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28 Seasonal Recipes to Make This Spring

By Food & Wine Updated April 08, 2020
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Ricotta-Fava Toasts Recipe
Credit: Eva Kolenko
Asparagus and peas, radishes and artichokes, ramps—spring is an exciting time to be in the kitchen, and these recipes will help you make use of what’s in season. Think ricotta toasts paired with the grassy, slightly sweet taste of fava beans, and garganelli pasta covered with a garlicky scallion cream sauce. As for dessert? You’ll have to read on to find out.
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Pizza with Garlic Cream and Nettles

Pizza with Garlic Cream and Nettles
Credit: Fredrika Stjärne
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You can use either green garlic or scallions for the garlic cream, and feel free to use baby arugula instead of nettles, too.

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Spinach-and-Green-Pea Empanadas

Spinach-and-Green-Pea Empanadas
Credit: Fredrika Stjärne
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Mauricio Couly uses a mix of spinach, fava beans, green beans and a good amount of mint. He makes his own paprika-spiced empanada dough; store-bought empanada wrappers (available in the freezer section of many supermarkets and specialty food stores) work well, too.

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Spring Vegetable Stew

Spring Vegetable Stew. Photo © Anna Williams
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When fresh fava beans are available, use them in place of the cranberry beans.

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Roasted Radishes with Radish Greens

Roasted Radishes with Radish Greens
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Gerard Craft came up with this clever recipe one year when his local farmer had an abundance of radishes. Craft tried roasting them. The result: warm, crisp-tender radishes with delightfully bitter greens, which he finishes with butter and lemon.

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Garlic-Rubbed Pork Shoulder with Spring Vegetables

San Francisco based Andrew Green goes to Oregon to make his spicy Pinot Noir. He buys ingredients closer to home for his roasted pork shoulder with spring vegetables.
Credit: © Tina Rupp
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Pork shoulder is often braised or smoked, but Andrew Green rubs it with garlic and herbs, then slow-roasts the meat until it’s juicy and crusty.

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Short Ribs with Mushrooms and Spring Vegetables

Short Ribs with Mushrooms and Spring Vegetables
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To layer the flavors in this dish, chef Rory Herrmann marinates beef short ribs and vegetables in red wine overnight, then uses the marinade in the braise as well. Spring vegetables help lighten the rich stew.

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Spring Panzanella with Asparagus

Spring Panzanella with Asparagus
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Recipes for panzanella (a Florentine bread salad popular in the summer) typically call for tomatoes, but in the spring, Mike Lata prefers using seasonal ingredients like asparagus and radishes.

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Morel-and-Asparagus Salad with Frisée and Butter Lettuce

Morel-and-Asparagus Salad with Frisée and Butter Lettuce
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This light, simple salad highlights poached morels and asparagus with a combination of frisée and butter lettuces.

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Beer-Braised Chicken Stew with Fava Beans and Peas

Beer-Braised Chicken Stew with Fava Beans and Peas
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Paul Kahan is a big fan of chicken thighs because they have so much flavor and are so inexpensive—the best of both worlds. He braises the thighs in beer to make an excellent spring stew that he (naturally) pairs with more beer, such as Pere Jacques from Chicago's Goose Island Beer Company, a Belgian-style ale full of caramelized malt flavors.

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Pea Consommé with Mint

Pea Consommé with Mint
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This delicate broth is full of vitamin C, thanks to the pea pods Jeremy Fox simmers. (Snow peas are just as delicious and easier to find.) He tops the consommé with shards of white chocolate because he likes the way it brings out the peas’ sweetness while adding only a little fat.

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Veal Stew with Spring Greens

Veal Stew with Spring Greens
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This lemony stew has a delicious mix of spinach, sorrel, watercress, romaine and herbs.

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Spring Lettuce Salad with Roasted Asparagus

Spring Lettuce Salad with Roasted Asparagus
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This top-rated salad from Amber Huffman combines mixed spring lettuces, Parmigiano-Reggiano, asparagus, and a simple dressing.

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Lemon, Poppy and Chèvre Cheesecakes with Rhubarb

Lemon, Poppy and Chèvre Cheesecakes with Rhubarb
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“I am obsessed with the chèvre from Texas’s Pure Luck Farm,” says Laura Sawicki. “I love how well it pairs with the cooked rhubarb in my cheesecakes.”

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Creamy Spring Onion Soup

Creamy Spring Onion Soup
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This fresh-tasting soup can be prepared with scallions or green garlic (which is harvested before the cloves have matured and has a subtle garlic flavor). A swirl of buttermilk mixed with fresh goat cheese at the end adds a nice tang.

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Grilled Asparagus Subs with Smoky French Dressing

Grilled Asparagus Subs with Smoky French Dressing
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Tyler Kord smokes the French dressing for his asparagus sandwiches over wood chips. This simplified version gets its smokiness from chipotles and smoked salt.

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Sautéed Radishes with Orange Butter

Sautéed Radishes with Orange Butter
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Emeril Lagasse sautés radishes and their greens with bacon, shallots and orange juice until they’re perfectly crisp-tender.

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Spiced Rhubarb Soup with Vanilla Ice Cream

Spiced Rhubarb Soup with Vanilla Ice Cream
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This silky fruit dessert is delicious on its own or topped with vanilla ice cream. Just be sure to only barely cook the rhubarb, so that it retains its crispness—and plenty of tangy flavor.

