This recipe is part of a Southern Christmas Dinner. It is adapted from Frank Stitt’s Southern Table (Artisan). Ideally, the beans (navy, cannellini or other white beans) should be cooked from scratch. But canned beans could be substituted if good quality. Try to find younger, more tender collard greens with thinner stalks. Once …
Recipe: Chestnut and Celery Root Soup How to Get Chestnuts Online We think of chestnuts as a quintessential American holiday food, but chestnut flour was made many centuries ago by ancient Greeks, and later by the Romans, who used chestnut meal in place of cornmeal to make polenta. Wild chestnuts …
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2 tablespoons butter 1 medium onion (about 5 ounces) cut into one-fourth-inch dice 4 ounces leeks, white part only, cut into one-fourth-inch dice 1 green apple, peeled, cored and cut into one-fourth-inch dice 12 ounces fresh peeled or frozen chestnuts 1 rib of celery, cut into one-fourth-inch dice One-half pound …
A ravioli crimper (looks like a ridged pizza cutter, makes the job of making ravioli a lot easier) 1 to 1-1/2 pound pumpkin or other winter squash 1/2 teaspoon grated nutmeg Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste 1 tablespoon butter 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour 2 cups hot skim …
About 7 to 8 cups chicken stock 1 tablespoon butter 1 small onion, finely chopped 2 cups Arborio rice 1 1/2 cups cooked but still firm butternut, acorn or cooked winter squash, cut in 3/8-inch cubes 6 sage leaves, minced Salt and freshly ground white pepper 1/2 cup grated Parmesan …