1067 martini modern Recipes

avocado, large, creamy , perfectly ripe, olive oil , fruity (100 ml), lemon juice, freshly squeezed (30 ml), sugar (20 ml), low-fat yogurt, plain, low-fat (30 ml), water (30 ml), lemon zest (from the lemon you re using, 5 ml), black pepper (5 ml), flaked sea salt (maybe less for fine salt, 10 ml), tabasco sauce (or any hot sauce to taste, but don tsp overdo it)

pecan pies of today bare little resemblance to their 19th-century inspiration. could we recreate a traditional pecan pie without using modern day, processed corn syrup here s what we discovered, test kitchen discoveries, many traditional syrups (cane, sorghum) produced a great pie, but we had to mail away for them. in the end, combining maple syrup with brown sugar and molasses replicated the old-fashioned versions perfectly., start the pie at 450 degrees and then drop down the temperature to 325 degrees to ensure the bottom crust is crisp and golden brown., if you don tsp let your pie completely cool , the filling won tsp firm to the proper consistency and the pie won tsp slice nicely., a last-minute addition of cream yielded a welcome custardy transformation to the filling. this also made the filling looser; a problem easily solved by adding extra egg yolks., toasting the nuts before they went into the pie gave them enough crunch and flavor to hold their own in the filling., move over , karo, before cloying karo syrup monopolized the market , pies were made with many other, less processed types of syrup, including sorghum (made from a cereal grass) and cane (made from the boiled-down juice of the sugarcane plant). these syrups still exist, and you can mail-serving them, but otherwise you ll probably need to travel to places like louisiana or kentucky to find them. we tasted a range of such syrups, including steen s 100% pure cane syrup and townsend s sweet sorghum, then tried to duplicate their complex flavors from products we could buy at the supermarket. in the end, a combination of three ordinary sweeteners created an old-fashioned flavor that easily bested karo.

pineapple juice, chilled, vanilla flavored vodka, grenadine syrup, pineapple wedges, maraschino cherries

vodka, dry vermouth, brine from olive jar, stuffed green olives

vodka, blueberries, rinsed and dried, raspberry flavored liqueur, lime, juiced, lime zest, garnish

white sugar, lemon zest, citron vodka, lime juice, sweet and sour mix, crushed ice

ice cubes, cold water, vanilla-flavored vodka, white creme de cacao, irish cream liqueur, chocolate syrup

dozen egg, hard-boiled, spicy brown mustard, vinegar, lemon juice, mayonnaise, chili powder, for sprinkling

shrimp (about 12), salt, freshly ground coarse black pepper, spanish extra-virgin olive oil, chicken thighs , boned, each cut in quarters, chorizo, sliced thin, shallots, chopped, garlic, chopped, string beans, cut in 1/2-inch lengths, spanish short-grained rice (or use italian short-grained rice), very finely minced fresh parsley leaves, rich chicken stock, saffron threads, sweet spanish paprika, canned snails, red pepper , roasted, peeled and seeded (optional)

vanilla vodka, lingonberry concentrate, (recommended : hafi), bitters, juice 1/2 orange, juice 1/2 grapefruit, wheel fresh grapefruit or orange, or a twist of each, suggestion : cocktail glass

vanilla-flavored vodka, lingonberry concentrate (recommended : hafi) see cook s note, bitters, juice of 1/2 orange, juice of 1/2 grapefruit, wheel fresh grapefruit or orange, or a twist of each, suggestion : chilled cocktail glass

eggs, fresh flat leaf parsley , 1 small bunch, olive oil, organic sweet cherry tomatoes, sliced in half, white onion or shallots, red pepper, mushrooms, black pepper, salt, mixed mediterreanean herbs, chile pepper

marshmallow flavored vodka (smirnoff fluffed marshmallow vodka is what is suggested), hazelnut-flavored liqueur