Recipes

Butter Bean & Tuna Salad

Ingredients: 1 small, red onion, about 1/2 cup – very finely sliced 1 jar, high-quality tuna (such as Tonnino) – drained and flaked 1 can, butter beans – drained and rinsed 3 tablespoons, il Fusti...

Pommes Persillade

Servings: 4 Ingredients: 2 large, potatoes – peeled and cut into 3/8′′ cubes 2 tablespoons, il Fustino Arbequina EVOO 1 teaspoon, il Fustino white Truffle Oil 1 tablespoon, butter 3 cloves, garlic...

Mashed Potatoes with Marscapone and Buttermilk

Yes this is the same stuff used to make Tiramisu. It is not sweet, just creamy and yummy. This really works with mashed potatoes and the buttermilk just adds a hint of sourness. Servings: 4 Ingred...

Perfect Boiled Eggs

Perfect every time without that sulfur smell or taste. Servings: 4 Ingredients: 4 eggs 2 quarts, cold water Directions: In a medium sized pot with a tightly fitting lid place eggs and cold water....

Chilled Strawberry Soup

Servings: 6 Ingredients: 1 cup, orange juice 1/2 tsp, vanilla extract 1 cinnamon stick 1 cup, raw cashews – softened in water when starting prep 2/3 cup, vanilla-flavored almond milk 1 pint basket...

Summer Berry Tartlet

Easy and simple but oh so delicious and elegant! Servings: 6 Ingredients: 1/2 cup, Mascarpone cheese 1/4 cup, plain or vanilla Greek yogurt 3 tablespoons, honey flour 1 prepared, pie crust 10 ounc...

Sweet Potato-Topped Turkey Pie

For a faster preparation you can make the mashed sweet potato topping up to 2 days ahead and use purchasedrotisserie chicken and chicken stock. Servings: 4 Ingredients: Sweet Potato Topping 2 pou...

Taiwanese Sticky Rice

If you have trouble finding glutinous rice, you can substitute Jasmine rice. Chinese sausage can be found at mostAsian supermarkets. A good brand is Lap Xuong Thuong Hang. Servings: 4 Ingredients: ...

Thai Peanut Sauce

Easily made with Jalapeno Jelly. Serve with chopped cilantro. Servings: 4 Ingredients: 2 tablespoons, Ojai Jalapeno Jelly 4 tablespoons, creamy peanut butter 2 tablespoons, soy sauce or fish sauc...

Tomato Basil Mozzarella Salad

Servings: 4 Ingredients: 4 medium, tomatoes – ripe 1/2 pound, mozzarella cheese – preferably fresh buffalo 8 leaves, basil – chiffonade il Fustino Basil Olive Oil kosher salt freshly ground pepper...

Tomato Sauce for Rice

Servings: 4 A classic Southern dish. Wonderful with lima beans and fried chicken or baked ham. This sauce goes over white rice. Ideally accompanied by lima beans. A package of frozen lima beans sho...

Warm Asian Chicken Noodle Salad

Author: Jody Kirkley I made this instead of a beef salad because I had left-over Costco chicken and no beef. It really turned out well. You must use the Kaffir Lime Vinegar Sauce to finish this. T...