Gourmet
Dulce de Platanos
Sweet Plantains with Buttered Rum and Coconut Sauce
Velvety Lemon Chicken Soup
Can be prepared in 45 minutes or less.
Rosemary-Roasted Sweet-Potato Wedges
Can be prepared in 45 minutes or less.
Beef Sates with Hoisin Dipping Sauce
This recipe can be prepared in 45 minutes or less.
Orange Tapioca and Cranberry Parfaits
Can be prepared in 45 minutes or less.
Ripe Olive and Avocado Quesadillas
This recipe can be prepared in 45 minutes or less.
Chili Lime Shrimp with Avocado and Coriander
Can be prepared in 45 minutes or less.
Roast Duck Breast with Balsamic and Apricot Sauce
At the restaurant the chef uses a rich duck stock when preparing this dish. Duck-and-veal demiglace is substituted here. The duck breasts as well as the demiglace are available at many butchers and specialty foods shops.
Curried Chicken Coconut Noodle Soup
Rice sticks turn up in soups in many parts of Asia. This recipe was inspired by an aromatic soup offered at Bo Ky, a Vietnamese noodle parlor on Bayard Street in New York City.
Prune Kumquat Sticky Pudding with Armagnac Toffee Sauce
The rich flavors in this moist cake intensify with a little bit of age. Though the Armagnac toffee sauce and Armagnac ice cream make festive partners, leftover cake is excellent served plain with tea or coffee.
To give extra height to the cake, we call for an 11-cup Kugelhopf pan, a taller-than-ordinary bundt pan (available by mail order from Bridge Kitchenware, tel. 800-274-3435 or 212-838-1901). You may also use a regular 11-cup bundt pan for a slightly broader cake.