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Taratour sauce
It makes about 2 cups Serve this with hot, quartered pita bread or use in preparing Hommos bi Tahini and Baba Ghanouj. • 1 cup tahini (sesame seed paste) • 3 large cloves garlic, crushed or finely minced • ½ cup fresh lemon juice • 1 tsp. salt • ½ cup cold water 1….
Cucumber-avocado sauce
It makes about 3 cups Good on filled crêpes, omelets, or vegetables. • 2 large cucumbers (about 1¼ lbs.) • 5 Tbs. butter • 2 Tbs. flour • 1 cup milk, heated • ½ tsp. salt, or more to taste • white pepper to taste • 1 small, ripe avocado (about 6 oz.) • 1 tsp. finely…
Hot paprika sauce
It makes about 2¾ cups. Ladle this over mushroom-filled crêpes, or Stuffed Potato Pancakes, Hungarian Style. • 4 Tbs. butter • 4 Tbs. flour • 2½ cups heated Vegetable broth • ¼ to ½ tsp. hot paprika or cayenne pepper, to taste • 2 tsp. sweet paprika salt, to taste • ¼…
Simple tomato sauce
It makes about 2½ cups. Serve this sauce hot with soufflés, pasta, omelets, or plain cooked vegetables. • 3 lbs. fresh, ripe tomatoes (about 5 cups chopped, with juice) • 3 Tbs. butter • 1 large clove garlic, minced • 1 large pinch thyme • ½ tsp. salt, or more to…
Spicy mousseline sauce
It makes about 1¼ cups Serve the sauce warm with vegetables or eggs. It is great with Wild Mushroom and Dill souffle. • 1 recipe hot Hollandaise Sauce • ½ cup heavy cream • ¼ to ½ tsp. hot paprika, or ½ tsp. sweet paprika plus ¼ tsp. cayenne pepper, to taste 1. Make…
Sour cream horseradish sauce
It makes about 2¾ cups A good sauce for Broccoli-Walnut Soufflé. • 2 Tbs. butter • 2 Tbs. flour • 1 cup hot milk • 2 egg yolks • ½ cup grated Wensleydale or other mild cheese • 1 cup sour cream • 1 Tbs. prepared horseradish • ½ tsp. Dijon mustard • salt • pepper 1….
Hollandaise sauce
It makes about ¾ cup Hollandaise is tricky. If you haven’t had a lot of experience with it, do go back and reread the general information and specific hints. • 3 large egg yolks • 1 to 1½ Tbs. lemon juice • pinch of white pepper • 1 Tbs. butter • 7 Tbs. butter, melted…
Béchamel sauce
This milk-based, roux-thickened sauce is so basic and has so many tasty and useful variations that it cannot be left out of this book. Here is essentially the same recipe that is given in the first Vegetarian Epicure, with a few additional comments and a sampler of…
Cold cherry soup
Serves 6 • A perfect first course for a summer supper. • 2½ lbs. fresh, sweet, dark cherries • 5 cups water • 4 Tbs. sugar, or more to taste • ⅓ cup white wine, or to taste • juice of 1 or 2 lemons, or to taste • 1 cup heavy cream 1. Wash the cherries, remove their…
Chilled buttermilk soup
Serves 6 • 1½ lbs. potatoes (about 2 large) • 5½ cups buttermilk • ⅔ cup chopped green onions • 2 to 3 Tbs. chopped fresh dill weed, or 1 tsp. dried • 3 cloves garlic, minced • 1 large cucumber, peeled, seeded, and chopped • 1 Tbs. finely chopped fresh cilantro…
Cold cherry-lemon soup
Serves 6 • grated rind of 3 lemons • juice of 4 large lemons (about 1 cup) • ⅔ cup sugar, or more to taste • 1 cup water • 1 cup light white wine • 1 lb. fresh, sweet, dark cherries • 5 egg yolks • 10 to 12 ice cubes • 1 cup sour cream sweetened with 2 to 3…
Chłodnik (cold beet soup)
Serves 6 to 8 • approximately 2 bunches fresh, young beets with leaves • 2 qts. water • 1 Tbs. salt • 1½ to 2 Tbs. cider vinegar • 1 Tbs. sugar • 3 Tbs. chopped fresh dill • 1½ cups sour cream • 5 hard-boiled eggs • 1 medium-sized cucumber • 1½ cups beer 1. Peel and…