405 ear recipes

A refreshing, tasty and light salad is made with crunchy lotus roots, carrot, celery and wood ears, tossed with a flavorful soy-ginger dressing. Make it a day ahead, keep in the refrigerator overnight.

Elephant ears: Pennsylvania Dutch yeast-dough fritters stretched thin, deep-fried until golden and bubbly, then dusted with powdered sugar or cinnamon sugar. The state fair classic.

Homemade fried elephant ears: sour-cream and buttermilk dough rolled thin, slit, fried golden, then tumbled in cinnamon sugar. State fair pastry made in your own kitchen.

Hamantaschen, the triangular Purim cookies, here filled with a rich honey-nut mixture brightened with lemon. A rum-scented dough folded into the traditional three-cornered shape and baked to a golden glaze.

Pigs' ears salad simmers the ears with star anise and ginger until tender, then slivers them cold with carrots, cucumber, and plum sauce. A classic Chinese cold appetizer with gelatinous crunch.

If you're looking for something new, try this tasty snack that is made with sour milk and seedless raisins.

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

Easy elephant ears cookies (palmiers) bake from rolled puff pastry, sugar, and egg wash into crisp golden hearts, dipped in melted chocolate. Four-ingredient bakery-style treats ready in 40 minutes.

Crispy fried pastries shaped like elephant ears, dusted with cardamom sugar and toasted pistachios. Afghan teatime treats that puff up golden and shatter when you bite in.

Homemade orecchiette pasta from semolina and all-purpose flour with just water and salt. An eggless Italian pasta shaped by hand into little ear shapes, no machine needed.

Elephant ears with pecan filling: puff pastry rolled with cinnamon-cardamom-pecan filling, sliced and baked into butterfly-shaped pastries. Bakery-style breakfast treat at home.

Chinese pickled pigs' ears simmered with ginger and vinegar, then chilled in a sweet-sour brine with cucumber, carrot, red onion, and bell pepper. A classic Cantonese cold appetizer.

Bread machine coconut oat bran bread with canned pears, whole wheat flour, rolled oats, and almond extract. A unique, lightly sweet loaf with tropical and fruity flavors.

A delicious Chinese stir-fry is perfect for a busy work-day dinner.

Ear Wax Wieners on Cotton Swabs, a gross-out Halloween party appetizer. Broiled cocktail franks with a mustard-mayo dipping sauce on cotton-ball toothpicks.

Les oreilles de cochon are Cajun pig's ear pastries, fried thin dough drizzled with cane syrup. A Louisiana French Acadian holiday tradition served warm. Crisp, sweet, irregular shape.