Puebla Chicken Soup Aprep person in the kitchen from Puebla, Mexico, showed us this fun and very flavorful family-style recipe. The ancho chile powder adds a smoky flavor and a dried chile scent. As for the oregano, if you have access to a market with Latino products,...
Chicken Soup with Chorizo, Potatoes, and Peas A classic Mediterranean pairing-potatoes and chorizo-are combined here with chicken and peas to make a full-flavored, hearty bowl that can be served as a meal in itself, or as a prelude to a dinner of simply grilled or...
Chicken and Wild Rice Soup Chicken and rice soup is one thing. Chicken and wild rice soup is another. This is a wonderful winter soup-just the one for the holidays-and it can be made almost entirely in advance. All you will need to do before serving is combine the...
Chicken Soup with Mushrooms and Sun-Dried Tomatoes If chicken soup can be regal, then this one is. Sophisticated ingredients-sundried tomatoes and oyster and cremini mushrooms, plus porcini mushroom oil-make this especially flavorful. The porcini mushroom oil is a...
Shrimp Bisque When made classically, bisque is a thick, creamy, super-rich seafood soup. At one time, a cup of bisque set the stage for still richer things to come. Times have changed, though, and so have people's preferences, including our own. We kept the seafood,...
Scallop and Roasted Tomato Soup Thesis remarkably rich tasting and full flavored, more like a stew than a soup, thanks in large part to the generous amount of roasted tomatoes that serve as the base. You can prepare the tomatoes and make the soup base 1 day in...
Salmon Chowder with Fresh Corn and Bacon This very American fish chowder has a rich flavor without a cream base. The small amount of cream that is added at the end is there to "finish" the soup, to enrich and smooth it. This chowder is not about cream; it's about...
Strawberry Almond Rounds and Apricot Almond Triangles These are beautiful party cookies and a delicious challenge for the experienced cook or cookie maker. The effort, including two different baking’s, will be worth it when you see just how lovely looking (and...
Basic Short Pastry Dough This rich shortbread crust serves as the base for our Espresso Bars. The dough is simple to put together and even easier to handle: You roll it out between sheets of wax paper, then use the paper to transfer it to the baking pan. You need to...
Espresso Bars We started baking these bars in November 1996. They were an immediate hit then, and they still are. Mocha-flavored chocolate on a rich shortbread base is a great combination. The instruction in the recipe of wrapping the still-hot pan of pastry in...
White Chocolate Cherry Cookies There are chocolate chip cookies, with a rich twist-white chocolate chips and dried cherries. These are splendid at teatime or for dessert. 3 cups all-purpose flour1 ½ teaspoons baking soda¼ teaspoon salt20 tablespoons which is (2 ½...
You achieve the domed shape of these buttery peanut butter shortbread cookies by using a small ice-cream scoop. The dough is tender and soft, and your hands won’t work nearly as well as the scoop. Purchase one at a kitchenwares store, and then you will have it when the urge to make these calls, which could be often.
