Meal Prep

Active time: 20 min Start to finish: 45 min

French Dressing for Green Salads, Combination Salads, and Marinades The basic French dressing of France is very simple indeed — oil, wine vinegar or lemon juice, salt, and pepper; mustard, herbs, and garlic are optional. Although dressing will keep for a day or two, it is usually best when freshly made.

Active time: 30 min Start to finish: 1 1/2 hr

Active time: 10 min Start to finish: 10 min

This delicious custard sauce, which accompanies the Rote Grütze, also goes well with summer fruit tarts.

This relish is an appealing condiment and makes a quick hors d'oeuvre — spread toasts with goat cheese and top with the relish. Active time: 10 min Start to finish: 10 min

Apples did so well in the colonies that they were exported to the West Indies, and Virginians eventually sold Pippins back to the mother country.

In this procedure we used a metal bowl that fits snugly on top of a saucepan, but a double boiler will also work.

Can be prepared in 45 minutes or less.

(Vanilla Custard Sauce)Use the left-over eggs yolks from Rosewater Angel Food Cake to make this dessert sauce. Can be prepared in 45 minutes or less but requires additional unattended time.

Great with grilled chicken, tuna, salmon, swordfish or shrimp.

Dashi is a subtly flavored soup stock that is used throughout Japanese cooking.

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Editor's note: The recipe and introductory text below are excerpted from chef Neil Perry's book Rockpool. Neil also shared some helpful cooking tips exclusively with Epicurious, which we've added at the bottom of the page. For your convenience, we've converted the measures — with as much accuracy as possible — from Australian to American. For those who have metric equipment and wish to follow Neil's recipe to the milliliter, we've included the original measures too. This recipe is an accompaniment for Lobster, Soy Chicken, and Mango Salad . Master Stock Chicken is to me the Chinese equivalent of a beautifully roasted chicken with garlic. I find the best thing to do with the chicken the next day is to fry it.