Main Ingredient Recipes

Chocolate Zebra Cake Recipe
Chocolate Zebra Cake Recipe

Chocolate Zebra Cake This cake is just plain fun to make, admire, and eat. The name comes from the four thin layers of dark chocolate cake filled with white chocolate cream. Lines of dark chocolate zig...

15 minutes 9 servings
Chicken-Fried Steak with White Gravy
Chicken-Fried Steak with White Gravy

Country-Fried Steak with White Gravy This Southern staple can be found in just about any restaurant in every state south of the Mason-Dixon line. It's also called "chicken-fried steak," since the steak...

35 to 40 minutes 4 servings
Creamed Spinach Royale Recipe
Creamed Spinach Royale Recipe

Creamed Spinach Royale You can make this delicious spinach recipe up to two days in advance, and reheat it in a skillet or casserole dish. Instructions_Step Melt the butter. Add the onion and sauté un...

15 minutos 6-8
Quick and Easy Flat Bread Recipe
Quick and Easy Flat Bread Recipe

Quick and Easy Flat Bread Recipe Instructions_Step Beat the banana/apple/carrot/chestnut purée/tofu to a smooth purée with the milk and egg. This is best done in a liquidizer [blender]. Instructions_...

35 to 40 minute one 1 lb loaf
Japanese Three Mushroom Rice Recipe
Japanese Three Mushroom Rice Recipe

This lovely dish, from Naoko Boerger, a Tokyo native who now lives in Palo Alto, California, is perfect for autumn. It uses three very different types of mushrooms, shiitake, shimeji, and oyster. The ti...

70 minutes 6
Alsatian Roast Goose Recipe
Alsatian Roast Goose Recipe

Alsatian Roast Goose Instructions_Step At least one day in advance, wash the goose inside and out. With a cleaver, chop off the first joint of both wings and reserve them along with the neck, the hea...

2 hours 15 minutes 10
Veal Scaloppine with Capers
Veal Scaloppine with Capers
10 to 12 minutes 4

Veal Scaloppine With Capers Scaloppine is Italian for scallops in English, escalopes in French, or just plain "cutlets" in America. Sliced thin and pounded, as they should be, they cook fast and lend t...

Vichyssoise Recipe
Vichyssoise Recipe
18 minutes 4

Vichyssoise (Potato and Leek Soup) Vichyssoise is the most used and abused French soup in the world. But do not judge it until you have made it properly. My approach is to honor both the traditions and...

Wiener Schnitzel
Wiener Schnitzel
65 to 75 minutes 6 to 8 servings

Wiener Schnitzel This is one of those Germanic dishes that's been intimately tied to German cuisine. Indeed, Americans are more familiar with the German name of the recipe, Wiener Schnitzel, than with...

Traditional Corned Pork Recipe
Traditional Corned Pork Recipe
2 to 2-1/2 hours 10

Corned Pork From the National Pork Board Pork to be corned must be very lean as the fat is much softer than beef fat, and it does not "eat well" after long brining. Saltpeter is potassium nitrate or s...

Thai Meatballs with Peanut Dipping Sauce
Thai Meatballs with Peanut Dipping Sauce
about 25 meatballs

Thai Beef Meatballs with Peanut Dipping Sauce Equipment: Stand mixer with food grinder and flat beater Large baking sheet, lined with parchment paper Instructions_Step Place beef in a shallow conta...

Tomato Salsa Recipe
Tomato Salsa Recipe

Tomato Salsa Instructions_Step Heat the oil in a skillet and add the onions, celery, peppers, and garlic. Sauté until soft, about 5 minutes. Add the other ingredients, bring the mixture to a boil, co...

25 minutes 2 cups
Tuna Tartine Recipe
Tuna Tartine Recipe

Tuna Tartine We Americans have our signature sandwiches: heroes, hoagies, grinders, subs. The French have theirs, too: the tartine is an open-faced sandwich on toasted, buttered bread, topped with a va...

10 minutes 4 to 6
Super Sesame Chicken Donburi Recipe
Super Sesame Chicken Donburi Recipe

Super Sesame Chicken Donburi Chicken roasted until the skin is crackly and crispy, plus a heap of sesame – you can't beat that robust flavor. Juicy roasted peppers are a perfect complement. And don't f...

18 minutes 2
Scampi Recipe
Scampi Recipe

Scampi This Italian dish was originally made, I understand, from small, lobsterlike shellfish called scampi, langostinos or prawns. In America it is often made with shrimp. Either shrimp or langostino...

10 minutes Feeds 3 or 4
Spicy Sweet Beef and Shiitake Stir-Fry Bento
Spicy Sweet Beef and Shiitake Stir-Fry Bento

Spicy Sweet Beef and Shiitake Stir-fry Bento Sweet, salty, and a must on the list of lunch box regulars – be generous with the shiitake. Stir-fry quickly after adding seasonings. Richly flavorful swee...

12 to 15 minutes 2
Ribbon Sandwich Recipe
Ribbon Sandwich Recipe

Ribbon Sandwiches Steele Instructions_Step Using a rolling pin, roll each slice of bread lightly to flatten slightly. Butter slices of white bread on 1 side and slices of whole-wheat bread on both side...

10 minutes 12 pieces
Rich Mashed Potatoes Recipe
Rich Mashed Potatoes Recipe

Rich Mashed Potatoes , Nov. 2007, by Ris Lacoste Instructions_Step Put the potatoes in an 8-qt stockpot. Add the salt and enough water to cover the potatoes by about 2 inches. Cover and bring to a boi...

20 to 25 minutes About 12 cups; twelve.
Russian Coulibiac of Salmon Recipe
Russian Coulibiac of Salmon Recipe

Russian Coulibiac of Salmon Instructions_Step Soak sturgeon marrow in cold water overnight. Cover and cook slowly 5 hours or until marrow is soft. Cool, and cut into thin slices, and set aside. Poach ...

30 minutes 8 to 10 servings.