Main Course
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Club Sandwiches
Oh, the perfection of a well-made club sandwich: layers of crisp bacon, tender chicken pulled from the bone (no cardboard chicken breasts here), slices of the ripest tomato you can find and crunchy romaine lettuce leaves. All of this nestled between slices of toasted white bread slathered with homemade mayonnaise. And no one would bristle if you added slices of avocado. They might declare you a genius.
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.
Spicy Bacon-and-Egg Pie
Bacon-and-egg pie is a rustic specialty from New Zealand, here zipped up with a mixture of sriracha and cream. Made from whole eggs that hard-cook under a pastry crust lid, with fat chunks of bacon, it is closer in feeling to steak-and-kidney pie, that sturdy pub staple, than to quiche. It is terrific picnic fare.
Three Sisters Squash
The sisters in this recipe are the Native American staples beans, corn and squash, which together offer a delicious main course for vegan diners. It comes from Maria Marlowe, a Times reader in New York, who said that she used the dish to help convince her family that eating vegan didn't have to mean sacrificing flavor.
My Mother's Tuna Salad
This is Julia Reed’s favorite tuna salad, the one she subsisted on for years as a child, eaten with a fork straight out of a container in her mother’s refrigerator. It’s an unfussy thing that is exactly suited to be layered between two pieces of white bread — toasted, if you must — and then eaten at the kitchen table, or, after summer ends, at the lunchroom table. The ingredients are simple and easily acquired, and be sure to use real mayonnaise.
Chicken Braised With White Poppy Seeds, Coconut Milk And Tomatoes
Catalan Fideuà
In Catalunya, the northeastern part of Spain, there is a traditional dish called fideuà, made with short lengths of dry pasta called fideus. Instead of boiling the noodles Italian-style, the Catalan way is to cook them with only a small amount of liquid in a wide earthenware cazuela or paella pan. Here, the noodles are first browned in olive oil, then simmered in a rich fish and shellfish broth. It’s a sort of cross between risotto and paella, and it’s a dish for all lovers of Mediterranean fish soups in the bouillabaisse family. Broth is added at intervals as it is absorbed, but not much stirring is involved. A dab of garlicky allioli, the Spanish version of aïoli, is added to each soup plate before serving.
Raspberry And Oatmeal Swirls
I make no apology for using frozen raspberries in the oatmeal yogurt swirls. At this time of year, what really is the option? Besides, I love these breakfast sundaes best when the berries are still frozen and tasting like a tart sorbet against the smooth creaminess of the yogurt and the sweet crunch of the cookie crumbs. I often find it easier to make these, too, the night before. The raspberries thaw and the yogurt stiffens somewhat, and yes, the cookie crumbs in the middle lose their crunch, but everything melds together gloriously. A last-minute sprinkling of cookie crumbs on top is all they need.
Mahony’s Beef Po’ Boys
Benjamin Wicks, proprietor of Mahony’s Po-Boy Shop on Magazine Street in New Orleans, which opened in the summer of 2008, is a raver and ranter with the heart of an old-timer. “Why don’t people care about making great po’ boys?” he asked The Times, rhetorically, a year later. And then he gave us a terrific recipe that will take a little time to pull off, but results in a beef Po' Boy sandwich of uncommon excellence. Think of it as project food for a festive weekend lunch, and your guests will thank you. Add cheese and French fries for added pow.
Pork Stew With Black Beans
Ismail Merchant's Very Hot Chicken Soup
Warmth is a given with chicken soup, but this one turns the heat up with ginger and chiles. It comes from Ismail Merchant, the Indian-born film producer and director who had a longtime partnership with James Ivory. It is an easy recipe and will take about an hour of your time, and is a deliciously healthy twist on an old standby.
Joe Major's Stuffed Pork Chops
Buranee Banjan
Salt Cod, Potato and Chickpea Stew
This hearty, brothy stew features popular ingredients from the Iberian Peninsula — salt cod, garlic, saffron, potatoes. Spanish and Portuguese cooks adore salt cod and use it in all kinds of ways; these same ingredients may also be reconfigured into salads or casseroles. You’ll need to soak the fish overnight to remove the salt. The chickpea broth adds great flavor.
Jimbojean's Chicken
Sautéed Scallops
Sea scallops and bay scallops differ in size and sweetness. They also cook a little differently. I love a good hard sear on a sea scallop, a little crust and a splash of wine in the butter at the end to provide a silky acidity against the sweet of the meat. For the tiny, sweet bay scallop, though, I prefer a gentle butter bath. Whichever you cook, be very careful not to overcook. Indeed, there is almost no such thing as an undercooked scallop.
Mary Cantwell's Steak in Champagne
Sea And Mountain (Mar Y Montana)
Radish Sandwiches With Butter and Salt
Steven Satterfield, the chef at Miller Union in Atlanta, included this very French picnic recipe in his cookbook, "Root to Leaf." As he points out, the key is to use a lot of butter, a lot of radishes and plenty of salt. The recipe yields four sturdy desk- or school-lunch sandwiches, or you can divide them further, into a dozen little bites for hors d’oeuvres.
Spinach-and-Artichoke Casserole
Sautéed Fluke With Grapefruit Vinaigrette
Pork Chops With Dijon Sauce
In the Burgundy region of France, home of Dijon, pork chops are traditionally served in a sauce made with mustard, cream and white wine, and there are very few pairings that are better. Richard Olney, a prominent food writer and authority on French cooking, sautéed sliced apples and chops and then baked them all together with cream and mustard dribbled on top. I prefer the method here, but you could always fry up some apples and serve them on the side. (For a dish with roots closer to Normandy than Burgundy, make the same recipe but omit the mustard, deglaze the pan with Calvados instead of wine and stir sliced sautéed Granny Smiths into the sauce itself.)
Cornmeal Pancakes