Recipes

Heirloom Tomato Pesto Tart

Here's another idea for you tomato lovers. This Heirloom Tomato Pesto Tart makes a lovely appetizer or side dish for a light lunch or dinner.

Tangy, Sweet, Refreshing Strawberry Balsamic Shrub

We're headed toward another week of triple digit temperatures, so offer this refreshing beverage from our friend and colleague, Laura.

Cherry Pecan Salad with Blue Cheese and Cherry Vinaigrette

Now that cherries are in season it's a terrific time to enjoy them in salads as well as desserts. As it happens, Ascolano is a terrific pairing, and our Amarena Cherry Balsamic Vinegar an excellent...

Smoky Balsamic Glazed Ribs

These ribs are fall off the bone tender with the heady aroma of smoke and the sweet tang of balsamic vinegar used in Donald's glaze recipe.  Caution: consider wearing a bib. Welcome, summer!

Farinata Chickpea & Rosemary Pancake

Making this thin and crispy chickpea flour pancake scented with rosemary is ridiculously simple and the results immensely satisfying. All you need is water, chickpea flour, olive oil, and seasoning...

Torta Pasqualina alla California

This tasty savory ricotta custard is encased in phyllo sheets baked to a delightful crispiness with liberal brushes of olive oil. Chock full of greens and--if you choose--whole eggs--make this for ...

Irish Cottage Pie

This recipe is a simple and delicious belly-warming meal for the chilly days of early Spring. Known as "cottage pie" if beef is used and "shepherd's pie" if lamb is your meat of choice; did you gro...

Lucky Dragon Dumplings with Firecracker Sauce

Gung hay fat choy, we wish you prosperity this Dragon Year. Please enjoy reading and/or making this tasty dumpling recipe and find out why we make dumplings for the Spring Festival.

Beef, Beans, Butternut Squash, and Barley Soup

This hearty one pot meal relies on a good homemade beef stock and generous helpings of beans, barley, and other vegetables. We enjoyed it over the past few days, so the yield is 4 to 6 servings.

Olive Oil Gougères with Mornay Duxelles Filling

Crunchy, cheesy, and immensely satisfying! Might warm olive oil gougères with a Mornay Duxelles filling make your short list for New Year's Eve hors d'oeuvres?

Olive Oil Brioche with Candied Fruit

This is variation on brioche and panettone substitutes olive oil for butter. The soft luxurious texture, flavor, and aroma remain intact without the butter, lowering the cholesterol a bit, although...

Pork Tenderloin with Spiced Fig Balsamic Butter Sauce

Here is a variation of our most downloaded recipe of 2023, Balsamic Butter Chicken. In a brilliant turn, Donald also thought to marinate the pork with a dry rub of homemade garam masala. Read on to...

Not Your Mother's Tsimmes

There is an unmistakeable voluptuousness about tsimmes glistening on one's plate on a cold winter night, especially by candlelight. Make this succulent stew ahead of time to enjoy during the dark d...

Sweet Italian Sausage Pizza with Artichoke Hearts and Mushrooms

The thin crispy crust, acidic tomato sauce base, and bright tangy marinated artichoke hearts provide a good balance to the unctuous umami of the sweet Italian sausage, chewy umami of the crimin...

Fig and Gorgonzola Pizza with Balsamic Caramelized Onions and Prosciutto

The combination of juicy figs, unctuous gorgonzola, chewy-salty prosciutto, and sweet-tart balsamic vinegar caramelized onions makes a fairly complete meal in itself. This pizza and a simple salad ...

Bianco Vinaigrette Cabbage, Sauerkraut's Fresh Cousin

Here's yet another way to enjoy a simple Bianco Balsamic vinaigrette by softening and acidifying fresh cabbage for an instant version of a fermented favorite. Featuring Coratina EVOO.

Salmorejo, Classic Andalusian Tomato Soup

Salmorejo is an iconic cold soup from Córdoba, and although it features fresh fragrant tomatoes and a lot of olive oil, offers a wholly different culinary experience from Gazpacho. Find out more a...

Smoky Brined Pork Chops with Peaches

Make these smoky, salty, and succulent pork chops with grilled peaches and  crisp fennel and grilled corn salad. 

Asian Fusion Beef Bonus Recipe!

This bonus is an addendum to the Cold Asian Noodle Salad published today. We had not planned to use beef in our salad, however, having some on hand after the photoshoot created this happy accident.

Ascolano Olive Oil Orange Sauce

Here is another quick and easy (a la minute) sauce. The fruity aroma of the Ascolano and the bright citrus flavor of the orange are a delightful pairing for this delicate sauce.

Balsamic Butter Chicken

This recipe only takes a few ingredients and is very easy to make in about an hour, including the time it takes to marinate. The butter enhances the vinegar, highlighting the caramel aspects of it ...

Garlic Confit Rosemary Sauce

Here is one more way to enjoy garlic confit besides spreading on toast or swirling into your pasta--use it as an ingredient in a sauce! The sauce, or vinaigrette, uses a technique you already know,...

Beef Cacciatore with Balsamic Vinegar

I hope you're all safe and warm this week. If you're one of my regular customers you likely have all of the ingredients for this recipe in your pantry. Please enjoy reading this and perhaps try mak...

Rosato Balsamic Vinegar Mignonette

I love the idea of an oyster bar for parties or a simple dozen on the half shell for a more intimate gathering; it is a simple and elegant notion perfect for New Year’s Eve, Valentine’s Day, or any...

Lamb Lollipops with Black Cherry Gastrique

When used in this way, the word lollipop is a shorthand reference to the ease this preparation affords when eating by hand.

Glazed Brussels Sprouts & Bacon

Here is an updated version of a recipe we first published November 2017. After three separate cooking trials this week, we've come to prefer using the balsamic vinegar earlier in the process and ho...