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Old-Fashioned Beef Stew
No wine, just beef, carrots, and potatoes. Brown the meat or don't bother.
3 hrs totalActive 45 minmediumWeekend
Comfort Food
Roberta's Pizza Dough
00 Flour, cold fridge, 3 days waiting. Best crust of your life.
48 hrs totalActive 20 minmediumPro
Pizza
No-Knead Bread
Time replaces labor. The easiest best bread you will ever bake.
19 hrs totalActive 15 mineasyWeekend
Bread
36-Hour Chocolate Chip Cookies
Dough that sleeps for 36 hours. Salt on top. Best in class.
36 hrs totalActive 20 minmediumWeekend
Cookies
Bolognese
Meat, milk, wine, time. NOT a tomato sauce.
4 hrs totalActive 30 minmediumWeekend
Italian
Chicken Biryani
A layered cake of rice and curry. Sealed shut to steam.
2 hrs totalActive 24 minmediumWeekend
Hall of Fame
Bo Ssam
Cure it overnight. Roast it slow. Crust it with sugar.
45 min totalActive 10 minmediumWeekend
Hall of Fame
Sourdough Starter
A living culture you can keep alive with a jar, flour, and routine.
10 min totalmediumWeekend
Evergreen Staple
Sourdough Bread
A crackling crust and chewy crumb without turning your kitchen into a lab.
24 hrs totalActive 35 minmediumWeekend
Comfort Anchor
Hot Honey Melting Sweet Potatoes
Crisp edges, jammy centers, and sweet heat that makes you snack like a menace.
55 min totalActive 15 mineasyWeekend
Weeknight Hero
Sourdough Bread
Tamagotchi for adults: keeping a wild yeast colony alive.
Time TBDhardPro
Technique Builder
Risotto alla Milanese
Rice that flows like lava; saffron gold.
40 min totalmediumWeekend
Creamy
Pho
Charred aromatics and crystal clear bone elixir.
Time TBDmediumWeekend
Comfort Food
Pastrami
Brine for a week, smoke for a day, steam for an hour.
Time TBDmediumWeekend
Make Ahead
Fried Chicken
Shattering crust, juicy meat, zero grease.
24 hrs totalmediumWeekend
Make Ahead
French Onion Soup
Onions tortured into brown jam, topped with cheese lava.
2 hrs totalmediumWeekend
Impressive
Croissants
27 layers of butter and dough. Zero compromise.
Time TBDmedium
Quick
Braised Lamb Shanks
Tough meat turned to butter by time and liquid.
3 hrs totalmediumWeekend
Tender
Bolognese
Meat sauce stewed in milk. Tomatoes are an afterthought.
4 hrs totalmediumWeekend
Slow Cooker
Boeuf Bourguignon
Beef braised in wine until it can be eaten with a spoon.
4 hrs totalmediumWeekend
Tender
Turducken
Poultry Inception: A bird, inside a bird, inside a bird.
9 hrs totalActive 1 hrhardWeekend
Holiday
Lièvre à la Royale
Spoon-tender game fit for a toothless King.
6 hrs totalActive 2 hrshard
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