Recipe Sifter

Tender beef simmers with warm cinnamon, cloves, and cumin, balanced by sweet raisins and red wine for an exotic slow cooker stew served over fluffy rice.

Lamb shank and bean casserole inspired by French cassoulet: garlic-studded shanks braised in red wine and beef stock, layered with beans, caramelized onions, and topped with bacon and golden breadcrumbs.

Irish potted herrings baked in Guinness stout and vinegar with bay leaves, cloves, peppercorns, and onion rings. A traditional cold fish dish with deep, malty tang.

Yogurt chicken marinated 24 hours in a spiced yogurt blend of turmeric, ginger, cinnamon, cloves, garlic, and lemon juice, then baked golden. Deeply flavored and incredibly tender.

Bacon sausages wrap seasoned beef mince in overlapping bacon strips, rolled into a log and pan-fried, then sliced into little sausages. A casing-free homemade sausage spiced with clove and coriander.

Old-fashioned applesauce cake: applesauce and oil keep it moist and tender, warm cinnamon, clove, and nutmeg give it autumn spice, and raisins and nuts add chew. An easy one-pan cake.

Treat yourself this winter with these scrumptious cookies that taste better and better after every bite!

Pumpkin praline pie hides a buttery pecan-praline layer beneath spiced pumpkin filling in a hot-water pastry crust. A Southern Thanksgiving pie that outshines the standard version.

Lamb roghan josh with toasted coriander, saffron cream, and garam masala. Tender cubed lamb simmered in yogurt sauce, finished with toasted almond flakes.

Ozark-style beef stew slow-simmered with chili powder, cinnamon, cloves, and dried red peppers. A spicy, warmly spiced mountain stew with potatoes, carrots, and tomatoes.

Cubed lamb or beef simmered for an hour with saffron, cardamom, cloves, and cinnamon until the sauce turns thick and fragrant. A slow-cooked Indian curry built on whole spices.

Lighter picadillo with lean beef, cinnamon, and cloves. Quick Mexican-spiced ground beef for tacos, burritos, or rice bowls.

Old-fashioned homemade chili sauce simmered for hours from fresh tomatoes, bell peppers, brown sugar, and warm spices including cinnamon, cloves, and ginger. A classic American canned condiment recipe.

Kotopoulo Kapanici: Greek braised chicken with tomatoes, white wine, cinnamon, cloves, and allspice. A warmly spiced one-pot casserole with optional artichoke hearts.

Homemade Worcestershire sauce with anchovies, fresh horseradish, molasses, jalapeno, and whole cloves simmered for an hour and aged. A complex, from-scratch condiment that beats bottled.

Homemade pickled herring fillets simmered in a sweet-spiced vinegar brine with cinnamon sticks, allspice, mace, peppercorns, cloves, and onion. A traditional German preparation made for big batches.