The Cook's Table: 130 Recipes to Share with Family and Friends by Stephanie Alexander

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  • Lulu's tomates Provençales (page 11)

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    • Categories: Appetizers / starters; Entertaining & parties; Summer; French; Vegan; Vegetarian
    • Ingredients: tomatoes; parsley; panko breadcrumbs; black peppercorns
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  • Red rice pilaf with fennel, pipis and mussels (page 12)

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    • Categories: Rice dishes; Appetizers / starters; Entertaining & parties; Summer; French
    • Ingredients: bulb fennel; shallots; black mussels; pipis; dry white wine; red rice; fish stock; black peppercorns; fennel fronds; parsley; thyme
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  • Roasted duck with peas, sauteed potatoes and braised flat onions (page 15)

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    • Categories: Sauces for poultry; Main course; Entertaining & parties; Summer; French
    • Ingredients: whole duck; potatoes; black peppercorns; dry white wine; chicken stock; thickened cream; fresh peas in pods; flat onions
    • Accompaniments: Green salad
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  • Braised flat onions (page 17)

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    • Categories: Side dish; Entertaining & parties; Summer; French
    • Ingredients: chicken stock; black peppercorns; flat onions
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  • Grilled apricot halves with lemon-scented verbena ice cream (page 18)

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    • Categories: Grills & BBQ; Ice cream & frozen desserts; Dessert; Cooking ahead; Entertaining & parties; Summer; French
    • Ingredients: apricots; caster sugar; Noilly Prat vermouth; milk; thickened cream; lemon verbena; egg yolks
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  • Lemon-scented verbena ice cream (page 19)

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    • Categories: Ice cream & frozen desserts; Dessert; Cooking ahead; Entertaining & parties; Summer; French
    • Ingredients: caster sugar; milk; thickened cream; lemon verbena; egg yolks
    • Accompaniments: Annie's apple caramel tartlets
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  • Onion-cheese puffs (page 31)

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    • Categories: Pies, tarts & pastries; Canapés / hors d'oeuvre; Entertaining & parties; Valentine's Day / romantic; Vegetarian
    • Ingredients: onions; mayonnaise; Parmesan cheese; cheddar cheese; parsley; black peppercorns; wholemeal bread
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  • Mushroom lasagne with porcini (page 32)

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    • Categories: Pasta, baked; Appetizers / starters; Cooking for 1 or 2; Entertaining & parties; Valentine's Day / romantic; Vegetarian
    • Ingredients: dried porcini mushrooms; French shallots; flat mushrooms; parsley; black peppercorns; lasagne pasta sheets; Béchamel sauce; Parmesan cheese; nutmeg; tomatoes; onions; fresh bay leaves
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  • Trout with verjuice, sorrel and grapes (page 36)

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    • Categories: Sauces for fish; Main course; Cooking for 1 or 2; Entertaining & parties; Valentine's Day / romantic
    • Ingredients: French shallots; verjuice; red grapes; rainbow trout; black peppercorns; sorrel leaves; lemons; thyme sprigs; thickened cream
    • Accompaniments: Green salad
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  • Brown sugar meringues with salted caramel cream (page 38)

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    • Categories: Cakes, small; Frostings & fillings; Sauces for desserts; Dessert; Cooking for 1 or 2; Entertaining & parties; Valentine's Day / romantic
    • Ingredients: light brown sugar; egg whites; caster sugar; espresso; thickened cream; sea salt
    • Accompaniments: Christine's rose-petal liqueur
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  • Christine's rose-petal liqueur (page 41)

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  • Beef patties (page 49)

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    • Categories: Grills & BBQ; Pies, tarts & pastries; Lunch; Canapés / hors d'oeuvre; Entertaining & parties; Jamaican
    • Ingredients: onions; red chillies; minced beef; curry paste; breadcrumbs; allspice berries; thyme; tomato paste; black peppercorns; plain flour; self-raising flour; turmeric; lard
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  • Barbecued jerk chicken (page 52)

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  • Rice and peas (page 53)

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    • Categories: Grills & BBQ; Rice dishes; Lunch; Side dish; Entertaining & parties; Jamaican; Vegan; Vegetarian
    • Ingredients: red kidney beans; coconut milk; coconut flakes; spring onions; thyme; red chillies; long grain rice
    • Accompaniments: Barbecued jerk chicken
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  • Callaloo with sweet potatoes (page 56)

