Cook Perfect Beef Wellington / Albóndigas Soup / 8 Braises

Blog Post & Recipe: How to cook perfect beef wellington

Simon and Lindsey observe in the preface to their beef wellington recipe that "the whole point of cooking meat in pastry is to keep in the juices ... but if the pastry is good and thin, buttery and rich, nothing is nicer than a meat-soaked crust".

Blog Post & Recipe: i just flipped that

Loaded with vegetables and a good amount of spice, I couldn’t wait for it to finish cooking. The meatballs are made with beef and pork, but the book says there are some variations depending on region. You could use chicken instead of beef, and some meatballs are wrapped around a pitted green olive.

Recipe: albóndigas soup

Blog Post & Recipes: Fork-Tender Dinners: 8 Braises to Fill Your Belly

Give it some low heat and an afternoon to baste in its own juices, and food takes on never before seen levels of flavor and tenderness.

Star Anise and Ginger Braised Chicken ... Dijon-Braised Brussels Sprouts ... Braised Lebanese Eggplant with Chickpeas ... Spice-Braised Lamb Shanks with Lentils ... Short Ribs Braised in Coffee Ancho Chile Sauce ... Braised Celery with Crunchy Bread Crumb Topping ... Apple Cider Braised Brisket ... Lamb Tagine with Chickpeas and Apricots .

Related: Food Science: Why Tougher Meats Make Good Braises

Ricotta Polenta with Fennel Pollen / Brined Turkey / Greek-Style Lamb

Recipe: Ricotta Polenta with Fennel Pollen

It seems simple but the ricotta adds a ton of flavor and texture to the polenta.

Recipe: Chronicle Classic: Best Way Brined Turkey

Several years ago, we roasted nearly 40 turkeys in our test kitchen and found a brined turkey to be the best. Every year since, we've retested the recipe. It's still our favorite.

Recipe: Simply delicious Greek-style lamb

This dish is delicious and incredibly, almost embarrassingly, simple - a great combination. We originally wrote it as a slow cooker recipe, but it also works very well (and not surprisingly, in a shorter time) on the stovetop.

Caribbean Bean Puree / Chicken in Beer / Smoky Eggplant & Lamb Pide

Blog Post & Recipe: Caribbean Bean Puree

The ingredient list for this recipe may seem a little strange. Black beans and bananas? You are just going to have to trust me on this one.

Recipe: Chicken in beer

Takes about 2 hours to prepare, but well worth it. The flavors are deep and substantial. I added more carrots than the original recipe called for, but I like eating them – they were saturated and drenched in the cooking juices.

Blog Post & Recipe: Smoky Aubergine and Lamb Pide

Pide are rather similar to lamacun* and are apparently sold on every street corner in their homeland. I topped mine with aubergine (which I blackened on the gas hob before scooping out the smoky flesh); lamb, minced; spices like coriander, cumin and cinnamon; onion, garlic and a little tomato.

Lamb & Pine Nut Sausage Rolls / Beetroot, Citrus & Ginger Juice / Curried Prawns with Cucumbers

Blog Post & Recipe: lamb and pine nut sausage rolls

prep time: 25 minutes
cook time: 40mins + cooling time (10-15mins)
makes 40 sausage rolls

Blog Post & Recipe: Beetroot, Citrus & Ginger Juice

It's hard to describe perfection, but imagine an earthy-sweet jewel coloured drink redolent with the mild flavour of beetroot as base with a few citrus-y top notes and a hit of sinus-clearing ginger to round it off.

Blog Post & Recipe: Curried Shrimp with Cucumbers

The shrimp and cucumber, which is cooked just beyond the tender-crisp stage, keeps things nice and light to balance out the rich coconut sauce. And you've got two options for the sauce. You can use a whole can of coconut to get a nice and soupy curry, which would saturate and flavor the bed of rice, or cut back to make things a less saucy.

Zucchinis & Tomatoes Stuffed with Ground Lamb / Rabbit Stew / Brown Rice, Courgettes & Mint + Roast Plums with Star Anise & Vanilla Cream

Recipe: Zucchinis and Tomatoes Stuffed With Ground Lamb

Mix ground lamb, pine nuts, ground cumin, cinnamons, onion, garlic, and ginger. Loosely stuff the zucchinis and tomatoes with lamb filling.

