7UP PIE CRUST RECIPES

Here is the archetype of a thin-crust pizza pie, a pizza margherita adorned simply in the colors of the Italian flag: green from basil, white from mozzarella, red from tomato sauce. This pizza is adapted from the recipe used by the staff at Roberta’s restaurant in Brooklyn, who make their tomato sauce simply by whizzing together canned tomatoes, a drizzle of olive oil and a pinch of salt. The ingredients offer in their proportions what appears to be a kind of austerity — not even 3 ounces of cheese! But the result is home-cooked pizza to beat the band, exactly the sort of recipe to start a career in home pizza-making, and to return to again and again.

Provided by Sam Sifton

Total Time 15 minutes

Yield 2 servings

Number Of Ingredients 5

• Ingredients

Nutrition Facts : @context http//schema.org, Calories 453, UnsaturatedFatContent 7 grams, CarbohydrateContent 59 grams, FatContent 15 grams, FiberContent 3 grams, ProteinContent 19 grams, SaturatedFatContent 6 grams, SodiumContent 1052 milligrams, SugarContent 2 grams

Spiedies, grilled skewers of meat marinated in what amounts to Italian dressing, are a culinary mainstay of bars and roadhouses in and around Binghamton, N.Y. What follows is a recipe for the marinade used to prepare them for the fire. I have used fresh herbs, though dried ones are more traditional, and have upped the flavor slightly with the use of lemon zest. Once you’ve got the marinade made, simply cut the meat — chicken or beef, lamb or pork — into 1- or 2-inch cubes, and submerge it in the liquid for a couple of days (10 to 12 hours for chicken), covered, in the refrigerator. All that lemon and vinegar does some work on the meat, and the result, when grilled over charcoal for four or five minutes a side, is a fantastical taste of upstate New York, and a very simple and excellent dinner besides. (Here are instructions for cooking them.) Serve with torn mint and an additional drizzle of lemon juice and olive oil, on top of Italian bread or alongside rice.

Provided by Sam Sifton

Total Time 5 minutes

Yield Enough for 2 to 3 pounds meat

Number Of Ingredients 13

• Ingredients

Nutrition Facts : @context http//schema.org, Calories 256, UnsaturatedFatContent 23 grams, CarbohydrateContent 4 grams, FatContent 27 grams, FiberContent 1 gram, ProteinContent 0 grams, SaturatedFatContent 4 grams, SodiumContent 170 milligrams, SugarContent 1 gram