10,000 sante recipes

Learn to make authentic Chinese century eggs (pidan) at home. Duck eggs cured for 100 days in a black tea, salt, ash, and lime coating transform into a prized delicacy with translucent whites and creamy green yolks.

Chinese BBQ pork buns (cha siu bao): pillowy steamed white buns stuffed with diced char siu in a glossy oyster-hoisin-soy glaze. Classic Cantonese dim sum at home.

Cappellacci stuffed pasta squares filled with ricotta, spinach, and nutmeg, baked in homemade tomato-basil sauce. A from-scratch Italian project worth every fold.

Peach and berry kanten made with agar-agar and apple juice. A vegan, gelatin-free fruit jelly dessert that sets at room temperature with no refined sugar.

Twice cooked herbed duck quarters slow-roasted to render the fat, then grilled over charcoal for crisp, smoky skin. Herb-rubbed, crackling, and impossibly juicy.

It's tasty, and an easy meal to make on a weeknight. The dill and lemon were great together.

Light, fluffy French dumplings enriched with butter and egg, seasoned with nutmeg. Traditional Alsatian spaetzle-style dumplings for soup or broth.

Cherry pie with a tapioca-thickened tart cherry filling, brightened with almond extract, lemon, and a whisper of cinnamon and clove, all tucked under a flaky shortening double crust.

Carnatzlach are garlicky Romanian-Jewish skinless sausages made from seasoned ground beef and club soda for a light, springy texture. Broiled until crispy and browned, they're a crowd-pleasing appetizer or main.

Vushka are tiny Ukrainian ear-shaped dumplings filled with mushrooms, boiled until they float, and served in hot borscht. A traditional holiday staple.

Real butterscotch pie made the old-fashioned way with brown sugar and butter melted in a cast iron skillet, topped with golden meringue. No pudding mix, no shortcuts, just pure caramelized flavor in every slice.

Thick salmon steaks gently poached in an aromatic broth of peppercorns, lemon, and bay leaf, then topped with a rich, velvety homemade hollandaise sauce made from scratch with real butter and egg yolks.

Colorful chickpea and basmati rice salad with three bell peppers and scallions, tossed in a sesame-cumin-lemon vinaigrette. A fresh, no-cook vegetarian side ready in 15 minutes.

Old-fashioned buttermilk pound cake with butter, shortening, and five eggs for a dense, velvety crumb. Baked in a tube pan with a tender tang from real buttermilk.

New Mexican green chili stew of browned beef (or pork) simmered with diced potatoes, onion, garlic, and Hatch green chilies in a brothy, soupy base. A classic Santa Fe and Albuquerque kitchen staple.

Pork Belly is roasted with lots of garlic and sage, it is very easy to make, and loaded with the flavor!