Blog Post & Recipe: Rabbit stew with apparition of Dave Brock

I'll tell you what else is 'underrated' apart from Elvis, Stereolab, and Radiohead: Rabbit stew. Actually Rabbit isn't 'underrated' at all, rabbit is probably appreciated about as much as it deserves. It's all right, it's just not as nice as fillet steak.

Article & Recipes: Nigel Slater's brown rice and roast plum recipes

Within 15 minutes of starting a classic arborio or carnaroli rice risotto you can feel the grains start to soften. Using brown, round grain rice, I sometimes feel as if I am stirring forever before the grains become silent in the pan – it does take almost twice the time to soften, but the extra time involved for the nubby texture and the way you can scoop up the surrounding sauce with a spoon is worth it.

Brown rice, courgettes and mint ... Roast plums with star anise and vanilla cream

Missi Roti / Rogan Josh / 10 Quesadillas

Blog Post & Recipe: Garam Masala Tuesdays: Missi Roti [via]

Naan takes the cake among foreigners but try this unleavened Indian flat bread made on a hot iron plate (tawa) from whole grain wheat and legume (chickpea) and you might change your likes. Plus, for the health nuts, its more nutritious than traditional Naan as gram flour is high in protein and iron.

Blog Post & Recipe: Rogan josh, or, Kashmiri lamb curry — a sinfully delicious blend of very fragrant spices and flavors

Traditionally the dish is prepared in ghee, Indian clarified butter, with the spices fried in fat to awaken flavors and infuse the fat with the essence before adding other ingredients. Yogurt, the foundation of the sauce, gives a lovely tang together with the tomato. Almond adds texture, flavor and also thickens the sauce.

Recipes: Quick n' Easy: 10 Ways to Make a Great Quesadilla Tonight

Quesadillas with Chicken Sausage and Roasted Vegetables ... Kimchi and Avocado Quesadillas ... Unda-Style Quesadillas ... Potato, Greens, and Goat Cheese Quesadilla ... Grilled Chicken and Pineapple Quesadillas ... Tandoori Quesadillas ... Squash Blossom Quesadillas ... Cheese and Hominy Quesadillas ... Caramelized Onion and Steak Quesadillas ... Pear, Brie, and Honey Quesadilla

Moroccan Butternut Pumpkin and Chickpea Tangine / Roast Fava Beans / Sfakiano Lamb with Yoghurt

Blog Post & Recipe: Moroccan Butternut Squash and Chickpea Tangine

At first I was thinking of just serving a tajine on some quinoa but why not add the quinoa directly to it so that it has more time to absorb all of the amazing flavours?

Article & Recipe: Fava beans: Roasting pods simplifies preparation

Roasting whole pods renders the beans' outer skin edible, and if the pods are small enough, the whole pod may be edible. Which goes to say, fava bean preparation just got a whole lot easier.

Blog Post & Recipe: Sfakiano Lamb with Yogurt

All you need is lamb, olive oil, onions and scallions, some dry white wine, stock or water, salt and pepper, lemon juice, more olive oil, dried Greek oregano and the sauce is completed with thick creamy, tangy Greek yogurt.

Corned Beef, Cabbage & Kimchi Burrito / Chicken in a Bread Crust / 3 Braising Recipes

Blog Post & Recipe: Corned Beef, Cabbage and Kimchi Burrito

In addition to the corned beef, this burrito includes cabbage sauteed with bacon, kimchi, which is a spicy fermented cabbage, onion and cilantro relish, melted cheese and some avocado salsa verde (because it's green and it's St. Patrick's Day).

Blog Post & Recipe: Chicken in a Bread Crust

I was going to cook a bread-crusted chicken of my own, using a sourdough crust ... The skin of the chicken was less golden than with the salt crust, which I suspect is more porous, but plenty of juices had collected inside, and the chicken was just as moist and flavorful.

