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Blanch

To partially cook fruits, vegetables, or nuts in boiling water or steam.

Recipes

  1. Sauteed Escarole with Raisins, Pine Nuts, and Capers

    You can blanch the escarole up to one hour ahead. Wait until just before serving to add the lemon juice, though, as the acid in the juice will dull the escarole's color if it sits too long.

  2. Summer Vegetable Soup with Dill

    If you have sweet, tender farm-fresh corn, use it raw. If your corn is a little starchy, blanch the ears in boiling water before cutting off the kernels.

  3. Beets & Greens Salad with Cannellini Beans

    Sometimes beets in the market have beautiful, unblemished, tender greens attached. When that happens, blanch the greens and toss with beans and vinaigrette, using some of the beets to garnish the salad, as in this recipe. Use the leftover cooked beets for other dishes. If you buy beet greens on ...

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Articles

  1. Cockroachs Taste Like Tiramisu! Would You Believe It?

    Wed, 20 Mar 2013

    … easily convinced that I was served a crustacean.” Which, as he points out, isn’t crazy — somehow most people would blanch at the thought of eating a spider, yet Red Lobster makes a killing serving up what has long been considered the “cockroach of the sea …

  2. How to Freeze Fresh Summer Vegetables: Smart Storage

    Mon, 27 Aug 2012

    … expansion. Tomatoes can be frozen in many ways, too. The easiest way is to cut them in quarters, bag and freeze. I prefer to blanch them whole for one minute to slip off their skins, then seed and freeze in usable quantities of 2–4 cups. Even more useful …

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  1. Recipe: Asparagus Mimosa and Sweet Pea Goat Cheese Gazpacho {GIVEAWAY}

    Tue, 21 May 2013

    … Instructions Fill a large pot with salted water and bring to a boil. Add peas to the pot and cook for two minutes, then drain and blanch in ice water. In a medium-sized pot, heat olive oil over medium heat. Add in shallot and garlic and sweat for 2 minutes …

  2. Thanksgiving 2012: Haricots Verts and White Beans with Shallot Vinaigrette

    Mon, 12 Nov 2012

    … over an hour. We also whipped up the vinaigrette and stowed it in the fridge overnight. On the day of the meal, you just blanch the haricots verts at some point in the morning. Once you're ready to serve the dish, simply toss the haricots verts with …

  3. Skillet Corn, Edamame, and Tomatoes with Basil Oil

    Wed, 29 Aug 2012

    … recipe. But it wasn't the basil oil. Making the basil oil actually involves a few steps we don't quite understand. Why blanch the basil and chill it in ice water before drying it and puréeing it with oil? Is it just to amp up the green color and keep …

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