299 first Recipes

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.

extra-sharp cheddar, coarsely grated (4 cups), cayenne, mayonnaise, diced bottled roasted red pepper (rinse and pat dry first), baguette

bacon , cut into 1/2-inch pieces, brussels sprouts, cleaned, trimmed , halved lengthwise and sliced into 1/2-inch ribbons (to clean brussels sprouts, trim off root ends and peel off the first few leaves), sweet onion, chopped coarsely, garlic cloves, minced, olive oil, salt and pepper

cooked navy beans (or you can use canned navy beans about 4 cans. make sure the beans are drained., onion diced, i can of crushed pineapple drained and 1 can of pineapple tid bits. drained. buy the large cans ., use the juice of the pineapple to add moisture to the beans mix with brown sugar, chopped bacon ( you can fry the bacon first or just put in beans uncooked. i use it uncooked my self. for a change use sauage, link or ground., brown sugar (can use splenda )., catsup .

big can (28 oz.) of unsalted whole peeled roma tomatoes, green pepper, english cucumber, yellow onion, garlic clove, white bread (i know... it s not a vegetable, spices, jerez (or xeres) vinegar (it s a spanish sherry vinegar) -you could use balsamic vinegar alternatively but it s worth trying to find ., juice of 1/2 lemon (or 1 tbsp of ready-to-use lemon juice), table spoons of very good olive oil (you know... extra virgin, first pressed cold, from southern europe -spain, italy, greece, france), salt and pepper, tea spoon of ground cayenne pepper if you want to spice it up., final touch, a few croutons

olive oil, chorizo or smoked sausage (such as kielbasa), thinly sliced, yukon gold potatoes (peel first, if desired), sliced 1/4 inch thick, leeks, white and light green parts only , halved lengthwise, rinsed, and thinly sliced into half-moons, low-sodium chicken broth, crumbled saffron threads, kosher salt, black pepper, cod fillets, fresh flat-leaf parsley leaves, roughly chopped

potatoes, peeled and quartered, sea salt, pepper , to taste, butter, milk, sour cream, eggs (try 2 at first)

rolled oats, puffed rice cereal, psyllium husk (optional), flax seeds (optional), grated zucchini (about 1 medium zucchini), vegetable oil, honey, brown sugar, vanilla extract, cinnamon, nutmeg, use 2 tsp pumpkin pie seasoning in place of cinnamon & nutmeg), salt, chopped toasted pecans (may use untoasted, but add in with dry mix in first step), white chocolate chips

sugar, butter (no substitutes!) softened, eggs at room temperature, cake flour , sifted twice, divided, whipping cream, vanilla

fruit (if using canned , drain first), butter or 1/2 cup margarine, baking powder, salt, sugar, flour, milk

chopped pecans (12 oz), golden raisins (8 oz), all-purpose flour (used to dust fruit), chopped mixed candied fruit (fruitcake mix kind), all-purpose flour (6.37 oz), baking powder, salt, butter, softened (8 oz), granulated sugar (7 oz), eggs, orange juice, fresh lemon juice, bourbon (first seasoning step), bourbon (2-3 week seasoning steps), candied cherry, cut in half (optional), pecan halves (optional)

flour tortilla, cream cheese, your choice, butter lettuce leaves, cottage cheese, your choice, diced sweet red peppers or 3 tbsp green bell peppers or 3 tbsp yellow bell peppers or 3 tbsp orange bell peppers, seeded, deli ham or 1 slice deli turkey or 1 slice roasted deli chicken, processed swiss cheese or 1 slice mozzarella cheese or 1 slice cheddar cheese, grated carrots , peel first, fresh tomatoes, diced (1/4 slices), mixed bean medley, salt and pepper, to taste

boneless beef chuck roast , pulled apart into 2 pieces and fat removed, kosher salt, red wine , medium bodied, parsley, minced parsley, fresh thyme, bay leaves, ground black pepper, thick-cut bacon , cut crosswise in 1/4-inch pieces, onion, chopped fine (about 1 cup), garlic cloves, minced (about 1 tbsp), unbleached all-purpose flour, beef broth, carrots, peeled and bias-cut into 1 . 5-inch pieces, white pearl onions, frozen or fresh (if fresh , peel first), unsalted butter, sugar, water, divided, white mushrooms , wiped clean and cut in pieces, powdered unflavored gelatin

shallots, minced, garlic cloves, minced, chili powder, smoked paprika (or hungarian paprika), ground cinnamon, dried oregano, kosher salt, first-cut beef brisket , trimmed of fat (or flat-cut), worcestershire sauce, no-salt-added diced tomatoes, dark brown sugar , packed, cider vinegar , kosher for passover

beef brisket, -first cut trimmed of fat, beer, any kind, heinz chili sauce, lipton onion soup mix, ketchup

fresh onion, peeled & chopped, chopped tomatoes, lean back bacon, chopped fine, baked beans, mushrooms, sliced, quorn sausage, diced, veg chicken stock cubes, potatoes, diced, boiling water, worcestershire sauce , sauce. (use 1 first, and add more at end of cooking if wanted), hp steak sauce, salt and black pepper

all-purpose flour, brown sugar , packed, oats, lemon rind, grated, butter, softened, cream cheese, softened, granulated sugar, eggs, mixed berries (frozen may be used but thaw and drain well first)

pickling cucumbers , ends trimmed first to remove bitter juices, then peeled, red onion, italian roma tomatoes, cored, shredded white cabbage, salt, serrano chiles, stemmed, seeded if desired, and finely diced, freshly squeezed orange juice, freshly squeezed grapefruit juice, freshly squeezed lime juice