38 real recipes

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.

Real Irish stew: traditional Irish country stew of mutton, potatoes, carrots, and onions simmered slowly in water until the meat falls apart. Six ingredients, no shortcuts, pure comfort.

About half of the beans I used were chili beans. And I used a Guinness beer. I (roughly) seeded the jalapenos and this was surprisingly still spicy. A cheap cut of beef works quite well; the beef chunks get so tender and this is an overall delicious dish. I froze half of it.

Serve this delicious sweet potato kugel as one of your side dish at your passover dinner.

Texas-style beef chili with cubed meat, toasted whole cumin, and six tablespoons of chili powder. No beans, no tomatoes, just beef, spice, and a slow 90-minute simmer.

Zucchini halves stuffed with their own sauteed pulp, tomato sauce, garlic, and matzo meal, then baked until tender. A simple Passover-friendly appetizer that's naturally vegan.

Sam Huddleston's chili is a no-bean Texas-style chili with cubed beef, toasted cumin seed, paprika, and chili powder, thickened with cracker meal at the end. Proper bowl of red.

Substitute beef with this succulent dish that is simmered to perfection in its own tasty gravy.

Veau dans le chaudron, a French-Canadian veal pot roast browned in bacon fat with garlic, then braised with whole potatoes and onions. No added liquid needed.

French-Canadian veal pot roast braised in a cast iron pot with whole potatoes and onions, no added liquid. The veal creates its own rich gravy as it slowly cooks.

Rustic French meatloaf channels country pâté with ground pork, veal, puréed chicken livers, chopped prunes, and pistachios. Served with Dijon mustard for a bistro dinner in loaf form.

Veal pot roast (veau dans le chaudron) with garlic-studded veal shoulder braised with whole potatoes and onions in a cast iron pot with no added liquid. The meat makes its own gravy.

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.

Cored apples packed with a savory-sweet filling of ground veal, Parmesan, walnuts, raisins, and sage, then baked until soft and drizzled with a honey-apple brandy butter. An Italian-inspired showstopper that blurs the line between entree and autumn celebration.

Veal ragout simmered with carrots, celery, potatoes, peas, tomato paste, garlic, and marjoram. A classic one-pot stew with golden-browned veal in a rich, savory gravy.

Lencseleves fogoyhussal, a traditional Hungarian lentil soup with partridge, smoked bacon, and a mustard cream finish. A hearty game-day soup rooted in Hungarian hunting tradition.