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Mother's Raspberry Tart
Buttermilk Mango Curry
Walnut Frangipani
Rye Chocolate Chip Cookies
Calling for rye flour instead of all-purpose, these chocolate chip cookies are not your ordinary batch. The rye flour lends a nutty complexity to balance the chocolate. And while any chocolate will work in this recipe, dark chocolate is a great match for the rye. A combination of light and dark brown sugar also adds richness and chew beneath the slightly crisp exterior.
Cherry Rugelach With Cardamom Sugar
These tender, jam-filled confections, adapted from “Rose’s Christmas Cookies” (William Morrow, 1990) by Rose Levy Beranbaum, have a flaky, cream cheese-spiked crust that makes them a little like soft, tiny pastries. This version calls for cherry preserves and some optional walnuts, but you can use any flavor of jam (or nut if you’re so inclined) you like. Apricot and raspberry jam are the most traditional. Rugelach keep well at room temperature for up to one week, or they freeze beautifully for up to six months. (Watch Melissa Clark make her cherry rugelach.)
Coconut-Braised Chicken Thighs With Turmeric and Peppers
Coriander, lemongrass, ginger, garlic, turmeric and coconut milk create layers of complex flavor in this braised chicken dish that’s lighter than many traditional curries. Available at Thai supermarkets and other specialty food stores, fresh makrut lime leaves are optional, but perk things up. Any leftover lime leaves — sublime when sautéed with butter and seafood, sliced very thinly and sprinkled as a garnish, or simmered into simple syrup for cocktails — can be stashed in your freezer, where they’ll keep for months.
Chicken Livers, With Cumin and Coriander
Lamb Patties With Fried Onions And Tahini-Yogurt Sauce
Ground lamb makes a great alternative to a traditional burger, even when sprinkled with only salt and pepper or a little chopped parsley and garlic. These well-seasoned, simple-to-make patties are inspired by kofta, and are spiced with a fragrant mixture. You can season the meat up to a day ahead, which cuts down on kitchen time. Folded into warm pita bread, doused with tahini sauce and topped with fried onions, these burgers may not be standard cookout fare, but everyone loves them.
Summer Vegetables in Spiced Yogurt Sauce
The farmers’ market or a home garden may be the ideal source of summer vegetables for this seasonal main course. Feel free to substitute or add other garden gifts as available. Eggplant, green beans, small potatoes or okra would all be welcome. Substantial but light, and reminiscent of some kormas, it gets its rich, creamy consistency from a mixture of yogurt and almond flour. To get vegetarian recipes like this one delivered to your inbox, sign up for The Veggie newsletter.
Lobster Stock
Roast Chicken With Lemon and Za’atar
This plump and juicy roast chicken benefits from tenderizing in a yogurt-lemon-garlic marinade for as long as 24 hours, but if you don’t have a lot of time, slathering it with the mixture before sliding it into the oven will still add flavor, and give the spices something to stick to. Za’atar, a Middle Eastern herb-and-spice blend, can still be hard to find in the supermarket, so make your own by combining sumac, sesame seeds, thyme, coriander, oregano and cumin. You can buy sumac, a garnet-colored lemony spice, in Middle Eastern markets or online, but the rest of the ingredients are most likely already on your spice rack, and leaving out one or two of them is perfectly O.K. If you have a premade za’atar blend on hand, you’ll need about 1/2 cup to coat the chicken.
Golden Raisin and Pecan Thins
These slightly sweet, extremely simple crackers, adapted from "Better Baking" by Genevieve Ko, can be stirred together in minutes in one bowl, no electric mixer required. They are then baked twice – once in loaf pans and once after freezing and slicing – making them crisp all the way through. Serve them with cheese or pâté, or even on their own as a snack. And feel free to personalize these by substituting other dried fruits and nuts for the raisins and pecans. Chopped dried figs and hazelnuts make another wonderful combination.
One-Pot Chicken and Rice With Ginger and Cumin
Inspired by Indian flavors, this one-pot chicken-and-rice pilaf comes together in under an hour by taking advantage of spices that pack a punch: Mustard seeds bring heat, cumin adds nutty notes and cardamom provides depth and warmth — and all of the spices are toasted in oil and butter, which concentrates their flavor. Golden raisins lend a touch of sweetness. To make it a vegetarian side, omit the chicken and use vegetable broth or even water in place of the chicken broth.
Apple-and-Black-Walnut-Frangipani Tart
The versatile black walnut can enhance any menu -- from the first course to dessert.
Lemon Poppy Seed Cookies
These cookies are a celebration of lemon. Rubbing lemon zest into the sugar releases a deep citrusy aroma, and a bit of cream of tartar gives them a snickerdoodle-like texture. This tender cookie has a sunny interior and is coated with crisp poppy seeds. Be sure to shop for poppy seeds where you know there is high turnover, such as from the bulk department in a health food store or a spice shop. They can sit on the shelves for a long time — and can go rancid quickly due to their high fat and protein content.
Crème Fraîche Poundcake
Old-fashioned poundcake recipes don’t typically contain any chemical leavening, relying on the power of eggs and elbow grease to raise the crumb. Modern recipes often mix in a little baking powder or soda to lighten things up — but how much can be up to the cook. Adding 1/2 teaspoon baking powder will give the cake a dense and velvety interior; using the whole teaspoon makes it slightly airier and softer. Either way, this buttery loaf cake has a gentle tang from the crème fraîche, which is also featured in the candylike glaze. You’ll need a 9-by-5-inch loaf pan to accommodate all the batter. If your loaf pan is smaller, bake any extra batter in a greased ramekin on the side.
George Ryan's Pecan Diamonds
Mango Lassi Ice
I set out to make something more like a sherbet, a mango lassi ice. I calculated the amount of sweetening needed for the right texture and flavor in a blend of buttermilk and mango. As a general rule, the sugar in fruit ice should be 15 to 20 percent of the weight of the fruit. This time, I used honey instead of sugar. The result is a creamy, tangy sherbet.
Poppy, Lemon and Sunflower Seed Pancakes
These are inspired by Heidi Swanson’s poppy seed and sunflower seed pancakes. She serves hers with a citrus marmalade, and also suggests making a savory version and serving it with a compound butter (I’d go Mediterranean and serve the savory ones with Greek-style yogurt). I decided to stir some lemon zest into the batter. I dotted some of the pancakes with raspberries and left others plain. Loved them both ways.
Pork and Mango Salsa Burrito
George's Scarfa Pork
Molten Chocolate Doughnut Holes
Reminiscent of churros and chocolate, these fluffy doughnut holes are best served warm because of the molten chocolate filling. You could, of course, use a stand mixer to prepare the dough, but it’s better done by hand since the mixer will have trouble blending such a small amount. Don’t worry when you first add the butter pieces and they smear around without incorporating. The butter will be evenly distributed by the time you finish kneading the dough. Chocolate fèves or discs make easy work of filling the doughnuts, but if you can’t find them, feel free to use your favorite chips or chopped chocolate.
Mrs. Lefferts's New Year's Cakes
Roasted White Fish With Lemony Almondine
Fish almondine, a variation on a classic meunière, combines toasted sliced almonds, brown butter and lemon juice as a sauce for sautéed, flour-dusted fillets. In this easy, weeknight-appropriate version, the fish is roasted, skipping the flour, for a more delicate result. Then, the sauce gets extra citrus intensity from a bit of grated lemon zest. Flaky white fish, or trout, is most traditional here. But the winning mix of brown butter, lemon and almonds is equally good on any kind of salmon, shrimp, green beans, asparagus – even roast chicken. And it comes together in a flash.