Desserts
Classic Apple Tart with Shortcrust Pastry
Classic apple tart with homemade shortcrust pastry and thinly sliced cinnamon apples. Baked in a 24 cm pan, serves 8.
Recipes with this ingredient
Butter
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44 recipes using Butter
Desserts
Classic Banana Bread: Easy, Moist One-Bowl Recipe
Classic banana bread with very ripe bananas, melted butter, brown sugar, egg and vanilla. Mixed in one bowl and baked until moist and tender.
Desserts
Chocolate Cake with Ganache
Moist homemade chocolate cake made with cocoa, baked in a 22 cm pan and covered with glossy chocolate ganache. Serves 8.
Main dishes
Pan-Seared Filet Mignon with Garlic Thyme Butter
Juicy filet mignon with a dark golden crust, seared in cast iron, basted with garlic and thyme butter and finished in the oven. About 15 minutes of cooking.
Desserts
Strawberry Blueberry Pancakes
Fluffy pancakes with fresh strawberries and blueberries, ready in 30 minutes: a flour, egg and milk batter cooked with fruit inside and topped with more fresh fruit. Makes 8 pancakes.
Soups & creams
Cream of mushroom soup
Mushroom soup with onion, butter and cream, without flour or stock. Four servings, six steps and weighed ingredients.
Desserts
Baked lemon pie with a biscuit crust
Creamy condensed-milk lemon pie with a crisp biscuit crust and five illustrated steps. Includes the chilling time needed for clean slices.
Main dishes
Juicy Homemade Burgers: Easy Skillet Cheeseburger Recipe
Homemade beef burgers with a golden crust, melted cheddar and toasted brioche buns, cooked in a cast-iron skillet. Ready in under 30 minutes.
Desserts
Classic Toll House Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe
The classic Toll House chocolate chip cookie recipe with walnuts: golden edges, soft centers and a dough ready in 20 minutes. Makes about 60 cookies.
Breads & doughs
Venezuelan pan de jamón: Christmas ham bread
Soft Venezuelan Christmas bread rolled with cooked ham, bacon, olives and raisins. Includes both rises and the cooling time before slicing.
Desserts
Morango cravejado: crunchy strawberry bonbons
Brazilian strawberries wrapped in white brigadeiro and a white confectionery shell studded with red caramel pieces. Makes ten bonbons, with cooling time included.
Main dishes
Creamy Garlic Mushroom Spaghetti
Al dente spaghetti with deeply browned mushrooms, garlic, thyme, a splash of white wine and a creamy Parmesan sauce. Ready in 30 minutes.
Main dishes
Beef Stroganoff Crepes with Mushrooms
Beef and mushroom crepes in a creamy sauce. Serves 4 in about 90 minutes, including 30 minutes of batter resting.
Desserts
Homemade tres leches cake with whipped cream
Make a moist tres leches cake with vanilla sponge, a creamy three-milk soak and whipped cream. Exact quantities and chilling times explained.
Side dishes
Creamy Mashed Potatoes: Easy Homemade Recipe with Butter and Milk
Creamy, lump-free mashed potatoes with floury potatoes, butter and hot milk. The trick: dry the potatoes well and never use a blender.
Starters & appetizers
Classic Cheese Soufflé in Individual Ramekins
Tall, golden cheese soufflé made with béchamel, Gruyère, Parmesan and whipped egg whites. Baked in 4 ramekins and on the table in about 45 minutes.
Soups & creams
Creamy Spinach Soup
Creamy homemade spinach soup with potato, onion, vegetable stock and a pinch of nutmeg, blended smooth. Serves 4, ready in 40 minutes.
Soups & creams
Creamy Shrimp Soup
Creamy shrimp soup with vegetables, potato and cream, topped with sautéed shrimp. Serves 4, ready in 45 minutes.
Side dishes
Honey and ginger glazed baby carrots
Tender baby carrots finished in a skillet with butter, honey and fresh ginger. A glossy, gently spiced side dish ready in 35 minutes.
Pasta
Chicken and mushroom lasagna with béchamel
Chicken and mushroom lasagna for 6 with preboiled pasta, a filling without excess liquid, homemade béchamel and browned mozzarella.
Pasta
Homemade ricotta and spinach ravioli
Homemade ricotta and spinach ravioli for 4: fresh egg pasta, step-by-step sealing and a brown-butter sage finish.
