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Roasted Salt-and-Vinegar Potatoes
By RobinPD
Cooking small red potatoes in a super-saturated salt solution creates an incredibly creamy, well-seasoned potato in...
- 6 tablespoons olive oil
- 2 pounds small red potatoes
- 1 1/4 cups salt
- 3 tablespoons malt vinegar
- Pepper
Skirt Steak – Alton Brown
By RobinPD
Heat charcoal, preferably natural chunk, until grey ash appears
- 1/2 cup olive oil
- 1/3 cup soy sauce
- 4 scallions, washed and cut in 1/2
- 2 large cloves garlic
- 1/4 cup lime juice
- 1/2 teaspoon red pepper flakes
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
- 3 tablespoons dark brown sugar or Mexican brown sugar
- 2 pounds inside skirt steak, cut into 3 equal pieces
- Special equipment: blow dryer
Pan-Seared Oven-Roasted Pork Tenderloins
By RobinPD
"Enhanced" pork--pork that has been injected with water, salt, and sodium phosphate--does not brown well owing to t...
- 2 pork tenderloins , (12 to 16 ounces each), trimmed of fat and silver skin
- 1 1/4 teaspoons kosher salt
- 3/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
- 2 teaspoons vegetable oil
Mocha Chocolate Icebox Cake
By RobinPD
In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the whisk attachment, combine the heavy cream, mascarpone, sugar, coff...
- 2 cups cold heavy cream
- 12 ounces Italian mascarpone cheese
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/4 cup coffee liqueur, such as Kahlua
- 2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder, such as Pernigotti
- 1 teaspoon instant espresso powder
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 3 (8-ounce) packages chocolate chip cookies, such as Tate's Bake Shop
- Shaved semisweet chocolate, for garnish
Steak Pizzaiola
By RobinPD
The night before: sprinkle the steaks with salt, rub with one clove minced garlic and a thin coating of olive oil
- 4 12-ounce boneless ribeye steaks cut 1-1/2" thick
- 3 plump cloves garlic, minced and divided
- 3 ‑4 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 pound cremini mushrooms, wiped, trimmed and sliced thickly
- Salt and fresh black pepper
- 1 medium red onion, peeled and sliced lengthwise
- 1 large sweet red bell pepper, seeded, pith removed, sliced 1/2" thick
- 1 large yellow sweet bell pepper, seeded, pith removed, sliced 1/2" thick
- 1/2 cup med-dry Italian white wine
- 1 28-ounce can plum tomatoes with juices, hand chunky-crushed, tough stem ends discarded
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh oregano
- 1 tablespoon chopped Italian parsley
Crispy Mustard-Roasted Chicken – Barefoot Contessa
By RobinPD
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F
- 4 cloves garlic
- 1 tablespoon minced fresh thyme leaves
- Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 2 cups panko (Japanese bread flakes)
- 1 tablespoon grated lemon zest (2 lemons)
- 2 tablespoons good olive oil
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
- 1/2 cup Dijon mustard, such as Grey Poupon
- 1/2 cup dry white wine
- 1 (3 1/2- to 4-pound) chicken, cut in eighths