5 napa winter Recipes

whole-grain or coarse-grain mustard, white-wine vinegar, heavy cream, salt, white pepper, head cauliflower (3/4 lb), stems discarded and florets cut lengthwise into 1/4-inch slices (3 cups), belgian endives, leaves separated and cut diagonally into 1/2-inch pieces, head napa cabbage (1/2 lb), greenish outer leaves discarded and pale inner leaves cut crosswise into 1-inch pieces (5 cups loosely packed), onion, finely chopped and soaked in cold water 10 minutes, then drained

dried fruit compote with sambuca, this quick compote is a good choice for a winter dinner when you have little time to cook but want to make an impression. you can prepare it ahead (it s better made ahead), then spoon it over store-bought ice cream to create an original and memorable dessert. i also like it with blue cheese at the end of a meal, especially if there s a dessert wine on the table., dried peaches or nectarines, cut into 1/4-inch-wide strips, dried pears , cut into 1/4-inch-wide strips, dried apricots, cut into 1/4-inch-wide strips or quartered, golden raisins, dried cherries, water, sugar, cinnamon stick, lemon zest strips, fresh lemon juice, sambuca or other anise liqueur

cinnamon sticks, whole nutmegs, whole allspice berries, sugar, simple syrup, charbay rum or 10 cane rum, fresh lemon juice, fresh orange juice, fee brothers peach bitters or other bitters, ice, lemon and orange slices