Recipe: Chocolate Caramel Matzo Brittle — Recipes from The Kitchn

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It’s not Passover yet, and it won’t be for about a week. But while Passover gives us an reason to make this candy-like dessert, really there’s no need to wait.

Matzo (or matzoh or matzah), the Jewish unleavened cracker-like bread, is the perfect crunchy, flaky base for a thin coating of buttery caramel and melted chocolate, along with whatever toppings your heart desires. Crispy, flaky matzo covered with brown sugar caramel and bittersweet chocolate — this stuff is so addictive you won’t want to wait for Passover.

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Boiled Asparagus with Sieved Eggs and Caper Vinaigrette

It’s asparagus season! Here is a beautiful and classic way to serve them—quickly cooked in simmering water, drained, and sprinkled with a tangy caper vinaigrette and grated hard boiled egg. This recipe serves four, but you could easily double, triple, or quadruple the recipe. With more asparagus you could arrange them in a circle on a large platter for a dramatic presentation.

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Boiled Asparagus with Sieved Eggs and Caper Vinaigrette

It’s asparagus season! Here is a beautiful and classic way to serve them—quickly cooked in simmering water, drained, and sprinkled with a tangy caper vinaigrette and grated hard boiled egg. This recipe serves four, but you could easily double, triple, or quadruple the recipe. With more asparagus you could arrange them in a circle on a large platter for a dramatic presentation.

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Boiled Asparagus with Sieved Eggs and Caper Vinaigrette

It’s asparagus season! Here is a beautiful and classic way to serve them—quickly cooked in simmering water, drained, and sprinkled with a tangy caper vinaigrette and grated hard boiled egg. This recipe serves four, but you could easily double, triple, or quadruple the recipe. With more asparagus you could arrange them in a circle on a large platter for a dramatic presentation.

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10 Gorgeous Green Recipes for Spring — Recipes from The Kitchn

After surviving for too long on lots of hearty stews and rich potato dishes this winter, now that it’s spring all I want to eat are Fresh Green Things. Doesn’t matter in what context –– soups, sandwiches, salad, pasta –– as long as the green food is fresh and in season, I want to eat it all. All the time.

Do you have a similar feeling? Here are 10 recipes to try out whenever all these fresh green things are at your farmers market or grocery store.

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How To Make Milk Kefir — Cooking Lessons from The Kitchn

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Milk kefir is an easy sell for anyone who loves yogurt, which I most definitely do. Kefir is tangy, about as thick (and creamy!) as a smoothie, and full of those good-for-you probiotics we hear so much about. Think of milk kefir as drinkable, pourable yogurt. Even better, you can skip the grocery store and make it yourself right on your kitchen counter.

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