Mussels in Beer Broth
with shallots, lime, cilantro, and goat cheese
A pound of mussels, a bottle of Corona, and twenty minutes you will not get enough credit for.
Fall to spring · 25 min · Albarino
Recipes
Recipes
Recipes worth the counter space. Every one cooked, not collected.
6 so far. Each one starts from an ingredient on this site and says what to pour with it.
Appetizers
Salads
Honeycrisp and Stilton Salad
with pecan praline, shaved fennel, and a lemon vanilla-bean vinaigrette
Few flavor profiles come together as well as these do. The Vanilla Bean will make people question your insanity, let them question, life is to short to worry about what people think.
Fall · 40 min
Entrees
Five-Spice Moulard Duck Breast
with a blueberry-ginger demi, potato-parsnip purée, and crispy parsnip peels
Crispy skin. Five-spice attitude. Give the duck some room and keep your tongs to yourself.
Year-round · 1 hr 15 min, with the sauce and purée going while the duck renders · Pinot Noir
Pan-Roasted Filet Mignon
with a roasted garlic and peppercorn crust and a Cabernet demi-glace
Two temperatures, one crust, and the steakhouse can keep its reservation.
Year-round · 45 min with the garlic already roasted, about 90 min from scratch · Cabernet Sauvignon
Pantry
Pecan Vanilla Praline
with two sugars, heavy cream, Kerrygold butter, and a Madagascar vanilla bean
Baking soda, two sugars, and one exact temperature, and praline gets a new definition.
Fall to spring · 20 min
Desserts
Rosemary-Lemon Shortbread Cookies
with a lemon sugar top
If you have self-control issues, proceed with caution. These will not help.
Year-round · 1 hr, or 2 1/2 hr for the slice-and-bake log