7,444 crown recipes

Kaymakli kayisi, the Turkish cream-filled apricot dessert: dried apricots simmered in lemon syrup, then sandwiched around almond-flecked whipped cream and crowned with chopped pistachios.

Flourless chocolate mocha cake made with bittersweet chocolate, ground espresso beans, and a water bath bake. Crowned with vanilla whipped cream, toasted pecans, and a zig-zag chocolate drizzle.

Stanford Court's bread pudding starts with homemade brioche layered with sliced apples, raspberries, and rich egg custard. A San Francisco restaurant-quality dessert baked to a golden crown.

Jamaican jerk chicken legs baked with hot pepper sauce, cinnamon, and allspice, then crowned with a sweet-spicy papaya salsa. Caribbean island flavors over a bed of rice.

Rich chocolate chip cake infused with creme de menthe, frosted with chocolate icing, and crowned with minty whipped cream for a triple-layer treat that's pure indulgence.

Chunky turkey breast simmered with bacon, carrots, celery, and rosemary in a thick gravy, crowned with fluffy Bisquick dumplings. Old-fashioned comfort in a Dutch oven, ready in about an hour.

Airy cold rhubarb souffle with whipped cream, fluffy egg whites, and a tart rhubarb puree, set with gelatin and crowned with fresh strawberries. A showpiece spring dessert.

Cook a silky coconut custard filling in a double boiler, pour into a flaky crust, then crown with toasted coconut meringue for a classic cream pie that slices like a dream.

Lemon cake layered with cream cheese filling and cherry pie filling, frosted with vanilla pudding whipped topping and crowned with more cherries on top.

Crispy sautéed trout fillets crowned with pecan butter and roasted pecans, inspired by New Orleans' legendary Commander's Palace. Creole-seasoned, buttery, and ready in 30 minutes.

Passover loukoumades are Greek-Jewish fried dough balls made with matzo meal instead of flour, soaked in spiced orange-lemon syrup and crowned with crushed pistachios.

Avocado tomato and mushroom salad fans buttery avocado and ripe Roma slices on a plate, then crowns them with warm shiitake sautéed in garlic, shallot, and red wine vinegar. Hot-cold contrast salad ready in 20 minutes.

Smoked salmon wrapped around plump oysters, napped with a reduced wine-cream-tomato sauce, crowned with sauteed mushrooms and broiled Swiss cheese. French elegance in 40 minutes.

Avocado stuffed with smoked fish is a West African appetizer of flaked smoked whitefish bound in a creamy sieved-yolk dressing, mounded into ripe avocado halves, and crowned with red pepper strips. Striking, elegant, no cooking.

Crimini-shingled mahi mahi: fish fillets crowned with thin-sliced mushrooms seared golden, served on garlic mashed potatoes with slow-roasted tomato petals. A restaurant-style seafood plate.

Flaky puff pastry tarts filled with flambéed Calvados apples and caramel sauce, crowned with puff pastry cutouts and served warm with caramel ice cream.