My friend @electroboyusa reminded me that Thanksgiving is just around the corner and we were toying with the idea of an all-orange-infused meal (it will be orange season, after all).
So I thought I'd recommend some recipes from my book Orange Appeal for those who have it...
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Start with a salad dressing: orange mustard vinaigrette, blood orange hummus vinaigrette, or creamy herbed buttermilk citrus dressing.
Or a quinoa salad with oranges, grapes, pecans, cranberries. Or the orange, red onion, fennel, carrot salad. Or a simple Sicilian orange salad.
Try Michael's spiced cranberry relish or the sweet & spicy caramelized onion, raisin, orange compote with ras el hanout. Or orange fig sauce or blood orange rhubarb compote to change things up.
Vegetables with orange, you ask? Well we've got these amazing orange-braised endives. A surprising pea & shiitake orange risotto (yep). And my orange version of Vichy carrots.
Bread. Yes, there is bread. My traditional orange cranberry walnut loaf. Or there's Stacy's orange rosemary boule. Or the wonderful orange, onion, olive focaccia. Or orange, date, pecan muffins.
Main? Want something smaller than a turkey? Orange rosemary wedding day chicken, sweet & sour marmalade glazed baked chicken, or oven-baked orange stuffed chicken with orange-soy gravy. Right?
Vegetarian option? Okay. I love my zucchini & spinach quiche with orange, dates, and feta.
And dessert. What's Thanksgiving with dessert? My version of an Italian Pine Nut Tart. My special chocolate orange layer cake. Oranges in spiced wine syrup. And the orange, ricotta, chèvre tart in an orange-almond crust...
...although, hell, more dessert, right? I love the odd, intriguing rye spice cake with orange glaze & marmalade whipped cream. I also love the orange curd tarlets. And marmalade brownies for the kids.
That's it.
Well, unless you have a copy of Orange Appeal in which there is more.
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I absolutely forgot to mention the stunning Moroccan spiced orange salad which is a beautiful dessert, flavorful, refreshing, healthy, light!
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*gut & destroy safety, health, wage, food safety, workplace protections & regulations
*limit or kill unemployment benefits, wage equality, minimum wage increase
*get rid of Social Security& Medicare & throw people off Medicaid
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*overturn abortion rights, limit women’s bodily autonomy
*ban IVF & contraception
*destroy healthcare…or privatize it
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*destroy NATO & our relationship with our allies
*overturn same-sex marriage
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Dark chocolate, hazelnuts, a hint of coffee, this is an intensely chocolate cake that is dense & moist but surprisingly light... a torte. Let's bake!
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INGREDIENTS
7 ounces (200 grams) dark chocolate 70%
10 tablespoons (150 grams) unsalted butter
4 eggs, separated
½ cup + 2 tablespoons (120 grams) granulated golden or light brown sugar (cassonade/demerara)
2 tablespoons instant espresso powder
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1 cup + 2 tablespoons (100 grams) finely ground hazelnuts or almonds
Vanilla
Salt
Preheat the oven to 325°F (about 170°C). Prepare a square 9-inch (23-cm) pan or one of similar volume by lining the bottom with parchment, leaving enough parchment overhanging two sides of
Summer is really trying to push itself in through the clouds and overcast skies and I am really ready for berry season! We need a recipe, right? Here's my
Berry Cinnamon Coffee Cake
Ready to bake, friends? Just follow the thread.
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INGREDIENTS cake
1 1/3 cups (170 grams) flour
¾ teaspoon baking powder
¼ teaspoon baking soda
¾ teaspoon cinnamon
¼ teaspoon salt
6 tablespoons (85 grams) unsalted butter, softened to room temperature
1 cup (200 grams) granulated white sugar
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2 large eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla 2/3 cup sour cream, plain Greek yogurt or lowfat fromage frais
So, my lovelies, here is another Passover cake racipe for you! And you don't have to celebrate Passover to love it, but if you celebrate Passover, you'll love it!
Chocolate Espresso Pecan Torte for Passover
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INGREDIENTS
¾ cup (150 grams) sugar, divided
½ cup (125 ml) water
6 oz (175 g) fine-quality, semisweet or bittersweet chocolate or a combination of the two, coarsely chopped *
6 large eggs, separated
Pinch salt
1 ½ - 1 ¾ cups (150 – 180 g) pecan halves
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3 tablespoons matzoh cake meal (can be replaced with flour or gf flour)
1 ½ teaspoons fine instant espresso powder
1 teaspoon vanilla
* I use Lindt 70% dark chocolate, 100 grams Doux or mild semisweet and 75 grams dark bittersweet
My favorite Passover cake and one of my most popular recipes of forever and I promised you this:
Lemon Almond Sponge Cake with Warm Lemon Sauce
It's Passover-friendly and gluten-free! Just follow my instructions....
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INGREDIENTS
For the sponge cake:
4 large eggs, separated
1 cup sugar
Finely grated zest & juice from ½ lemon, preferably organic or untreated
¼ teaspoon vanilla
½ cup ground almonds
½ cup potato flour
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Pinch salt + few drops lemon juice for whites
Handful slivered blanched almonds to decorate, optional
For the warm lemon sauce
2 cups water
1 cup sugar
Finely grated zest and juice from 1 lemon, preferably organic or untreated
Super easy to throw together, just mix all the dry ingredients in one bowl, the wet in a measuring cup, then whisk together. And the cake is fabulous, super moist, light, tender, with a
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delicate orange flavor & berries. It can easily be done with lemon instead of orange, and jam instead of berries. Try it with a good gluten-free all-purpose flour.
INGREDIENTS
2 cups (280 grams) flour
1 cup (200 grams) sugar
2 teaspoons baking powder
½ teaspoon salt
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1 cup (240 ml) milk
¼ cup (60 ml) vegetable oil
1 egg
Finely grated zest of 1 large orange (or 2 lemons)
2 tablespoons fresh orange juice (or lemon juice)
1 cup blueberries (or 2 or 3 tablespoons blueberry jam)