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Mark Bittman is known for dishing out recipes in his food column called "The Minimalist." Well, now they're all available in a single cookbook called “Quick and Easy Recipes from The New York Times.” Here's a few of his greatest hits:
Serves 4
I like gazpacho, but the ultimate minimalist version — take a few tomatoes, a red pepper, some onion, oil, and vinegar, and whiz it in a blender — doesn’t always cut it for me. When I confessed this to my friend and sometime co-author Jean-Georges Vongerichten, he suggested I abandon tradition entirely and combine tomatoes with another fruit of the season: cantaloupe. These, combined with basil and lemon — in place of vinegar — produce the mildest, most delicious, creamiest gazpacho I’ve ever tasted. Make sure to use ripe cantaloupe and tomato at the height of the summer for the best results.
INGREDIENTS
1. Cut the tomato flesh into 1-inch chunks. Seed the melon and remove the flesh from the rind; cut it into chunks. Put a tablespoon of olive oil in each of two 10- or 12-inch skillets and turn the heat under both to high (you can do this sequentially if you have only one skillet). Add the melon to one skillet and the tomatoes to the other and cook, stirring, until they become juicy, no longer than 2 minutes.
2. In a blender, puree the melon, tomato, 11/2 cups water or 1 cup water plus 1/2 cup ice cubes, and the basil, along with some salt and pepper. Chill, then add lemon juice to taste and adjust the seasoning. Serve.
Time: 20 minutes, plus time to chill
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