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Fava Bean Pasta e Fagioli

Fava Bean Pasta e Fagioli
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Chef Mike Lata’s spring version of pasta e fagioli, the Italian soup, uses fresh fava beans in place of borlotti or cannellini beans, along with meaty bits of bacon and a sprinkling of grated Parmigiano-Reggiano.

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Farro Salad with Radishes, Snap Peas, Olives, and Pecorino

Farro Salad with Radishes, Snap Peas, Olives, and Pecorino Recipe
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Farro has a sweet, earthy flavor and delightful chewy texture; it adds a wonderful hardiness to the fresh, crunchy vegetables and salty olives and cheese in this salad. If Meyer lemons aren’t available in your area, use regular fresh lemon juice and increase the honey to balance the dressing.

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Strawberry-Buttermilk Cobbler

Strawberry-Buttermilk Cobbler Recipe
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A mixture of spelt and almond flours, gently combined with cold butter and creamy buttermilk, creates tender, fluffy biscuits that cover this juicy strawberry cobbler filling. Use the sweetest, best-quality berries from the market; their flavor is the foundation of this seasonal dessert.

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Roasted Baby Artichokes with Parsley and Mint

Roasted Baby Artichokes with Parsley and Mint Recipe
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Removing the outer leaves and inner thistle of each baby artichoke reveals its lightly astringent, mildly sweet core, tender enough for quick cooking. Be careful to wash your cutting board and knife well after preparing the baby artichokes as they can leave behind a bitter residue.

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Ricotta-Fava Toasts

Ricotta-Fava Toasts Recipe
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The delicate, milky flavor of fresh ricotta pairs with the grassy, lightly sweet taste of fava beans. Use best-quality cheese, produce, and bread here for a toast that’s more than the sum of its parts.

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Rhubarb-and-Currant Mostarda

Rhubarb and Currant Mostarda Recipe
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This slightly sweet mostarda gets plenty of gentle heat and acid from dry mustard, mustard seeds, and red wine vinegar. Dried black currants plump up as they absorb the liquid, providing a juicy bite.

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Garganelli with Speck, Peas, and Scallion Cream

Garganelli with Speck Peas and Scallion Cream
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Sweet spring peas and garlicky sauce flood tubular garganelli pasta, making each bite a surprise. Substitute penne if you can’t find garganelli, and don’t skip the lemon and mint at the end, which bring balance to the dish.

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Baked Spaetzle with Green Pea Pesto

Baked Spaetzle with Green Pea Pesto
Credit: Eva Kolenko
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While spaetzle is traditionally boiled like pasta, here the mini dumplings are tossed in olive oil and baked with leeks until crisp and browned, then blanketed with a creamy fonduta. The herb-and-pea pesto takes the dish from comfort fare to a vibrant spring side.

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Fennel and Arugula Salad with Meyer Lemon Vinaigrette

Fennel and Arugula Salad
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Meyer lemon has a tartness that’s more tamed than lemon, which is why we love it with peppery arugula and crisp shaved fennel in this simple salad. Soaking the shaved fennel in ice water helps the thin slices retain their crisp.

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Roasted Asparagus and Mushrooms

Roasted Asparagus and Mushrooms
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A drizzle of syrupy aged balsamic balances the earthiness of the mushrooms and slight char on the asparagus.

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Wine-Poached Strawberries and Apricots

Wine Poached Strawberries and Apricot
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Semi-dry Riesling, which is refreshing and not too sweet, is the secret to this impressive, balanced dessert. Dried apricots lend a gentle bitterness while the strawberries add sweetness and impart the rosiest color.

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    1 of 28 Pizza with Garlic Cream and Nettles
    2 of 28 Spinach-and-Green-Pea Empanadas
    3 of 28 Spring Vegetable Stew
    4 of 28 Roasted Radishes with Radish Greens
    5 of 28 Garlic-Rubbed Pork Shoulder with Spring Vegetables
    6 of 28 Short Ribs with Mushrooms and Spring Vegetables
    7 of 28 Spring Panzanella with Asparagus
    8 of 28 Morel-and-Asparagus Salad with Frisée and Butter Lettuce
    9 of 28 Beer-Braised Chicken Stew with Fava Beans and Peas
    10 of 28 Pea Consommé with Mint
    11 of 28 Veal Stew with Spring Greens
    12 of 28 Spring Lettuce Salad with Roasted Asparagus
    13 of 28 Lemon, Poppy and Chèvre Cheesecakes with Rhubarb
    14 of 28 Creamy Spring Onion Soup
    15 of 28 Grilled Asparagus Subs with Smoky French Dressing
    16 of 28 Sautéed Radishes with Orange Butter
    17 of 28 Spiced Rhubarb Soup with Vanilla Ice Cream
    18 of 28 Fava Bean Pasta e Fagioli
    19 of 28 Farro Salad with Radishes, Snap Peas, Olives, and Pecorino
    20 of 28 Strawberry-Buttermilk Cobbler
    21 of 28 Roasted Baby Artichokes with Parsley and Mint
    22 of 28 Ricotta-Fava Toasts
    23 of 28 Rhubarb-and-Currant Mostarda
    24 of 28 Garganelli with Speck, Peas, and Scallion Cream
    25 of 28 Baked Spaetzle with Green Pea Pesto
    26 of 28 Fennel and Arugula Salad with Meyer Lemon Vinaigrette
    27 of 28 Roasted Asparagus and Mushrooms
    28 of 28 Wine-Poached Strawberries and Apricots

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