New York
4 dishes from New York, cooked the way the place cooks them.
-
New York Cheesecake
Two pounds of full-fat cream cheese, a little cornstarch and five eggs baked slow in a water bath until the middle still wobbles, then chilled overnight so it sets dense rather than fluffy.
- Total
- 12 hr
- Serves
- 12
- Calories
- 533 per serving
-
Beef on Weck
Top round roasted rare and shaved thin onto a hard roll baked under coarse salt and caraway, the crown dipped in the roast's own jus, horseradish underneath.
- Total
- 3 hr
- Serves
- 6
- Calories
- 455 per serving
-
Pastrami on Rye
A beef navel cured a week with salt and nitrite, crusted in cracked pepper and coriander, smoked to 160°F and then steamed for hours until it gives — the last step being the one everybody leaves out.
- Total
- 8 days
- Serves
- 8
- Calories
- 585 per serving
-
Buffalo Wings
Wings fried naked, no batter anywhere, then tossed in an emulsion of cold butter and cayenne pepper sauce that hangs on the skin instead of running off it.
- Total
- 50 min
- Serves
- 4
- Calories
- 845 per serving