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  4. 17 Red, White, and Blue Foods to Make for the Fourth of July

17 Red, White, and Blue Foods to Make for the Fourth of July

By Food & Wine
Updated June 14, 2019
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The Fourth of July is all about red, white, and blue—so you might as well make sure your menu is just as on-theme as your outfit. While the idea of finding a lot of red (let alone blue) recipes may sound daunting, rest assured you have plenty of options. Whole fruit rocket pops, a riff on the childhood classic, make a fun dessert with their strawberry-lime, coconut-banana, and blueberry-mint layers; ricotta and roasted tomato bruschetta with pancetta brings contrasting colors and a sweet-savory profile to the table. Read on for more of our red, white, and blue recommendations.
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Ricotta and Roasted Tomato Bruschetta with Pancetta

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Peak-season tomatoes make all the difference in this simple bruschetta from author Susan Spungen. They’re the perfect accompaniment to a bowl of soup or a large salad, or, to turn them into two-bite hors d’oeuvres, simply cut the bruschetta crosswise into strips.

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Raspberry Tart with a Pistachio Crust

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Pastry chef Jennifer McCoy bristles when other people offer to bring dessert to parties. "What are they thinking?" she says. "That's mine!" McCoy often brings this raspberry tart, with its creamy filling and pistachio-studded crust. She packs the components separately and assembles the tart just before serving.

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Grilled Watermelon with Yogurt

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This is Michael Psilakis's modern take on the traditional Greek combination of watermelon and feta cheese. It features the creamy yogurt he grew up eating in New York's Long Island: "My mom made it at home all the time, and we'd snack on it with honey after school."

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Beet Hummus

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Soft, sweet and earthy, roasted beets make for a vivid pink dip that’s a fun take on hummus. If you are pressed for time, use the preroasted beets available in many supermarket produce sections instead of roasting your own.

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Fresh Mozzarella

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Warm, tender, milky mozzarella is easier to make than you might think. Plus it takes just 20 minutes.

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White Gazpacho

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This refreshing gazpacho—made with apples, grapes, almonds and cucumber—is a perfect balance of sweet and tangy.

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Meyer Lemon Mousse

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This creamy, sweet and tangy mousse is fantastic on its own, but Stephanie Prida will also layer it with slices of pound cake and strawberries.

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Vanilla Bean Ice Cream

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This exceptionally creamy ice cream relies on two unexpected ingredients: corn starch (to help thicken it) and cream cheese (to make it scoopable).

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Honeyed Yogurt and Blueberry Tart with Ginger Crust

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Melissa Rubel Jacobson mixes creamy yogurt with honey so it's deliciously sweet and tangy, then she spreads it in a graham-cracker crust spiced with bits of crystallized ginger and tops it with plump blueberries.

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Blueberry-Lemon Parfaits

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Laurent Tourondel set out to use this lemon cream and blueberry compote for a Fourth of July pie, but decided that he preferred the look and lightness of the fillings layered in parfait glasses. In place of the blueberries, try other summer fruits like raspberries or strawberries.

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Salt-Baked Trout

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Marcia Kiesel uses pickled cocktail onions to make a fast, tart, crunchy sauce for this succulent salt-baked trout.

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Pacific Breeze

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This bluestreaked, vodka-spiked lemonade is popular on Maui bar Pacific'O's torch-lit patio, just steps from the beach.

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Maine-Style Lobster Rolls

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Mary-Frances Heck refers to these lobster rolls as “knuckle sandwiches” because they showcase the knuckles—the segments that connect the claws to the carapace—which are the sweetest, most tender meat on a lobster. Dressed simply with mayo, the cold salad sits in a hot, buttered bun. Her tip for tackling the admittedly tedious work of cracking the shells? Do it with a friend and a cold beer.

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Black & Blue Nachos

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“I love these nachos because they are meat-free and very healthy, with warm, spicy black bean dip and tons of veggies,” Rachael Ray says. You’ll get some red in this recipe too, thanks to red bell peppers and tomatoes.

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Red, Hot, and Cool Strawberries

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The chile-induced heat in this dish doesn’t kick in until the last moment, creating a gentle afterburn that is cooled by sweet strawberries and a smooth bed of tangy cream.

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Whole-Fruit Rocket Pops

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Gail Simmons makes a spin on Rocket Pops with strawberry-lime, coconut-banana and ginger, and blueberry-mint layers. Making the simple base for the layers is easy using a home blender; just be sure to freeze each layer sufficiently before pouring in the next, and use a small funnel to get even layers and keep the sides of your popsicle mold clean.

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Sandy Bottoms

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This pitcher drink pairs hydrating watermelon with the delicate fennel-and-herb flavor of Peychaud's bitters. "The watermelon and lime in this deceptively simple cocktail pair perfectly with the sea salt left on your lips from a long day at the beach," says Stephanie Andrews of Billy Sunday in Chicago.

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1 of 17 Ricotta and Roasted Tomato Bruschetta with Pancetta
2 of 17 Raspberry Tart with a Pistachio Crust
3 of 17 Grilled Watermelon with Yogurt
4 of 17 Beet Hummus
5 of 17 Fresh Mozzarella
6 of 17 White Gazpacho
7 of 17 Meyer Lemon Mousse
8 of 17 Vanilla Bean Ice Cream
9 of 17 Honeyed Yogurt and Blueberry Tart with Ginger Crust
10 of 17 Blueberry-Lemon Parfaits
11 of 17 Salt-Baked Trout
12 of 17 Pacific Breeze
13 of 17 Maine-Style Lobster Rolls
14 of 17 Black & Blue Nachos
15 of 17 Red, Hot, and Cool Strawberries
16 of 17 Whole-Fruit Rocket Pops
17 of 17 Sandy Bottoms

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