Main dishes
Chicken Alfredo Florentine
Creamy fettuccine with golden chicken, spinach and Parmesan. Starchy pasta water brings the skillet sauce together.
Desserts
Strawberry tart with pastry cream and a baked shell
Strawberry tart with a baked sweet shell, cooked pastry cream and fresh fruit: grouped ingredients, complete chilling times and estimated nutrition per slice.
Main dishes
Homemade Swedish Meatballs in Creamy Gravy (Köttbullar)
Tender beef and pork Swedish meatballs with allspice and nutmeg, browned in butter and simmered in a creamy gravy. Served with mashed potatoes and lingonberry jam.
Desserts
Baked agraz cheesecake with homemade berry topping
Creamy baked cheesecake with dark Andean agraz berries in the filling and topping, biscuit crust and a thorough chill. Ten slices.
Main dishes
Peruvian chicken empanadas
Homemade baked empanadas filled with chicken, ají amarillo, olives, egg and raisins, with a crisp golden pastry.
Desserts
Passion Fruit Pie with a Cookie Crust
Passion fruit pie with a crunchy cookie crust and a creamy filling of pulp, condensed milk and egg. Baked, chilled and served cold.
Desserts
Round ginger and molasses cookies
Plain ginger and molasses cookies with weighed ingredients, chilled dough and two oven batches for 24 cookies.
Main dishes
Lemon Garlic Butter Crab
Crab sautéed in butter and olive oil with garlic, lemon juice, lemon zest and fresh parsley. Ready in 20 minutes for 4 people.
Desserts
Orange Walnut Cookies
Buttery cookies with orange zest and chopped walnuts, pressed flat with a fork and baked in 12 minutes: 24 cookies, crisp outside and tender inside.
Desserts
No-bake Oreo cheesecake
No-bake Oreo cheesecake with a crunchy cookie base and cream cheese filling. A 20 cm tin makes 12 slices after at least 6 hours in the fridge.
Main dishes
Kare raisu: Japanese curry and rice
Japanese chicken curry with potatoes, carrots and rice. Make a mild curry roux from butter, flour and curry powder to thicken the sauce.
Desserts
Cornstarch alfajores with dulce de leche and coconut
Make 20 cornstarch alfajores with dulce de leche and coconut. Follow measured ingredients, chilled yolk dough and two batches of pale cookie rounds.
Breads & doughs
Argentine baked beef empanadas
Homemade dough with beef, onion, sweet pepper, egg and olives, with the filling chilled before shaping and a folded seam explained in stages.
Main dishes
Shrimp and squid risotto
Seafood risotto with prawns and squid, fish stock and a little butter. Rice starch gives it creaminess without cream; makes 4 servings.
Desserts
Oatmeal and dark chocolate cookies
Homemade oat and chocolate cookies with weighed ingredients, chilled dough, two baking batches and estimated nutrition per cookie.
Desserts
Classic baked cheesecake with a graham crust
Cream cheese, cultured sour cream and a compact crust, with complete baking and chilling instructions for eight servings.
Desserts
Dark chocolate truffles with cocoa
Dark chocolate, cream and butter ganache with a thin cocoa coating: twenty pieces and complete chilling times.
Desserts
Vanilla-glazed yeast doughnuts
Homemade ring doughnuts with two rises, small-batch frying and vanilla glaze.
Pasta
Beef lasagna with béchamel
Beef ragù, béchamel and Parmesan in three pasta layers, with quantities, assembly and checks for six portions.
Desserts
No-bake pistachio and chocolate cheesecake cups
Biscuit crumbs, a soft cream cheese and pure pistachio filling, and a thin chocolate topping make six spoonable desserts. Prepare them ahead and chill for at least four hours.
Breads & doughs
Zwiebelkuchen: German onion cake with yeast dough
A savoury German onion tart with a soft yeast base, slowly softened onions, bacon, sour cream and caraway. Make one 28 cm tart to cut into eight portions.
Side dishes
Roasted cabbage with miso and lemon butter
Roasted cabbage wedges with golden edges and tender centres, finished with white miso and lemon butter. An easy oven side with plenty of savoury flavour.
Side dishes
Plantain farofa with toasted cassava flour
Brazilian farofa with ripe cooking plantain, butter and toasted cassava meal. A loose, golden side dish for six, ready in about 30 minutes.