Braised Mushrooms with Dashi / Fried Penne / Harissa

Blog Post & Recipe: Braised Mushrooms with Dashi

Whenever I get some fresh shiitake mushrooms at the market, I always make this Japanese-style braised mushrooms with dashi and mirin.

Blog Post & Recipe: Fried Penne

I also wanted something kind of spicy so I threw in cumin, coriander, cinnamon and cayenne. The resulting crispy snack was like crunching into the most satisfying chips.

Blog Post & Recipe: Harissa

So what did I use the Harissa for? I tossed it through some stir fried vegetables. I used it in a vegan lasagna instead of a tomato base and I used it as a sauce over grilled fish.

Baked Lemon Tofu Double Citrus Salad / Chicken in a Pie Shell / Deep Fried Pickles

Blog Post & Recipe: Baked lemon tofu double citrus salad

The baked tofu is surprisingly savoury because of the garlic and shallots, a good contrast to the sweet orange segments.

Blog Post & Recipe: Baked chicken in a pie shell

A variation on the chicken-in-a-bread-crust recipe previously linked on this post.

In effect, it’s baking a whole chicken and biscuits to go with it at the same time. Because, yes, after baking, the pie crust dough turns into a biscuit with one side having absorbed the flavors and moistness of the bird. Just cut and tear the crust wrapper as you dig into the chicken.

Blog Post & Recipes: Deep Fried

Pickles? Crumbed and fried? Yes please. A buttermilk dressing was made to accompany it, though I added my own tweaks. Combined, the crunch of the coating giving way to crunchy, tangy dill pickle slices was brilliant. The garlicky buttermilk dressing, with a heavy hand in coriander, made an ideal dipping sauce.

Coriander Buttermilk Dressing ... Deep Fried Pickles & Cheese-Stuffed Chillis

Salmon & Pea Risotto / Fried Oysters with a Chipotle-Lime Dipping Sauce / 4 Fennel Recipes

Blog Post & Recipe: Salmon & Pea Risotto

I used fresh this time but flaked smoked salmon (the kind that looks like a whole chunk of fish, not lox) works equally well.

Blog Post & Recipe: Fried oysters with a chipotle-lime dipping sauce

There are many ways to make fried oysters. I keep mine relatively simple, though I do like to coat them in a combination of both crushed saltines and cornmeal, which I think gives them an excellent texture and flavor.

Article & Recipes: Fabulous fennel: the versatile veg

Fennel bulbs are incredibly versatile. You can eat them raw, boiled, roasted or braised. They taste good undercooked, or overcooked, with vegetables, meat or fish – or just on their own.

Roast fennel and carrots recipe ... Fennel gratin recipe ... Braised fennel with red mullet recipe ... Ensalada de la noche buena recipe

Zucchini Fritters / Moong Dal & Red Lentils with Browned Onions / Braised Neck of Lamb with Apricots & Cinnamon

Blog Post & Recipe: zucchini fritters

This batter is beautifully light because of the soda water, but it's also forgiving. Having only one egg, I chucked in a couple of tablespoons of buttermilk last night and by god, it worked. They were even lighter.

Blog Post & Recipe: Dinner Tonight: Moong Dal and Red Lentils with Browned Onions

You could easily substitute all red lentils for this and it would still be pretty good: the real secret is in the fragrant topping, a pile of browned onions, chiles, and spices, bathed in screaming hot ghee and poured over the top of the dish. Once you stir them in, they perfume the humble lentil like you wouldn't believe.

Article & Recipe: Nigel Slater's braised neck of lamb with apricots and cinnamon, and mograbia with bay and cinnamon recipes

I value neck of lamb for its cheap price, sweet fat and almost indestructible nature. The fact that I can make a luxurious supper out of something people boil up for the dog makes me warm to it all the more. Tucked up in a pan with spices and onions, the untidy lumps of meat can cook for a few hours, the toughness and gristle breaking down to soft, spoonable meat and wobbly fat.

