26 williams white Recipes

chicken legs, chicken thighs, carrots, cut into 1/2 inch dice, stalk celery, cut into 1/2 inch dice, onion, cut into 1/2 inch dice, leek, white part only, thinly sliced, rosemary, thyme, bay leaves, whole black peppercorn , tied in cheesecloth, vegetable oil, veal demi-glace (concentrate available from whole foods market and williams-sonoma, organic chicken stock can be subs), butter, softened, red wine (preferably zinfandel), salt & freshly ground black pepper, vegetable oil, white pearl onions, peeled (about 8 oz), chicken stock, salt & freshly ground black pepper, thick slab bacon, cut into 1/2 inch cubes, shiitake mushrooms , cut into 1/2 inch wide slices, button mushrooms, quartered, thyme or 6 sprigs rosemary

all-purpose flour, sugar, salt, cold unsalted butter, cut into 1/2-inch cubes, egg yolk, cold water, firm-ripe anjou or bartlett pears (1 lb total), poire william (french pear brandy) or cognac, divided, eggs plus 1 large yolk, sugar, pure vanilla extract, creme fraiche or heavy cream, sliced almonds with skins (3 1/2 oz), sugar, egg white

cold unsalted butter (5 oz/155 g), cold vegetable shortening (3 oz/90 g), all-purpose flour (13 1/2 oz/425 g), sugar (optional), salt, ice water (4 fl oz/125 ml), eggs, heavy cream (11 oz/340 ml) or 1 1/3 cups half-and-half (11 oz/340 ml), salt, white pepper, freshly grated nutmeg, minced ham (3 oz/90 g)

firm-ripe bosc pears (about 2 3/4 lb), vanilla bean, sugar, unsalted butter, softened, firm white sandwich bread (from about two 1-lb loaves), sugar, heavy cream, unsalted butter, poire william (french pear brandy)