Article & Recipes: Slowly does it: delicious braise recipes

So what are the key things to watch? For most braises the meat is browned before the liquid is added. The caramelisation and 'toasting' produced by frying in fat are essential to the end flavour. But meat won't brown if it is wet or if you crowd the pan, so dry your meat then cook it in batches. Don't use too much fat or you'll end up with an oily dish. If anything burns – garlic or onion or the fat itself – throw it out before adding liquid.

Soy-braised chicken thighs with star anise recipe ... Braised pork with apricots, ginger and lemon thyme recipe ... Braised lamb with squash, lemon and mint recipe

Spicy Lamb Pie / 5 Recipes for St. David's Day / No-Knead Bread: a Convert's Story

Blog Post & Recipe: Spicy Lamb Pie.

I reckon this pie, if fennel substituted for carrots and fish for lamb, would work wonderfully as a dish to serve to my pescetarian friends. I’d have to cook the sauce first and then add the fish just before baking – what do you think?

Blog Post & Recipes: St David's Day: recipes for a feast.

It's St David's Day, and to help celebrate we've a quintet of delicious recipes from Welsh chef Bryn Williams

Slow roasted shoulder of lamb ... Mutton and swede pie ... Pan-fried salmon with curried mussels ... Sole in a bag with courgettes and black olives ... Nain's bara brith

Blog Post & Recipe: No-Knead Bread: A Convert’s Story

I’ve revised it a little and put the flour into weights rather than volume. Steingarten uses spelt flour on the cutting board in the proofing basket, which I recommend for flavor and appearance; Lahey uses bran and no proofing basket. This is up to you.

Michael Ruhlman’s Version of Jeffrey Steingarten’s Version of Jim Lahey’s (According to Steingarten) “Miracle Bread

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.

Mutton or Lamb Tangine / Split Pea Tom Yum Soup / Recipes For Couscous, Bulgar & Quinoa

Blog Post & Recipe: Mutton Tagine

Mutton ( or Lamb) Tagine , is one of the most recent dishes a long-standing favourite of mine , however I have usually cook it in a Le Cruset in the oven but wanted to see how this dish would work in a slow cooker.

Article & Recipe: How to take soup for lunch: Abandon the Can

She laughed and said, “It’s my new lunch soup. Lentils and vegetables, cooked with some light coconut milk and a bit of tom yum paste."

Related recipe: Split Pea Tom Yum Soup

Article & Recipes: Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall's couscous, bulgur and quinoa recipes

They may be seemingly insignificant granular particles, but their punch can be mighty, as they're perfectly formed for delivering hefty whacks of flavour, which they steal greedily from herbs, garlic and spices in salads, stir-fries and soups.

Turkish bulgur and red lentil soup ... Quinoa stir-fry with kale chilli and nuts ... Couscous with squash, sultanas and pumpkin seeds

Hot & Sour Mushroom Soup / Five Spice Blends / Icelandic Christmas Recipes

Recipe: Yotam Ottolenghi's hot and sour mushroom soup recipe

A variation on Asian soups such as Thai tom yum or Vietnamese pho. The key is the stock, which must be rich and hearty, with many layers of flavour.

Blog Post & Recipes: Five Spice Blends to Give for a Homemade Christmas Gift

Rosemary and Garlic Herb Rub ... Montreal Steak Seasoning ... Moroccan Spice Mix ... Rosemary Salt ... Spicy Sweet Potato Fries Spice Mix.

More Ideas for Homemade Christmas Gifts from the Kitchen ...

Blog Post & Recipes: Icelandic Christmas recipes

Starters or desserts:

* Rice pudding
* Ris a la mande
* Vanilla ice cream


Main dishes:

* Hangikjöt (smoked lamb)
* Pork rib roast
* Roast lamb
* Rock ptarmigan

Side dishes and accompaniments:

* Leaf bread
* Christmas cocktail
* Pickled red cabbage
* Caramel potatoes


Cakes and cookies:

* Gingerbread sandwich cookies
* Sarah Bernhardt cookies
* Jewish cookies
* Half-moons
* Coconut wreaths
* Siggi's cookies
* Syrup cookies
* Air cookies
* Spice cake with buttercream
* Christmas cake

Brandy Butternut Squash / Pan-Seared Cod with Bacon and Creamy Fennel Ragout / 3 Barley Recipes

Recipe: How to Make Brandy Butternut Squash

3. Mash the butternut squash. Add a splash of brandy.

Recipe: PAN-SEARED COD with BACON and CREAMY FENNEL RAGOUT

Stir mustard and bacon into fennel ragout and season with salt and pepper. Serve cod over fennel ragout.

