The transformation of butter, sugar, and salt into toffee is culinary alchemy at its best. This version is studded with cocktail peanuts and bittersweet chocolate.
Here, a classic Spanish pairing gets reinvented as a bite-size cheese course. We’re particularly enamored of the textural contrast provided by the sliced almonds.
Since sautéing orzo in butter gives it a nutty taste and toasting almonds makes them buttery, the two ingredients are perfectly complementary in this pilaf.
Here we’ve taken pecan pie above and beyond its usual corn-syrupy incarnation. A layer of chocolate adds richness to the dessert while balancing its sweetness.
