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Popovers
By LaurieGerber
Make sure eggs and milk are at room temperature
- 1 c flour
- 2 eggs
- 1 c milk
- 1/2 t salt
Cornmeal galette dough
By LaurieGerber
David Lebovitz dough for freeform summer savory tarts
- 5 oz. (1-1 1/4 cups) all purpose flour
- 1 1/2 oz (1/3 cup) fine yellow cornmeal
- 1 tsp sugar
- 1 1/4 tsp salt
- 3 oz (6 T) unsalted butter, cut into small cubes and chilled.
- 3 T olive oil
- 2 oz (1/4 c) ice water
Spicy Tangy Beef Soup
By LaurieGerber
Thin sliced beef, mushrooms and carrots with noodles in a clear tangy broth
- 3/4 pound beef round (partially frozen for easy thin slicing)
- 1 can (13-15 oz) broth
- 1 1/2 cups sliced mushrooms
- 1 cup julienne carrots
- 3 Tbsp soy sauce
- 2 Tbsp red wine vinegar
- 1/2 tsp crushed red pepper
- 1 oz uncooked noodles (angel hair or any rice noodles)
- 2 Tbsp corn start dissolved in 1/4 cup of water (thickens soup slightly)
- 1/4 cup sliced green onions
Creme Anglaise
By LaurieGerber
Custard sauce
- 6 egg yolks
- 2/3 cups sugar
- 1.5 cupss hot milk
- 1 T vanilla extract
- 3 T softened butter (optional)
- 2 T rum cognac or other liquer (optional)
Crispy skin chicken
By LaurieGerber
Crisp skin, moist interior - good enough for company
- 1/2 cup kosher salt or 3/4 cup table salt
- 1 whole chicken (3 1/2 to 4 pounds) cut into 8 pieces. Cut each breast in half. Discard wings. Trim excess fat.
- Ground black pepper
- 1 tsp vegetable oil
- 1 large shallot minced (about 4 Tbsp)
- 3/4 cup low-sodium chicken broth
- 1/2 cup dry vermouth
- 2 sprigs fresh thyme
- 3 tbsp unsalted butter
Pumpkin Pie with yams or squash - Light
By LaurieGerber
Very tasty, flavorful, worth eating
- 1 recipe Pie Crust - super crisp for custard pies
- 1 C evaporated milk (was cream)
- 1 C whole milk
- 3 large eggs, plus 2 egg yolks
- 1 t vanilla
- 1 15-oz can pumpkin
- 1 c butternut squash (was yams)
- 3/4 c xylitol (was sugar)
- 1/4 c maple syrup
- 2 t grated fresh ginger
- 1/2 t cinnamon
- 1/4 t nutmeg
- 1 t salt
Rustic Dinner Rolls
By LaurieGerber
These rolls from Cooks Illustrated get height from rising together in a round pan, and crunch from being split apar...
- 1 1/2 c plus 1 T water (12.5 oz)
- 1 1/2 t instant or rapid rise yeast
- 2 t honey
- 3 c plus 1 T bread flour (16.5 oz) plus extra for forming rolls
- 3 T whole wheat flour (about 1 oz)
- 1 1/2 t salt