New from the archives: four fresh posts (Recipes: grilled peaches with vanilla-cardamom yogurt, caponata, South End Deep Root Chili, teeny tiny lime tarts)

Slowly but steadily, I've been time-traveling through the early days of The Perfect Pantry, updating posts, tweaking recipes, fixing links, and adding photos of the food I cooked in the days before I photographed the food I cooked.

This month, I remade two quick-and-easy desserts, plus two dishes that require the kind of simmering on the stove top that tantalizes the whole house with irresistible aromas.

Mini phyllo shells come in handy when you need to dress up sweet or savory fillings. These teeny tiny lime tarts (in the top photo) are a perfect one-bite, no-cook dessert. Make the filling way ahead, and just before you're reading to serve, pipe the filling into the shells with a pastry bag.

Every one of my vegetarian friends and family members has eaten South End Deep Root Chili at my house. A vegan main dish made with the canned black beans always in my pantry, this chili uses apple juice as the base, and finishes with pasta and lemon. No, it's not traditional, but it's really, really good.

Caponata pairs eggplant with pantry ingredients (capers, olives, white wine vinegar) to make a relish that perks up fish, chicken, or pasta. One of my favorite ways to use caponata is on bruschetta, with goat cheese or brie spread on the toasted bread, topped with this tangy relish.

This cardamom yogurt topping makes an easy, instant dessert out of almost any grilled fruit. Here, I used summer peaches, but pears or apples work beautifully. Instead of blueberries, try lightly toasted (or caramelized) walnuts. I grilled my peaches on a panini press.

Enjoy!

Comments

Beautiful photos - I'm craving bruschetta for breakfast! And those teeny tiny lime tarts are incredibly cute!

They all look and sound so good; just pinned them all!

TW, the lime tarts are so easy to make (and no cooking), and one tart is perfectly satisfying after a heavy meal.

Kalyn, thanks so much! It's fun to go back and make some of the old recipes.