Mark Bittman's Quick and Easy Recipes from the New York Times (46 page)

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When the oven is hot, remove the plate (scrape any butter back onto the bread) and bake until the pudding is just set but not dry, 45 to 60 minutes. The top will be crusty and brown. Serve hot, warm, or at room temperature, with or without whipped cream.

Aïoli

Anchovy(ies)

canapés with piquillo peppers and

cauliflower with garlic and

dipping sauce, grilled chicken wings with

green sauce, grilled swordfish “sandwich” with

pasta with arugula and

–red wine sauce, rib-eye steak with

tomato-anchovy sauce, linguine with

Anise-flavored lamb shanks

Apples

apple crisp

braised goose with

cabbage soup with pumpkin and apple soup

Applesauce, roast pork with

Apricots

chicken with

curried sweet potato soup with

Artichoke soup, creamy

Arugula

pasta with anchovies and

pasta with Gorgonzola and

pizza with corn, bacon, and

Asian-style dishes.
See also
Noodles
;
specific countries

Asian meat sauce, roast monkfish with

chicken salad with greens

cucumber soup

one-pot pasta and greens

pot roast with turnips

shrimp with Asian flavors

steamed mussels

Asparagus

grilled, with lemon dressing

pan-roasted asparagus soup with tarragon

pasta, risotto style

roasted, with Parmesan

Avgolemono

Bacon

chestnut soup with

and cream, corn chowder with

pasta alla gricia

pizza with arugula, corn, and

shad roe with

spaghetti carbonara

veal brisket with onion and

Balsamic vinegar

broiled Cornish hens with lemon and

strawberries with

Bananas

grilled fruit skewers with ginger syrup

sautéed

Bangers and mash, Italian style

Barbecue sauce, grilled lamb ribs with

“Barbecue” sauce, shrimp with

Barley-mushroom soup

Basil.
See also
Pesto

rice noodles with

tomato salad with

Bay leaves, roast monkfish with crisp potatoes, olives, and

Bay scallops.
See also
Scallop(s)

roasted, with brown butter and shallots

Beans.
See also
Black-eyed peas;
Chickpea(s)
;
Green beans

forty-minute cassoulet

rosemary-lemon white bean dip

Beef

braises, about

with caramelized sugar

negima (Japanese beef-scallion rolls)

poached tenderloin with garnishes

pot roast
:
Asian, with turnips
;
with cranberries
;
European, with carrots

sautéed chickpeas with meat

sirloin, roast

steak: with butter and ginger sauce; grilled, with Roquefort sauce; grilled flank steak with Provençal spices; marinated, the Minimalist’s; oven-“grilled,” 160; rib-eye, with anchovy–red wine sauce; sirloin, with chimichurri sauce; skirt steak with compound butter

stew, Japanese-style, with winter squash

wrapped in lettuce leaves, Korean style

Beet(s)

beet roesti with rosemary

salad, raw

soup, creamy

Bell peppers. See
Pepper(s)

Berries.
See also
Raspberries
;
Strawberry(ies)

fifteen-minute fruit gratin

Beurre noisette, steamed broccoli with

Black beans, salmon with soy and

Black-eyed pea soup with ham and greens

Black mushrooms

Black skillet mussels, clams, or oysters

Blue cheese.
See also
Gorgonzola; Roquefort fennel gratin with

Bocuse, Paul

Bouillabaisse

Bread(s)

bread stuffing, fastest

corn bread

fastest French bread

grilled bread salad

olive oil croutons

Bread pudding

maple

with shiitake mushrooms

Broccoli

soup, creamy

steamed, with beurre noisette

Brown butter and shallots, roasted bay scallops with

Brown sauce, fresh Chinese noodles with

Burgers, salmon

Butter

beurre noisette, steamed broccoli with

compound: chile-cilantro; garlic-oregano; horseradish-ginger; shallot-thyme; skirt steak with

and ginger sauce, steak with

new potatoes with mint and

salmon roasted in

sauce, grilled or broiled fish on fennel or dill with

ziti with sage, Parmigiano-Reggiano, and

Butter cookies with variations

Butternut squash.
See also
Winter squash

penne with

Butterscotch cookies

Cabbage

salad, Vietnamese-style pork chops with

soup, with apples

Canapés with piquillo peppers and anchovies

Capers, shad roe with vinegar and

Caramelized sugar, beef with

Carrot(s)

carrot, spinach, and rice stew

European pot roast with

glazed

soup, creamy

Cassoulet, forty-minute

Cauliflower

with garlic and anchovy

pasta with

Celery soup, creamy

Cheese.
See also specific types

cheese cups

coeurs à la crème with strawberries

Cherries, poached

Chestnuts

roasted chestnut soup

ziti with mushrooms and

Chicken

with apricots

bread salad with

breasts: grilled, with eggplant, shallots, and ginger sauce; seared and steamed

chicken curry in a hurry

with coconut and lime

coq au vin with prunes

cucumber salad with

cutlets meunière

grilled chicken, sausage, and vegetable skewers

with onion confit

with Riesling

roast, fastest

salad: Asian, with greens;
spicy

sautéed, simplest, with garlic

soy-poached

spicy, with lemongrass and lime

stir-fried coconut noodles

with sweet-and-sour sherry sauce

ten-minute stir-fried chicken with nuts

thighs: deviled; grilled, with sauce au chien; with Mexican flavors

under a brick

with vinegar

wings, grilled, with anchovy dipping sauce

Chicken noodle soup

rich, with ginger

whole-meal, Chinese style

Chickpea(s)

