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Flemish Beef Stew
Serve with: Buttered noodles and steamed Swiss chard. Dessert: A bakery Linzertorte.
Sauteed Potato Balls
Pommes de Terre Chateaubriand
Active time: 45 min Start to finish: 45 min
Beet and Parsley Salad
Active time: 25 min Start to finish: 25 min
Roast Prime Rib with Madeira Sauce and Horseradish Sauce
Offer a hearty Cabernet Sauvignon with this impressive prime rib.
Sweet-and-Sour Meatballs
Serve these over rice as a main course, or offer as an hors d'oeuvre.
Herb-Roasted Turkey with Apple Cider Gravy
Brining the turkey in the refrigerator for two days ensures an incredibly moist result. We do not recommend stuffing brined turkeys because the brine can make the stuffing too salty. A do-ahead gravy base eliminates last-minute stirring and thickening. Look for fresh bay leaves in the produce section.
Sea Bass with Lemon Caper Fettuccine
Can be prepared in 45 minutes or less.
Linguine with Shellfish Sauce
(Pasta allo Scoglio)
Tuscany is not famous for its seafood dishes, but fantastic fresh fish and shellfish are available all along the coast. A scoglio is a rocky seashore, and in the traditional pasta allo scoglio, only shellfish from the rugged Mediterranean seaside can be used in the sauce. Many kinds of fish are included in the various renditions prepared up and down the Tuscan coast today.
Watch how to clean and prepare shellfish and how to make your own pasta.
Chicken Piccata with Capers
Can be prepared in 45 minutes or less.
Sardine Puffs
These five-ingredient sardine toasts make the perfect party snacks to pass around during cocktail hour.
Mushroom Bruschetta
These bruschette from the cookbook Simple to Spectacular by Jean-Georges Vongerichten and Mark Bittman (Broadway Books), look both simple and beautiful. Each is topped with an array of mushrooms—shiitake, cremini, and chanterelle —that is set off by fresh tarragon.
Active time: 30 min Start to finish: 45 min
Baked Lemon Shrimp with Garlic
Can be prepared in 45 minutes or less. =
Parsley-Almond Pesto
Here's a versatile pesto. It's great with goat cheese as an appetizer, mixed with balsamic vinegar as a vinaigrette, spread on sandwiches, tossed with steamed carrots, or mixed with a little cream and chicken broth and served over pasta.
Make-Ahead Party Shrimp and Veggie Penne
This dish is ideal for entertaining, because you can prepare the sauce ahead and then simply toss it with the cooked pasta. Do not overcook the shrimp!