7,783 thickener recipes

Oyster and mushroom pie baked in a creamy half-and-half sauce thickened with the oyster liquor, finished with a buttery bread crumb topping. A New England-style crustless seafood pie ready in 40 minutes.

Prize-winning cherry pie with a glossy filling thickened on the stovetop with grenadine syrup, almond extract, and butter, then baked in a flaky double crust until golden.

Grandma Rampke's easy rhubarb pie with a custard layer poured over fresh rhubarb in a single crust. Just eggs, milk, sugar, and cinnamon on top. No thickener needed.

Shrimp sauteed with fresh pineapple, papaya, orange juice, and lime in a glossy cornstarch-thickened fruit sauce. A bright Salvadoran-inspired seafood dinner served over rice.

Key West conch chowder with tender ground conch, potatoes, salt pork, and tomatoes. Hearty Florida-style seafood chowder where potatoes dissolve to naturally thicken the broth.

Microwave beef stew with cooked beef, carrots, potatoes, celery, and onion soup mix thickened with flour. Ready in about 30 minutes when you need stew without the stovetop simmer.

Shrimp and scallops in white wine cream sauce served over rice. A simple seafood main with cornstarch-thickened cream and dry white wine for a crowd-friendly elegant dinner.

Pot roast with Dijon mustard sauce: chuck roast simmered in beef broth and white wine, then served with a tangy mustard pan sauce thickened with cornstarch. Elegant French-style braise.

Fisherman's chowder loaded with clams, shrimp, scallops, and crab in a bacon-potato milk broth thickened with instant mashed potatoes. A hearty mixed seafood soup.

Deep plum pie with halved plums baked under overlapping pastry rounds, sweetened with brown and white sugar, warmed with cloves or cardamom and thickened with quick tapioca.

Cream of broccoli soup with cheese is an easy, ultra-creamy comfort bowl: tender broccoli and onion in a silky cheese sauce made foolproof with melt-perfect Velveeta, half-and-half and a flour thickener.

Mincemeat bars with a buttery oat-walnut crust sandwiching a thickened mincemeat filling. Old-fashioned holiday dessert squares that store beautifully in a tin.

Cast-iron skillet blackberry cobbler with a tender drop-biscuit topping. Filling thickens with cornstarch on the stovetop, then a hot-water biscuit batter spoons over and bakes golden.

Biersuppe is a classic German beer soup thickened with browned butter and flour, warmed with cinnamon, and enriched with egg yolks and milk. Served with toasted bread in 30 minutes flat.

Oshkinigikwe is a Native American tomato stew with shallots, cucumber, and corn flour. A simple, plant-based dish thickened naturally with just seven ingredients.

Rhubarb pie sweetened with applesauce instead of additional sugar, thickened with quick-cooking tapioca, and warmed with cinnamon and nutmeg under a lattice crust. The applesauce mellows the tart rhubarb naturally.