cod with sherry and

sautéed, with meat

soup, with sausage

Chile-cilantro butter

Chimichurri sauce, sirloin steak with

Chinese-style dishes

fresh Chinese noodles with brown sauce

slow-cooked ribs

soy-poached chicken

whole-meal chicken noodle soup

Chipotle-peach salsa

Chocolate chip cookies

Chocolate mousse

Chopped salad with vinaigrette

Choucroute, the Minimalist’s

Chowder

clam

corn, the Minimalist’s

Chutney, mint, broiled lamb chops with

Cider-poached fish

Cilantro-chile butter

Citrus fruit.
See also specific types

citrus cookies

citrus gravlax

citrus with honey and mint

Clafouti, cranberry

Clam(s)

black skillet clams

bouillabaisse

chowder

clambake in a pot

pasta with tomatoes and

steamed, with soy

stew, with potatoes and parsley puree

white pasta with

Cocktail sauce, better

Coconut, coconut milk

chicken with lime and

coconut sorbet

cucumber-coconut soup

lemongrass-coconut sauce, steamed shrimp with

stir-fried coconut noodles

Cod

cakes, with ginger and scallions

with chickpeas and sherry

Emma’s cod and potatoes

Coeurs à la crème with strawberries

Collards.
See
Greens

Compote, fennel-orange, roast pork chops with

Compound butter(s)

skirt steak with

Condiments.
See also
Butter
;
Relish
;
Salsa
;
Sauce(s)

dried mushroom puree

gremolata

mint chutney, broiled lamb chops with

red pepper puree

Confit, onion, with tuna, swordfish, or chicken

Cookies

butter, with variations

olive oil, with red wine and rosemary

Coq au vin with prunes

Coriander, grilled boneless leg of lamb with ginger and

Corn

chowder, the Minimalist’s

grilled

pizza with arugula, bacon, and

Corn bread

Cornish hens, broiled

with lemon and balsamic vinegar

with spicy salt

Crab(s)

crabby crab cakes

softshell, broiled or grilled

Cranberries

cranberry clafouti

pot roast with

Cream, Swedish, strawberries with

Crisp, apple

Croutons, olive oil

Cucumber(s)

big chopped salad with vinaigrette

salad: cumin-rubbed lamb chops with; with scallops, chicken, or shrimp; simple

salsa, grilled lamb ribs with

seaweed salad with

soup: Asian-style; cucumber- coconut; European-style

Cumin-rubbed lamb chops with cucumber salad

Curry, curried dishes

chicken curry in a hurry

curried boneless leg of lamb

curried corn chowder

curried scallops with tomatoes

curried steamed mussels

curried sweet potato soup with apricot

curried tofu with soy sauce

shrimp in yellow curry

Dashi

Desserts

apple crisp

baked pears

butter cookie dough

chocolate mousse

citrus with honey and mint

coconut sorbet

cranberry clafouti

dried fruit poached in port

easy summer pudding

fifteen-minute fruit gratin

flan

ginger pots de crème

grilled fruit skewers with ginger syrup

lime or lemon granita

macerated fruit

maple bread pudding

olive oil cookies with red wine and rosemary

pineapple-ginger sorbet

poached cherries

sautéed bananas

strawberries: with balsamic vinegar; coeurs à la crème with; fool; sugared; with Swedish cream

Deviled chicken thighs

Dill

grilled or broiled fish on

veal stew with

Dip

grilled eggplant

rosemary-lemon white bean

Dipping sauce

anchovy, grilled chicken wings with

olive oil, fennel with

soy-dipped shrimp

Dough

butter cookies

pizza

Dressing.
See also
Vinaigrette

lemon, grilled asparagus with

soy-ginger, grilled asparagus with

Dried fruit.
See also specific types

macerated fruit

poached in port

Dried mushrooms.
See also
Mushroom(s); Porcini

Duck

forty-minute cassoulet

legs, slow-cooked, with olives

panfried

roast duck in one hour

roasted and braised, with sauerkraut

Earles, Johnny

Eggplant

grilled chicken, sausage, and vegetable skewers

grilled chicken breasts with shallots, ginger sauce, and

grilled eggplant dip

stir-fried coconut noodles

Eggs

in soups; avgolemono; egg drop soup; stracciatella

spaghetti carbonara

Spanish tortilla

Emma’s cod and potatoes

Endives braised in broth with Parmesan

Fennel

fennel-steamed mussels, Provence style

gratin

grilled or broiled fish on

with olive oil dipping sauce

-orange compote, roast pork chops with