technique
Basic Vinaigrette
A ratio rather than a recipe. Learn the three-to-one and the mustard trick and you will never buy salad dressing again.
- Time
- 5m
- Serves
- enough for 6 salads
- Effort
- Easy
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5 entries filed under this tag.
Recipes
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pasta
Cacio e Pepe
Four ingredients and one failure mode. The trick is temperature control — the cheese must never meet heat it can't handle.
- Time
- 17m
- Serves
- 2
- Effort
- Moderate
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pasta
Carbonara
Egg, cured pork, hard cheese and pepper. No cream, and no heat under the pan when the eggs go in.
- Time
- 25m
- Serves
- 2
- Effort
- Moderate
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salad
Caesar Salad
An emulsified anchovy and egg dressing, croutons fried in the pan rather than baked, and cold crisp leaves.
- Time
- 28m
- Serves
- 4
- Effort
- Moderate
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technique
Mayonnaise
One yolk holds a surprising amount of oil, as long as you add it slowly enough. Five minutes, and it fixes if it breaks.
- Time
- 10m
- Serves
- about 1 cup
- Effort
- Moderate