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updated 11:13 a.m. ET Sept. 4, 2008

Keep dinner simple yet delicious by preparing dishes that will please everyone. Daisy Maria Martinez, author and host of PBS television series "Daisy Cooks," shares an affordable and easy-to-make Latin specialty — choripan, a unique take on sausage:

Choripan
Daisy Martinez

A choripán is a popular sandwich in Argentina and Latin American countries. The name comes from the combination of its ingredients: a grilled chorizo (sausage) and a crusty bread.

INGREDIENTS

1 Haas avocado, small dice
1/2 small red onion, small dice
1 clove garlic, minced
2 plum tomatoes, seeded and small diced
2 tablespoons parsley, minced
1/2 jalapeño, minced
1 lime, juiced
1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
Sea salt and fresh ground pepper
6 Italian sausages, no fennel (hot or sweet, as you prefer)
6 crusty rolls (ciabatta, Kaiser, Portuguese, etc.)

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DIRECTIONS

Prepare the salsa for your choripan by mixing the avocado, onion, garlic, tomato, parsley, jalapeno, lime juice, olive oil, and seasoning. Place in refrigerator while you grill your sausages.

Grill your sausages on your grill, away from direct flame. Open the rolls just before your sausages are ready, and place on the grill to toast up.

When your sausages are ready, slice open lengthwise and lay flat on your open roll. Divide the avo-salsa among the rolls.

MANAGE YOUR RECIPES


Ensalada Rusa (Russian salad)
Daisy Martinez

INGREDIENTS

Salad

1 cup red waxy potatoes, peeled, cut into 1/2 inch dice
1 cup white turnips, peeled, cut into 1/2 inch dice
1 cup carrots, peeled, cut in 1/2 inch dice
1 cup string beans, cut into 1/2 inch pieces
1 cup green peas
1 cup red beets, peeled, cut in 1/2 inch dice
1 cup homemade mayonnaise dressing (below)

Mayonnaise dressing

1 large egg yolk
1 tsp Dijon mustard
Pinch of salt
2/3 cup grapeseed oil
1 tablespoon lemon juice
Fresh-ground white pepper to taste

DIRECTIONS

Steam the vegetables separately until soft. Toss the cooked potatoes, turnips, carrots, string beans and peas together in a bowl and season with salt. Fold in the mayonnaise (see recipe below) and turn out to a romaine leaf-lined platter. Garnish with the cubed, cooked beets.

Mayonnaise: Combine the yolk. mustard and salt in a mixing bowl and whisk to mix well. Drop by drop, add the oil until the mayonnaise starts to emulsify. Whisk in the remaining oil in a thin stream. Add your lemon juice, check for salt and pepper.

MANAGE YOUR RECIPES


The New York Culinary Experience is the first annual hands-on cooking event co-hosted by the French Culinary Institute and New York magaine, September 20 and 21 at the French Culinary Institute in New York. For tickets or information, please visit www.nymag.com/nyce.

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