Blog — Standard – Due Sorelle

Ground beef with shallot, Parmesan and a great deal of fresh dill, baked and served with a dill and basil pesto.

Lemon-scented Carnaroli risotto with Parmesan, served with dill and Parmesan meatballs and a dill and basil pesto.

One of the five French mother sauces: a brown roux built out with mirepoix, tomato paste, red wine and veal stock. The base for demi-glace.

Brown butter, whiskey and three cups of pecans in a blind-baked shell. Richer and less cloying than the pecan pie you grew up with.

The Sicilian pesto: tomatoes, almonds, basil and garlic. Made for busiate, since both come from Trapani.

Nuts tumbled in melted sugar with cardamom, ginger and a pinch of chili. Sweet, savory, and dangerous to leave within reach.

Chuck roast braised for twenty hours until it falls apart, folded through tomato sauce and served over pappardelle. Long on time, short on effort.

Brown butter, two sugars and real chocolate chunks, finished with flaky sea salt. Makes two dozen, and they rarely last a day.

Ground beef cooked down slowly with soffritto and wine over at least two and a half hours. Better still if you make it the day before.