- Crispy Gnocchi and Sausage with Creamy Pumpkin Sauce
Gnocchi with pumpkin sauce is a delicious autumn weeknight favorite, and relies entirely on ingredients you can pick up from the store. - Ruffled Phyllo Pistachio Cream Pie
With its crispy, buttery top and rich, creamy center, our Ruffled Phyllo Pistachio Cream Pie is a showstopper. Make it using our easy homemade Pistachio Cream! - Homemade Italian-Style Pistachio Cream
We can’t afford to keep buying pistachio cream, so we made our own. Creamy, nutty, and delicious, and we spoon it over everything. - Rhubarb Gin Sour
The perfect summer drink! Homemade rhubarb syrup is paired with botanical gin and tart lemon juice, balanced by a little shake or two of bitters and a foamed egg white.
- Stuffing with Apples, Sausage and Fennel
- Mustard and Maple-Glazed Butternut Squash stuffed with Farro and Winter Greens
- Caramelized Red Onion and Pear Tarts with Goat Cheese and Spicy Honey Drizzle
- Cranberry Sauce Whisky Cocktail
- Bourbon Pumpkin Mousse Tart with Candied Pecans
- Thai Coconut Curry Butternut Squash Soup
- Whipped Rutabaga with Crispy Shallots
- Make Ahead Turkey Gravy with Calvados (Apple Brandy)
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Hello! We are Matt and Emily Clifton, and we are Nerds with Knives. Well, us and the dog. Well, us and the dog and the eight chickens. Oh, and there are two cats. We’ll come in again.
Hello! Our mission at Nerds with Knives is to celebrate the joy of food, cooking and eating. We’re enthusiastic home cooks, not professional chefs, but we’re always excited about cooking and we want you to be, too.
We’ve been writing about food, eating and gardening since 2013. We live in Beacon in the Hudson Valley of New York.
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