Winter soup/16 recipes

Duxelles is a mixture of finely chopped mushrooms, shallots and herbs cooked in butter. It is used to flavor soups and sauces, as a garnish, and a stuffing. Take a thinly pounded pork chop, veal or chicken cutlet, or even a flank steak. Spoon the precooked duxelles down the center. Roll the meat and then sauté or roast it.

Zesty Sloppy Joes recipe

Cold soups make for excellent summer fare. The best vichyssoise I ever had in my life was at a French restaurant during a Montreal summer. Humor me. Try the soup in the traditional manner but then, if you must heat it up, (sigh), go ahead.

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Alligator Sausage and Crawfish Casserole recipe

Homemade Scotch Broth recipe

New England Double Clam Chowder recipe

Creamy Tomato Bisque with Lump Crabmeat and Basil recipe

Use this stock as a base for mushroom soup or a mushroom sauce. For the latter, deglaze the pan with some of the stock after sautéing the protein. Then add sautéed mushrooms and either reduce the fluid or add flour to make a gravy.

Herb Dumplings recipe

Beef Beet Borscht recipe