A few special touches turn this classic into a sophisticated dinner
尽管人们可能会想到什么，但我家人的节日晚餐只是“厨师”。这是我避免过度复杂演讲并坚持经典菜肴的时候。但是我一直喜欢添加一些东西（一种花哨的装饰或不寻常的成分）来标记场合的特殊性。这个假期菜单将家庭收藏夹与我餐厅的一些心爱的菜单项结合在一起，AOC和Lucques与这种精神保持一致。虽然所有的菜肴都始终如一，但一些曲折使它们感到优雅和不寻常。
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Menu Timeline
This menu isn’t difficult, but it does have a lot of steps. The key to making it do-able and stress-free is to plan ahead, do your shopping early, and organize yourself. Here’s a strategy for making it happen.
One week ahead:
- Make, roll out, and freeze the tart crust
The day before:
- Make the soup
- Clean and dry the mushrooms
- Make the chive mascarpone
- Clean and prep the carrots
- Slice the shallots for the carrots
- Slice the olives
- Make the horseradish cream
- Make the buttermilk dressing
- Defrost the tart crust in the fridge
早晨：
- Wash and spin-dry the salad greens
- Toast the walnuts
- Make the gremolata
- Boil the potatoes
- Cut the herbs for all the recipes
- Make the tart
- Take the beef out of the fridge to come to room temperature
In the afternoon:
- Sauté the mushrooms
- Prepare the butter for the beef
- Smash the garlic for the beef
- Heat the oven
- Sear and roast the beef (begin about 2 hours and 45 minutes before you want to serve it)
Just before dinner:
- Slice the apples and assemble the salad (don’t dress it until ready to serve)
- Reheat the soup and the mushrooms
- Open the wine
- Roast the carrots and finish the potatoes while the roast is resting
- Make the whipped cream just before serving the tart
Shopping List
Fresh Produce
- 4 oz. radicchio (about 1 medium head)
- 1/2 lb. baby arugula
- 1-1/2 lb. small fingerling potatoes or baby potatoes (such as Yukon golds or red bliss)
- 2 lb. medium carrots
- 1/2 lb. wild mushrooms (such as shiitake, oyster mushrooms, chanterelles, black and white trumpets, and maitake)
- 1 lemon
- 2 apples (preferably Gala, Fuji, or Pink lady)
- 1个黄洋葱
- 6 medium shallots
- 1 fennel bulb
- 2 heads garlic
- 1 chile d’árbol
- 2 bunches fresh thyme
- 1 bunch chives
- 2 bunches fresh flat-leaf parsley
- 1 bunch fresh mint
- 7 6-inch sprigs rosemary
Meat, Eggs & Dairy
- 6 lbs. 3-bone beef rib roast, preferably close to the loin and prime grade
- 1 large egg
- 3条未盐黄油
- 1/4 cup buttermilk
- 1 quart heavy cream
- 1/2 cup whole milk
- 1/2 cup mascarpone cheese
- 1-1/4 cup crème fraîche
Other Groceries
- 2 cups dried cannellini beans
- 3汤匙。prepared horseradish
- 3/4杯核桃
- 3汤匙。Fleur de sel
- 1汤匙。茴香种子
- 1/2 cup oil-cured olives
- 1-1/4 cups macadamia nuts
- 1/2 vanilla bean
- 6 oz. bittersweet chocolate
Pantry Staples
- 1-1/2 cups extra-virgin olive oil
- 1/2 cup mayonnaise
- 1-1/2 cups granulated sugar
- 1-1/3 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
- 1/4 cup light corn syrup
- Kosher salt
- Black pepper
