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About ½ cup This classic garnish glorifies the most commonplace dishes. As a variation for a vegetable garnish, substitute hulled pumpkin or sesame seeds…
A smooth, spiced apple spread made from apples, brown sugar, and warm spices. Perfect on toast, pancakes, or as a glaze for meats.
A classic French condiment made with roasted red pepper, garlic, and olive oil, traditionally served with bouillabaisse.
A flavorful compound butter made with shallots, garlic, chile powder, and spices, perfect for adding a kick to meats, vegetables, or bread.
Enough to coat 2 cups food Try this beer batter with thin slices of zucchini, eggplant, sweet potato, or pumpkin; whole mushrooms; asparagus spears…
About 4 cups The combination of cinnamon, bay leaf, garlic, olives, and pickles in a tomato sauce may seem odd, but this sauce is irresistible with…
About ½ cup Here, the heat of the warmed butter cooks and thickens the egg. While much easier, the blender method results in a slightly pale and less…
About 1 ½ cups This French classic is marvelous with salads, vegetables, cold meats, French Fries, or fried fish and shellfish.
About ¾ cup This salty, tangy, buttery sauce is excellent served with green vegetables like asparagus or as a lily-gilding accompaniment to a perfectly…
About 5 cups To increase the usefulness of this time-consuming sauce, prepare it and freeze in cubes (see Keeping Sauces) or 1-cup amounts, then reheat…
A classic French sauce made from egg yolks, butter, and lemon juice, whisked to a smooth, rich emulsion. Perfect for eggs Benedict or steamed vegetables.
This recipe provides ideas for flavoring mustard with various ingredients like dried fruit, herbs, curry powder, chipotle, horseradish, garlic, or…
About ¼ cup For about 1 pound of vegetables. Delicious mixed with chicken or tofu and vegetables and served over rice.
About ¼ cup This toasty, tart, and herbal Middle Eastern blend may be sprinkled on grilled flatbread, roasted vegetables, salads, kebabs, or hummus. For…
About 6 cups Make this easy formula when you can get juicy fresh tomatoes and the weather is too hot for simmering sauces. It’s good on bruschetta as well…
A classic Caesar salad dressing made with roasted garlic, anchovies, and Parmigiano-Reggiano. This creamy dressing is perfect for tossing with romaine…
About ⅔ cup This is equally suited to roast lamb, beef, rabbit, and chicken, and it gives the meat a gilded finish.
A spiced simple syrup infused with cloves, cinnamon, star anise, and ginger. Use to flavor beverages or desserts.
A homemade red curry paste made from dried red chiles, prepared by soaking and then substituting for fresh green chiles in a green curry paste recipe.
About 1 ½ cups This thin, spicy vinegar mixture is used as a mop as well as a sauce for Smoked Pork Shoulder. Once shredded or chopped, the pork absorbs…
About 2 cups This classic marinade for meat, poultry, and firm-fleshed fish is also basted on items once they have browned. If reduced until syrupy, it…
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