646 elegant recipes

French Coquilles St. Jacques: tender scallops poached in fish fumet and sherry, served over buttery sweated leeks in a reduced cream sauce. Elegant and ready in 40 minutes.

Scotch salmon: pan-seared salmon fillets finished with a Scotch whisky, Drambuie, and orange cream sauce. Elegant, boozy, restaurant-plated at home in under 30 minutes.

Grilled tuna steaks topped with a buttery lemon-caper pan sauce. A fast, elegant seafood dinner with just 7 ingredients and bright Mediterranean flavors.

Baked Cornish game hens rubbed with butter and basted every 10 minutes with lemon, garlic, and rosemary. Just 5 ingredients for an elegant, golden roasted dinner.

Bay scallops with pasta shells in a fresh tomato cream sauce made with white wine, shallots, basil, and reduced heavy cream. An elegant 45-minute seafood pasta dinner.

Spinach spaghetti with flounder, fresh tomatoes, garlic, basil, and white wine in a light olive oil sauce. An elegant Italian-style fish pasta ready in 30 minutes.

Creamy green olive soup with pureed olives, sauteed onion and garlic, chicken broth, sherry, and a hit of Tabasco. A briny, elegant first-course soup with garlic crouton garnish.

Garlic butter shrimp scampi with lemon, herbs, and orange liqueur reduced into a concentrated sauce. Served over pasta or rice for a quick, elegant seafood dinner.

Versatile crustless seafood quiche with a blender custard of sour cream, cottage cheese, and Parmesan. Choose shrimp, crab, or salmon as your filling for an easy, elegant main.

Savory Gorgonzola and leek crème brûlée: silky blue cheese custard with sweet sautéed leeks, torched to a bubbling Parmesan crust. An elegant first course that turns brûlée savory.

Hot crab meat canapes on crackers with lemon-cayenne mayo, warmed in the microwave until bubbly. A quick, elegant appetizer ready in 15 minutes.

Crystal-clear salmon consomme with poached prawns, salmon flakes, carrot flowers, and a splash of sherry. Classic raft-clarified technique for an elegant first course.

Elegant crab and asparagus quiche with Parmesan, nutmeg, and a hint of cayenne baked in a flaky pastry shell. A show-stopping brunch centerpiece with just 5 filling ingredients.

Elegant chicken breasts with a mousseline-style spinach filling tucked under crispy skin, finished with a glossy Madeira pan sauce. A restaurant-worthy dinner you can prep a full day ahead.

Pork tenderloin scallion wraps baked in a soy, honey, hoisin, garlic, and ginger sauce. Elegant bite-sized appetizers with Chinese-inspired flavors, ready in 30 minutes.

It is an elegant appetizer, shrimp is covered by garlic and lemon, savory and delicious.