Brunch
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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.
Walnut, Cracked Coriander and Cumin Rolls With Stilton And Honey
New-Wave Chowchow
Pork Grillades and Grits
Before Hurricane Katrina came to New Orleans, John Besh was simply a good chef with a fancy restaurant that had a habit of making top 10 lists around the country. After the storm, he became known as the ex-Marine who rode into the flooded city with a gun, a boat and a bag of beans and fed New Orleans until it could feed itself. This is his take on a classic New Orleans dish of long-simmered medallions of meat in a thick gravy, served over grits, and it is totally and completely delicious. (Sam Sifton)
Bread Pudding With Dried Cranberries and Bourbon
Scrambled Eggs, With Smoked Salmon in Brioche
Grandma Salazar's Tortillas
This recipe for flour tortillas came to The Times in 2005 from Traci Des Jardins, a San Francisco chef whose heritage is Cajun on one side and Mexican on the other, via her maternal grandmother, Angela Salazar. You’ll see “bacon drippings” in the ingredients. These make for really delicious tortillas.
Eggs With Gigante Beans and Harissa
A combination of soft beans, harissa-imbued vegetables, crisp-edged fried eggs and salty bits of cured tuna (or prosciutto), this unusual brunch dish is substantial and interesting enough to serve for dinner. While the chef Ignacio Mattos of Estela restaurant in New York City designed the dish around the plump gigante beans, any white bean, canned or freshly cooked, will work just as well. You can make the the beans and harissa mixture a few days ahead. But don't start toasting the bread until the last minute. You need it as crisp as possible to contrast with all the other soft textures.
Strawberry Oatmeal Muffins
Maple-Cardamom Saffron Sticky Buns
I love to sprinkle nigella seeds over the tops of these fragrant buns — they look great and the savory nigella contrasts well with the sweet dough. (Sesame seeds would work, too.) Clotted cream is the perfect accompaniment, but if you can’t find it, crème fraîche or mascarpone would also be lovely — whether at breakfast or teatime.