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Asparagus with Balsamic Tomatoes
By LaLaCooks
Laura Zapalowski, Cooking Light APRIL 2011
- 1 pound asparagus, trimmed
- 2 teaspoons extra-virgin olive oil
- 1 1/2 cups halved grape tomatoes
- 1/2 teaspoon minced fresh garlic
- 2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 3 tablespoons crumbled goat cheese
- 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
Brazilian Seafood Soup (Moqueca)
By LaLaCooks
This tangy, buttery, gorgeous soupbright red with dendê oilis Daniel Boulud's riff on a recipe by French chef ...
- 3 pounds large shrimpshelled and deveined, shells reserved
- 3 pounds mahimahi, cut into 1-inch cubes
- 2 pounds cleaned squidbodies cut into 1/4-inch rings, tentacles halved
- 3 tablespoons finely grated ginger
- 6 garlic cloves, minced
- 3 tablespoons dendê oil (see Note) or peanut oil
- 1 tablespoon piment d'Espelette
- 1 tablespoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground pepper
Peaches with Mascarpone
By LaLaCooks
Lydia Bastianich
- 1 cup fresh mascarpone cheese
- 2 tablespoone heavy cream
- 4 ripe peaches, halved and pitted
- 2 tablespoons chopped walnuts
- 8 strawberries
- 4 mint sprigs
Duck Confit Sliders, Banh-Mi Style
By LaLaCooks
For the duck confit: Preheat oven to 225 degrees F
- Duck Confit
- Rendered duck fat from 1 duck, at warm temperature, plus more fat (chicken, duck, bacon, oil, etc.) as needed
- 4 duck legs and thighs
- Salt
- Pinch sugar
- 2 teaspoons whole coriander
- 1 teaspoon sweet smoked paprika
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 2 teaspoons peppercorns
- Quick Carrot Pickle
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1 shallot, peeled and trimmed
- 1 clove garlic, peeled and trimmed
- 1 jalapeno
- 1 bay leaf
- 2 tablespoons salt
- 1 teaspoon coriander seeds
- 1 teaspoon peppercorns
- 1 cup white wine vinegar
- 1 cup water
- 2 carrots, peeled and julienned
- Aioli
- 2 egg yolks
- 1 clove garlic, minced
- Zest and juice of 2 limes
- 1/3 to 1/2 cup liquid duck fat
- Hot sauce, to taste
- Salt
- Assembling
- 4 to 6 slider rolls
- 1 cup freshly picked cilantro leaves
Lao Mixed Salad with Peanuts and Fried Shallots
By LaLaCooks
A specialty of Luang Prabang, chef Sebastien Rubis's refreshing salad is made with an array of delicious ingredient...
- 1 large hard-cooked egg, peeled and halved
- 1 tablespoon plus 1 teaspoon white vinegar
- 1 teaspoon honey
- 2 tablespoons plus 2 teaspoons vegetable oil, plus more for frying
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 1 large shallot, thinly sliced and separated into rings
- 2 large garlic cloves, thinly sliced
- 2 medium tomatoes, sliced
- 1 medium cucumber, peeled and sliced
- 4 packed cups mesclun salad (4 ounces)
- 1 bunch watercress (6 ounces), thick stems discarded
- 2 tablespoons chopped salted peanuts
Red ChileChicken Enchiladas
By LaLaCooks
Grace Parisi makes a slightly spicy red sauce for these enchiladas with smoky guajillo chiles and fruity ancho chil...
- 3 each of guajillo and ancho chiles, stemmed and seeded
- 3 cups hot water
- 1 medium onion, quartered
- 3 large garlic cloves
- 1 tablespoon ground cumin
- 1 1/2 teaspoons ground coriander
- 1/2 teaspoon dried oregano, preferably Mexican
- 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
- 2 1/2 cups canned tomato sauce (20 ounces)
- 1 cup water
- Salt and freshly ground pepper
Broccoli Rabe and Sausage
By LaLaCooks
Lidia Bastianich
- 2 pounds broccoli rabe
- 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
- 1 1/2 pounds sweet Italian sausage (about 8 links) or luganega, cut into 3-inch lengths
- 3 large cloves garlic, peeled
- Salt
- 1/4 teaspoon crushed hot red pepper
CIABATTA
By LaLaCooks
RECIPE TESTING Ridding Bread of Oversized Air Holes While developing our recipe for ciabatta, we kept enc...
- Biga
- 1 cup unbleached all-purpose flour (5 ounces)
- 1/8 teaspoon instant or rapid-rise yeast
- 1/2 cup water (4 ounces), at room temperature
- Dough
- 2 cups unbleached all-purpose flour (10 ounces)
- 1/2 teaspoon instant or rapid-rise yeast
- 1 1/2 teaspoons table salt
- 3/4 cup water (6 ounces), at room temperature
- 1/4 cup milk (2 ounces), at room temperature (see note)
Lemongrass-Cilantro Chicken with Honey Dipping Sauce
By LaLaCooks
Pings (simple grilled dishes), like these juicy grilled chicken breasts, are very popular all over Laos
- 1/3 cup water
- 1 1/2 teaspoons sugar
- 2 teaspoons honey
- 1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper
- 1 tablespoon white vinegar
- 1 tablespoon Asian fish sauce
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper
Ham and Gruyere Thumbprints
By LaLaCooks
Directions Preheat oven to 400 degrees
- 1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, cut into large pieces
- 1/2 teaspoon coarse salt
- 1 cup water
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 4 large eggs
- 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground pepper
- 1/2 cup finely chopped or ground Black Forest ham (2 ounces)
- 1 cup finely shredded Gruyere cheese, plus 36 cubes (1/2 inch) for centers (8 ounces total)