DAY Recipe

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, [...]

“Twenty-Two Eighteen restaurant here in Seattle is a sophisticated spot featuring live jazz,” says Allison Webb of Seattle, Washington . “When I was last there, I tried a wonderful salad of baby greens mixed with roasted red bell pepper and feta cheese.”At the restaurant, the salad also comes with feta croutons and a tomato-ginger chutney.

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Active time: 15 min Start to finish: 1 1/2 hr.

Makes 2 cups.

INGREDIENTS
1 large onion, chopped

2 small celery ribs, chopped

2 carrots, chopped

3 garlic cloves, chopped

1 1/2 tablespoons olive oil

1 1/2 (750-ml) bottles dry red wine (4 1/2 [...]