Carla Lalli Music
Contributor
Carla Lalli Music is the author of Where Cooking Begins and food editor at large at Bon Appétit. In that role, she contributes regularly across all platforms: She hosts the video series Back to Back chef on Bon Appétit’s YouTube channel, as well as appearing in many other videos. She writes a column for the print magazine and sends out a bi-monthly newsletter, writes and develops recipes for BA’s websites—bonappetit.com, Basically, and Healthyish—and is a frequent voice on the Bon Appétit foodcast. Carla was previously the food director at Bon Appétit, where she oversaw the test kitchen and all of the food and recipe content for the brand. She lives in Brooklyn with her husband and two sons, and is currently working on her next cookbook. Find her on Instagram and Twitter @lallimusic.
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Fall Fruit Galette
This galette is just as delicious and impressive as a pie, but half the work. The apples get a quick toss in fragrant fennel seeds and vanilla before filling the rustic, flaky crust.
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Peach-Plum Galette
Choose an assortment of plums, cherries, or combine peaches and nectarines in this easy stone-fruit dessert.
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Extra-Flaky Pastry Dough
Our be-all end-all recipe, this all-butter crust works with nearly any fruit that’s in season (or arm’s reach).
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Pasta With Clams, Corn, and Basil Pesto
Other quick-cooking shellfish, such as mussels or medium shelled shrimp, can be substituted for the clams, but you might need an extra splash of pasta water to loosen the sauce.
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Giant No-Flip Blueberry Pancake
Making one giant pancake instead of a bunch of smaller ones means that everyone can sit down to pancake breakfast at the same time.
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Chicken Under a Brick in a Hurry
Cooking boneless (but skin on!) chicken thighs underneath a heavy skillet renders extra-crispy skin on the outside and super-juicy meat on the inside.
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Chicken Thighs With Crunchy Summer Veg
Cooking chicken thighs skin-side down allows the skin to get extra crispy. But why stop the crunch factor there? Pair the chicken with fresh, crunchy summer vegetables.
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Sweet Potatoes With Tahini Butter
Steaming offers extreme speed and high hydration, which means that whatever you cook—from seasonal vegetables to proteins—will be done quickly and always moist.
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Pomegranate-Parsley Tabbouleh
Soaking softens whole grains and shortens cooking time; feel free to sub farro, brown rice, or barley.
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Skirt Steak with Spicy Coconut Dressing
This recipe is exceptionally weeknight-friendly (it goes from start to finish in less than an hour) and fully adaptable depending on the tastes of your family.
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BA's Best Risotto
Risotto is like a clingy baby. And if you give it all of your patient attention, it will turn into a puddle of love.
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Instant Pot Tomato Soup
A straight-down-the-middle, nostalgic-tasting tomato soup with long-cooked flavor and a short cook time.
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Fresh Fruit with Cheese and Peppery Nuts
Make this fail-safe combination of sweet-juicy fruit, crunchy-salty nuts, and chewy-fatty cheese your all-season salad template.
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Lentil Soup with Wheat Berries and Kale
This nourishing soup is packed with creamy, chewy, and hearty textures that make the simple preparation extremely satisfying. Use stock instead of water if you’d like—but truly, you don’t need it.
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Pasta e Fagioli
The key to a soup with fully developed savory flavor starts with the soffritto—a mix of slowly cooked aromatic vegetables.
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Instant Pot Vegetable Stock
Browning the onions and using mushrooms gives this stock a deep golden brown color and plenty of structure and savory flavors.
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Instant Pot Chicken Stock
You will get as much richness and depth from this stock after 40 minutes under pressure as you would from 3 hours of simmering on the stovetop.
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Naked Apple Tart
This unadorned tart has a mix of textures and a deeply browned, crisp crust.
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Instant Pot Black Bean Soup
This black bean soup is seasoned with a heavy hand. If you are salt- or spice-averse, decrease the amount of salt to 1½ tsp. and use 1 chipotle chile with 1 tsp. adobo sauce instead.
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Silky Peanut Butter Dressing
Adding silken tofu to the base of this dressing both enriches it with a little added protein and lends it a satiny texture. You can adjust the amount of water added to create something thicker and dippable for crudités or thinner and drizzly for tossing into salads.