Roast chicken stuffed with oatmeal bread, scallions, mushrooms, and giblets, then coated in more stuffing that crisps up as you baste. The cook snacks while guests wait.
Homemade mustard cooked with dry mustard, white wine, vinegar, and egg yolks. One base recipe, four variations: lime, tarragon, spicy, and tomato. Keeps a month in the fridge.
Salisbury steak shapes ground beef patties with onion, cracker crumbs, horseradish, and garlic, then pan-sears them and finishes with mushroom gravy. A 25-minute weeknight diner classic.
Open-faced appetizer bites with Hungarian salami, hard-boiled egg, feta, dill pickles, kalamata olives, and shredded Jarlsberg on buttered bread. A no-cook Eastern European party platter ready in 20 minutes.
Savory bread pudding with arugula, chicken sausage, artichoke hearts, and fontina cheese baked in a Dijon mustard custard. A hearty brunch or dinner dish.
Miniature quiches loaded with cheddar, bell pepper, and Tex-Mex spices. Crustless, two-bite party appetizers baked in a muffin tin until the centers just set.
Crab casserole with white sauce, separated eggs, and hot sauce, baked until puffed and golden. A souffle-style seafood dish with just six ingredients.
Fillets of bluefish Gen Patton: bluefish fillets poached in white wine with shallots, then cloaked in a cream and egg yolk reduction sauce finished with lemon. An old-guard American classic.
Piped kiss-shaped meringues dried overnight in the oven, then dipped in melted semisweet chocolate. Light as a snowflake and stunning on a holiday cookie tray.
Greek lamb stew with egg-lemon sauce (avgolemono) features tender meat braised with vegetables and finished with creamy, tangy sauce for elegant spring dinners.
Eastern European meat patties with slow-braised veal, mushrooms, and dill wrapped in a buttery sour cream dough and baked golden. A hand-held pastry stuffed with ground meat filling.
Crustless spinach and cheese pie with ricotta, Gruyere, ham, mushrooms, zucchini, and a whisper of nutmeg. Italian-style savory pie, low-carb, ready in 45 minutes.
Note: In lieu of fresh trout, 1/2 lb cooked and flaked fish may be used. Make smaller protions and serve as an appetizer. Oatcakes that have been gently warmed in the oven go well with this dish.
Welsh laverbread and crab souffles with a cockle cream sauce. Individual souffles puffed golden with seaweed, fresh crab, and nutmeg. A traditional Welsh seafood dish.
Steamed seafood dumplings wrap a delicate shrimp-and-scallop filling with garlic, ginger and crunchy water chestnuts in wonton skins, then steam them light and tender. Served with a duck sauce and hot mustard dip.
Jumbo crab tossed in a homemade tarragon vinaigrette with chives, served over thick-sliced tomatoes and baby romaine. Elegant, no-cook, and ready in 10 minutes flat.
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