The classic Italian bread salad known as panzanella hinges on two things: really good bread and really ripe tomatoes. Recipe information Ingredients ½ cup extra-virgin olive oil 2 Tbsp. red wine vinegar 1 lb. tomatoes (about 2 large or 1½ pints smaller varieties), trimmed and sliced or cut into wedges ¾ cup sliced unwaxed cucumber…
Caprese salad (a.k.a. Insalata Caprese or “salad from Capri”) is a classic, crowd-pleasing appetizer, side dish, or light lunch that’s as refreshing as it is easy to prepare. The recipe originated in the 1950s at the Trattoria da Vincenzo for lunchtime regulars they’d simply order a ripe tomato picked off the vine, which would be…
When asked my favorite way to serve slicer tomatoes, I always reply, “with brown butter, black pepper, and salt.” There is something about the nuttiness of brown butter that takes peak-season tomatoes to a whole new level. Recipe information Ingredients 8 to 10 Tbsp. butter 1 to 2 dashes sherry vinegar Kosher salt and freshly…
Delicate spring vegetables are well suited for a risotto, which is by its very nature a fairly neutral palette that can take on myriad flavors. Risotto achieves its creaminess because of the starchy and absorbent rice, usually arborio or carnaroli, that takes up well-seasoned stock and wine. Recipe information Ingredients 1 bunch asparagus, woody ends…