Homemade flour tortillas made with just flour, salt, lard, and water. Soft, blistered tortillas in three sizes from a 4-ingredient dough that beats anything store-bought.
Pennsylvania Dutch shoofly cake with molasses filling and brown sugar crumb topping baked in a pie crust. Old Lehigh County recipe ready in 50 minutes.
Pan-fried white perch in a crispy beer batter with cornmeal, dill, and paprika. A simple skillet fish recipe that delivers golden, crunchy fillets with tender, flaky flesh inside.
Light, fluffy cornmeal dumplings that cook right on top of your soup, stew, or stock in just 15 minutes. Small-batch recipe for one serving, easily doubled. Includes a cheese variation.
Spinach alla Romana with pine nuts, raisins, and lard in the traditional Roman style. A classic Italian side dish of wilted spinach with sweet-savory contrasts ready in 25 minutes.
Mrs. Criswell's ginger cookies are old-fashioned molasses and ground ginger rolled cookies glazed with beaten egg and baked in a hot oven. A rustic heirloom farmhouse recipe.
Sopaipillas are puffy, pillow-like Southwestern fried bread drizzled with honey or dusted with cinnamon sugar. A New Mexican classic made with yeast dough and a whole-wheat twist.
A big-batch Dutch oven peach cobbler built for a crowd. Canned peaches simmer in a sweet cornstarch glaze under a lattice of homemade biscuit dough strips. Campfire-ready and feeds up to 18 hungry folks.
Wild game sauerbraten made with elk or deer marinated 48 hours in vinegar with cloves, bay leaves, and peppercorns, then braised and served with tangy gravy.
Brennsuppe is a rustic Austrian flour soup made from a dark lard roux, onions, caraway seeds, and herbs. A humble peasant dish with deep, toasty flavor that warms you from the inside out.
Aunt Elsie's family hot dog BBQ sauce with ketchup, sweet relish, sauteed onion, and vinegar. Score the hot dogs so the sweet tangy sauce soaks in as they simmer plump and hot.
Homemade refried beans mashed to a creamy, lard-kissed puree with queso fresco crumbles and crispy tortilla chips. A 35-minute Mexican side dish that puts the canned stuff to shame.
A traditional Welsh double-crust rhubarb tart with spiced lard pastry scented with cinnamon and mixed spice. Dead simple, properly old-fashioned, and adaptable to any seasonal fruit.
A soft, dark Swedish yeast bread sweetened with molasses and sugar, baked into 4 full loaves. Rich, slightly sweet crumb with a glossy butter-brushed top. A Scandinavian staple for sandwiches or slathered with butter.
Mom's easy canned corned beef hash simmered with diced potatoes, onion, and milk, served alongside cooked cabbage. A nostalgic weeknight dinner that's ready in 40 minutes.
Porter beef braises chunks of rib eye in Guinness stout with onions, mushrooms, and a pinch of nutmeg. A rich Irish-style stout-braised beef stew that cooks in two hours.
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