12409 easily adaptable core Recipes

a pineapple or many., i also like to smell the bottom and catch a nice fragrance. if two pull leaves easily i will take the 1 with the most fragrance.

roughly a century ago , the founder of wellesley college held that, pies, lies, and doughnuts should never have a place in wellesley college. students honed their fudge-making skills in secret. we wanted to see what all the fuss was about. here s what we discovered, test kitchen discoveries, it seems decades of chocolate overload have desensitized the modern palate , and far more chocolate flavor was required of our cake. we substituted some of the bar chocolate for cocoa powder bloomed in hot water to deepen its flavor., our thick , fudgy frosting required an extra-sturdy cake to support it. all-purpose flour in place of pastry flour gave the cake more stability., traditional recipes called for thick sour milk, an ingredient we weren tsp quite prepared to call for. instead, we used buttermilk to give our cake a hint of tang., our filling recipe needed to be simple, so we immediately scrapped anything that required a candy thermometer. we found an unexpected solution that called for evaporated milk., our frosting kept falling apart when we added chocolate to the warm sugar mixture. the heat was causing the fat in the chocolate to separate, a problem easily solved by adding butter and evaporated milk first to cool it down a bit.

potatoes (white , yukon or red), unsalted butter, kosher salt (we find 2 a bit too salty), fresh ground pepper, fresh herbs (your preference, parsley, chives, dill)

new potatoes (red and or or yellow ), white pearl onion (use cippolini onions if you can get them), extra virgin olive oil, dried rosemary, salt, fresh ground black pepper

olive oil, potatoes, peeled and diced, onions, chopped, garlic cloves, chopped, bay leaves, kale, coarsely chopped, garbanzo beans (chick peas) or 1 (15 oz) can cannellini beans, drained and rinsed, diced tomatoes, diced chorizo sausage, chicken broth or 4 cups stock, coarse salt and pepper

ground chuck, tomato paste, catsup, minced onion, sweet relish, chopped celery, brown sugar, garlic powder, chili powder, green bell pepper, chopped, chopped eggplant (optional), buns, split

minus 2 tbsp cake flour (8 1/2 oz by weight), bread flour (8 1/2 oz by weight), baking soda, baking powder, coarse salt, unsalted butter, light brown sugar (10 oz by weight), granulated sugar , plus, granulated sugar (8 oz by weight), eggs, vanilla extract, bittersweet chocolate (disks or feves, at least 60 percent cacao content ( see note), sea salt

chunk tuna, drained and mashed, mayonnaise (hellmans or best or s & w), chopped celery, sliced scallions (green or spring onions), hard-boiled eggs, chopped, american mustard, gherkin relish (pickle), salt and pepper

heavy cream, sugar, vanilla extract, chocolate wafer cookies, unsweetened cocoa (or chocolate shavings)

heavy cream, garlic cloves, peeled, sweet potatoes , baked until a easily pierced with a knife, sambal, butter, salt and black pepper, to taste

wheat bran, whole wheat flour, brown sugar, skim milk, egg, canola oil, carrots, shredded, raisins, salt, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon, ginger

corn tortillas, enchilada sauce, cheddar cheese, vegetable broth, sweet pepper, onions, garlic, bulgur wheat, dry, lentils, dry, light ricotta cheese, cumin, coriander, salt to taste

sliced pancetta, coarsely chopped, unsalted butter, parsnips, peeled , quartered lengthwise, cored, then cut crosswise into 1/4-inch-thick pieces, dried egg fettuccine or taglierini, chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley, grated parmigiano reggiano

russet potatoes, whole, kosher salt, plus more for cooking the potatoes, mayonnaise, dill relish, eggs, hard boiled and diced, celery ribs, diced, prepared mustard (yellow or spicy brown ), fresh ground black pepper

frozen chopped spinach, eggs, shredded cheese, diced bell pepper (any color ), diced onion, cooked turkey sausage (optional) or 1/3 cup bacon (optional), shredded carrot (optional), drops hot pepper sauce (optional)

shredded cabbage and carrot coleslaw mix (usually already has carrots, sold as coleslaw mix ), carrot (skip if the cabbage came with s) (optional), salt, fat-free mayonnaise, low-fat buttermilk, white vinegar, lemon juice

plain graham cracker squares (2 1/2-inch squares), graham cracker crumbs (optional), sugar (optional), butter (optional) or 1/4 cup margarine, melted (optional), pecans, finely chopped (optional), sliced fresh berries (strawberries) or 2 cups drained frozen berries (strawberries), splenda artificial sweetener (1cup sugar instead of both the splenda ingredients), splenda brown sugar blend, egg whites, lemon juice, vanilla, salt, cool whip lite (1/2 cup whipping cream)

cocoa or 1/2 cup carob powder, oil, eggs, flour (i use whole grain), salt, baking powder, nuts, chopped