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Adapted from a million recipes over the years
For the pastry, makes two 9" pie crusts:
2 cups ...
1 tablespoon red-wine vinegar
3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
fine sea salt
freshly ground ...
This bread has a wonderful, tangy flavor. Perfect for a corned beef sandwich on St. Patrick's ...
Heat virgin olive oil in a heavy skillet, add a little diced garlic. Chop the end stem
of the ...
1 cup of white self rising cornmeal (Martha White or White Lily… we are in Dixie after all.)
1/2 ...
Yield: 3 quarts of sauce
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