| Make any night Italian night with an easy, but delicious, calzone stuffed with Swiss chard, sun-dried tomatoes, and three cheeses. If you enjoy bread making or have extra time on your hands, make the pizza dough yourself. Otherwise, fresh or frozen store-bought dough will do the trick in a pinch.
This salad involves baking pancetta, poaching figs, and marinating and grilling radicchio -- maybe more than you want to do on a Thursday night. If the lengthy preparation turns you off, simply gill the radicchio and top it with crumbled bacon and slices of fresh figs-the result will be just as satisfying.
Caramel custard is a perfect ending to a European meal. You might want to make these in the morning, as they need time to chill and set up in the refrigerator before inverting. For a dramatic effect, insert a gingersnap or other thin cookie vertically into the finished custard. |
