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Melon Sorbet
I’ve learned a lot about making sorbets from Jacquy Pfeiffer, the founder and dean of student affairs at the French Pastry School in Chicago. He taught me to use a small amount of corn syrup – about 5 percent of the weight of the fruit – to prevent the sorbet from developing ice crystals. A very small amount of honey will also work. I asked him what the least sugar I could get away with is, and he said it depends on the fruit, but as a general rule he uses 15 to 20 percent sugar. I decided to factor the corn syrup and honey into that weight, and my sorbets were beautiful, with great texture. You can use yellow or green melon for this as long as it’s really ripe and sweet.
Watermelon Sorbet or Granita
This works only if your watermelon is juicy and sweet. If you make the granita version, you can use less sugar and omit the corn syrup because the ice crystals won’t matter.
Sardines in Vinegar (Escabeche)
Jambon Persillè
Coconut Dulce de Leche With Caramelized Pineapple
Banana-Infused Pumpkin Pie
I love taking decadent treats and turning them into healthy nutritional powerhouses that allow you to enjoy your dessert without the guilt. Here is my favorite dessert: pumpkin pie. Over the years, I have experimented with many different recipes, and this maple-sweetened, banana-infused version with a graham cracker coconut crust, which takes minutes to prepare, is always a crowd pleaser. Simply place all the ingredients in a blender to purée, and pour the filling into the prepared pie crust. Since this recipe is full of foods like pumpkin, banana, eggs and cinnamon, you, or your guests, won’t feel guilty about having seconds.
A Chicken in Every Teapot
"I heard what people thought about French food," the chef Michel Richard said to Marian Burros in a 1993 interview. "They say it's too rich, it's too heavy, there's too much sauce. When I opened Citrus, immediately I had less butter and less cream. You don't need butter and cream. The Chinese don't use it." For this recipe, chicken is steamed over a broth made from chicken stock and tea.
Berry Terrine In Muscat De Beaumes-De-Venise Jelly
Radicchio With Walnut Anchovy Sauce
I am tempted to call the sauce for this seared radicchio bagna cauda because that is what they called it in the London restaurant I used to frequent that inspired the recipe (11 Park Walk, now closed). It is really more of a walnut-thickened anchovy vinaigrette, and it is perfect with the radicchio. When you cook radicchio some sweet flavors emerge, but bitter is still the prevailing taste. The salty anchovies, pungent garlic and nutty walnuts – which also have a bitterness all their own – go together beautifully. The sauce is substantial, and will thicken as it sits, so serve the dish right away if you are spooning it over the radicchio so it doesn’t become stodgy; or serve the sauce in ramekins and dip the radicchio into it.
Spicy Spanish Mussels
Of all of the mussel recipes I tested this week, this was the hands-down favorite. Inspired by a spicy mussel dish I enjoyed at Bar Pilar, a tapas bar in Valencia, years ago, this dish is made special by the crunchy almond and hazelnut picada added after the mussels are steamed.
Chicken Braised With White Poppy Seeds, Coconut Milk And Tomatoes
Creamy Celery Root Soup With Ham
Alice Waters’s Grapefruit and Avocado Salad
This simple, refreshing salad from Alice Waters, the founder and owner of Chez Panisse, the legendary Berkeley restaurant, can be served as a first course or to revive the palate between the main course and dessert. It came to The Times in 2010 when the Well blog featured a number of recipes from “The Food Network South Beach Wine & Food Festival Cookbook: Recipes and Behind-the-Scenes Stories from America’s Hottest Chefs."
Lemon and Blood Orange Gelée Parfaits
Inspired by a wonderful dessert in the pastry chef Sherry Yard’s “Desserts by the Yard,” this is a beautifully layered jello. First make the lemon gelée – even better if you have Meyer lemons at your disposal – and let it set in the glasses (this will take about an hour, so plan accordingly). Then make the blood orange jelly and pour on top of the lemon layer. The lemon layer is thinner than the blood orange layer.
Celery-Root Remoulade
Blood Orange, Grapefruit and Pomegranate Compote
This recipe was inspired by a blood-orange compote with caramel-citrus syrup developed by Deborah Madison, the author of “Vegetarian Cooking for Everyone.” Here, the same caramel technique is used with the added benefit of a splash of port. It’s a brightly-flavored, refreshing dessert, and it keeps well for a couple of days.
Plum Sorbet or Granita
Use ripe, juicy red plums for this spicy, wine-infused sorbet or granita.
Broiled Calf’s Liver
Zucchini Cake
Raw Butternut Squash Salad With Cranberry Dressing
People aren’t accustomed to eating raw butternut squash, but when it’s grated, it has a wonderful, crunchy quality, and it’s also very pretty. Here, a jumble of grated squash is tossed with a dressing made out of fresh cranberries, honey, orange juice and fresh ginger. It's a lively, fresh twist on the traditional mashed and heavily-buttered treatment.
Glazed Pears With Brown-Sugar Oat Crisp and Pear-Brandy Syllabub
In the 1940s, Robert E. Rich, an independent-minded son of a successful dairyman, introduced RichWhip, the first nondairy topping, to the world. It took off. This recipe can be made using RichWhip, which is still available at many kosher supermarkets, or heavy cream.
Marian Burros's Carrot Cake
Avocado And Crab Meat Mousse
