in Red Wine and Cassis
A classic French dessert with liqueur that adds a deep berry essence. Wine-poached pears make fora classic French dessert. I like to add a little crème de cassis liqueur to the wine, along with honey, vanilla and cinnamon. The cassis, made from black currants,adds a deep berry essence to the syrupy wine. You can serve these pears warm or chilled. The poached pears will keep well for a couple of days in the refrigerator. The pears will continue to soften.
Savory Melon Tartare
Salty white cheese is a savory component that complements melon quite nicely. This recipe calls for a mellow, ripe, densely textured variety, possibly as commonplace as cantaloupe or as exotic as a Galia or Charente melon. Don’t use watermelon.
Anchovied Eggs
Dried Fruit Compote With Fresh Apple and Pear
An alcohol-free compote with a variety of dried fruit and a bright flavor. This compote, which I like to add to my morning yogurt, does not involve wine, though you could add some red or white wine for flavor if you wanted to. The sweetness will vary with the type of fruit used. If you use dried sour cherries, don’t use too many, because they will give the compote too stronga sour cherry flavor. Sweet fruit, like dried apples, pears and raisins, will result in a compote with a brighter taste. Apricots are great too, contributing another rich taste layer. I add fresh apple and pear for their texture, which remains somewhat crunchy even after they simmer.
Walnut Apricot Bundt Cake
This honey-sweetened cake, with dried apricots, walnuts and a hint of orange, is just sweet enough to serve for dessert. But my favorite place for it is at the breakfast or brunch table, or with afternoon tea.
Lemon Bundt Cake With Poppy Seeds
Because this is made with whole wheat flour and honey it doesn’t look like most white fluffy poppy seed cakes; it’s dark and golden, with a wonderful moist texture plus the slight crunch of the poppy seeds (which are another good luck food, at least in Poland). The formula is much the same as the one I used for my walnut apricot Bundt cake modeled on Peter Reinhart’s formulas for quick breads and muffins, with ricotta standing in for some of the buttermilk.
Cornmeal and Buckwheat Blueberry Muffins
They are the antithesis of the cakey blueberry muffins you find in coffee shops. The berry quotient is generous here. If you find the buckwheat flavor too strong, swap flip the amounts of whole- wheat flour with the amount of and buckwheat flours (that is, use 125 grams whole- wheat and 65 grams buckwheat).
Steel-Cut Oatmeal and Blueberry Muffins
If you’re investing time in making steel-cut oatmeal for breakfast, you might as well make a little extra and try these healthy muffins with what’s left over. Most muffins sold in bakeries are just cupcakes in disguise, but these are moist, nourishing and a healthy source of whole grains. Even if you don’t think of yourself as a baker, these are easy and come together quickly — a second day breakfast off the first day’s work.