656 cove recipes

Olive oil and vinegar chicken cacciatore braised with white wine, garlic, and rosemary. Italian hunter-style chicken without the heavy tomato sauce. Pan-to-oven in 45 minutes.

Sauteed lamb with a red wine, rosemary, and mint jelly pan sauce. Quick-marinated lamb seared golden and finished with a sweet, herby glaze in under an hour for two.

Pork medallions marinated in red wine, ginger, honey, balsamic vinegar, and thyme, pan-seared and finished with a reduced wine-shallot butter sauce. A French bistro-style pork dish.

Chicken turnovers made with crescent roll dough, filled with sauteed chicken, shallots, garlic, and herbs. Four golden pastry triangles ready in 45 minutes.

Baked garlic butter shrimp with crispy bread crumbs, oregano, parsley, and lemon served over spaghetti. Jumbo shrimp roasted until golden and saucy in garlicky butter.

Sun-dried tomato pesto: oil-packed sundried tomatoes blended with parmigiano-reggiano, toasted walnuts, garlic, and warm olive oil. A deeper, more savory alternative to basil pesto.

Italian rabbit saddles boned, rolled around a garlic-olive-rosemary stuffing, then seared and braised in fresh tomato sauce. Rustic Tuscan cooking at its most honest.

Homemade deviled ham spread with warm spices, hot mustard, anchovy paste, and a whisper of sherry. Skip the canned stuff and make a version that actually tastes like something.

Homemade Mexican pork chorizo, ground pork blended with garlic, vinegar, oregano, cumin, cinnamon, and cloves. The mixture cures overnight, then crumbles into a skillet for tacos, eggs, or breakfast hash.

Iowa pork chops are thick-cut bone-in chops marinated in soy, garlic, onion, and ketchup, then grilled standing on the chine bone for even cooking. Heartland steakhouse standard.

Mexican escabeche oysters pickled in vinegar with garlic, carrots, cauliflower, and herbs. Briefly cooked then marinated overnight for a tangy, briny cold appetizer with lime and jalapeno.

Sweet and sour green beans with bay leaf, cloves, and vinegar. Diabetic-friendly vegetarian side dish ready in 13 minutes with sugar substitute.

Beef cubes, carrots, and tomatoes slow-cook for 12 hours with quick-cooking tapioca that thickens the broth into a rich, spoon-coating gravy.

This scrumptious pot roast is made with beef gravy and gingersnap cookies.

Hubbard squash and yams simmer in coconut milk with cinnamon and cloves for a lightly sweetened West African side dish ready in 25 minutes.

This quick and tantalizing chicken stock is the perfect starter for soups and gravy.