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    • Categories: Grills & BBQ; Lunch; Side dish; Entertaining & parties; Jamaican; Vegan; Vegetarian
    • Ingredients: onions; sweet potatoes; thyme; red chillies; amaranth greens; coconut milk; black peppercorns
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  • Baked plantains with maple syrup (page 57)

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    • Categories: Grills & BBQ; Lunch; Side dish; Entertaining & parties; Jamaican; Vegan; Vegetarian
    • Ingredients: plantains; maple syrup
    • Accompaniments: Barbecued jerk chicken
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  • Pineapple chunks with rum (page 58)

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    • Categories: Grills & BBQ; Lunch; Dessert; Entertaining & parties; Jamaican; Vegan
    • Ingredients: pineapple; rum
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  • Gougères (page 67)

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    • Categories: Pies, tarts & pastries; Canapés / hors d'oeuvre; Cooking ahead; Entertaining & parties; Fall / autumn; Summer; French
    • Ingredients: Gruyère cheese; eggs; store-cupboard ingredients
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  • Crab cocktail with finger lime (page 69)

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    • Categories: Salads; Appetizers / starters; Entertaining & parties; Fall / autumn; Summer
    • Ingredients: blue swimmer crabs; salad leaves; mayonnaise; finger limes; black peppercorns; plain flour; fine semolina
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  • Carta da musica (page 72)

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    • Categories: Cookies, biscuits & crackers; Entertaining & parties; Fall / autumn; Summer; Italian
    • Ingredients: plain flour; fine semolina
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  • Pigs' trotters with mushrooms, ham and sweetbread stuffing (Pied de cochons) (page 74)

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    • Categories: Stuffing; Main course; Entertaining & parties; Fall / autumn; Summer; French
    • Ingredients: thyme sprigs; fresh bay leaves; black peppercorns; pig trotters; chicken breasts; egg whites; thickened cream; sweetbreads; butter; onions; button mushrooms; ham; thyme; parsley; panko breadcrumbs
    • Accompaniments: Damien's onion Soubise; Simple tomato sauce
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  • Damien's onion Soubise (page 76)

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  • Simple tomato sauce (page 77)

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  • Raspberry curd crepe layer 'cake' (page 80)

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    • Categories: Cakes, large; Pancakes, waffles & crêpes; Frostings & fillings; Dessert; Cooking ahead; Entertaining & parties; Fall / autumn; Summer; French
    • Ingredients: raspberries; milk; plain flour; gelatine leaves; egg yolks; butter; thickened cream; apple juice
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  • Spicy pork empanadas (page 89)

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    • Categories: Pies, tarts & pastries; Canapés / hors d'oeuvre; Children's parties; Cooking for a crowd; Entertaining & parties; Argentinian; Spanish
    • Ingredients: minced pork; onions; jarred piquillo peppers; parsley; fennel seeds; sweet smoked paprika; plain flour; coarse polenta; fino sherry; chilli paste; tomatoes; fresh bay leaves
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  • Fish and potato tortino

    • KarinaFrancis on May 23, 2017

      This was a little involved but not difficult. I made it for Sunday lunch and was able to prep it all beforehand and just pop it in the oven when people arrived. I used a can of tomato blitzed up, which was a little more than the required cup but could have used a bit more tomato. I suggest waiting till you are just about to bake it before adding the breadcrumbs. Very tasty dish but probably won't repeat

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  • ISBN 10 192138445X
  • ISBN 13 9781921384455
  • Published Oct 31 2016
  • Format Hardcover
  • Page Count 536
  • Language English
  • Countries Australia
  • Publisher Penguin Books Australia

Publishers Text

Australian cooking icon Stephanie Alexander shares 25 of her favorite menus for entertaining family and friends, from "Mother's Day Lunch" to "A Jamaican Jerk Party" to "A Weekend at Cape Cod"—or go right for "Tour de Force—A Menu for Show-off Cooks." With Stephanie's reassuring voice by your side, you can simply choose a menu to suit your occasion or mood and send the invitations out, secure in the knowledge that all the planning has been done for you. Every menu includes a shopping list and detailed timetable for the cook, along with Stephanie's trusty tips and tricks for hosting the perfect event. Includes dual measures.

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