Author: chefalice

Sometimes you want a meal that is super simple to prepare but you never want to sacrifice great taste! The working class doesn’t always have time to prepare elaborate meals but we still want to eat well. I enjoy this dish in the summer when tomatoes are in season and bursting with flavor. Pesto complements the tomatoes and elevates this plate from simple to simple and exquisite!

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These delicious crispy ‘risotto’ balls are one of Sicily’s most favored dishes. Made small, they make an excellent appetizer. Large arancini make an excellent main course. Fried to a golden brown and filled with any number of fillings the filling in the recipe below is one of my favorite ways of preparing them, but you can make tomato and basil arancinis, mushroom, or even a meat-filled arancini you are sure to love them.

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Think of this rustic yeast-raised fritter as the zeppole’s Portuguese cousin. Malasadas are denser and sturdier than most of the doughnuts we’re used to seeing in America, and the dough itself contains very little sugar—which is why I like to toss them in fritter sugar and pair them with a sweet and delicate sorbet.

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Nestling a big scoop of ice cream between two doughnuts dials the indulgence factor up a notch, making for a wonderfully over-the-top sweet. You can make all kinds of doughnut ice cream sandwiches. Aside from this mint chocolate version, a couple of my other favorite combinations are vanilla-chocolate, using the Vanilla Ice Cream, and chocolate-chocolate, using the Chocolate Ice Cream.

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As in many countries, meat-free diets are becoming more popular in Scandinavia. However, these don’t always go hand in hand with traditional dishes such as meatballs. These ‘veggie balls’ are my answer to that. They have similar flavour notes to meatballs, and are just as satisfying when served with mash, lingonberries and veggie gravy. Change the vegetables in this if you like – just as for traditional meatballs, the recipe should become your own. Try swapping carrots for beetroot/beet, celeriac for parsnip, and so on. The nuts can also be changed depending on preference. If you don’t have Västerbottensost, use…

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