Alexandra’s Kitchen

Behold: The Shiny-Topped, Rich, Fudgy Brownies of My Dreams 🎉🎉🎉⁣ ⁣ Friends, where to begin? I have long loved this @finecookingmag recipe for brownies — truly, it is the only brownie recipe I have made for well over a decade. ⁣ They didn’t, however, consistently emerge with that desirable, shiny, paper-thin crackly crust. About a month ago, I reached out to my newsletter readers for help and they pointed me to an @bravetart article that helped tremendously. ⁣(I miss Stella Parks!) ⁣ In sum, this is what has made a difference: ⁣ ⁣ ✅ Melting the butter and sugar sufficiently and beating the two together until they are nearly emulsified — it should look like wet sand.⁣ ⁣ ✅ Beating the eggs for about a minute until they get foamy and slightly thick, about a minute.⁣ ⁣ ✅ Whisking the butter-sugar mixture really well into the eggs before adding the dry ingredients.⁣ ⁣ The recipe is linked in profile 🤗⁣ ⁣ #brownies #cocoa #shiny #fudgy #rich

Crispy Fingerling Potatoes — a longtime favorite recipe reworked for the oven ⁣🥔🥔 ⁣ I learned to cook potatoes this way while working at Fork many years ago. There we would parboil the potatoes, then pan-sear them. Here I’ve replaced the pan sear with a high-heat roast, which works beautifully and which is great if you are cooking for a crowd 🤗🤗⁣ ⁣ The recipe is linked in bio. ⁣ ⁣ #potatoes #fingerlings #crispy #roasted #herbs

Something else to bake on St. Patrick's Day: Lemony, Currant Buttermilk Scones⁣ ☘️☘️ ⁣ Flaky, buttery, and perfectly sweet, these scones are a longtime favorite. The recipe comes from the first Tartine cookbook, and I make it with blueberries all summer long and currants throughout the winter — they're so, so good 💚💚⁣ ⁣ Recipe linked in profile 🤗⁣ ⁣ #scone #Recipe #breakfast #currants #stpatricksday

Friends, if you love salad ON pizza, you have to follow Ines Glaser of @lupacotta, whose SALAD PIZZA DETOX series is ⁣💯💯💯 ⁣ Notes: ⁣ ⁣ • Pizza Dough Recipe is from my new book Pizza Night (here in just 5 weeks!! link to pre-order: https://alexandracooks.com/pizza-night/)⁣ ⁣ • #WOMENSPIZZAMONTH on Instagram hosted by @realcleverfood, @pizzarosha, and @twocentspizza has begun 🎉🎉 Join the party by creating your own pizza dedicated to an inspiring woman and tagging #WOMENSPIZZAMONTH⁣ ⁣ ⁣ #saladpizzadetox #pizza #pizzanight⁣

A Simple Springy Salad: shaved asparagus, arugula, lots of parmesan, and lemon vinaigrette 🍋🍋🍋⁣ ⁣ This one is inspired by a recipe in @jessdamuck 's book Salad Freak. I love the treatment of the asparagus: shaved thinly then broiled briefly, which gives the salad a cooked element though it all still tastes light and springy. ⁣ ⁣ Recipe is linked in bio 🤗⁣ ⁣ Reminder: 52 more salads in Pizza Night 🎉🎉 available for preorder now 🎉🎉 ⁣ #salad #spring #asparagus #pizzanight