good morning Chef Alex Henry runs a food court stall in St. Louis, Southeastwhich offers an updated version of the food of his childhood on the Yucatan Peninsula. For his steak tacos, for example, with Yucatecan piece (above), he passes on the usual cut of flank or skirt steak, instead using thinly sliced rib-eye, bathing it in a marinade of citrus juice, garlic and earthy spices that infuse beautifully into the marbled meat of fat.
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Yucatecan Steak Tacos (Yucatán Steak Tacos)
Give that recipe a shot today and serve it hot over Henry’s Flaming Corn. Chiltomate SalsaDiced rice wedges of avocado, cilantro and lime. Hold on to summer while you can.
for the rest of the week. …
Monday
There is an Italian dish of sautéed panterelle with white beans that Lyde Hueck used as inspiration for it Braised White Beans and Greens. You can of course make it with panterelle if you can find some, but it’s exceptional with Swiss chard or kale. Using canned white beans makes it a weeknight winner.
Tuesday
Carbonara is a great weeknight pasta, but Ali Slagle takes it to new heights with this one. Mortadella Carbonarawhich replaces guanciale with soft sheets of Italian cold cut pork seasoned with black pepper and nutmeg. You want some peas in there for color and pop.
Wednesday
Julia Moskin’s recipe for The Chinese saute cucumbers with sesame oil and garlic is the perfect foil for a burning dish Kung Pao Chicken and a bowl of rice, a combination that may well enter your regular rotation. It’s in me.
Thursday
This Midnight pasta Garlic, olive oil, red pepper flakes and pasta: It gets its name from being the kind of meal you throw together from pantry ingredients in the middle of the night. Ali Slagle’s recipe is a bit more involved because instead of frying the garlic in a pan, she roasts it before using it. But wow does it add some complexity to the finished dish. (Roast more garlic than you need. Store the leftovers well in a jar in the fridge, and you can use them to make the dish again next week!)
Friday
And then you can head into the weekend with an absolute classic from 1982, Craig Claiborne and Pierre Franey’s recipe. Chicken fricassee with vermouth. The dry aperitif gives the sauce a slightly sweeter, more aromatic taste than that of white wine, and the julienned strips of carrot and leek are lovely alongside the chicken: a period detail to bring back in style.
No? Not for you? Here’s a periodic reminder that you don’t always need a recipe to make great food. Sometimes all you need is a prompt.
For example: smoked bluefish spread. Your charcoal grill or a A smoker’s tube for your gas. Place two fillets on an oiled quarter sheet pan and sprinkle with salt, ground black pepper, and perhaps a dusting of smoked paprika. Bring it to the cold side of your grill, cover and smoke for about 45 minutes, then remove the skin and put the meat in a bowl. Mash it with a little mayonnaise, a little more salt and pepper, and a spray of lime juice, then eat the result on crackers with hot sauce. You’ll make a meal of it, I bet.
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Now, this has nothing to do with sea beans or oatmeal, but I do have a few suggestions for things you can read, watch, or listen to before, during, or after cooking.
To wit: Danzi Senna’s new novel, “Color television“J Dwight Garner officiated In The New York Times Book Review.
Also, the first museum exhibition of Venezuelan-born and Los Angeles-based artist Magdalena Suarez Frimkes, “Best ignoredat the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
Here’s Joe Sexton for the Marshall Project, on efforts to save the Parkland school shooter from the death penalty, “The most difficult case for mercy“
Finally, being his 79th birthday, here’s Ron McKernan, aka Pigpen, with the Grateful Dead: “Turn on your lovelight,” in 1971 at Princeton University. (McKernan Died two years laterat 27.) Let it shine. I’ll see you next week.
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