998 night recipes

Swedish herring and potato casserole layered with sauteed onions, dotted with butter, and baked in cream until golden and tender. A traditional Scandinavian comfort dish.

Carrot-ginger breakfast muffins with whole wheat pastry flour, fresh ginger root, maple syrup, and honey. Spiced with cinnamon and nutmeg, naturally sweetened and wholesome.

Texas-style pecan pie with a secret cornmeal addition for texture, both light and dark corn syrup for depth, and vanilla butternut extract. Gooey, crunchy, and piled with whipped cream.

Earthy and textured, this is great as a snack or at a party. For a party, double this to make 1 large or 2 regular loaves.

This is a decadently delicious German chocolate torte. It's chocolaty and rich.

Austrian Gugelhupf is a buttery yeasted bundt cake studded with raisins, currants, and orange zest, crowned with blanched almonds and a snowy dusting of powdered sugar. A Viennese coffee house classic.

Vegetarian rice and mushroom burgers made with brown rice, carrots, whole wheat bread crumbs, and a touch of cayenne. Broiled until golden and crisp on the outside.

Fresh raspberries nestled in a toasted walnut crust and covered with silky white chocolate ganache. This elegant make-ahead tart chills overnight and serves beautifully for any special occasion.

Old-school stuffed green peppers packed with seasoned ground pork, rice, crumbled bacon, and onion, then slow-simmered in a smoky paprika tomato sauce. Hearty, hands-off comfort food for six hungry folks.

Herb-crusted veal chops seared golden, coated in Dijon mustard, and roasted to medium-rare, served over homemade apple spaetzle. A chef-worthy autumn dinner that brings the wow factor.

Classic lasagne verdi with homemade spinach pasta sheets layered with tomato sauce, cheese sauce, and Parmesan. Traditional Italian green lasagna from scratch.

No-bake fresh peach pie with ripe peach wedges arranged in a swirl pattern, glazed with melted apricot preserves on a graham cracker crust. A summer dessert that lets perfectly ripe peaches do all the work.

Herbed oatmeal pan bread, a soft, savory bread machine loaf with rolled oats, butter, garlic, basil, oregano, and a parmesan crust. Tastes like garlic bread and pizza dough had a kid.

Sesame crab hash cakes: crab and red potato bound with egg, brightened with lime and cilantro, broiled golden, served over black bean sauce. A lighter, Asian-leaning take on the crab cake.

Old-fashioned icebox cookies with cardamom, cinnamon, lemon juice, and chopped nuts. Slice-and-bake dough that refrigerates overnight or freezes for weeks. Paper-thin and crispy.

Masterclass frozen raspberry souffle layered with crisp almond meringue discs and Italian meringue mousse with whipped cream, served with raspberry puree. A pastry chef's showpiece.