‘Hors d'oeuvres & Amuse-Bouche’ Archive

Spiced Swedish Meatballs November 25, 2009 5 Comments

Spiced Swedish Meatballs


I love this meatball recipe because it’s a delicious wintertime comfort food.
I love this meatball recipe because of how simple it is to make.
I love this meatball recipe because people have literally demanded to know how the meatballs can be so impossibly tender.
I love this meatball recipe because the majority of the cooking time is hands-off: no skillet browning!
Most of all, [...]

Butternut Squash Risotto November 23, 2009 No Comments

Butternut Squash Risotto

 
This recipe is a vegetarian modification of The Barefoot Contessa’s Butternut Squash Risotto recipe.  If you wish to revel in your omnivorousness, use chicken stock and also add a bit of pancetta or bacon to sauté with the shallots.  I’m sharing this recipe as step 1 to making butternut squash arancini (risotto fritters), but the risotto is delicious [...]

Gambas al Ajillo November 16, 2009 No Comments

Gambas al Ajillo


Yesterday I talked about food that changes your mind.   I’m still thinking about that.  Here’s a recipe that changed Michael’s mind about shrimp.   Shrimp was definitely on his “no thanks” list until one evening a few years ago, in Spain.
We first tasted this dish, gambas al ajillo (shrimp with sizzling garlic), in a Madrid bar, where this was the only [...]