Cream of Kholrabi Soup
Kohlrabi, the strange-looking cousin to the cabbage, is the star of this soup made using my versatile Cream of Anything Soup mother dish recipe.
Cream of Anything Soup
Cream of Anything Soup is a mother dish. To master a mother dish means that you can take what you know and use it to make a huge variety of dishes. This is the only creamy soup recipe you will ever need! Whatever season of the year, you can find fresh ingredients at the farmers’ market which will work wonderfully in this soup.
Caldo Verde
Caldo verde, green broth, is one of the most popular dishes from Portugal. Caldo Gallego, Galician broth, is one of the most popular dishes from Galicia. These soups are much more hearty soups than simple broths. They are easy to pull together, and they are super satisfying.
Gumbo Mother Dish Technique
The flavors of my gumbo start with smoked andouille sausage and aromatics and ends up wrapped with a rich roux and stock. This provides a wonderful vehicle to carry any number of seasonal options from your garden or the local farmers’ market.
Pizza Mother Dish Technique
On more than one occasion, sharing a pizza with particularly good crust, someone at the table will remark “It’s all about the crust!” Hearty agreement follows. But sometimes, when the sauce is really good the remark will change to “It’s all about the sauce!” Same with the cheese. Same with the toppings. The fact is pizza is about all four.
Paella Mother Dish Technique
My underlying paella recipe starts with Spanish chorizo, saffron and smoked paprika. This flavor profile provides a foundation to make any number of ingredients sing. Here is a template that you can use to highlight whatever is coming from the garden or the farmers’ market.
Sweet Potato and Kale Risotto
This delicious and nutritious risotto uses an enameled cast iron Dutch oven and short grain brown rice, and of course, sweet potatoes and kale.
About Paella
Paella is a famed Spanish dish. It is often associated with seafood or hearty proteins such as rabbit. But, at it’s heart, it is a rice dish.
Ramen – Mother Dish Technique
Ramen is a very versatile dish which can be used with seasonal ingredients any time of the year. Here is a template that you can use to highlight whatever is coming from the garden or the farmers’ market.
Frittata Mother Dish Technique
Frittatas are delicious egg casseroles that are equally appropriate for the breakfast table and the dinner table. The fact that they are quite flexible from the ingredients perspective makes me classify them as a mother dish. Learn to make a basic frittata, and you can make fresh, seasonal ingredients the star of the dish any time of year.
Collard Run-up and Green Garlic Frittata
Inspired by two wonderful examples of spring produce, the Collard Run-up and Green Garlic Frittata.
Risotto Mother Dish Technique
Risotto is a mother dish. To master a mother dish means that you can take what you know and use it to make a huge variety of dishes. I make risotto a couple times a month, always leveraging ingredients that are in season, regardless of the season. This is the only risotto recipe you will ever need!