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Mexican vegetable pie with corn, pinto beans, tomatoes, and picante sauce baked in a cornmeal crust and topped with melted Monterey Jack cheese. Vegetarian and ready in 30 minutes.
Rich Creole-style mock turtle soup with beef, tasso, and a dark roux, simmered until the meat melts into a spicy, tangy broth. Finish with hard-boiled eggs and a splash of sherry.
Chicken liver mousse baked in ramekins with shallots, thyme, garlic, and cream, unmolded and served with fresh tomato sauce and herb garnishes. A French restaurant classic, home-kitchen achievable.
Mussels steamed in saffron-scented white wine, finished with a silky cream sauce and a splash of Pineau des Charentes. An elegant French bistro stew ready in 40 minutes.
Mussel and saffron soup with fresh mussels steamed in white wine, simmered in a leek, garlic, and fenugreek broth tinted golden with saffron and finished with cream.
Swiss steak braised in ketchup with onions and garlic until fork-tender. Flour-dredged round steak slow-cooked on the stovetop in a tangy, slightly sweet tomato sauce.
Non is a Central Asian bread machine loaf made with a half and half mix of white and whole wheat flours, minced onion, and garlic. Savory, hearty, and hands-off easy.
Braided onion bread with three rolled strips filled with butter, finely chopped onions, garlic, paprika, sesame seeds, and grated cheese. A showstopping savory yeast loaf.
French onion soup Burgundy-style with 3 pounds of onions caramelized, simmered with white wine, and topped with Gruyere-crusted toast baked until bubbly and golden.
Orjaleves is a traditional Hungarian pork and beef bone soup: a rich, clear golden broth perfumed with paprika and saffron, full of root vegetables, tender pork and hand-rolled spiral egg noodles. A heritage feast-day soup.
Oyster-artichoke soup is a New Orleans classic with briny oysters, tender artichoke hearts, and a butter-flour roux base. Make it a day ahead so the flavors deepen overnight before reheating.
Oysters Rockefeller, the New Orleans classic appetizer with fresh oysters on the half shell topped with a rich spinach, scallion, and anchovy butter and broiled hot.
Crispy pecan-potato pancakes topped with cilantro-marinated grilled shrimp, cool cucumber salsa, and a roasted red pepper cream sauce. A restaurant-style appetizer.
Pete's white pizza skips the red sauce for a basil-pine nut pesto base topped with wine-balsamic sun-dried tomatoes, sweet roasted garlic, pine nuts, and melty Fontina, on a homemade cornmeal crust.
Tomato-based fish soup with haddock, shrimp, leeks, and carrots in a homemade fish stock. The tomato paste and paprika give this hearty chowder its signature pink color.
Pizzeria-style deep-dish pizza: a cornmeal-crisp homemade crust pressed up the sides of a deep pan, layered Chicago-style with mozzarella under crushed plum tomatoes, herbs, sausage, and Parmesan.