Recipe Sifter

Microwave chicken gravy with mushrooms, made with schmaltz and butter for deep flavor. Smooth, rich, and ready in 15 minutes with no stovetop babysitting needed.

Sauteed chicken breast in a brandy-laced mushroom cream sauce, served over wild rice. A bistro-style dinner from the pantry, ready in under an hour.

Madeira roast pheasant with herbes de Provence butter tucked under the skin, a roasted vegetable bed, and a silky Madeira pan sauce. A show-stopping holiday game bird recipe.

New Orleans crab canapes: buttered toast rounds topped with creamy crab and gruyere-parmesan cheese balls, baked until bubbly. A classic French Quarter party appetizer.

Herbed beef eye of round roast rubbed with basil, marjoram, paprika, and a flour crust. Slow-roasted to tender pink for an effortless Sunday centerpiece.

Coconut fried shrimp with a beer batter and flaked coconut coating, deep-fried golden in under a minute per side. A crispy, tropical appetizer or main dish.

Mexican garlic soup with 10 cloves of garlic sauteed in butter, simmered in stock, and topped with a poached egg, asadero cheese, and parsley. Rustic, warming, and ready in 25 minutes.

Plukfisk is a traditional Danish dish of flaked boiled codfish folded into a creamy white sauce with potatoes and mustard. Cozy Scandinavian comfort food in 30 minutes.

Saffron-dusted veal scallops pan-seared and finished with a white wine lime cream sauce with green peppercorns. Served over blanched asparagus for an elegant spring dinner.

Haricot mutton, a traditional New Zealand stew with flour-dredged mutton, turnip, carrots, and celery simmered in stock. Old-school comfort food from the farm kitchen.

Rich and creamy mushroom soup with three kinds of mushrooms (dried, portobello, button), heavy cream, and beef base. Dried mushroom soaking liquid delivers serious umami depth.

Slow cooker beef daube braised in white wine and brandy with shallots, ham, orange peel, and Provencal herbs. A French stew made effortless in a crockpot.

Sourdough silver dollar hotcakes with an overnight fermented batter, baking soda for lift, and a tangy flavor no regular pancake can match. Makes 30 mini pancakes.

Elva's carne guisada with beef chuck braised in a cumin-spiced gravy with Rotel tomatoes, onion, and bell pepper. Tex-Mex comfort food ready in 40 minutes.

Veal and crayfish stew in a sherry cream sauce with mushrooms, nutmeg, and lemon. Tender braised veal meets sweet crayfish tails in this elegant French-inspired dish.

Homemade cream of mushroom soup made from scratch with just four ingredients: fresh mushrooms, milk, butter, and flour. Simple, honest, and deeply savory.