Better Than Gravy

Easy Food Recipes and Cooking - Better Than Gravy

Serves 1
Cranberry Syrup
2 lbs fresh or frozen cranberries
2¾ cups sugar
2½ cups water
1 pinch salt
1 Tbsp fresh lemon juice

Better than gravy
2 oz Laird’s Applejack
¾ oz fresh lemon juice
¾ oz cranberry syrup (recipe below)
1 fresh cranberry
1 fresh apple slice

Tom Waits for No Man

Easy Food Recipes and Cooking - Tom Waits for No Man

Serves 1
2 oz Still 630 Rally Point rye whiskey
½ oz Cinzano sweet vermouth
¼ oz Fernet-Branca
4 drops Angostura bitters infused with dried orange peel, lemon, chamomile and dried cranberries
orange peel

Pompier Highball

Easy Food Recipes and Cooking - Pompier Highball

Serves 1
2 oz dry vermouth
½ oz crème de cassis
club soda
lemon or lime wedge

Gezellig

Easy Food Recipes and Cooking - Gezellig

Serves 1
Star Anise and Orange Peel Syrup
½ cup demerara or turbinado sugar
½ cup water
5 whole star anise peel of 2 oranges, pith removed

Gezellig
2 oz Cocchi Americano
1 oz Pow-Wow Botanical Rye
¼ oz star anise and orange peel syrup (recipe below), plus more for garnish flamed orange peel

Berkshire pork chops with Stone fruit chutney

Easy Food Recipes and Cooking - Berkshire pork chops with Stone fruit chutney

Serves | 6 to 10 |
Pork Chops
6 bone-in Berkshire pork chops
1 tbsp kosher salt
1½ tsp freshly ground black pepper
1 tsp garlic powder
2 tbsp grapeseed oil
1½ tbsp unsalted butter

ChUtney
1 to 2 tbsp grapeseed oil
2 tbsp unsalted butter
3 to 4 large shallots, minced
2 to 3 dark plums, pitted and diced medium
3 cherums, pitted and diced
2 cups fresh or frozen cherries, pitted and diced medium
2 cups fresh or frozen cranberries
1 5-oz bag dried cherries
¼ cup red wine
2 to 4 tbsp dark balsamic vinegar
1 tbsp sugar, additional if needed
1 tsp fresh thyme, chopped
kosher salt
freshly ground black pepper

Lamb, Kale and Sweet Potato Chili

Easy Food Recipes and Cooking - Lamb, Kale and Sweet Potato Chili

Serves 6 to 8
1 tbsp olive oil
1 lb ground lamb
1 sweet yellow onion, diced
1 large sweet potato, peeled, chopped into ¼-inch squares
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 dried ancho pepper, seeds removed, crumbled
10 dried juniper berries, smashed, finely chopped
½ tsp Vietnamese cinnamon
1½ tsp smoked Spanish-style paprika
1½ tsp ground cumin
pinch cayenne pepper
1 14.5-oz can diced tomatoes
2 cups unsalted chicken broth
1 14.5-oz can dark red kidney beans
4 to 6 oz kale, destemmed, torn into pieces
sea salt and freshly ground black pepper

Safe Homemade Eggnog Recipe

Easy Food Recipes and Cooking - Safe Homemade Eggnog Recipe

Serves: 20
Ingredients
12 Safest Choice™ Pasteurized Eggs, separated
1 ½ c granulated sugar
1 qt (4 cups) heavy cream
2 c whole milk
2-3 c dark rum, bourbon or brandy (optional)
2 Tbsp vanilla extract (optional)
ground nutmeg or cinnamon to taste

Tonkotsu Ramen Broth

Easy Food Recipes and Cooking - Tonkotsu Ramen Broth

Serves 10 to 12
Kombu Dashi
2 4 inch-by-4 inch sections kombu
12 cups water
1 cup katsuobushi

Roasted Pork Bone broth
9 quarts water
1 lb shiitake mushrooms
15 peppercorns
2 lb parsnips, peeled
3 leeks, cleaned
2 onions, peeled and halved
1 finger ginger, peeled
1 head garlic
6 lb pork ham bones sawn into 4-inch pieces
1½ lb pork neck bones
3 Tbsp olive oil
sea salt
freshly ground black pepper
1 lb chicken backs
2 lb chicken wings and tips double-fermented soy sauce
chile oil
chicken schmaltz (optional)

Penne Ala Salute

Easy Food Recipes and Cooking - Penne Ala Salute

Serves 4
1 28 oz. can peeled Italian style pear tomatoes
3 cloves garlic
1 teaspoon salt
½ teaspoon black pepper
1/3 cup extra virgin olive oil
¼ cup fresh basil
2 cups broccoli florets
½ cup sliced sun-dried tomatoes
1 cup sliced mushrooms
¼ cup grated Asiago cheese or Romano cheese
4 cups cooked penne pasta cooked al dente (1/2 lb. uncooked pasta)

Asian Soup Dumplings

Easy Food Recipes and Cooking - Asian Soup Dumplings

Serves 6
Dough
¾ cup bread flour
¼ cup + 2 Tbsp all-purpose flour
1½ tsp grapeseed oil
7 to 8 Tbsp hot water

Soup
2 ½ cups chicken stock
3 scallions, sliced
2 ½ Tbsp ginger, sliced
½ cup shiitake mushrooms, sliced, with stems
1 Tbsp powdered unflavored gelatin
2 Tbsp chopped smoked ham, from a hock or jowl

Filling
2 Tbsp fresh ginger, peeled and roughly chopped
2 scallions, chopped
½ tsp salt
¼ tsp freshly ground white pepper
1 tsp sugar
2½ tsp soy sauce
1¼ Tbsp dry sherry
1¾ tsp sesame oil
½ lb ground pork
1 to 2 cups Napa cabbage leaves for steaming

Dipping sauce
Dark vinegar and ginger for dipping