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Chicken With Bitter Herb Pesto
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Chicken With Bitter Herb Pesto

The goal was compatibility with Israeli white and red wines and also with a Passover Seder menu. It was a simple one, achieved with dark meat chicken, which goes with either choice and can stand up to slow cooking. I made a pesto with escarole. Among Ashkenazi Jews the bitter herb, or maror, on the ceremonial Seder plate is usually horseradish. But for Sephardic Jews, it is usually a green vegetable like escarole, which Ashkenazi Jews may sometimes include. I spread the pesto on the boned thighs, then enclosed the filling. Matzo meal encouraged a golden crust. The chicken needs no tending during the Seder service. It's a good idea to pray for leftovers, because the chicken, sliced into rounds, is delicious for lunch.

2h 15m6 to 8 servings
Tortellini With Cheese Sauce
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Tortellini With Cheese Sauce

30m4 servings
Farfalle Radicchio And Mushroom Casserole
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Farfalle Radicchio And Mushroom Casserole

1h 15m6 servings
Roasted Eggplant With Spiced Chickpeas
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Roasted Eggplant With Spiced Chickpeas

Eggplant is a staple in the Arab world, the source of the dish called moussaq’a, a classic (and vegan to boot, if you leave off the yogurt). The key to cooking eggplant is to do it with high heat that concentrates the flavor and the flesh.

40m8 to 12 servings
Casatiello
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Casatiello

5h 30mTwo round loaves
Farfalle With Oven-Dried Tomatoes And Eggplant
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Farfalle With Oven-Dried Tomatoes And Eggplant

2h4 servings
Mushroom, Bulgur, Spinach and Turkey Fritters With Yogurt Sauce
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Mushroom, Bulgur, Spinach and Turkey Fritters With Yogurt Sauce

These are smaller than burgers and are served without buns, with a pungent garlic sauce. The recipe is inspired by a turkey and zucchini burger in “Jerusalem, a Cookbook,” by Yotam Ottolenghi and Sami Tamimi.

1hAbout 18 patties, serving 4 to 6
New Mexico Panned Rainbow Trout
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New Mexico Panned Rainbow Trout

30m2 servings
Pocket Sandwiches
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Pocket Sandwiches

20m4 servings
Wild Mushroom Pasta
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Wild Mushroom Pasta

30mFour servings
Three-Bean Chili Filling
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Three-Bean Chili Filling

2h 45mFour servings
Turkey Tonnato (Turkey With Tuna Sauce)
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Turkey Tonnato (Turkey With Tuna Sauce)

15m6 - 8 servings
Wheat Berry and Orzo Salad With Orange Vinaigrette
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Wheat Berry and Orzo Salad With Orange Vinaigrette

1h8 servings
Rice Cooker Chicken Biriyani with Saffron Cream
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Rice Cooker Chicken Biriyani with Saffron Cream

Fairuza Akhtar, a restaurant owner in Jackson Heights, Queens, who was born in Pakistan, has developed a quick method for making fragrant, creamy biriyani with whole spices and bites of chicken, at home in her rice cooker. "My mother would fall down in a faint," she said, referring to the traditionally reverent attitude toward biriyanis in Northern India and Pakistan. "But rice cookers are the way of the modern world."

1h4 to 6 servings
Grilled Pacific Halibut With Mango Salsa
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Grilled Pacific Halibut With Mango Salsa

This sweet and spicy salsa goes beautifully with a firm, white fish like halibut. Make sure your mango is very ripe. Mangos are a good source of potassium, vitamin A and beta-carotene. You would think that such a sweet fruit would be high in calories, but because of all the water in a juicy mango, the caloric content is relatively low — about 135 calories in a whole mango, according to nutritionist and author Jonny Bowden.

30mServes four
Farfalle With Artichokes, Mushrooms and Potatoes
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Farfalle With Artichokes, Mushrooms and Potatoes

1h6 to 8 servings
Tortellini And Smoked Turkey
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Tortellini And Smoked Turkey

40m2 servings
Roast Rack of American Lamb Salad
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Roast Rack of American Lamb Salad

1h 10m4 main-course servings or 8 appetizer servings
Spiral Macaroni with Tuna and Capers
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Spiral Macaroni with Tuna and Capers

35m6 servings
Chilled Whole Cod Tonnato
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Chilled Whole Cod Tonnato

1hEight to 10 servings
Pasta With Bacon, Cheese, Lemon and Pine Nuts
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Pasta With Bacon, Cheese, Lemon and Pine Nuts

For home cooks, the most useful recipe is the one that lets you feed many tastes with a single dish. This one starts out small — pasta with butter and cheese — but can be expanded with pine nuts, lemon zest, brown butter, bacon and herbs into something satisfying. This kind of "modular" meal, which everyone at the table can add to or subtract from, is a great family dinner solution. You prepare one tasty base element, like warm tortillas or pasta or salad greens. After that, it’s about piling on — or politely passing on — all the garnishes at the table.

30m4 to 8 servings
Asparagus and Farfalle With Lemon And Pepper
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Asparagus and Farfalle With Lemon And Pepper

15mFour servings
Baked Farfalle With Eggplant
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Baked Farfalle With Eggplant

1h 30m6 to 8 servings
Smoked Tomato and Chicken Pasta
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Smoked Tomato and Chicken Pasta

Smoked chicken is given a husky taste that complements the inherent sweetness of the fowl and brings a hearty note to the pasta it’s combined with. The sweeter-smelling the wood used, the more alluring the flavor it leaves behind. Hickory or fruitwoods, maple, oak and alder chips, dried grapevine trimmings or herb branches lend a sweet, firm flavor to food cooked in a closed container above it.

45mFour servings