229 recipes
For that definitive French touch, an enriched Bechamel sauce.
Garlicky sauteed shrimp in a white wine cream sauce spooned over vibrant spinach noodles. A homemade bechamel, shallots, and fresh chives make this scampi richer than your usual butter-and-garlic version.
Oven-baked monkfish in a ginger cream sauce made with white wine, fish stock, and heavy cream. Includes a from-scratch fish stock recipe. Restaurant-quality seafood entree.
Homemade ravioli stuffed with flaked smoked salmon and melted fontina cheese, served with silky dill cream sauce. This elegant pasta dish brings restaurant-quality flavor to your dinner table.
Vegetable lasagna layered with spinach, broccoli, carrots, and shallots between a parmesan bechamel and a ricotta-mozzarella-egg cheese filling. White-sauce lasagna with no red sauce.
Fresh lump crabmeat in a creamy Chablis and mustard sauce with pimiento and green pepper, spooned into baking shells and microwaved in just 13 minutes. An elegant seafood appetizer for weeknight entertaining.
Potato soup with tender egg dumplings, celery, sauteed onions, and a finishing swirl of sour cream. A Central European comfort bowl for cold nights.
Jalapeno chicken white chili goes creamy, built on a roux-and-cream base loaded with chicken, great northern beans, and corn. Fresh and pickled jalapenos bring double the heat. Top with Jack cheese.
Beer battered fried shrimp with paprika, white pepper, and Italian seasoning. A Southern-style golden crunchy shrimp fry classic for po-boys and shrimp baskets.
Beer-battered fried shrimp with a sweet and tangy apricot dipping sauce. The paprika-spiced batter rests for 30 minutes to create an extra crispy, golden crust.
Puréed cauliflower soup with caramelized onions, chicken broth, and milk, finished with white pepper and fresh nutmeg. Light, warming, and naturally creamy without heavy cream.
Butterflied shrimp dipped in a light batter and fried until golden, with tails fanned out like a phoenix. Seasoned with dry sherry and white pepper for a classic Chinese appetizer.
Mushroom bisque made from scratch with a full pound of fresh mushrooms, white wine, chicken broth, and heavy cream. A rich, velvety soup thickened with a roux and cornstarch.
Red eye chicken: pan-fried chicken breasts rubbed with paprika, white and black pepper, and cayenne, then finished with a quick roux-based tomato pan gravy. A fast, fiery weeknight chicken dinner.
Veal fettuccine with oysters and artichokes is a buttery Louisiana-style pasta where seared veal strips, plump oysters, and quartered artichoke hearts swim in a peppery cream sauce built from oyster liquor.