Seeking to foster a renewed interest in home culinary arts among experienced home cooks.
This is not a website for food phobics or wellness hypochondriacs.
Yield: 6 servings (if strained) See Abbreviations, if needed 5 medium-sized shallots, sliced 1 leek, white only, sliced 1 garlic clove, pureed 1/2t fresh nutmeg 1/2t tarragon 5oz unsalted butter 1.5 pounds mushrooms, sliced 64 oz chicken broth, none or low salt S/P to taste (needs quite a lot of both) Use white pepper corns …
Squash, a winter staple, makes a good hearty soup. There are near endless varieties of winter squash. Schneider reviews 12 large and 11 small winter squashes. The Butternut is the most popular large squash and the Acorn is the most available small squash. Schneider disparages the Acorn as nearly tasteless and champions the Butternut and the …
Schneider, in her book Vegetables From Amaranth to Zucchini, has high praise for the European greenhouse and American pickling cucumbers and disdain for the ubiquitous American slicing cucumber, which she describes as waxed, flavorless and soggy. We’ll use the European greenhouse variety (the long ones that come shrink-wrapped). This cooked cucumber soup is prepared in …
Tomatillos are one of the first summer fruits (mid-June) at our farmers market. Sometimes called Mexican tomatoes, these firm green berries come wrapped in their own loose fitting husk, not unlike the Cape gooseberry. A buyer at the farmers market last week said that she buys them every summer because they are just too cute …
Two weeks ago, we had vichyssoise, this week the offering is gazpacho. Easier to make, just as good and, if strained, quite elegant. This uncooked soup is really a puréed mixture of fresh veggies that are seasoned nicely. It cooks in the fridge overnight! Remember some of the points made in the previous cold soup …
We are fast coming upon the season for cold soups. Vichyssoise is very popular. It is a cold, pureed and strained version of potato and leek soup, with special handling. Note the following: · Add the half and half at the last minute. · If some of the soup is to be set-aside for tomorrow …
I have pondered for some time over the utility of posting a chicken stock recipe. On the negative side: · I never made the stuff until I went to school · Swensons canned chicken broth is cheap and well rated · It takes 2+ hours to prepare and cook, and its hot, heavy and messy …