Strudel is made by wrapping paper-thin layers of dough around afilling. The dough is brushed with melted butter to keep the layers from sticking together and to add flavor. To make strudel dough, knead dough made with bread flour until it's smooth and very elastic. You need to make it at least ..

Virtually any fruit can be baked in a tart or tartlet. Canned or frozen fruit can be used without precooking because it will have already released much of its liquid. Alternatively you can line the tartlet shells with a layer of frangipane, almond cream, or hazelnut cream and use rawfruit. But ..

The black bream is one of the most important species to the commercial fisheries in both Victoria and southern Western Australia, although only small numbers are harvested in South Australian waters due to the lower populations.

This tart is a variation on countless others made with lemon curd and various fruits. What makes this tart a little different is that the lemon curd is lightened with whipped cream. If you just want to line the perimeter with blackberries, then you only need a couple of dozen. You can also make it ..

You can make a bourride with any fish, but a combination of two or more is best, and you will need bones and heads to make the broth. You can also make the broth with little inexpensive fish sold in ethnic markets, but you may have to clean them yourself. When you buy your fish, have them cleaned ..

What to look for in Pork? The color and firmness of the meat are the best indicators of quality. Look for light to reddish pink meat. Avoid anything really pale or grayish. The fat should be creamy white and smooth.

A fougasse is a flat loaf that looks vaguely like a snow shoe or a leaf. It can be made with any of the basic doughs, such as basic white bread or sourdough bread. To make it, prepare a basic dough and let it ferment until it has doubled in volume. Punch it down and shape it by pulling on the ends ..

Not those greens—long-cooked mustard and collards doused with pepper sauce—but spanakopita greens—spinach, chard, and dill, seasoned with feta cheese. My husband, a southerner, reminds me that grits are scary to people outside the South—they think of grits as hot cereal. Think of grits as ..

Delicious!!! I used chicken broth as I thought the vegetable may be too bland. I also tossed my asparagus in a zip lock bag, poured some olive oil over it, sprinkled with salt, pepper and garlic and let it maranade a while before grilling. That alone is amazing!

Aggie, who has kindly shared several recipes, says: "This is a Lemon Ice recipe from a friend in CT who said it was passed down from her Italian ancestors. We have enjoyed it."

Mushrooms are among the tastiest of all vegetables and are delicious when chopped and cooked down to concentrate their flavor. This chopped mushroom filling, called duxelles, can be used as the filling for turnovers, galettes like the Pithiviers (substituting duxelles for the almond cream), or a ..

This is a fresh tasting antipasto that is very easy to make. It also makes a great lunch dish.

This is one of the simplest dishes you can make. The pasta and chickpeas are tossed with a big lively bunch of parsley that’s been chopped with lots of garlic and sage. For pasta, I like the organic whole wheat shells made by Bionaturae in Italy. Its flavor is not grimly “healthy,” but it is ..

Quick and easy! Great way to add a twist to your normal pork BBQ

This is tho only risotto I can say I invented.

If nothing is weighting it down, puff pastry expands upward as it bakes. You can use puff pastry to make a tart without using a tart ring or mold because the pastry edge rises to form a rim. The method is simple: Spread a sweet fllling - frangipane is used here - on a sheet or round of puff pastry ..

When cherries are in season, we make this tart in the same way but substitute 1 1/2 cups of fresh cherries, pitted and halved, fer the citron -— you don't need any garnish

This is a special cut - the whole lower back of the animal - that contains all the loin chops. Its anatomy matches that of a saddle of lamb. If your butcher doesn't know what you are talking about, tell him or her that the number of the cut is 331 (from the meat buyers guide butchers use). The ..

This is a traditional eggplant dip (or Baba Ghanoush) prepared on the grill. A good grilled dip has great grilled flavor.

Serve with a green salad and crusty bread.

Almost everyone seems to like lobster and think of it as a special treat, but most of the time its delicate texture is lost, along with a lot of its flavor, by overcooking.

The key to this quick, healthful cooking method is judging cooking time, which is most affected by the thickness and texture of the individual fish.

When tomatoes are at the height of the season, serve this salad alone and make it with an assortment of heirloom varieties, preferably of different colors. Pushing the seeds out of the wedges with a finger helps prevent the juice from diluting the vinegar and oil.

Stuffed peppers may sound like winter fare, but it’s summer when peppers and corn are at their peak, and with this light, pretty filling, these peppers are absolutely appropriate for hot weather. Seasoned with cilantro, chiles, and cumin, and studded with corn and spinach, the quinoa is so ..