17 ten recipes

A fragrant homemade Chinese ten-spice blend with toasted star anise, Szechuan peppercorns, fennel, coriander, and cumin. Toast, grind, and store for marinades, stir-fries, sauces, and meat rubs.

No-bake German chocolate pie with melted chocolate, cream cheese, and whipped topping in a graham cracker crust. Just 6 ingredients and 10 minutes of hands-on work.

Swiss steak braises tough, flour-dredged beef low and slow in a herby tomato gravy with onions, peppers, and mushrooms until fork-tender. A classic one-skillet comfort dinner made for mashed potatoes.

Broiled portobello mushrooms sliced over mixed greens tossed with Earl Grey tea vinaigrette and topped with creamy goat cheese and fresh tomatoes for an elegant vegetarian main.

British tea loaf with raisins and sultanas steeped overnight in cold tea, baked with brown sugar and self-rising flour. A no-butter fruit bread that's moist and dense.

Traditional Irish tea bread with mixed dried fruit soaked overnight in strong tea. A dense, moist loaf with brown sugar sweetness and barely any butter.

From-scratch banana cream pie with tea-infused pastry cream, a flaky pate brisee crust, and billowy whipped cream. A bakery-level banana pie that's worth every minute of the effort.

A British-style no-bake fridge cake with two layers: dark chocolate on the bottom, white chocolate on top. Both packed with crushed biscuits, chopped dates, nuts, and cream. Chill, slice, and serve.

All Bran bread soaked overnight in strong tea with mixed dried fruit and golden syrup. A dense, malty British tea bread that improves with age, served sliced and buttered.

A recipe for a traditional Irish bread. Barm Brack (Traditional Irish Bread - Báirín breac) One translation would be Speckled Bread.

A traditional Irish fruit bread, Barmbrack is packed with dried fruits soaked in tea, offering a sweet, spiced flavor. Perfect for slicing, buttering, and enjoying with a cup of tea.

Rice-stuffed Cornish hens with a sweet filling of raisins, walnuts, honey, lemon juice, and cinnamon. Roasted with butter-rubbed skin until golden and juicy.

Black currant tea brownies layer cassis-infused fudge squares with a glossy berry preserve and a silky black currant tea ganache. A boozy, perfumed showstopper.

Buttermilk-marinated Cornish game hens baked with turmeric, serrano chiles, and cilantro, served over cumin-spiced corn with a creamy tomato sauce. A showstopping Indian-inspired dinner.

Cornish hens stuffed with turnip-apple-potato mash, browned in clarified butter, and braised in Calvados and apple juice. An elegant French-inspired dinner with autumn flavors in every bite.

Cajun chicken sauce piquant with a dark roux, Chablis wine, tomato sauce, stuffed olives, and hot pepper sauce, slow-cooked for hours and served over spaghetti. Big-batch Cajun cooking.