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Gingered Brioche Summer Pudding with Sour Cream Mascarpone
This summer pudding yields 6 servings, allowing second helpings for a party of 4 or a breakfast treat for the next morning.
In addition to an 8-inch square glass baking dish, you will also need another one, glass or metal, of the same size.
Java Chicken in Coconut Sauce
Complement the chicken with Aromatic Yellow Rice and haricots verts or other green beans, and offer a crisp Riesling or cold Asian beer to drink. Finish the meal simply with a platter of tropical fruit.
Mussels in Romesco Sauce
Romesco sauce, a piquant mixture of chilies, nuts, and tomatoes, is a typical seasoning for seafood in the Catalan province of Tarragona. Although fresh coriander is not an ingredient found in the traditional Spanish pantry, its flavor lends a nice touch to this dish.
Lemon and Lime Dessert Sauce
For a quick dessert, serve this tangy sauce over strawberries, purchased angel food cake or some fat-free pound cake.
Whiskey Punch
The best way to get warm and cozy after a day outdoors is with this drink, in Ireland known simply as "hot whiskey."
Cornmeal-Crusted Trout with Warm Tomato and Tarragon Salsa
Market tip: All rainbow trout sold in markets are sustainably farm-raised.
Flemish Beef Stew
Serve with: Buttered noodles and steamed Swiss chard. Dessert: A bakery Linzertorte.
Brandied Poached Peaches
This recipe is an accompaniment for Pistachio Blancmanges .
Active time: 20 min Start to finish: 1 hr
Duck and Wild Mushroom Gumbo
A refined version of a New Orleans classic. Ask the butcher to remove the backbone and quarter the duck.
By Emeril Lagasse
Blood Orange Syrup
Blood oranges have red flesh and sweet-tart juice. They're available at farmers' markets and, increasingly, at supermarkets. This syrup would also be good over waffles.
By Paul Connors
Cassis-Spiked Cranberry Sauce
Surprise — a bit of ketchup helps the sweet and tart flavors blend. Make this up to three days ahead.
Fava Bean Soup with Carrot Cream
If you can't find fresh fava beans, use edamame (fresh green soybeans in the pod). You'll need to buy two pounds to yield the 3/4 cup for the recipe; do not peel. What to drink: Sauvignon Blanc or a dry Spanish white made from Albariño grapes.
Cin-Olataberry Ice Cream
By Tim M. Dore