Ingredients

• 16 ounces peeled, roughly diced sweet potatoes (3 1/3 cups; 455g), from 2 medium sweet potatoes
• 1 vanilla bean, split and scraped, seeds reserved for whipped cream topping
• 2 or 3 cinnamon sticks (about 6 inches total)
• 1 whole nutmeg
• 26 ounces milk (3 1/4 cups; 740g), any percentage will do
• 6 ounces heavy cream (3/4 cup; 170g)
• 7 ounces white or lightly toasted sugar (1 cup; 195g)
• 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
• 1/2 teaspoon Diamond Crystal kosher salt; use half as much if iodized
• 1/2 ounce vanilla extract (1 tablespoon; 14g)
• 3 large eggs

Preparation

In a 3-quart stainless steel saucier, combine sweet potatoes, empty vanilla pod, cinnamon sticks, whole nutmeg, milk, cream, and sugar. If you have a scale, write down the weight of the saucier and combined ingredients so you can precisely measure the reduction.

Bring to a boil over high heat, then adjust to medium-low and maintain a gentle simmer (higher heat may cause the milk to curdle). Scrape frequently with a flexible spatula to prevent milk solids from building up around the side, and simmer until sweet potatoes are fall-apart tender and dairy has condensed into a thick sauce, about 55 minutes. The saucier should weigh 19 ounces (535g) less than when you started. (Alternatively, total volume, including cooked sweet potato, should be 3 2/3 cups when finished.)

Adjust oven rack to lower-middle position and preheat to 350°F (177°C). Remove vanilla bean and spices from saucier and purée sweet potato and dairy mixture with an immersion blender until smooth. (If needed, transfer to a smaller container to avoid splashing.) Whisk in ground cinnamon, grated nutmeg, salt, and vanilla, followed by eggs. If you like, strain through a fine-mesh strainer before pouring into prepared pie crust.

Bake pie until gently set in the middle (with an internal temperature of 195°F or 91°C), about 40 minutes. Cool at least 20 minutes before slicing with a chef’s knife, pausing to wipe the blade clean as needed. If desired, serve with dollops of whipped cream. Wrapped in plastic, sweet potato pie will keep up to 3 days at cool room temperature.

Serious Eats

Ingredients

• Kosher salt
• 3 bunches Swiss chard, stems removed
• 3/4 cup toasted almonds
• 3/4 cup grated aged Pecorino Romano cheese
• Pinch nutmeg
• Pinch ground cloves
• 2 lemons, zested and juiced
• 1 clove garlic, grated on a rasp grater
• About 3/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil
• Freshly ground black pepper

Preparation

Bring a large pot of water to a boil; season the water generously with kosher salt. Prepare an ice water bath with a colander. Blanch the Swiss chard in the boiling water until tender, about 2 minutes. Shock immediately in the ice water. Drain by squeezing the leaves in a ball in a clean kitchen cloth.

Put the cooked chard, almonds, cheese, nutmeg, cloves, lemon zest and juice and garlic into the bowl of a food processor and pulse until the mixture begins to break down and come together. Add enough olive oil to the mixture to just get it to come together, about 3/4 cup. Season with salt and pepper.

Food Network

Ingredients

• 2 Tbs. unsalted butter
• 1 turnip, peeled and cut into 1/4-inch cubes
• 1 carrot, peeled and cut into 1/4-inch cubes
• 1 head savoy cabbage, about 2 lb., quartered, cored and sliced crosswise into strips 1/4 inch wide
• 3/4 cup low-sodium chicken stock
• Coarse salt and freshly ground pepper, to taste
• 1 Tbs. chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley

Preparation

In a large saucepan over medium-high heat, melt the butter. Add the turnip and carrot and sauté until lightly browned, about 7 minutes. Add the cabbage and sauté until wilted, about 2 minutes. Stir in the stock, reduce the heat to medium-low and cook, uncovered, until the cabbage is tender and most of the cooking liquid has evaporated, about 10 minutes.

Season with salt and pepper and stir in the parsley. Serve immediately. Serves 6.

Williams Sonoma

Ingredients

• 2 bunches mustard greens
• 6 italian sausages
• 2 cloves garlic, pressed
• grated parmesan
• lemon

Preparation

Rinse and chop the mustard greens. Brown the sausages, very thoroughly, with a tiny bit of olive oil over medium-high heat. They do not, however, need to be fully cooked. Add the garlic and sautee for around 30 seconds. Add the greens in batches, cooking them down. Add around 1/2 cup of water (if the greens haven’t produced enough of their own liquid) and reduce the heat. Cover and simmer for around ten minutes, until the greens are fully cooked. Serve with parmesan and a squeeze of lemon juice.

Epicurious, modified

Ingredients

• 1 medium head cauliflower
• 1/4 cup water
• 1/2 cup mayonnaise
• 1 tsp. finely chopped onion
• 1 tsp. prepared or Dijon mustard
• 1/4 tsp. salt
• 1/2 cup shredded cheddar cheese

Preparation

1. Place cauliflower and water in 1 1/2 quart glass casserole and cover with glass lid.

2. Microwave 9 minutes on high. Drain. Combine mayonnaise, onion, mustard, and salt in small mixing bowl. Spoon mustard sauce on top of cauliflower. Sprinkle with cheese.

