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Recipe: Brown Butter Cake with Caramelized Apples and Sour Beer Caramel

by JBF Editors on November 21, 2011

Brown Butter Cake with Caramelized Apples and Sour Beer Caramel

Yes, this week is all about pie, but this autumnal dessert from Sarah Jordan, who makes desserts at Chicago's popular GT Fish & Oyster, demands a little attention, too. Jordan coats apples in a caramel that's flavored with sour beer, a style known for its tart, fruity character. Get the recipe here.

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October's Best Recipes

by JBF Editors on November 01, 2011

Butternut Squash Soup with Curried Pears and Toasted Pecans
 

Crab Carbonara with Meyer Lemon, Black Pepper, and Parsley Meyer lemon gives some extra vibrancy to this beloved dish of pasta tangled with crab and bacon. Butternut Squash Soup with Curried Pears and Toasted Pecans You can never have too many variations on this indispensable fall soup in your recipe box. Substitute apples for the pears if you have a lot on hand.

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News Feed: October 24, 2011

by jbfauthor on October 24, 2011

In Chicago, Food Day events focus on food safety. [Chicago Tribune] Waffle iron eggs: perfect yolk, cool look, and great for a sandwich.  [Gizmodo] The benefits

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Recipe: Sticky Ginger Cake with Caramelized Pears

by JBF Editors on October 20, 2011

Sticky Ginger Cake with Caramelized Pears

When deciding on what to serve for dessert when entertaining a large group, it's often easiest to fall back on a shareable, one-pan pie or cake and call it a day. But if your kitchen's arsenal includes a muffin tin, you can easily prepare several individual desserts with the same amount of effort. Take these perfect-for-fall ginger cakes from chefs Tom Berry and Liz O’Connell. They're made with a standard cake batter that's sweetened with a simple date purée. After baking in a muffin tin, the charming cakes are slicked with a buttery rum glaze and topped with caramelized pears. Get the recipe here.

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Eat this Word: Tres Leches

by jbfauthor on September 26, 2011

tres leches cake WHAT? Easy as uno, dos, tres. Pastel de tres leches, "tres leches" for short, is a dessert that just doesn’t know when to quit. This gooey confection contains a butter cake that is perforated and soaked with a combination of heavy cream and evaporated and condensed milks, and then topped with meringue frosting or whipped cream. Sometimes it is also topped with cajeta, a sweet caramel made from goat’s milk, or doused with coconut milk—making it cuatro or cinco leches, accordingly. The history of tres leches is ambiguous: although it has been embraced by Miami’s Cuban community, scholars place its origins in either Nicaragua, Mexico, or Guatemala. In Texas Monthly, Patricia Sharpe wrote that this "insanely rich" cake possibly originated with a "promotional recipe once distributed in Latin America, perhaps on cans of evaporated milk or with a brand of electric mixer." Tres leches is certainly doing its part to promote dairy

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News Feed: September 14, 2011

by jbfauthor on September 14, 2011

caviarIt's time for American cooks to start using kitchen scales. [NYT] Dorie Greenspan releases a groundbreaking cooking app for iPads. [NYT] Salt-and-pepper desserts. [Bon Appétit] Putting the latest generation of can openers to the test. [Chicago Tribune] Use up your squash and root-vegetable gluts by

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Recipe: Kulfi Ice Pops

by jbfauthor on July 08, 2011

  kulfi We've been keeping our cool with these saffron, cardamom, and pistachio–laced kulfi popsicles from Rati Lohtia of New York's Miette Culinary Studio. This Indian treat is often likened to ice cream, but its preparation differs in important ways: it's bound with cornstarch instead of eggs, and it heads straight into the freezer after it cooks, skipping any whisking or churning. The result is a dense dose of refreshment that melts slowly, even under the searing sun. Get the recipe here.

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Recipe: Champagne Jelly with Golden Raspberries

by jbfauthor on June 29, 2011

Champagne Jelly with White Raspberries and Mint While we're always game to kick off a meal with a glass of Champagne, we also love the idea of letting some bubbly spill into the dessert course. In this ethereal treat from chefs Scott Crawford and Steven Greene, Champagne is set into a shimmery, pearl-toned gelée, then garnished with a dab of crème fraîche and golden raspberries, which are milder in flavor than their red cousins. Get the recipe here.

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This Month's Best Recipes

by jbfauthor on May 31, 2011

pissaladièreDoug Filoni's pissaladière

Here are our recipe tester's favorite recipes from the past month:

Pissaladière Enjoy a taste of Provence with this traditional puff pastry–based tart, which is topped with anchovies, olives, and goat cheese.

Braised Rabbit with Herbed Dumplings Succulent rabbit, tender choux dumplings, and whatever you fancy from the farmers' market.

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Recipe: Fresh Egg Custard with Pecan Shortbread

by jbfauthor on May 25, 2011

Egg Custard with Pecan Shortbread Always stocked on the shelves at your supermarket, eggs are easy to take for granted. But if you taste a fresh yolk from a nearby farm, where chickens lay eggs only in season instead being artificially induced to produce them year-round, you'll have a renewed appreciation for what's inside those cardboard cartons. Chef Steven Hartman of Georgia's Le Vigne Restaurant at Montaluce Winery makes the best of farm fresh eggs with this pure and simple custard, then serves it with delicate shortbread cookies. Get the whole recipe here.

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