DAY Recipe

Blood oranges have red flesh and sweet-tart juice. They’re available at farmers’ markets and, increasingly, at supermarkets. This syrup would also be good over waffles.

Makes 1 1/2 cups.

INGREDIENTS
3cups fresh blood orange juice or regular orange juice
9tablespoons sugar
1 1/2tablespoons [...]

“To celebrate my recent promotion, my sister treated me to dinner at Radius here in Boston,” says Jill Thompson, Boston, Massachusetts. The dessert we shared was unforgettable—a hazelnut meringue concoction made by pastry chef Paul Connors. As we polished it off, my sister and I agreed that we had found the city’s best new restaurant.”
Each [...]

Try the compote on pound cake, too.

Serves 4.

INGREDIENTS
2 1/2pounds blood oranges
1cup water
3/4cup sugar
1tablespoon fresh lemon juice
1/2vanilla bean, split lengthwise
1tablespoon brandy
1quart vanilla ice cream
DIRECTIONS
Cut peel and white pith from blood oranges. Working over bowl to catch juices, cut [...]

The unique filling has a flavor and soft texture reminiscent of orange marmalade.

Serves 8.

INGREDIENTS
1refrigerated pie crust (half of 15-ounce package), room temperature 2large blood oranges
1 1/4cups sugar
1/4cup water
2tablespoons fresh lemon juice2tablespoons cornstarch
1/4cup (1/2 stick) unsalted butter, room temperature
1large [...]

INGREDIENTS
1 recipe rich sweet pastry dough

raw rice or dried beans for weighting tart shell
for pastry cream:

1 1/2 cups milk

4 large egg yolks

1/2 cup sugar

1/4 cup all-purpose flour

1 1/2 teaspoons freshly grated orange zest

2 tablespoons grappa, or to taste
4 blood oranges*

4 small navel oranges

1/3 cup orange marmalade
*available seasonally at specialty produce markets
DIRECTIONS
Preheat oven to [...]