126 melt recipes

It's a fun way to make a delcious Mexican dish. I browned one chopped onion along with some corn, then added to the black bean. It came out very tasty, and we enjoyed these melts with homemade fresh salsa.

Smiltsill is a traditional Swedish dish where salted herring fillets steam over boiling potatoes, then get drizzled with browned butter and garnished with parsley, radishes, and egg.

Melt-away butter cookies with vanilla and almond extract, pressed with a cookie gun and optionally dipped in chocolate with chopped pecans. Yields 7 dozen.

Melt-in-your mouth balls topped with crunch sesame seeds are a delicious, not too sweet, accompaniament to coffee or tea.

Hazelnut melting moments with ground filberts, lemon zest, and a pool of melted chocolate in the center. A delicate thumbprint cookie dusted with powdered sugar.

Slow cooker Italian sausages braised in spaghetti sauce with green peppers and onions until fork-tender. Serve on buns for sausage subs or sliced over spaghetti.

Buttery pecan snowball cookies rolled in powdered sugar. No eggs, no leavening, just six ingredients for a crumbly, melt-in-your-mouth shortbread-style cookie.

Traditional mincemeat with real beef and suet, the way it was made for centuries before the meatless version took over. Currants, raisins, apples, brandy, and warming spices simmer into a deeply flavored pie filling. Yields 80 servings.

Mincemeat oatmeal cookies: chewy spiced drop cookies that pack the entire flavor of a Christmas mince pie into a hand-held bite. Brown sugar, molasses, oats, and a generous spoonful of mincemeat per cookie.

Bread machine malted rye loaf sweetened with honey and barley malt syrup, scented with cardamom. Egg-enriched crumb with a Scandinavian flavor profile, ready to load and walk away.

Tender veal cubes browned in bacon fat and simmered in tomato gravy with carrots and onions. A hearty Pennsylvania Dutch one-pot meal ready in under an hour.

Meatloaf for 120: a scaled-up classic ground beef, oats, and tomato juice meatloaf with tangy ketchup-mustard glaze. 16 loaves for church suppers, reunions, and crowd feeding.

Old-fashioned mince meat with calf tongue, suet, dried fruit, candied citrus, brandy and whiskey. The traditional pie filling, aged in a crock for at least 7 weeks for deep holiday flavor.

Carne con papas: cubed round steak simmered with potatoes in tomato sauce, cumin, and garlic. A simple Mexican-style meat and potatoes dish ready in one hour, one pot.

Italian-style beef and potato stew braised in tomato paste, red wine, and oregano. Tender round steak cubes and fork-soft potatoes in a thick, savory tomato gravy. Serve with crusty Italian bread.

Lebanese bulgur wheat salad with marinated chicken, fresh herbs, and crisp vegetables. This protein-packed tabbouleh makes a hearty, healthy main dish bursting with lemon, mint, and garlic.