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Search Results from April 2016 issue

BA’s Best Buttermilk Biscuits
Quartering and stacking the dough creates lots of flaky layers that beg to be pulled apart and slathered with softened butter. 
Simple Does It Deviled Eggs
Quick
A coarsely mashed filling, crunchy with celery, scallions, and pickle relish, is the key to the best deviled eggs.
BA’s Best English Muffins
The dough will seem fairly wet when shaping into rounds, but the high hydration is key to forming those trademark nooks and crannies. This is part of BA's Best, a collection of our essential recipes.
Tuna Poke
The real key here is to use the best-quality tuna you can find. When in doubt, ask your fishmonger if he would eat it raw. If the answer is no, neither should you.
Thai Steak and Noodle Salad
This is no simple salad: It’s a multicourse meal on a plate. Its dramatic presentation is part of the allure.
Jumbo Lump Crab Cakes
What makes these crab cakes so good? No filler ingredients and almost no binder, which means it’s all crab, all the time.
Broiled Salmon With Scallions and Sesame
Easy
If you don’t want to invest in a sizzle platter, you can also make this recipe using a rimmed baking sheet.
Pea and Little Gem Salad with Farro and Pecorino
Easy
This spring salad can be made with pretty much any grain and firm grating cheese you like.
Ding’s Coleslaw
Quick
Hillstone’s signature slaw is made with the restaurant’s own pickle relish, which can be purchased at any of its locations, but it’ll work with a store-bought brand.
Fermented Hot Green Garlic
Easy
Use the brine as liquid for vinaigrettes. Add the chopped garlic to salads, potatoes, pesto, or schmear it onto sandwiches.
Spinach and Chicken Waldorf
This classic epitomizes the range of flavors and textures in Hillstone’s salads, hitting every note on the salty-sweet-chewy-crunchy spectrum.
Green Garlic Labneh
Quick
Available in the spring, green garlic is somewhat less intense than grown-up garlic, but still very pungent and extra-juicy. The dairy fat and tang of the labneh provide cooling balance.
Grilled Asparagus and Spring Onions With Lemon Dressing
Quick
Fat asparagus stalks won’t fall through the grill grates—and they can char without becoming soft and stringy.
Flatbread With Fava Beans, Cucumbers, and Burrata
Fava beans most likely require a trip to a farmers’ market and take a while to peel. Sugar snap peas cut into bite-size pieces are a fine alternative.
Pineapple-Soy-Marinated Rib Eye
Now you can make one of Hillstone’s most popular dishes at home, a decision you will never regret.
Steamed Mussels With Fennel and Tarragon
Quick
De Laurentiis uses Peroni, an Italian beer, for this 20-minute dish, but any light-bodied lager will work and make a perfect drink pairing as well.
Charred Scallion Butter
Quick
Charring whole scallions before whipping them into the butter gives this spread an irresistible sweet, smoky flavor.
Spaghetti With Ramps
Quick
The pungent garlic notes in ramps make them the perfect accompaniment for any pasta dish.
Flatbread with Smoked Trout, Radishes, and Herbs
Easy
You can make the dough, you can buy the dough, or you can simply assemble these same toppings on slices of toasted country-style bread.
Don’t Passover This Party Mix
Spicy, salty, sweet, with a hit of umami, this party mix riff with matzo has it all.
Lime-Pickled Red Onion
Easy
Acidity helps preserve the alliums’ flavor; either vinegar or citrus juice would do the trick.
Olive Oil–Roasted Spring Onions
Quick
Spring onions are a young allium with a tiny bulb and a tender stalk. After caramelizing, use the leftover oil for bread dipping.
Brown Butter–Fried Onion Rings
Quick
Creamy, rich fat tames even the wildest fire—looking at you, raw onion—and makes any allium more tasty.