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Chocolate Souffle with Grand Marnier & Chocolate Sauce

From French Classics Made Easy By Richard Grausman, 
Founder & Chairman, C-CAP
Prepared by Mehdi Chellaoui

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This is an extremely light Chocolate Soufflé made from my basic chocolate mousse recipe with the addition of orange zest and Grand Marnier. A plain chocolate soufflé can be made by omitting them.
The soufflé mixture can also be baked in a water bath (bain-marie) for a little bit linger, to give you a pudding au chocolate, a wonderful, dense fallen soufflé dessert.

I usually make this soufflé in advance and refrigerate it. When it is time for dessert, I ask my guests if they would like a chocolate mousse or soufflé. If the majority want a soufflé, I bake it. If they want mousse, it is served cold.

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Join us for a tasting of Trentasette Balsamico Condiment

Join us for a tasting of
Trentasette Condimento all’Aceto Balsamico di Modena IGP
This Thursday, January 26th from 1-4  2-5 PM (new time!)

Luscious and sweet, Compagnia del Montale’s balsamic condimento is made with no additional sugar or thickeners. We love its beautifully balanced sweet-tart flavor drizzled on roasted meats, grilled vegetables and hearty grain salads.

•    The “Trentasette” condiment has a particular harmony attributed to its high percentage of concentrated cooked grape must, which gives it a thick body and a lower acidity than a regular balsamic vinegar.

•    Unlike others in its class, the “Trentasette” Condiment has no high fructose corn syrup, sugar, caramel or corn starch. It maintains the density of a traditional balsamic vinegar and is rich with the aroma of fragrant grapes.

Serving Suggestions: Just a drop of our “Trentasette” Condiment will compliment and enhance a wide variety of dishes, making even the simplest foods sophisticated.  Its natural viscosity makes it perfect for garnishing any plate!

Zabar's Pantry Essentials - What's new from around the world...

Zabar's has chosen their top 12 Pantry Essentials for 2012, click here to check them all out at Zabars.com.

Here are my favorite four:

Sriracha Hot Chili Sauce
Enough good can not be said about this sauce. If you've ever had it you know just what I mean. If you haven't tried it -- you must! It's like nothing else (and I've tried a lot of hot sauces). It's delicious on eggs, burgers, and veggies. I can polish off a bottle in short order when I get my hands on one.

Trentasette Farro Grains
Farro is a hot grain. Literally, served warm like rice but also on a lot of interesting restaurant menus these days. I love it for its ease of cooking (cook it like you would pasta or risotto), versatility (I mix it with just about anything for a quick meal), and it's good nutrition (high in protein and fiber). Anything this warm and delicious will always be on my winter menu.

Tishbi Preserves
OK, I'll admit it, working in the photo studio at Zabar's inspired me to try this product. Just look at the image - the elegant packaging, awards, and names (Fig Cabernet, Cherry Shiraz - YUM) were just too much to resist. They are absolutely delicious and a great departure from the regular fig preserves and quince paste I usually enjoy with cheese.

Les Moulins Mahjoub M'hamsa Couscous
Admittedly an item I haven't tried yet, but I love this description "these large grains are hand-rolled and preserved with olive oil and sun, which give them a nutty, earthy flavor unlike any other couscous". I greatly prefer large couscous over the smaller variety and can't wait to try this one in the next soup I make, I love the idea of couscous adding flavor - not just texture to my dish.

Let me know if you've tried it or any of these products.

The Brisket Book: A Love Story with Recipes, need we say more

Join us on Saturday, January 21 and Saturday, January 28
for a Book Signing with author, Stephanie Pierson
from 10:30 AM - 1:00 PM
as she shares her book, The Brisket Book: A Love Story with Recipes.

A well-cooked brisket is so meltingly tender and deliciously satisfying that every country, every community, every culture, every family seems to have a brisket recipe. Finally, this cross-cultural wonder is getting the love and attention it deserves: The Brisket Book: A Love Story with Recipes by Stephanie Pierson is the first and only book entirely devoted to brisket.

Braised or barbecued, this humble cut of meat is easy to warm up to—no wonder everyone loves it. When you get right down to it, brisket has to do with life: remembering it, sharing it, celebrating it. Families pass brisket recipes down like heirlooms. It wouldn’t be a holiday without Aunt Gladys’s brisket. Chat rooms are full of foodies giving passionate opinions about their briskets—and each one claims to have the best recipe ever.

The Brisket Book promises to be the ultimate life-affirming resource for anyone who has savored—or should savor—this succulent comfort food.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Stephanie Pierson is an author and journalist who writes about food, design, and lifestyle issues. She is a regular contributor to The Atlantic Monthly Food Site. Her work has been published in The New York Times, Saveur, Metropolitan Home, and EatingWell. She is the author of a dozen books, including Vegetables Rock!, and has ghost-written five cookbooks.

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A New Recipe for Macaroni and Goat Cheese

By Tom Valenti
From Soups, Stews, and One-Pot Meals: 125 Home Recipes from the Chef-Owner of New York City’s OUEST and ‘CESCA by Tom Valenti and Andrew Friedman

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Is it just me, or do people take macaroni and cheese for granted? I think the lack of appreciation began with those prepackaged macaroni kits in which low-grade pasta comes in one bag and an unidentifiable cheese goop or powder in another. This recipe is my attempt to illustrate a simple truth: If you approach macaroni and cheese with the same care that you do other pasta dishes, making a thoughtful decision about the pasta and the cheese, it is pretty special. Here, I recommend a small pasta such as tubetti or tubettini, though you might opt for the kitsch value of elbow macaroni. Use a fresh, creamy goat cheese that you know and love or, if you don’t have one, you will in all likelihood do just fine with an inexpensive vacuum-sealed one.

This recipe includes a béchamel – a creamy sauce of egg, butter, flour, cheese, and milk – which is used in a number of classic pasta recipes, especially lasagna. Usually it’s made with milk that’s been preheated in a separate pot, but I find that by allowing the milk to make contact with the bottom of the pot before whisking with the other ingredients, this is not necessary.

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Winter Comfort Foods from Zabar's

Soups, starters, main courses, salads, and side dishes are made fresh at Zabar's and delivered overnight to your door from Zabars.com! And just like that you'll have dinner ready to heat and enjoy, no cooking, no mess and certainly more tasty than anything I could cook up for myself! 

I've been sending Zabar's prepared meals to new parents, friends who just moved in to new apartments, cousins who were craming for finals and midterms, and once in a while I just send a Chicken Soup Tote to someone dear to me who needs a pick-me-up.

The best part of shipping these is that when sent to anyone who lives within Zabar's Home Zone, the shipping is free on orders over $49. I guess lucky for me much of my family lives within 150 miles of the store. (Delivery details on Zabar's Home Zone are at Zabars.com)

 

   

"Thanks for all the good stuff"

Thanks for all the good stuff--and the staying power to make Zabars a treasure on Broadway,  Happy New Year to the family and all the fine staff. 
- Al and Miriam 

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