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Salad with Edible Blossoms
By maredan
Directions 1. Whisk together the vinegar, mustard, and honey with a fork
- 2 * 2 tablespoons raspberry vinegar
- 1 * 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
- 1 * 1 teaspoon honey
- 1/2 * 1/2 cup peanut or grapeseed oil
- * Salt and pepper
- 6 * 6 large handfuls of mixed greens, including rocket, radichio, etc…
- 6 * 6 nasturtium blossoms (de-earwigged, if necessary)
Prune and Apple Croustade
By maredan
Directions 1. Soak the prunes in Armagnac overnight (or use preserved prunes in Armagnac from a shop, which hav...
- 1 * 1 cup prunes
- 1/3 * 1/3 cup Armagnac
- 4 * 4 baking apples, such as Granny Smith, peeled, cored and cut into cubes
- 4 to 6 * 4 to 6 tablespoons butter, melted
- 4 to 6 * 4 to 6 tablespoons sugar
- 6 to 8 * 6 to 8 sheets, phyllo pastry
Pancetta Wrapped Asparagus
By maredan
Directions Tightly wrap each asparagus spear in a slice of pancetta and refrigerate until chilled, about 20 mi...
- 2 pounds medium asparagus
- 1/2 pound very thinly sliced pancetta
- Finely grated zest and juice of 1 orange
- 2 teaspoons Dijon mustard
- 1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil
- Salt and freshly ground pepper
- 2 teaspoons chopped thyme
Grilled Fennel Salad with Clementines
By maredan
Directions Salad 1. With the rack in the top position, preheat the broiler
- Ingredients
- Salad
- 1 * 1 large fennel bulb (or 2 small bulbs)
- 2 * 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 4 * 4 clementines, peeled and sliced in rounds
- 1 * 1 green onion, sliced
- Dressing
- * Juice of 1 clementine
- 2 * 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 * 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 1 * 1 teaspoon honey
- 1 * 1 tablespoon finely chopped fresh fennel fronds
- * Grated zest of 1/2 lemon
- * Salt and pepper
Herbed Chicken Sautee
By maredan
Directions 1. Melt the butter in a sauté pan
- 1/4 * 1/4 cup butter
- 1 * 1 chicken (about 3 pounds) cut into eigth
- * salt and pepper to season
- 1/2 * 1/2 cup dry white wine
- 4 * 4 tablespoons chopped, fresh herbs (such as thyme, rosemary, parsley, chives, dill, tarragon, chervil or coriander)
- * Half a lemon, for seasoning
Dark Chocolate Brownies
By maredan
Directions Preheat your oven to 350?F
- 24 ounces dark chocolate
- 1 cup butter
- 2 cups flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- pinch of salt
- 4 tablespoons cocoa powder
- 4 eggs
- 2 cups sugar
- 2 tablespoons vanilla extract
Sour Cherry and Pear Pie
By maredan
Directions Preheat oven to 375 degrees F
- All-purpose flour, for work surface
- 14 ounce(s) best-quality frozen puff pastry (such as Dufour), thawed
- 3 small Bartlett pears or 2 medium pears, peeled, halved, cored, and cut into 1/4-inch slices (about 1 pound 2 ounces)
- 2 ounce(s) dried sour cherries
- 1/3 cup(s) sugar, plus more for sprinkling
- 4 teaspoon(s) constarch
- 1 tablespoon(s) fresh lemon juice
- Salt
- Freshly ground black pepper
- Five -spice powder
- 1 large egg, lightly beaten
Butterscotch Sauce
By maredan
Directions 1. Bring butter, sugar and corn syrup to a boil and simmer until sugar is dissolved
- 1/3 * 1/3 cup butter
- 1 * 1 cup brown sugar
- 1/4 * 1/4 cup corn syrup
- 1/3 * 1/3 cup heavy cream
- 1 * 1 teaspoon vanilla
- * Pinch salt
Raspberry and Apple Crepes
By maredan
FOR CRÊPES: In a blender, combine flour, milk, water, eggs, butter, sugar and salt; purée until smooth
- * CRÊPES
- 1/2 * 1/2 cup unbleached all-purpose flour
- 1/2 * 1/2 cup whole milk
- 1/4 * 1/4 cup cold water
- 2 * 2 large eggs
- 2 * 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted, plus more for cooking crêpes
- 1 * 1 tablespoon sugar
- * Pinch salt
- * FILLING
- 2 * 2 cups fresh raspberries (about 10 ounces)
- 5 * 5 tablespoons sugar
- 2 * 2 medium Gala apples
- 1/2 * 1/2 cup white wine
- * Pinch cinnamon
- 1 * 1 cup plain yogurt (8 ounces; not nonfat)
- * Fresh mint sprigs for garnish (optional)
Brown Butter Banana Muffins
By maredan
Directions Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F
- Ingredients
- 4 * 4 ripe bananas
- 1/3 * 1/3 cup raw agave syrup or honey
- 1 * 1 stick unsalted butter
- 1 * 1 large egg
- 1 3/4 * 1 3/4 cups self-rising flour