3,069 basil recipes

Easy quiche with a pre-baked pie crust, eggs, half-and-half, cheese, and your choice of ham, bacon, or fish. A versatile brunch centerpiece ready in one hour.

Creamy Arborio rice risotto with butter, olive oil, chicken broth, and Parmesan. A hands-off oven method that skips the constant stirring and delivers the same velvety results.

Classic divinity candy with a detailed step-by-step guide for getting it right every time. Sugar, corn syrup, and whipped egg whites folded with nuts and vanilla into cloud-like confections.

This Scandinavian inspired Vanilla-Almond Loki Liqueur is a sweet, aromatic homemade spirit with warm vanilla and nutty almond notes. Ideal for sipping neat or mixing into cocktails, this liqueur requires minimal ingredients and a few months of aging to develop its full flavor. Perfect for gifting or enjoying at gatherings.

Fluffy buttermilk dumplings loaded with fresh herbs and celery leaves. Butter cut into the dough gives them a tender, biscuit-like texture that soaks up stew beautifully.

Chinese-style basic stock made from chicken pieces and pork spareribs simmered with ginger, scallion knots, and rice wine. A clean, versatile broth for Asian cooking.

A flexible basic vanilla cake template using cake flour, sugar, baking powder, eggs, and your choice of mix-ins. The starting point for chocolate chip, fruit, or layer cakes.

Basic Couscous: a 3-ingredient pantry side ready in 10 minutes. Just couscous, broth, and salt steamed off the heat. Endlessly versatile under stews, kebabs, or roasted vegetables.

Basic Rice: a foolproof 3-ingredient method for fluffy white or brown rice. Classic 2:1 water-to-rice ratio, simmered low and covered. Two-cup yield, ready in 20 to 40 minutes.

A basic muffin mix, great plain or dress it up with fruit or gasp... chocolate chips.

Cuban-style black beans simmered slow with cumin, oregano, green pepper, garlic, sherry, and apple cider vinegar. The classic Cuban frijoles negros that earn their place beside any Caribbean meal.

Basic beer bread with just five ingredients and no yeast. Flour, baking powder, beer, and a touch of honey make a dense, flavorful loaf with a crispy golden crust.

Spinach and basil blended with toasted walnuts, olive oil, and umami-rich miso paste. A dairy-free, vegan pesto that's ready in 25 minutes and keeps for a week in the fridge.

Basic Irish sausages grind lean pork with pork fat, then season with allspice, sage, mace, and warm spices. Bread-crumb-bound and stuffed into casings for traditional banger-style sausages.

Three-ingredient pesto hummus made with chickpeas, fresh basil, and lemon juice. Bright green Mediterranean dip or sandwich spread that comes together in 10 minutes.

This salad deserves five stars. We made the salad with some leftover roasted lamb leg. The mint-basil dressing was terrific, and it went so well with the lamb. The salad had lots of great texture and flavour...