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Spring pea soup with lime crema, chicken breasts poached in red wine and star anise and five spice fingerlings

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This sounds like a complicated menu, but it’s a snap! Serve with a little salad and some strawberries (quartered and macerated with some of the port and little sugar) with whipped cream for dessert. Here’s Spring pea soup with lime crema and red wine poached chicken. Enjoy and serve with …

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Herb encrusted rack of lamb with a beurre rouge, potatoes dauphinoise with gruyere and spring asparagus with roasted garlic

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  Herb encrusted rack of lamb with a beurre rouge, potatoes dauphinoise with gruyere and spring asparagus with roasted garlic. This a deceptively easy menu to prepare and great for a dinner party. This recipe is for four people, but you can certainly double it. Serve with an exceptional Frey …

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Making Ricotta Is Easy

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  Making ricotta is Easy.  In fact, it’s far easier than you think.  So the next time you’re in the store looking for ricotta (to make your favorite “ricotta recipe”) and the refrigerated space where ricotta sits is empty, it’s not a big deal.   Just four fresh ingredients are needed. …

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Chocolate Pots de Creme

I apologize. I really do. This is really unfair, but once you try this Pots de Creme you will be ruined. Nothing will taste this good if you love chocolate. Chocolate Pots de Creme Quick recipe: Before you put a small saucepan on the heat, whisk 5 egg yolks, 4 …

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