Recipe Sifter

Pizza on the grill with a homemade whole-wheat crust, creamy garlic-tomato sauce, and crumbled gorgonzola. Hot-grilled two-stage crust method delivers smoky char and crisp bottoms.

Italian pumpkin pie from the Po Valley with pasta frolla crust, fresh pumpkin filling, ground almonds, cornmeal, and candied orange peel. A rustic Northern Italian autumn dessert.

Polish noodles with browned butter, cubed ham, sour cream, and ripe tomatoes simmered in a Dutch oven. A hearty one-pot pasta dish ready in 40 minutes.

Pressure cooker sweet potato soup with grated apples, celery, onions, and orange zest in chicken broth. A chunky-smooth soup done in just 4 minutes under pressure.

I would strongly suggest using libby’s pumpkin puree. Semi sweet chips make for a more savory cookie and an excellent addition to a scoop of vanilla ice cream.

Red and black raspberry pudding cake with fresh and frozen berries simmered into syrup and spooned over a buttery cake batter. The berries sink while baking, creating a soft pudding-cake top.

Rhubarb-apple crunch layers tart rhubarb and sliced apples under a brown sugar oat crumble, baked until bubbling. Serve warm with vanilla ice cream for a spring dessert.

Rich devil's food layer cake: a deeply dark, old-fashioned two-layer chocolate cake made with melted unsweetened chocolate, brown sugar, and buttermilk-style milk. The birthday cake blueprint.

Soft shell crabs seared in clarified butter meet brown butter sauce spiked with sherry vinegar, toasted hazelnuts, and sweet sugar snap peas. Elegant springtime seafood in under an hour.

Schwarzwalder Kirschtorte (Black Forest Cherry recipe

Shaker fresh herb soup with chives, chervil, sorrel, tarragon, and celery simmered in vegetable stock. Poured over toast and topped with nutmeg and cheddar cheese.

Sour cream apple pie in a nutty oatmeal cookie crust made with whole wheat flour, sesame seeds, and honey. Tart apples with cinnamon and nutmeg get a tangy custard drizzle that bakes up golden.

A dense, buttery Spanish-style almond cake spiked with tequila añejo, orange and lemon zest, and freshly grated nutmeg. Dusted with powdered sugar for an elegant holiday dessert.

Slow-cooked caramelized onions layered with oil-cured black olives and anchovy fillets in a buttery homemade crust. A rustic French-style open-faced savory pie.

A hearty pressure cooker soup with sweet potatoes, split peas, apples, and mint. Earthy, slightly sweet, and on the table in 45 minutes with a bright herbal finish.

Restaurant-style penne in a rich coconut-curry cream sauce with crab and broiled scallops, finished with spiced tomato chutney and fresh basil. A showstopper fusion dish.