You might need to buy:
  • For the scallops:
  • butter
  • juice of 1/2 lemon
  • scallops
  • salt and pepper
  • For the sauce:
  • dry vermouth
  • dry white wine
  • small pinch of saffron threads
serves 4
You might need to buy:
  • ground coriander
  • sugar
  • thinly sliced green onion
  • fresh lime juice

This is probably the simplest terrine to make at home. It has a rich, smooth shrimp and salmon flavor, and the garnish — a mosaic of green spinach surrounding the salmon fillet in the center — is visually dramatic. The recipe calls for small shrimp (26 to 30 per pound), because they tend to be the least expensive, but any shrimp will work well.

serves 12
You might need to buy:
  • vegetable oil
  • large egg white
  • heavy cream
  • white pepper
serves 4
You might need to buy:
  • large garlic cloves cut into fine paper-thin slices
  • Picholine or Nicoise olives
  • red wine
  • Sea salt
  • Freshly ground black pepper
  • fresh thyme leaf
  • wild mushrooms such as chanterelles or portabellas
serves 4
You might need to buy:
  • chicken broth
  • sour cream
  • fresh squeezed lemon juice
  • Salt and pepper to taste
Belongs to koshka Pumpkin Soup 

This soup is a simple affair of pureed pumpkin cooked with milk.

serves 6
You might need to buy:
  • unsalted butter
  • extra-virgin olive oil
  • Freshly ground white pepper
serves 4
You might need to buy:
  • oil
  • 1-inch knob grated ginger
  • roasted vegetable stock
  • Salt and pepper to taste

Chef Roberto Donna got the recipe for this mild and sweet butternut squash soup from his grandmother, who “always found delicious ways to bring out the best” from her vegetable garden.

serves 6
You might need to buy:
  • unsalted butter
  • arborio rice
  • milk or more to taste
  • chicken stock or low-sodium chicken broth
  • Salt
Belongs to koshka Cauliflower Soup 

“In Venice we have big soups, simple soups,” Francesco says. “This is a good example.” But he adds that when it’s served at Remi, it is sometimes garnished with creme fraiche and caviar, for a lavish touch befitting the Venetian taste for luxury. At one time there were sturgeon in the Venetian lagoon, providing the city with its own supply of caviar. For a more humble Venetian garnish, some rounds of bread fried in butter or olive oil will do nicely.

serves 4
You might need to buy:
  • small chopped onion
  • celery leaves
  • Salt and freshly ground white pepper to taste
Belongs to aloogobi Broccoli Soup 
You might need to buy:
  • large bunch broccoli
  • stock or water
  • dried thyme
  • pepper
  • nutmeg
  • milk or evaporated milk
  • salt and pepper