DAY Recipe

Active time: 35 min Start to finish: 1 1/4 hr

Serves 4.

INGREDIENTS
for dressing

2 scallions, chopped

1 fresh serrano chile, seeded and finely chopped

5 tablespoons fresh tangerine juice

2 teaspoons olive oil

1 teaspoon sherry vinegar2 medium chayotes (1 lb total), [...]

As any southerner will tell you, eating black-eyed peas at New Year’s will ensure good luck. For a simpler (and meatless) version of this hors d’oeuvre, omit the pork and serve these tender little cakes topped with just the red pepper mayo.

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Try this with any roasted meat or as a topper for crostini. Begin making it a day ahead.

Makes about 2 cups.

INGREDIENTS
2tablespoons (1/4 stick) butter
2tablespoons olive oil
1large onion, thinly sliced
1red bell pepper, coarsely chopped
1yellow bell pepper, coarsely chopped
1/3cup [...]

Here’s a centerpiece dish that really lives up to the name. Uncork a Cabernet Sauvignon, red Bordeaux or red Super-Tuscan.

Makes 10 servings.

INGREDIENTS
8tablespoons olive oil
22 1/4- to 2 3/4-pound pieces beef tenderloin (thick end), trimmed6garlic cloves, minced
2 1/2tablespoons minced [...]

In this delicious dish from Asterix & Obelix, the orzo is toasted before it’s cooked, giving the pasta a nice nutty flavor.

Makes 6 servings.

INGREDIENTS
7tablespoons olive oil
1large onion, sliced
2cups dry red wine
2cupscanned beef broth
8fresh thyme sprigs
2bay leaves1pound orzo6shallots, minced
1pound mushrooms, [...]