1,003 grace recipes

A retro Southern appetizer of boiled shrimp suspended in seasoned consommé aspic with lemon, green onion, and a kick of hot sauce. Unmold onto crackers for a showstopping starter.

Sandwiches glace: vintage party canape with rye bread, smoked ham, sour cream cheddar spread, and a gelatin-mayonnaise glaze. A mid-century tea-party classic.

Daube glace: the classic New Orleans cold beef aspic from Louisiana Creole tradition. Shredded pot roast suspended in jellied savory consomme with celery, lemon, and Tabasco. A summer Creole appetizer.

Peach glace pie with a cream cheese layer under fresh sliced peaches and a glossy cooked peach glaze. A no-bake summer pie filling in a pre-baked shell.

Raspberry glace pie with a cream cheese layer, fresh whole raspberries, and a glossy cooked raspberry glaze in a baked pie shell. Bright, fruity, and elegant.

Make glace fruit at home with this classic four-day method, slowly saturating apples, peaches, cherries, or citrus peel in sugar syrup until candied and leathery. The spent syrup becomes a fruit-flavored pancake syrup.

Fresh strawberry glace is a glossy ruby cake topping cooked from macerated strawberries, sugar, lemon, and cornstarch. Pours like syrup, sets like jelly, and turns any plain cake into a centerpiece.

Six cups of fresh strawberries piled into a cream cheese-lined pie shell and drenched in a homemade cooked strawberry glaze. A celebration of peak berry season in every glossy, towering slice.

Rotisserie beef rump roast marinated in bourbon, honey, and Worcestershire, stuffed with walnuts, pistachios, and broccoli. A Louisiana-style showpiece roast sliced thin over rice.

In a Cretan zacharoplasteion (sweet shop), we were so intrigued by these coconut pastries (among the newer breed) that I tried them at home. You can expect the potato pastry to be a bit difficult to manipulate, and you can also anticipate compliments on the results. Attractive and tasty, not excessively sweet.

Juicy apples, grapes and raspberry jam make a delicious pie that everyone asks for a second slice.

Instead of store-bought pie crust, we made our own with most whole wheat flour and olive oil, which made the crust a lot healthier with flaky texture and delicious flavor. Now enjoy this juicy-fruity pie without feeling guilty at all.

A special fruit treat for kids perfect for after school.

Super easy sweet and slightly spicy meatballs using your slow cooker.

Fruit-sweetened strawberry jam: a refined-sugar-free freezer jam thickened with apple-grape juice concentrate and orange juice. Bright, fresh-tasting strawberry preserves in 30 minutes.

Only 4 ingredients! Grape juice studded with banana slices makes this all-natural dessert delightfully glorious!