Main Dish Recipes

Stuffed mushroom pancakes filled with ground mushrooms, onions, and bread, folded envelope-style, coated in breadcrumbs, and fried in butter. An Eastern European savory crepe.

Breaded paprika pork tenderloin sandwiches pounded thin, pan-fried crispy, and served on onion rolls. A homemade take on the Midwest pork tenderloin sandwich with a golden, crunchy crust.

Hungarian paprika schnitzel: veal cutlets dredged in seasoned flour, seared with paprika-laced onions, and braised gently in sour cream. A classic Central European supper dish.

Pan-fried fish fillets with a crispy Parmesan-cornmeal crust and a buttermilk dip that keeps the coating locked on. Golden, crunchy, and ready in minutes on the stovetop.

Deep-fried Parmesan prawns with a crispy breadcrumb and Parmigiano-Reggiano coating over a light batter. Golden, crunchy, and done in 2 minutes flat.

Parosa, an Israeli-Greek cheese casserole with cottage cheese, yogurt, cinnamon, and whipped egg whites baked in a water bath until light and custardy.

Crockpot beef stroganoff casserole with ground beef, mushrooms, and sour cream over elbow macaroni. A slow cooker comfort meal with a red wine gravy base.

Pastai Persli is a traditional Welsh parsley pie with bacon in a shortcrust pastry shell filled with an egg and milk custard. A savory, herb-forward British pie that's simple and satisfying.

Pete's white pizza skips the red sauce for a basil-pine nut pesto base topped with wine-balsamic sun-dried tomatoes, sweet roasted garlic, pine nuts, and melty Fontina, on a homemade cornmeal crust.

Pie-pan asparagus with fresh spears blanketed in a homemade cheddar and Parmesan cheese sauce, broiled until golden and bubbly. A rich, creamy vegetable side dish ready in 25 minutes.

Pizza bianca: a white pizza with hand-stretched dough, olive oil pureed with shallot, garlic, and Italian herbs in place of red sauce, then blanketed in melted Gruyère. Crisp, nutty, no tomato.

Pizza Rustica with Roasted Red Peppers and Provolone recipe

Microwave-poached sole fillets bathed in a creamy white-wine shrimp sauce. An elegant fish dinner from the 1980s microwave-cooking era, ready in 40 minutes without dirtying a stovetop pan.

Poor Man's Steak turns ground beef and cracker crumbs into tender, gravy-smothered patties. An old-school Depression-era dinner with a scratch mushroom cream sauce.

Slow-braised pork belly and kidneys with orange zest, celery, garlic, and rosemary, made a day ahead so the surface fat lifts off cleanly. Old-school British casserole craft.

Pork cutlets with a crunchy almond and cracker crust, seasoned with cayenne and coriander, dipped in buttermilk egg wash and pan-fried golden in butter.