6 mostly traditional Recipes

here are the basics of making an excellent cheese fondue , the proper way (or at least the lindysez way)., use good cheese , i use half emmental swiss and gruyere, grate them up and toss them with some salt and a good amount of pepper. let them sit out at room temp so they melt better . cut your bread (good french bread, but not sourdough) into bite sized pieces making sure to have crust on each piece. let those sit out for a while too so they aren tsp too soft., cheese that you use , you are going to use 1 3/4 cups of a dry white wine, such as a fume blanc, a california sauv blanc (don tsp use a new zealand 1 as most are too grassy) or a pouilly-fume. when you are ready to make the fondue, rub the pot with a clove of garlic (we like garlic, so we leave the clove in, but you don tsp need to); then place over a medium heat and add the wine. when the wine comes to a simmer, start slowly adding the cheese, sprinkling in a handful at a time, allowing each addition to melt (my dad said you always have to stir in the same direction, in a figure 8 motion, it works. if you stir in a circle you will end up with a big glop of cheese in the middle of a pot of wine, the figure 8 is key); keep adding until you have a nice thick sauce, then add a splash of kirsch and a pinch of nutmeg. put over a burner to keep it bubbling, and stir often when you dip your bread., a lb of cheese is enough for 4 people; or more if you are serving other things. and the amounts are guesstimates. i almost always grate too much cheese, so only add as much as you need to get the right consistency ; when you dip a piece of bread into the fondue, you want a nice coating of cheese and for the bread to absorb the wine. that s what it s all about, cheese, wine and bread. so use the best you can of each ingredient. and any left over cheese makes for a mighty good ham and cheese omelet.

spanish tortillas are often served warm or at room temperature with olives, pickles, and garlic mayonnaise (see related recipe) as an appetizer. they may also be served with a salad as a light entree. for the most traditional tortilla, omit the chorizo and scallions. we recommend using our winning brand of extra-virgin olive oil, columela. use a cured, spanish-style chorizo for this recipe. portuguese linguica is a suitable substitute., spanish chorizo , cut into medium dice, extra virgin olive oil, yukon gold potatoes (3 to 4 medium), peeled , quartered lengthwise, and cut crosswise into 1/8-inch-thick slices, onion , halved and sliced thin, table salt, ground black pepper, eggs, sliced scallions (green and white parts ), garlic mayonnaise (see note ) (optional), how to flip a spanish tortilla, slide after browning first side , loosen tortilla with rubber spatula and slide onto large plate., flip place second plate face-down over tortilla ; invert browned-site up on second plate., slide slide tortilla back into pan, browned side-up , and tuck edges into pan with rubber spatula.

margarine, cubed bread, minced garlic, romaine lettuce, radishes, sliced, mushroom, sliced, green onions, chopped, bacon bits, fresh parmesan cheese, grated, minced garlic, anchovy paste (1/3 of a tube), olive oil, raw egg yolk, pepper, worcestershire sauce, lemon juice

flour, egg, vegetable oil, salt, water, dry curd cottage cheese, eggs , whipped, grated sharp cheddar cheese, fresh dill, chopped, salt, bacon, cooked, crumbled and most of the fat added to the dry sauerkraut, sauerkraut, drained well, salt, potatoes, boiled and mashed, onion, grated, grated old cheddar cheese, salt