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Pumpkin Ricotta Gnocchi

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Jan 102012

Hank Shaw is back, tempting us with pumpkin ricotta gnocchi. It's crazy good, and actually not as hard as you would think to make. Enjoy! ~Elise

Pumpkin ravioli with brown butter and sage is a classic for a reason: The color, the texture and the flavors of winter squash, fried sage and browned butter are a match made in heaven. But making ravioli requires a fair bit of skill. Gnocchi, however, are easy to make once you get the hang of it.

The key to making any dumplings is to make them as light as possible. We've all had leaden lumps of unhappiness before; they're memorable, and not in a good way. What keeps these gnocchi fluffy are the ricotta cheese and a light hand with the flour. Gnocchi dough is often sticky, and it's the ability to resist the urge to keep adding more and more flour that separates a good dumpling from a heavy one.

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The Essence Of Chocolate

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Mar 042011

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The Essence Of Chocolate
2007 Beard Award Winner!The first cookbook from America’s premier chocolate makers, filled with recipes, kitchen tips, and dazzling photographs. As Americans have become fascinated by chocolate, and especially high-quality chocolate, one name has risen above the rest: Scharffen Berger. Founded in 1996 by Robert Steinberg, a physician and amateur chef, and John Scharffenberger, an award-winning vintner, the company’s confections have won a following among food professionals and home cooks alike. Now, in their first cookbook, the duo shares their passion with the world. The Essence of Chocolate features more than one hundred spectacular — and often simple — recipes drawn from the Scharffen Berger files and from two dozen top pastry chefs. It is divided into three sections: Intensely Chocolate, which includes such decadent treats as That Chocolate Cake, in which the sumptuous flavor of chocolate is the star; Essentially Chocolate, with lighter chocolate desserts like White Velvet Cake with Milk Chocolate Ganache or Brown Butter Blondies; and A Hint of Chocolate, with recipes that use chocolate’s spicier qualities to their best effect, like Vegetarian Chili and John’s Cocoa Rub. And all will work magnificently with any high-quality chocolate. Filled with helpful tips, sumptuous photographs, and the story of how chocolate is really made, here is a book that is every bit as seductive as its subject..-.
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Brown Butter Hazelnut Financier 7in Bundt

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Dec 282010

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Brown Butter Hazelnut Financier 7in Bundt
Brown Butter and ground hazelnuts dance lovely in your mouth surrounded by a perfect crumb. Light, easy, perfectly sweet and comfortably adorns any evening dinner, breakfast tea or afternoon delight….

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Pan-fried flounder with brown butter

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May 242010

This dish is a bit of a classic; the combination of nutty brown butter, lemon and parsley is great, and the almonds give it texture.

Mashed Potatoes with Brown Butter, Goat Cheese, and Sage

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Nov 232009

Mashed Potatoes with Brown Butter, Goat Cheese, and Sage

Guest author Garrett and I made these mashed potatoes the other day. So good! ~Elise

The story of my first Thanksgiving away from home is one I tell with pride. Sure, we all have epic disasters in the kitchen and Thanksgiving horror stories to tell, but mine is epic. The dinner was a wreck: the cornbread burned, the turkey was frozen inside, the green bean casserole was served as a soup, the bacon for the stuffing caught fire, I forgot to add sugar to the cranberry sauce, and my roommate exploded a pie in an aluminum pie plate in the microwave. In total we set off the fire alarm three times. Picking over the wreckage we were somehow able to glean enough food for an actual meal but the experience had jarred for us all.

Still, one dish came out perfectly - the mashed potatoes. Not regular mashed potatoes, but loaded with salty goat cheese and mellow bits of sage mashed potaotes. Dreamy and creamy, they were the biggest (and only) hit of the night.

Many years later and I've tinkered the recipe with Elise. We took out the cream in lieu of more goat cheese and added brown butter to the mix. The result is the smoothest potatoes you've ever had with a nutty, earthy flavor. It's a dish that can save any Thanksgiving dinner.

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Roasted Brussels Sprouts with Hazelnut Brown Butter

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May 262009

Roasted Brussels Sprouts with Hazelnut Brown Butter

Browning butter brings out a mellow nuttiness that complements the strong flavor of the sprouts. Browned butter can be an excellent flavor addition to any sauté.