Use a vegetable peeler to make zucchini ribbons for this refreshing summer pizza. And… elevate your pizza stone with bricks to promote even cooking on the grill… you don’t want to burn the bottom when…
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Mom’s Meatballs
Just be gentle when you mix, form and cook this deliciousness… the less handling the better! Enjoy… Ingredients… 1 cup stale breadcrumbs + 2 cups stale breadcrumbs for rolling 1 lb. ground beef, preferably chuck…
Read More »Shrimp Marinara
We tweaked an old dish from The Palm Restaurant and made it our own. Good ingredients make all the difference. Don’t forget to use authentic San Marzano tomatoes like Cento’s and DeCecco’s dry pasta. Enjoy……
Read More »Oven-Braised Pot Roast
Equipment… Large heavy gauged pan with a tight-fitting lid like a Lodge Cast Iron Dutch Oven. Ingredients… 3 pound beef chuck roast Enough olive oil to cover the bottom of pan 2 yellow or red…
Read More »Carbonara
This simple, delicious Roman dish never disappoints. Although traditionally made with Guanciale or Pancetta… we often use bacon since it’s more likely to be in our fridge. All three work well so take you pick….
Read More »Robbie’s Chicken
In our house we call this “Robbie’s Chicken”… using up what we have in the fridge and cooking it all in stages in one large skillet on the grill. Lodge is our cast iron of choice…
Read More »Save Your Leftovers…
to create more meals! We’re so into LEFTOVERS in our teaching kitchen… almost to a fault! If you’ve taken a class with us you already know about our everyday commitment to “no waste” cooking and efforts…
Read More »Winter Lasagna… Lobster, Shrimp, Crab
Full of fat to warm you up… we make this decadent lasagna once a year to bring in the holidays. It’s richly delicious! Ingredients for the Filling… 1 leek, white part only, chopped 1 scallion,…
Read More »Ravioli…
If you have eggs, flour, semolina and leftover something in your Mise en Fridge… you can make homemade ravioli!!! We stuffed these with leftover pot roast and Parmesan! See our Fault-proof Pasta Dough recipe below……
Read More »Grilled Wet Rub Chicken
For added flavor and moisture… we smeared one of our “Building Blocks” whole slow roasted tomatoes over our Wagshal’s chicken before grilling. You can search for our Slow Roasted Tomato recipe right here on our…
Read More »It’s Really Okay to Eat Fat…
SO… one of my favorite cooking students, Colleen, taught me that on cold winter nights the Irish would cook potatoes and cream to fill their bellies and warm them up! Together, the two ingredients made…
Read More »Cacio e Pepe… Easy
We use a “for spices and herbs only” coffee grinder to reap enough pepper for this recipe. SO easy and SO good… you’ll only need 4 basic ingredients. Cacio e Pepe never gets old… enjoy!…
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