Recipe Sifter

This sauce has an intensely rich, woodsy flavor that works well on pasta, chicken, and pork.

Lamb chops Madrid sears herb-rubbed rib chops, then crowns them with a sweet-savory glaze of dry sherry, dried apricots, and brown sugar. A Spanish-inspired lamb dinner that comes together in one pan.

Bay scallops and cashews stir-fry in tangerine peel, sherry, and chili sauce for a fast Chinese restaurant-style dinner. Wok-cooked seafood ready in 5 minutes once prep is done.

Hot and sour shrimp stir-fry tosses sherry-and-ginger marinated shrimp with red bell pepper and scallions, then spoons over wilted watercress and crowns with toasted walnuts. Bright Asian-fusion supper.

Chinese lo mein with roast pork, napa cabbage, dried mushrooms, bean sprouts, and snow peas stir-fried with ginger and garlic. Tossed with sesame oil-coated noodles.

Elegant sherried baked fruit with layered pineapple, peaches, apricots, cherries, and spiced apple rings in a buttery brown sugar and sherry sauce. Serves 20 for buffets and dinner parties.

Mozzarella-crusted chicken breasts over angel hair pasta with a sherry cream sauce packed with mushrooms, artichoke hearts, tomatoes, and Parmesan. Italian restaurant vibes at home.

Stir-fried flank steak with a soy-sherry gravy over crunchy scalded bean sprouts and onion, seasoned with homemade Szechuan pepper salt. A textural Chinese beef dish.

Mexican pork-garlic stew with hominy: slow-simmered pork shoulder and smoky chorizo built on 14 cloves of garlic, cumin, coriander, and fennel. A pozole-inspired bowl finished with lime, cilantro, and scallions.

Southern fried catfish, a classic with mustard-brushed fillets dredged in seasoned cornmeal and fried golden crisp. The crackling cornmeal crust is the whole point.

Lighter crab stroganoff with mushrooms, sherry, and nonfat sour cream over spinach noodles. All the creamy, savory comfort of classic stroganoff with less guilt.

Potage Mongol blends condensed tomato soup and green pea soup into one elegant bowl, finished with dry sherry. A classic 4-ingredient soup ready in 30 minutes.

Split pea and ham soup simmered with a meaty ham bone, leek, carrots, celery, tarragon, and a finishing splash of dry sherry. The thrifty, deeply savory soup that turns leftover holiday ham into dinner.

Spicy Szechuan chicken stir fry with snow peas, shiitake mushrooms, ginger, garlic, and dried red chiles. A 30-minute weeknight dinner with bold heat and clean veggies.

Classic chicken and broccoli stir-fry loaded with mushrooms, carrots, and bok choy in a ginger-sherry sauce. Better than takeout, on the table in 40 minutes, and packed with vegetables.

Irish kidney soup, a slow-simmered offal classic with veal or beef kidney, beef stock, sherry, and bouquet garni. The pub-style soup of old Ireland.