Article & Recipes: Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall's barley recipes

[Barley] is a staple, of course, in old favourites such as Scotch broth and Irish stew, but it can also take a starring, beguiling role in more outré broths and soups, in nutty, flavoursome salads, or as an alternative to arborio rice in creamy, risotto-style concoctions.

Spiced lamb and pearl barley ... Barley pilaf with mushrooms and dill ... Barley, raisin and walnut biscuits ...

Sweetcorn Pancakes / 3 Risotto Recipes / Lamb Ragu

Blog Post & Recipe: sweet corn pancakes

As I mentioned above, I think these have great savory potential by skipping the sugar and increasing the salt, served with sour cream or salsa.

Recipes: Thoroughly absorbing

Let the risotto rest for five minutes before serving to allow the flavours to settle. The basic risotto is ideal with roast chicken.

BASIC RISOTTO ... RISOTTO WITH ROASTED BUTTERNUT PUMPKIN ... PRAWN AND ZUCCHINI RISOTTO

Recipe: Culinary SOS: Pizzeria Ortica's lamb ragu

Dear SOS: I have enjoyed the lamb ragu at Pizzeria Ortica in Costa Mesa on several occasions and would love to have the recipe ...
Sydney Springer

Dear Sydney: Pizzeria Ortica was happy to share its recipe for this rich and hearty dish

Pizza on the BBQ / Bubble Tea / 11 Eggplant Recipes

Blog Post & Recipe: How to Grill Pizza [in the U.S. sense of the word 'grill', ie, on a BBQ]

No, the pizza dough does not fall through the grill grates. Assuming you've properly heated the grill, your dough will form a lovely lightly charred crust.

Article & Recipe: DIY Bubble Tea

While many choose to liven up their bubble tea experience with flavors like coconut, lychee, red bean, or mango, the basic ingredients are quite simple. All you really need to make the drink is milk, tea (black or green), sugar, and tapioca pearls.

Blog Post & Recipes: In Season: Eggplant

Eggplant Caponata ... Eggplant Caviar ... Sichuan-Style Braised Eggplant ... Chicken And Eggplant in Black Bean Sauce ... Eggplant Baingan Kachri ... Chinese Eggplant with Garlic and Ginger Sauce ... Eggplant Lamb Lavash Wraps ... Eggplant in Spicy Tomato Sauce ... Broiled Eggplant Japonaise ... Steamed Spicy Eggplant ... Eggplant and Goat Cheese Spirals

Buttermilk Farro Salad / 5 Recipes from 5 Cookbooks / 16 Japanese Recipes

Blog Post & Recipe: Buttermilk Farro Salad Recipe

The salad? Simple enough. Plump grains and seasonal vegetables tossed with an herb-flecked buttermilk dressing.

Recipes: 50 best cookbooks: Nigel Slater picks his favourite recipes

The Guardian writers have been choosing their 50 best cookbooks. This is one of the supplementary articles.

Lamb with rose and almonds ... Spiced pork crackling ... Southern Muslim chicken ... Pork chops with juniper ... Peaches in wine

Recipes: Soba to Sukiyaki: A Roundup of Authentic Japanese Dishes

Takoyaki ... Pork Gyozas ... Dashi ... Dobin Mushi ... Soba noodles ... Nabemono ... Sukiyaki ... Oden ... Buta no Kakuni ... Okonomiyaki ... Simmered Kabocha ... Yakikuri gohan ... Matsutake gohan ... Japanese pickled cucumber ... Dango ... Umeshu

Indonesian Style Rich Roast Lamb / Crispy Roast Pork Belly / Barley, Tomato & Garlic Risotto

Blog Post & Recipe: Kambing Panggang Berempah // Indonesian style Rich roast lamb

Finally.... here I am with spicy Indonesian food that will make you droll :)

Blog Post & Recipe: Crispy roast pork belly

The only trick with siu yuk is getting the skin crispy enough–you want it really brittle and not the least bit chewy–while keeping the flesh tender and moist.