Pho Bo / Whole Wheat & Semolina Bread / Tempura

Article & Recipe: Vietnamese Beef and Noodle Soup: A tasty meal in a bowl

The base is a strong beef broth perfumed with star anise, peppercorns and ginger. Translucent rice noodles float in the bowl, topped by thin beef slices and sauteed sweet and crisp shallots.

Vietnamese Beef and Noodle Soup (Pho Bo)

Blog Post & Recipe: Pinch and eat / Pincez et mangez

Semolina flour, sometimes called just “semolina”, can be easily found at Italian markets and Middle Eastern markets. If not available, you can make the bread by using only whole wheat flour and all purpose four (2 cups of each).

Algerian Whole wheat and semolina bread (Khobz bal zraa’ wal smid)

Blog Post & Recipe: Tasty Tempura

Working with fresh, raw ingredients, you coat them in an incredibly light batter and fry them till just cooked. While some people use beer to lighten their batter, using a combination of plain flour and corn starch will work fine so long as the batter is kept close to ice cold.

4 Rice Recipes / 3 Ramen Recipes / 1 Scotch Egg

Recipes: Variations on Rice Recipes

Rice is a versatile grain, and takes flavors well.

Herbed Rice ... Lavender Rice ... Lemon grass Rice ... Cilantro Lime Rice

Article & Recipes: Ramen's rising stock: Leave the packet behind

"The broth, definitely," Nakano says. "Noodles are important, but if the broth sucks, it doesn't matter."

Roasted Duck Ramen ... Celery Root-Miso Ramen ... Tonkotsu Ramen

Article & Recipe: Scotch Eggs With Much Less Mess

Most Scotch egg recipes call for breakfast-sausage meat. I wanted a punchier flavor, so I picked up some spicy Italian sausages and added more bite with garlic and horseradish. Before patting the sausage meat onto the eggs, I coated them with a little flour. This helps the sausage adhere to the slippery egg white while cooking.

Crunchy Scotch Eggs With Horseradish and Pickles

Inchi Kabin Fried Chicken / Baked Apples with Ginger Cake & Cinnamon: Poached Apples, Ginger & Anise / 8 Recipes using Mandarins

Blog Post & Recipe: Nyonya Fried Chicken Recipe (Inchi Kabin)

The main difference of Inchi Kabin compared to other fried chicken is that the chicken is usually twice-fried, so they are extremely crispy. Also, there is a special dipping sauce that goes with it, which is tangy

Article & Recipes: Nigel Slater's baked apples with ginger cake and cinnamon, and poached apples, ginger and anise recipes

Size is important if you are going to fill your apples with a sweet stuffing. The tried and trusted fillings are generally based on dried fruits: currants, raisins and chopped candied peel and often some form of nuts.

Blog Post & Recipe: Sweet Clementines: 8 Recipe Ideas for Leftover Clementines

'Clementines' meaning mandarins.

Glazed Duck with Clementine Sauce ... Smoked Salmon with Clementines ... Couscous with Clementines, Chickpeas, Olives, and Dates ... Sweet Potato Bisque with Clementines and Sage ... Clementine and Vanilla Bean Quick Bread ... Clementine Posset ... Fromage Blanc Parfaits with Citrus Fruits and Caramel Sauce ... Clementine and Poppy Seed Muffins

Ginger Beer / Baked Eggs / Loukoumathes

Recipe: Nigel Slater's classic ginger beer recipe

To make your beer even more refreshing, tuck in a handful of lemon verbena leaves or a few sticks of bashed lemongrass.

Article & Recipe: How to bake eggs

First she gathered her ingredients: two eggs and two castelvetrano olives per serving; salt and pepper; cream; and bread crumbs.

Blog Post & Recipe: Now That’s a Mouthful

Fried dough, by any name, would taste as good. Case in point: loukoumathes, those puffy little yeasted doughnuts—also spelled loukoumades—which, like most Greek desserts, are best served drenched in honey and sprinkled with cinnamon.

