9,201 low pate recipes

Roman pickles brine fresh lettuce leaves with vinegar, dill, fennel, and salt for an ancient pickling method straight from Columella's first-century cookbook. Crisp, briny, and unexpectedly fresh.

Favorite dill pickles: garden cucumbers packed with fresh dill and garlic in jars and covered with a hot vinegar brine. The classic homemade dill pickle, ready in 3 to 4 weeks.

Microwave flounder or sole fillets rolled with chives, dill, and mustard, wrapped in lettuce leaves. A light, quick fish dinner ready in under 10 minutes.

Spinach pesto appetizer: a sliceable, high-protein cheesecake-style savory loaf with spinach, cottage cheese, cream cheese, and Romano. Perfect make-ahead party food served chilled with crackers or crostini.

Old-world pickled cherry tomatoes with dill seed, garlic, and peppercorns, packed with grape leaves for crisp texture. Russian-Ukrainian fermentation tradition in canning jars.

Crispy deep-fried smelt coated in a fiery blend of dry mustard, cayenne, and lemon zest. Double-fried for maximum crunch, these little fish make an addictive appetizer or light seafood dinner in just 30 minutes.

Sopa seca turns crumbled vermicelli into a dry Mexican noodle dish with onion, garlic, green chiles, and tomato. Vegetarian and oil-free, the broth cooks down so every strand soaks up flavor.

Lamb rib chops broiled under a rosemary-garlic quince jelly glaze. A 15-minute dinner-party main with a sweet-savory lacquer that caramelizes under the broiler.

Spicy Mexican jicama salad with tangerines, apple, cantaloupe, cilantro, and a dusting of chili powder. A crisp, no-cook fruit salad in the style of Mexican street fruit cups.

Salt-baked whole chicken encased in a thick kosher salt crust with lemon and thyme. The salt seals in moisture for incredibly juicy meat without over-seasoning.

Simple homemade vegetarian stock from potato peels, garlic, onions, celery, parsley, and bay leaf. A zero-waste base for soups, stews, risottos, and sauces.

Quick pickled green peppers with garlic and bay leaves in a simple vinegar brine. Pack into canning jars for a crunchy, tangy condiment that lasts for months.

Rich, deeply roasted brown veal stock simmered for 12 hours with carrots, onions, celery, garlic, and bay leaves. This restaurant-quality base stock is the backbone of French sauces, braises, and soups.

Homemade chicken stock simmered low and slow for 4 to 6 hours with chicken bones, onion, carrot, celery, thyme, and bay. Pure-flavored stock for soups, risotto, and sauces. Freezes for months.

A gallon-jar fermented vegetable pickle with cauliflower, green beans, peppers, onions, green tomatoes, and olives cured in a garlicky dill brine. Ready after 10 days of room-temperature fermentation.

Simple cabbage soup with tomato juice, carrots, onion, and beef bouillon simmered for an hour. Low-calorie, low-sodium, and just one pot to clean.