Recipe Sifter

Wok-fried sweet and sour pork: classic Chinese-American restaurant-style pork with crispy battered cubes, pineapple, green pepper, and a glossy red sweet-sour sauce. Fry at home, skip takeout.

Zesty fig and date pastry bars with walnuts, orange juice, and lemon zest on a buttery shortbread crust with a crisscross lattice top. A bright, old-school cookie bar.

Norwegian krumkaker are crisp cardamom-scented waffle cookies pressed thin in a special iron and rolled into cones while still hot. A traditional Scandinavian Christmas treat.

Made this tropical puff pancake for breakfast today, and made it healthier with whole wheat flour and just egg whites (see the linked recipe below). I used fresh pineapples to make the pineapple sauce, and it was delicious with pancake.

Cranberries and pears are a great pair. They make this deliciously fruity filling, and it tastes great with the buttery and flakey pastry. It's as delicious as an apple pie.

Why waste money on a romantic dinner when you can enjoy this tasty chicken dish in the convenience of your home!

Cream cheese and mascarpone cheese makes this creamy and silky cheesecake, rhubarb and strawberry glaze adds the sweet and sour crunch, and the chocolate covered strawberries gives extra surprise. There are so many delicious things going on all at once, it's such a deluxe luxury!

Layered dessert bars with shortbread crust, amaretto-condensed milk filling, topped with chocolate chips, coconut, and almonds. Rich, gooey, and indulgent.

Kolaches (kolacky) made with a tender cottage cheese and butter dough, filled with pineapple or apricot filling, and dusted with powdered sugar. A Czech pastry classic.

Maple apple pie with a buttered pecan layer between the filling and top crust. Real maple syrup replaces granulated sugar for a rich, caramelized New England-style pie.

Hawaiian mochiko chicken marinated in soy sauce, oyster sauce, and sweet rice flour, then fried until golden and crispy. A local favorite with a crunchy coating and tender, juicy bite.

Curry-dusted chicken strips simmered with Amaretto, mushrooms, and lemon in a silky sauce, served in flaky patty shells. A surprisingly elegant weeknight dinner.

Crispy deep-fried mushrooms stuffed with savory pork, water chestnuts, and vegetables. These Chinese appetizers are golden and crunchy, perfect for parties. Makes 24.

Blueberry batter cake bakes its own sauce as boiling water poured over a sugar-cornstarch topping creates a syrupy blueberry layer beneath the risen cake. A self-saucing pudding cake.

Crispy battered shrimp tossed in warm honey and sesame oil, sprinkled with toasted sesame seeds. A Chinese restaurant favorite made at home in the wok.

Reduce the fat of a full flavored quiche Lorraine by replacing the cream with buttermilk and using an easy press in the pan crust.