Chicken sausage, kale, and ricotta stuffed jumbo shells, baked in a sweet potato cream sauce. Italian chicken sausage mixed with wilted kale, ricotta, and pecorino stuffed in large pasta shells, tucked into a creamy sweet potato sauce and baked. The title of this recipe is stuffed pasta instead of stuffed shells because any filled pasta […]
Pumpkin cream cheese-filled gingerbread bundt cake. This recipe is a molasses-y spiced cake wrapped around a slightly sweet pumpkin filling. This cake is fairly simple to make and has a generous amount of filling. But like any bundt cake, the challenge lies with getting it cleanly out of the pan. To aid this, I use […]
Fluffy roasted pumpkin buttermilk biscuits with sage-infused honey. These biscuits are tender and fluffy, made with roasted pumpkin, tangy buttermilk, and herbed honey. Their savory flavor is delicious with crispy pancetta or bacon. But if you are in the mood for something sweeter, substitute two tablespoons of brown sugar for the honey and sprinkle the […]
Roasted kabocha pumpkin, whipped ricotta, crisp prosciutto, sweet pea pesto, and toasted pumpkin seeds. I originally intended this dish to be vegetarian. But like so many other dishes, during its evolution, crispy cured pork just seemed like the perfect addition. That doesn’t mean this dish will be bad without it, quite the contrary. It’s delicious […]
Flakey butter pastry, with a creamy rosemary parmesan filling, layered with potato and kabocha pumpkin. This recipe can easily be altered to a quick version by substituting store bought puff pastry for the dough. The quality of the tart will not suffer, and it will trim three hours from the prep time. If time isn’t […]
Blonde brownie crust layered with vanilla cheesecake, spiced pumpkin pie, and pecan streusel. For the past couple of weeks, I have been thinking about using blonde brownies as a crust. Blondies are pretty neutrally flavored and can go with just about anything. I was really undecided about what to make until I discovered some leftover […]
