Working with Dover sole as a whole fish needs an experienced hand. But an excellent substitute is below. People don’t talk much about meunière, but it is truly one of the most exotic plain but delicious dishes, maybe topped with a few microgreens on the plate. It is...
As at the mint, the producer of currency coins stored as a reserve, part of your kitchen mis en place is to keep a pantry supply at the ready. It’s not hoarding, but simply preparedness. Keeping your reserve butter coins logs rotated and fresh will ensure when you...
Many of my readers are crazy about my fresh-in-season black mission brandied figs that seem to keep forever marinating in a refrigerated figgy jar in Europe’s preferred cognac, Asbach Uralt. I’ve used them a year later. Eventually the riper figs macerate. The cognac...
Prepare sabayon / zabaglione. So quick, so easy. Add a mashed simmered plantain (not to be confused with banana) that you have spiced with a sachet of cinnamon sticks, whole cloves, nutmeg, allspice and a bay leaf. First soak the filled sachet bag in elderberry...
Change up my Waldorf salad recipe made with apples and walnuts using chunks of firm cored Bosc pears and homemade candied hazelnuts from your pantry supply. Dust the chopped pears with a pinch of nutmeg and fresh ground pepper. If you love a little extra crunch, drain...
