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1 c. sour cream
1 c. finely chopped onion
1 6-ounce can French-fried onions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Combine first 5 ingredients in large
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BAKED ASPARAGUS AND
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2 pounds thin asparagus
2 large yellow bell peppers
3 shallots
1 medium zucchini
3 scallions
1 T. unsalted butter
10 large eggs
1/2 c. heavy cream
3 T. chopped fresh flat-leafed pars-
ley leaves
1 1/2 t. salt
1/4 t. freshly ground black pepper
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. and but-
ter a 13x9x2-inch glass baking dish
(3-quart size).
Trim asparagus and diagonally cut
into 1/4-inch-wide slices. Cut bell
peppers into 1/4-inch-wide strips and
mince shallots. Halve zucchini length-
wise and diagonally cur both zucchini
and scallions into thin slices.
Have ready a bowl of ice and cold
water. In a large saucepan of boiling
salted water, blanch asparagus 1
minute and drain in a colander.
Immediately transfer asparagus to ice
water to stop cooking. Drain aspara-
gus well in colander and pat dry.
In a large skillet, cook bell peppers
and shallots in butter over moderately
low heat. Stir occasionally until pep-
pers are softened, about 10 minutes. In
a large bowl, whisk together eggs,
cream, parsley, salt and pepper. Stir in
asparagus, bell pepper mixture, zucchi-
ni and scallions. Pour custard into bak-
ing dish and bake in middle of oven
until golden and set, about 35 min-
utes. Cool frittata on a rack. Frittata
may be made 1 day ahead and chilled,
covered. Bring frittata to room temper-
ature before serving. If desired, loosen
H frittata from edges of pan and slide
onto a platter. Serves 12.

SPICY SMOKED SALMON
CORNCAKES
1/4 c. plus 2 tablespoons yellow
cornmeal
3 T. all-purpose flour

1/4 t. baking soda
1/4 t. salt
1 large egg, beaten lightly
1/4 c. plus 2 tablespoons buttermilk
3 T. cream cheese, softened
1/2 c. fresh corn (cut from 1 ear) or
thawed frozen corn
3 T. finely chopped fresh chives.
9 large peperoncini (pickled Tuscan
peppers), drained, seeded, and
chopped fine (about 1/4 c.)
2 ounces finely chopped smoked
salmon (about 1/3 c.)
2 T. vegetable oil
Sour cream, chopped red onion,
and lemon slices as accompani-
ments if desired
In a small bowl, whisk together corn-
meal, flour, baking soda and salt. In a
bowl, whisk together egg, buttermilk
and cream cheese. Chop half of corn
coarsely and stir into buttermilk mix-
ture with remaining corn, chives,
peperoncini, salmon and cornmeal
mixture until just combined.
In a large non-stick skillet, heat oil
over moderately high heat until hot
but not smoking. Working in batches,
drop batter by 1/4-cup measures into
skillet. Spread batter slightly to form
3 1/2 to 4-inch cakes and cook 2 to
3 minutes on each side, or until gold-
en brown. Transfer corncakes as
cooked to a heatproof platter and
keep warm. Serve corncakes with sour
cream, chopped red onion and lemon
slices. Makes about 6 corncakes.
Recipe can be doubled.

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1 c. quartered, drained marinated
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10 vine-ripened cherry tomatoes,
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1 t. fresh thyme leaves
Preheat oven to 400 degrees and
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