Big Ranch, Big City Cookbook: Recipes from Lambert's Texas Kitchens

Salads

• Beef Salpicon Salad
• Lambert’s Chopped Salad
• Ranch Steak Salad Niçoise
• Red Grapefruit and Avocado Salad with Honey-Poppy Seed Dressing
• Romaine with Creamy Lemon Vinaigrette
• Sunday Three-Bean Salad
• Fried Green Tomatoes with Crab Rémoulade
• Warm German Potato Salad
• Roasted Beet Salad with Shaved Fennel and Candied Shallot Vinaigrette
• Spinach Salad with Smoked Bacon Vinaigrette and Blue Cheese

Soups & Stews

• Roasted Poblano and Cheddar Soup
• Ancho Chicken Tortilla Soup
• Cannellini Soup with Parmesan and Baby Greens
• Gingered Acorn Squash Soup
• Sherried Onion Soup with Gruyère Toast
• Norma’s Oyster Stew
• Curried Chicken and Potato Stew
• New Mexico Pork and Green Chile Stew
• Port Arthur Seafood Gumbo
• Seafood Posole Verde
• West Texas Venison Chili

Sausages, Pâtés & Cured Meats

• Maple and Fennel Breakfast Sausage
• Chicken Sausage with Parmesan and Sun-Dried Tomatoes
• Jalapeño and Cheddar Beef Hotlinks
• Spicy Oak-Smoked Chorizo
• Brandied Chicken Liver Terrine with Caramelized Onions
• Hunters’ Country Venison Pâté
• Foie Gras Mousseline
• Pecos Wild Duck Rillettes
• Hot Smoked Pecan-Cured Salmon
• Pickled Cajun Shrimp
• Peppered Lamb Pastrami

Beef, Lamb, Pork & Game

• Adobo-Grilled T-Bone with Red Chile and Cheese Enchiladas
• Bock-Braised Beef Short Ribs
• Beef Tenderloin with Blue Crab and Béarnaise
• Pan-Seared Peppered Strip Streak with Roasted Garlic Butter
• Salt- and Pepper-Crusted Prime Rib of Beef
• Smoke-Braised Beef Brisket with Chile-Coffee Rub
• Maple Sugar- and Mustard-Crusted Rib Eye
• Mint Pesto Roasted Rack of Lamb
• Coriander Roasted Leg of Lamb with Border Chimichurri
• Valley Grilled Porterhouse Pork Chops
• Panfried Pork Cutlet with Parsley-Caper Butter Sauce
• Slow-Smoked Pork Butt with Vinegar Barbecue Sauce
• Crispy Wild Boar Ribs with Fresh Plum Barbecue Sauce

Poultry

• Chicken Potpie with Tart Apples and Country Sausage
• Herbed Chicken and Potato Dumplings
• Panfried Buttermilk Chicken
• Pan-Seared Rosemary Chicken
• Wood-Roasted Chicken with Mexican Chocolate Chile Rub
• Sabine Braised Duck with Wild Mushrooms and Port
• Grilled Bacon-Wrapped Quail with Chorizo Cornbread Stuffing
• Beer-Battered Quail with Jalapeño Peach Glaze

Seafood

• Broiled Oysters with Spinach, Bacon, and Pernod
• Mexican Ceviche Cocktail
• Seafood Frito Misto
• Scampied Barbecued Shrimp
• Shrimp Rigatoni Puttanesca
• Redfish with Shrimp Creole
• Panfried Trout with Crab and Shrimp Stuffing
• Romesco-Crusted Snapper with Basil Beurre Blanc
• Roasted Halibut in Saffron Tomato Broth with Corn Fritter Dumplings
• Grilled Coriander Salmon with Mint-Cucumber Relish

Tex-Mex

• Beef Chiles Rellenos in Spicy Tomato Broth
• Spanish Rice
• Creamy Chicken Casserole with hatch Chiles
• Chicken Sopes with Roasted Corn Crema
• Green Chile Queso
• Puffy Tortilla Chips
• Serrano Escabeche
• Smoked Beef Barbacoa Tacos
• Chunky Avocado Salsa
• Spicy Pork Tamale Gratin
• Stacked Chili Con Carne Enchiladas with Fried Eggs

Vegetables & Sides

• Grilled Asparagus with Broken Tomato Vinaigrette
• Achiote-Seared Chickpeas
• Sugar-and-Tomato Baked Beans
• Green Chile Grits
• Loaded Garlic Mashed Potatoes
• Ricotta Spinach Gratin
• Joann’s Stewed Okra and Tomatoes
• Parmesan Potato Gratin
• Corn and Cheddar Pudding
• Three-Cheese Macaroni with Country Ham
• Braised Greens with Smoked Ham Hock

Breads

• Brunch Buttermilk Biscuits
• Buttery Parker County Dinner Rolls
• Citrus Scones
• Green Onion Skillet Corn Cakes
• Jalapeño Corn Muffins
• Onion Flatbread
• Governor’s Mansion Potato Rolls

Desserts

• Buttermilk-Honey Ice Cream
• Buttermilk Chocolate Cake
• Carmelita Bars
• Chocolate Mocha Ice Cream
• Mexican Flan
• Gingered Pear Fried Peas
• Lambert’s Fudge Brownies
• Maple Bread Pudding
• Lemon Pound Cake
• Peach Cake Cobbler
• Roasted Peanut and Peanut Butter Cookies
• Tres Leches Cake

Stocks & Sauces

• Brown Beef Stock
• Chicken Stock
• Shrimp Stock
• Fish Stock
• Court Bouillon
• Béarnaise Sauce
• Creamy Horseradish Sauce
• Basic Beurre Blanc
• Brown Beef Sauce
• Wild Mushroom Ragout
• Border Chimichurri
• Ancho Mole Sauce
• Fennel Salsa Verde
• Carmen’s Green Salsa
• Red Table Salsa
• Rustic Chile Pepper Sauce
• Salsa Roja
• Fruited Herb Grain Mustard
• Cider-Mustard Barbecue Sauce
• Texas Barbecue Sauce
• Vinegar Barbecue Sauce