Recipe: Yotam Ottolenghi's barley, tomato and garlic risotto recipe

Initially, I cooked up some barley with chopped tomatoes with the intention of using it to stuff some courgettes, but it tasted so good that I decided to serve it as it was.

Make a Crêpe / Parmesan Rosemary Flatbreads / Pulled Lamb Pitas & Pulled Lamb Fries

Video & Recipe: How to Make a Crêpe with Jodi Liano

Jodi Liano helps cooks avoid a crêpe’s worst fate: gloppy, lumpy batter poured thickly into a regular old frying pan. Liano’s crêpes are thin, light, and topped simply with butter, lemon, and sugar.

Blog Post & Recipe: Parmesan Rosemary Flatbreads

This delicious bread is sort of a cross between a cracker and a bread ... The dough is divided into small pieces and passed through pasta rollers to make a nice flat bread. If you don't have pasta rollers, just roll them out by hand

Blog Posts & Recipes: Greek Style Pulled Lamb Pitas, and the follow-up, Greek Style Pulled Lamb Fries

After making several of the Greek style pulled lamb pitas I was looking for a bit of a change and I had just the idea. I was thinking about Greek styled pulled lamb fries something along the veins of chili fries or carne asada fries.

Grilled Butter Lettuce with Buttermilk-Chive Dressing / Bread & Butter Pickles / 20 Curry Recipes

Blog Post & Recipe: Grilled Butter Lettuce with Buttermilk-Chive Dressing

While the grilled Caesar we love is brushed with oil and garlic prior to grilling, this salad is just sprinkled with salt and then laid onto the grill, cut side down, until the greens have a nice char.

Blog Post & Recipe: bread and butter pickles

... So very sweet! So sweet that I thought that the sugar level was a typo but sure enough, every other recipe I found listed sugar amounts in cups. Ayee. This one only called for one but I reduced my batch to 3/4 of a cup ...

Recipes: 20 of the best: curries

Chicken korma ... Avial mixed vegetable curry ... Lamb and cashew curry ... Massaman curry ... Burmese chicken curry ... Beef kofta ... Thai green curry with fish ... Butter chicken ... Prawn and green mango curry ... Sweet peanut chicken curry ... Eggplant and potato curry ... Malaysian fish curry ... Longrain's red beef curry ... Chicken and bean madras ... Turkey chilli ... Fish curry ... Thai red curry burger ... Chickpea curry with rice ... Prawn green curry ... Pumpkin, cauliflower & chickpea curry

Caramelized Onion & Spinach Olive Oil Quick Bread / Braised Fennel Pizza / Fourteen Autumn Roasts

Blog Post & Recipe: Caramelized Onion & Spinach Olive Oil Quick Bread

After caramelizing onions to a sweet, golden brown and wilting the spinach with minced garlic, the vegetables are mixed into a savory quick bread batter. The only fat in this easy bread is extra-virgin olive oil, which lends a slightly fruity taste

Blog Post & Recipe: Top This: Braised Fennel Pizza (à la Paulie Gee's 'Anise and Anephew' Pie)

"I got just the pie," replied the man behind Brooklyn's Paulie Gee's. "It cannot be topped. My 'Anise and Anephew' has fior di latte, braised fennel, guanciale, and a post-oven drizzle of anisette cream with a garnish of fresh fennel fronds."

Slideshow & Recipes: Delicious autumn roasts

Herbed rack of lamb with potato smash ... Beef pot roast ... Portuguese-style chicken ... Mexican slow-roasted lamb shanks ... Char siu pork ribs ... Greek roast lamb with skordalia and potatoes ... Slow-roasted duck marylands ... Roast beef with Yorkshire puddings ... Lamb with quince and honey ... Lemon and thyme baked chicken ... Roast lamb ... Chicken pot roast with mustard cream sauce ... Pork leg roast with sage potatoes ... Beef rib roast with spiced salt