Meats recipes

Blinchaty pirog is a Russian layered crepe pie filled with seasoned ground beef, mushrooms, red wine, and dill, topped with a cool yogurt sauce. A showstopping centerpiece dish.

Curry chicken pitas with sautéed chicken breast, onions, and an Indian-spice blend of curry powder, cinnamon, coriander, and cayenne, piled onto warm pitas. A 20-minute weeknight dinner with takeout-style flavor.

A large batch cured German style sausage from scratch.

Grilled Middle Eastern-style beef meatballs with fresh mint, cilantro, green onion, and cumin. A no-cook-first grill recipe, perfect for skewers or a grill basket.

Chesapeake restaurant crab cakes: Maryland-style crab cakes bound with egg, mayo, dry mustard, and just a light breadcrumb coat. Almost all crab, pan-fried in butter until golden. The real deal.

Slow-simmered buffalo meat with beer, root vegetables, and sage tucked under a golden, flaky pastry crust. A rugged pot pie straight from the Northern Plains.

Moroccan chicken with pistachios, dried apricots, pine nuts, and cinnamon over rice, finished with rosewater and edible flower petals. An aromatic, jewel-toned one-dish dinner.

Beef and rice meatloaf rolled jelly-roll style around a sweet peach and dill filling, brushed with peach syrup as it bakes. The retro pinwheel that turns ground beef into a dinner-party showstopper.

Try this simple, yet succulent Japanese dish that is made with chicken broth, soy sauce and a bit of sherry.

Flour-dredged venison browned in bacon drippings, then braised low and slow in beer, tomatoes, and Worcestershire until fork-tender. Hearty, rustic, and built for cold-weather appetites.

Easy meatloaf with ground beef, oatmeal, American cheese, tomatoes, and celery salt. Mix, pack, bake. Three steps and dinner is done.

Hot crab dip with cream cheese, half-and-half, lemon, and Worcestershire warmed together in 15 minutes. Old-school chafing dish appetizer that pairs perfectly with buttery Ritz crackers.

Seafood wrapped 'n rolled: grilled shrimp and lobster tossed with sesame oil, crisp bok choy, and bean sprouts, rolled up in soft flour tortillas. A fresh, fast Asian-fusion seafood wrap.

These scrumptious crab cakes are made with a variety of tasty spices and served with delicious tartar sauce.

Potato-cabbage casserole layers steamed potatoes, shredded cabbage, crisp bacon, and Swiss cheese under a thyme-spiked beer cream sauce. German-style comfort food in one dish.

A savory crab soup made with flaked crab meat, light cream and a bit of dry sherry.