3. Microwave 11/2 to 3 minutes on medium-high to heat topping and melt cheese. Let stand 2 minutes before serving.

Serves 6 to 8

Ingredients

• 4 guajillo chiles
• 2 teaspoons cumin seeds
• 1 teaspoon ground cloves
• 10 allspice berries
• 1/3 cup Mexican oregano
• 12 sprigs fresh thyme
• 6 garlic cloves
• 1 onion, roughly chopped
• 1/3 cup cider vinegar
• 1 (12-pound) goat, quartered or 1 (6 to 8-pound) lamb shoulder
• Salt and pepper
• 1 (2-pound) package dried avocado leaves (we substituted banana leaves)

Preparation

Toast chiles, cover with boiling water in a deep bowl, and set aside for 20 minutes. Grind cumin, cloves, allspice, and oregano in coffee grinder. Drain soaked chiles, puree in blender the chiles, ground spices, thyme, garlic, onion, vinegar, and 1/2 cup of water. Process until smooth Push mixture through a sieve, season goat with salt and pepper. Rub paste all over the meat. Arrange in a bowl and allow to marinate for 4 hours, refrigerated. Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F. In a deep roaster pan scatter half of the avocado leaves on the bottom, place meat on top of the avocado leaves and scatter the remaining leaves over the meat. Cover the pan tightly with aluminum foil. Cook the goat 6 to 7 hours until meat is falling off the bone. If using lamb shoulder cook for 4 hours.

Food Network

Ingredients

• 3 eggs
• ½ cup flour
• ½ cup milk
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• Pinch of nutmeg
• 4 tablespoons butter
• Syrup, preserves, confectioners’ sugar or cinnamon sugar

Preparation

Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Combine eggs, flour, milk, sugar and nutmeg in a blender jar and blend until smooth. Batter may also be mixed by hand. Place butter in a heavy 10-inch skillet or baking dish and place in the oven. As soon as the butter has melted (watch it so it does not burn) add the batter to the pan, return pan to the oven and bake for 20 minutes, until the pancake is puffed and golden. Lower oven temperature to 300 degrees and bake five minutes longer. Remove pancake from oven, cut into wedges and serve at once topped with syrup, preserves, confectioners’ sugar or cinnamon sugar.

New York Times

Ingredients

for the glaze

• 1/4 cup whole milk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 8 ounces powdered sugar, about 2 cups

for the bonut

• 2 quarts peanut oil
• 12 ounces all-purpose flour, plus an additional 1/2 cup for dusting
• 4 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 3/4 teaspoon kosher salt
• 1 ounce unsalted butter, chilled
• 2 ounces shortening, chilled
• 1 cup low-fat buttermilk, chilled

Preparation

Heat the peanut oil over high heat in a large Dutch oven fitted with a fry/candy thermometer. Bring the oil to 350 degrees F while you prepare the biscuit dough. Keep an eye on it though as it’s easy to shoot through the target temp. When I get to about 300 degrees F, I back off on the flame a bit.

Whisk the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt together in a large mixing bowl.

Using your fingertips, rub the butter and shortening into the dry goods until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs. You don’t want the fat to melt so work fast and only with your fingertips.

Make a well in the middle of this mixture and pour in the buttermilk. Stir with a large spoon or rubber spatula until the dough just comes together. Then hand-knead in the bowl until all the flour has been taken up.

Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured surface, gently flatten it then fold over book-style, repeating 8-10 times, until the dough is soft and smooth.

Press the dough into a 1-inch-thick round. Cut out dough using a 2 1/2-inch doughnut cutter or pastry ring and using a 1-inch ring for the center whole. Make your cuts as close together as possible to limit waste. Re-roll and cut as many donuts as possible. Whatever scrap is left should be cut and formed to match the “holes,” which is why in the end you’ll have more holes than bonuts.

Fry the donuts 3 to 4 at a time, for 1-2 minutes per side. When the cold dough hits the fat, the temperature is going to fall quickly so you’ll want to boost the heat and keep an eye on the thermometer.

Remove the golden brown rings-of-wonder to a cooling rack inverted over a paper towel lined half sheet pan and cool for 2 minutes.

Microwave the milk in a large heat-proof bowl for 15 seconds. Whisk in the vanilla and the powdered sugar until smooth.

Gently dip one side of each “bonut” into the glaze, give it a twist then lift straight out. Allow the excess to drain off then flip glaze side up on the cooling rig. To glaze the holes (that little center thing you cut out and would never waste), I usually drop them in then lift them out with a dinner fork. Or…just go bobbing for them.

Alton Brown

Ingredients

• 2 oz. gin
• ¼ oz. dry vermouth
• ¼ oz. créme de violette
• ¼ oz. absinthe or absinthe substitute
• 2 dashes orange bitters
• Lemon twist

Preparation

Combine ingredients in a mixing glass, fill with cracked ice, stir briskly for 30 seconds, strain into a chilled glass and garnish.

Ingredients

• 1 1⁄2 oz Gin
• 1⁄2 oz Triple sec, Cointreau
• 1⁄2 oz Crème de Violette
• 1⁄2 oz Lime juice

Preparation

Shake ingredients over ice, strain into a cocktail glass.