Martha Stewart's Dinner at Home
Easy Meals to Share With Family & Friends
by Martha Stewart
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Sauteed Pears in Honey Syrup
Juniper berries provide distinctive flavor to the dish, but you can omit them, if you prefer.
Serves 4
2 tablespoons unsalted butter
3 ripe but firm Bosc pears, quartered and cored
6 juniper berries, crushed with the side of a large knife and coarsely chopped (optional)
1/2 cup mild honey, such as clover
11/2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
Melt butter in a large skillet over medium--high heat. Add pear wedges, cut sides down, and juniper berries (if using); cook until pears are golden, about 6 minutes. Turn pears onto other cut sides, and cook 1 minute.
Pour in honey, gently swirling skillet to coat pears evenly, and reduce heat to medium--low. Cook until pears are softened and glazed, about 3 minutes. Pour lemon juice over pears and stir syrup to combine.
To serve, divide pears among four dessert plates and spoon syrup over the top.
From Martha Stewart's Dinner at Home by Martha Stewart
Martha Stewart's Dinner at Home
Spend an hour or less preparing any of the 200 recipes Martha Stewart has devised for the best of the season’s abundance and you and your guests will dine in great taste throughout the year. As with everything she does, Martha puts so much care and thought into Martha Stewart’s Dinner at Home with fresh and inspiring menus, flavorful recipes, outstanding food photography and sound advice to help you save time and serve delicious meals with minimal fuss.
Each of the 52 menus features a main course, sides and a dessert, plus a handy schedule that breaks meal preparation down into five simple steps. Follow any of these menus to create a delightful balance of flavors—since they’re arranged by season it’s a snap to take advantage of fresh produce at its peak. Or, mix and match any of these recipes (such as Pan-Roasted Chicken Pieces with Lemon-Thyme Spoonbread or Pork Kebabs with Thyme & Orange, Arugula & Roasted Sweet-Potato Salad or Egg Noodles with Sautéed Brussels-Sprouts Leaves, Greek Yogurt with Clementines & Pistachios or Hazelnut Brittle & Chocolate Shards Over Ice Cream) to craft a feast that perfectly suits your taste and the occasion! Color photos.
Hardcover: 272 pages
Publisher: Clarkson Potter, Div, Random House ( October 20, 2009 )
Item #: 53-7408
ISBN: 9780307396457
Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 10.0 x 1.0 inches
Product Weight: 42.0 ounces
Martha hits a homerun again!!!!
February 25, 2010
I found this cookbook fun and a challenge to cook seasonally using local produce. I am cooking my way through "Winter" right now, and having a lovely time trying a variety of spirits. The oyster soup was delicious, a must try!!!
Reviewer: mosmom09
She is truely a second Julia Charles of today
January 22, 2010
I went threw the book with a fine tooth comb (so to speak) and found so many recipes that I want to try. Especially the chicken recipes. Hope mine turns out as well as yours;
Thanks Martha
Betty
Reviewer: Betty P
Martha does it again
January 19, 2010
This is a great cookbook for easy to prepare meals which are deliciously gourmet in taste. The ingredients, for the most part, are your everyday, easy to find ingredients. Yet the meal that you produce is anything but everyday. The book is set up by season and then by meal. It's easy to follow and the preparation is easy. I am on a strict no simple carb diet and I was able to easily switch out the ingredients that I could have for ones that I could. Although, I did not have to do this often as the recipes have good, healthy ingredients for a healthful diet.
Reviewer: Beth T
Great Book but NOT "Quick" or for beginners
December 06, 2009
I bought this book as an early holiday gift for myself with some bonus points. It is a very nicely "made" cookbook with quality paper and many wonderful pictures. Nearly every recipe,including side dishes, has a photograph. I just made my shopping list for the next week and plan on making several of the dishes and menus in this cookbook. I felt inspired by several of the recipes and to me that is a sign of a very good cookbook. On the negative side: I think it is unfair to subtitle this book "quick meals to cook for family and friends", many of the recipes are fairly complex and use unusual ingredients. Using the subtitle "quick" I implies to most people that this is a beginner cookbook with simple recipes and it is not. For instance; a sample menu from the book is: Roasted Pumpkin Soup, Cheese Flautas with Cilantro Pesto, Black-Eyed Pea Salad with Baby Greens and Apple-Cranberry Crumble. It sounds like a yummy menu and I plan to execute it, but I am not a beginner cook and I am going to give myself plenty of time to cook it. The soup starts from scratch with a whole pumpkin, the salad has a "from scratch" dressing, the Crumble is also made completely from scratch. I am sure it will take me most of a weekend afternoon to produce this menu. I would not in a million years attempt it after a busy day at work, so you see why I say that the "quick meals" subtitle is misleading. My only other criticism is that 90% of the desserts in the cookbook are fruit based and my husband does not like fruit based desserts, but that is our own personal preference and if you like fruit based desserts you would be happy with the selections in this cookbook. In summary, this is a very interesting and inspiring cookbook for an intermediate chef, or for a beginner who wants to use it to learn new recipes on weekend afternoons when he/she has plenty of time to devote to cooking. Without the misleading subtitle I would have given this book 5 stars.
Reviewer: Fritz
Disturbing
December 03, 2009
It is disturbing that this poorly organized cookbook could cost so much. It is difficult to use the book and the recipes are far less than inspirational.
Reviewer: Sharon
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