Milk Chocolate Caramel Tart

Julie | August 29, 2007

Caramel swirlies on the tart

The August 2007 Daring Bakers challenge featured a milk-chocolate caramel tart, with creamy caramel hidden under a layer of fluffy mousse and a garnish of hard caramel scribbles.

No More Straying

Julie | August 27, 2007

Chocolate Chipster cookies

Dorie Greenspan’s chocolate chipsters, which baked up much thinner, crunchier, and flat-out butterier than we like.

Balsamic Chicken

Julie | August 23, 2007

Balsamic glazed chicken and quinoa

A sticky, unmemorable balsamic-rosemary glaze for boneless chicken.

Making the Most of Meatballs

Julie | August 19, 2007

Dredged kefthedes ready for frying

Leftover Greek lamb meatballs cross over to the Italian realm with spaghetti, and a fabulous half-braised/half-fried potato recipe.

Mom’s Chili

Julie | August 17, 2007

Chili

My mom’s recipe for chili may not blow your head off with heat, but it has a good balance of flavors.

A Pair of Pastas

Julie | August 16, 2007

Rotini with sausage and spinach

A pantry-scraping pasta recipe using sausage, spinach and tomato; plus, the easiest pasta dish ever, no recipe required.

Gigot d’Agneau à la Cuillére

Julie | August 11, 2007

Seven-hour lamb

Seven hours seems like a long time to cook anything, but this braised leg of lamb comes out fantastically spoon-tender. Any leftover lamb and braising liquid can be transformed into risotto.

Costco-sized Salmon Remnants

Julie | August 10, 2007

Salmon croquettes with roasted red pepper aioli

Crunchy croquettes are a great way to use up leftover cooked salmon; I served mine with a fantastic roasted red pepper aioli for dipping.

Costco-sized Salmon

Julie | August 9, 2007

Pesto salmon

Salmon roasted under a simplified variation of the classic pesto Genovese; it uses baby spinach for bulk and omits the pine nuts and Parmesan.

Icy Olive Oil and Upside Down Apricots

Julie | August 8, 2007

Apricot almond upside down cake with olive oil ice cream

An apricot-almond upside down cake with olive oil ice cream, both of which I found attractive but remarkably unpalatable. Good thing my husband enjoyed them!

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