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Рубрика: Appetizers
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Rob Roy
When I have friends over to play poker, I like to serve a cocktail in lieu of beer. With so many contenders to consider, I recently chose this riff on a Manhattan, made with Scotch instead of rye. Smoky, peaty whisky, shaken with herbaceous vermouth and bitters, and finished with a cherry (and maybe a splash of quality maraschino juice), really ups the ante here. Rob Roy? Deal me in! — Ricardo
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Fried Stuffed Zucchini Blossoms
How do you stuff a zucchini blossom without destroying it? That’s a question that Lisa had to answer quite often when she worked with her father, Lino Birri, a vegetable farmer who sells his produce at Montreal’s Jean Talon Market. “When they’re exposed to warm air, the blossoms tend to close, which makes it more difficult to fill them with stuffing. So the best time to pick or buy them is early in the morning, when they’re still wide open,” she explains. If you keep them cool, they’ll stay flexible a few extra hours.
