Cooking Method: Simmering
Chicken with Saffron and Rice
This recipe is from Williams-Sonoma. It’s a traditional Spanish dish of chicken and rice that is seasoned with saffron. The saffron makes this dish. Saffron is a spice derived from the flower of the Crocus. It’s one of the world’s most expensive spices by weight.
By - Prep: 20 mins
- Cook: 1 hrs 20 mins
- Yields: 6 - 8 Servings
Glazed Sweet Potatoes with Maple Gastrique
The best thing about learning how to make a gastrique is that it’s extremely easy to do. It makes a simple dish look like it just came across the kitchen line of a four-star restaurant. A basic gastrique is a reduction of vinegar and sugar thick becomes a thick syrupy sauce. These Glazed Sweet Potatoes with Maple Gastrique is a perfect example. The tangy-sweet glaze works really well with these sweet potatoes.
- Prep: 15 mins
- Cook: 20 mins
- Yields: 6 Servings
“16 Bean” Pasta e Fagioli
This “16 Bean” Pasta e Fagioli is from Ina Garten’s new cookbook, Cooking for Jeffery. Pasta e fagioli, meaning "pasta and beans", is a traditional Italian dish. Pastafazoola, a 1927 novelty song by Van and Schenck, capitalizes on the Neapolitan pronunciation in the rhyme, "Don't be a fool, eat pasta fazool", and the Dean Martin song "That's Amore" includes the rhyme "When the stars make you drool, just like pasta fazool, that's amore".
- Prep: 20 mins
- Cook: 1 hrs 50 mins
- Yields: 6 Servings
Chicken Noodle Soup
I have made chicken noodle soup for many sick clients over the years. There is something so cathartic about making soup.It's easy on the stomach and it is just what your body needs. Grandmother’s chicken soup was and is the ultimate cure for colds and new medical research says that chicken soup really does work just like Grandma always said it did.
- Prep: 2 hrs
- Cook: 20 mins
- Yields: Makes 2 quarts
Rangoon Racquet Club Peanut Soup
There was a time in the 70s and 80s when the cognoscenti in Beverly Hills eschewed the Polo Lounge, Bistro, et al, and headed for the real hot spot, the Rangoon Racquet Club, a restaurant reinventing the last days of the Raj with a Rodeo Drive vibe. Anglo-Indian food topped the bill of fare and the favorite starter was Peanut Soup. A silky smooth chilled soup of creamy chicken broth with creamy coconut and peanuts, this dish was served in a small cup nestled in a bed of crushed ice, with a half a lime on the side to squeeze over it before eating. The acidity of the tart lime cuts through the unctuous richness of the cream, coconut and pureed peanut and creates the perfect medley of flavors.
- Prep: 10 mins
- Cook: 35 mins
- Yields: 4 Servings
Green Chile Frito Pie
Frito pie is traditionally chili meat, cheese poured into a snack-sized sack of Frito chips cut open sideways. This recipe is more of a bowl. I had it at the Plaza Café in Santa Fe, New Mexico. It was probably one of the best things I eaten in a long time. I have always been a fan of green Hatch chilies. This Green Chili Frito Pie was so good and VERY spicy, just they way I like it!
- Prep: 15 mins
- Cook: 1 hrs 15 mins
- Yields: 6 - 8 Servings
Caramelized Onion Cranberry Compote Cream Cheese Crackers
Hosting a party is stressful, whether it's a small get-together or a holiday fête for a crowd. The key is making as much food ahead of time as possible, so all you have to do day-of is reheat and do a little last-minute prep. These Caramelized Onion Cranberry Compote Cream Cheese Crackers can be made ahead and will be a crowd pleaser.
- Prep: 10 mins
- Cook: 25 mins
- Yields: Makes 1 cup
Lemony Chicken & Rice Soup
The fresh lemon juice adds a nice citrus note to this Lemony Chicken & Rice Soup. It goes really well with dark rye bread and butter. Also, this soup freezes well.
- Prep: 10 mins
- Cook: 25 mins
- Yields: 6 Servings
Hungarian Goulash
This is a super simple, but very delicious Hungarian Goulash. It uses three basic ingredients: equal parts beef and onions, and a healthy dose of paprika.
- Prep: 20 mins
- Cook: 1 hrs 30 mins
- Yields: 10 Servings
Sausages with Spinach, Cannellini Beans & Tomatoes
Sausages with Spinach, Cannellini Beans & Tomatoes is all done in one pan for easy clean up. You can choose any type of fresh sausage you like.
- Prep: 10 mins
- Cook: 20 mins
- Yields: 4 Servings