Loukoumathes

An Easy Cake / Deep-Fried Bacon & Eggs / Twelve Breakfast Recipes

Blog Post & Recipe: Bake a Cake

Very Basic All Equal Cake recipe.

This is a no fail recipe which calls for equal amounts of everything.

Blog Post & Recipe: Deep-Fried Bacon and Eggs with Lemon-Egg Vinaigrette

Between the dozens of utensils, plates and pans it requires -- not to mention the hour and a half of prep time -- it's about as far from a lazy Sunday morning as you can get.

Blog Post & Recipes: This Week's Recipes: Breakfast Burrito and Scramble

We were talking breakfast on The Kitchn this week so here's a look back at the recipes we posted ...

Bloody Mary ... Big Pancake ... Breakfast Burritos ... Popovers ... Crunchy Granola Bars ... Whole Wheat Sandwich Loaf with Oats and Pecans ... Ricotta Pancakes ... Breakfast Pizza ... Paula Deen's Rolls ... Chinese Chicken Soup ... Baked Chicken with Artichokes ... Polvo à Lagareiro

Risotto Balls / Supercook Website / One Blog's Favourite 2009 Recipes

Blog Post & Recipe: Risotto Balls (Arancini) (via Saveur)

Anyway, I froze the [leftover risotto] and finally found time to make them into one of my most favorite appetizers ever, risotto balls. Creamy and cheesy meets deep-fried and crunchy here folks.

Website: Supercook

Supercook is a new recipe search engine that finds recipes you can make with only the ingredients you have at home. To begin, simply start adding ingredients you have in the green box on the top left. The more ingredients you add, the better the results will be.

Blog Post: The Best of Pithy and Cleaver, 2009 Edition

Here’s a roundup of a few of this year’s kitchen highlights, recipes we’d definitely make again.

Roast Cherryaki Duck ... Tiramisu with Marsala and Kahlua ... Ultimate Peanut Butter Cookies ... Chewy Ginger Cookies with Cardamom and Black Pepper ... Vegetarian Pa Jeon ... Easy Pizza Crust ... Honey-Mustard Salmon ... Salmon with Soy-Honey and Wasabi Sauces ... Grilled Smoked Mozzarella with Maple-Caramelized Bacon ... Tomato Soup Grilled Cheese ... Olive Oil Pumpkin, Carrot, and Zucchini Bread ... Lemon Ginger White Chocolate Scones ... Sunny Citrus Pound Cake ... Pumpkin Pie ...

And so on.

Stewed Capsicum & Tomatoes & Onions. Fried Zucchini Blossoms. Using Up Zucchini.

Blog Post & Recipe: stewed peppers, tomatoes & onions

Just fresh peppers from a Chinatown market, a plain old yellow onion, a couple of eggs, and a can of tomatoes from the cupboard.

Blog Post & Recipe: How to Fry Zucchini Blossoms

They should not be wilted or browned, but rather look like they were just picked, all vibrant with color. Buy a nice, firm mozzarella. This is not the time for bufala, which is too wet and milky.

Blog Post & Recipes: What Is Your Favourite Way To Use Up (A Lot Of) Zucchini?

There's zucchini bread and zucchini muffins, of course, but we like to just slap ours on the grill with olive oil and a little salt and pepper. Delicious!

Here are a some more favorite zucchini recipes and ideas:

• Zucchini and Asparagus Strata
• Zucchini Muffins from Simply Recipes
• Curried Zucchini Soup
• Zucchini Garlic Soup
• Zucchini "Tagliatelle" from Dorie Greenspan
• Stuffed 8-Ball Zucchini
• Zucchini-Potato Frittata
• Grilled Zucchini and Grape Tomato Salad
• Zucchini Rice Gratin
• Sauteed Zucchini and Squash with Thyme and Feta
• Zucchini Fries
• Lighter Zucchini Fritti

How do you use up that late-summer zucchini bounty ...