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Home | Recipes | Honest Entertaining®

Honest Entertaining®

Feeling as if you’re a failure unless you grind your own wheat, grow your own yeast,  raise your own beef? Expecting the impossible from yourself, all while cooking a sit-down dinner for 25? Well, relax! Take a deep breath. We’ve been there–and we ain’t ever going back. Honest Entertaining is as much of a state of mind as a way to cook.

It’s real food for real people for good times. It’s knock-it-out-of-the-park dishes that are smart, easy, and let you be a cook, not a domestic god/goddess. (You know what they say about false idols…)

An onion and blue cheese tart cut into wedges with crispy onions scattered around it.
A slice of burnt Basque cheesecake with pomegranate on a plate, garnished with pomegranate seeds and a spoon.

Basque Cheesecake with Pomegranate Molasses

3 hrs

A partially sliced boneless leg of lamb on a platter with rosemary sprigs around it.

Slow Roasted Boneless Leg of Lamb

1 hr 50 mins

A skillet with three chicken thighs on top of a mixture of leeks, rosemary, and cannellini beans.

Rosemary Chicken and Beans in a Creamy Cider Broth

1 hr 30 mins

An oval casserole dish filled with potatoes dauphinoise, with a silver spoon resting in it.

Potatoes Dauphinoise

2 hrs 30 mins

A saucepan filled with roasted garlic mashed potatoes with a pat of butter on top.

Roasted Garlic Mashed Potatoes

1 hr

Two plates of pecan pie cobbler with a scoop of ice cream on the side.

Pecan Pie Cobbler

1 hr 45 mins

A whole roasted dry brined turkey on an oval platter on a bed of herbs with side dishes around it.

Dry Brine Turkey

1 d 4 hrs 20 mins

A bowl of cheesy mashed potatoes, topped with scallions on a table with turkey and cranberry sauce.

Cheesy Mashed Potatoes

45 mins

A Dutch oven with braised chicken thighs and olives, and a single thigh and three olives on a white plate.

Braised Chicken Thighs

A large yellow Dutch oven with a roast chicken on a bed of cooked shallots, topped with lemon zest and herbs.

Dutch Oven-Roast Chicken and Shallots

3 hrs

A white speckled bowl filled with opened clams with butter and parsley, and two sourdough toasts on the side of the bowl.

Champagne Butter Clams with Sourdough Toast

1 hr 10 mins

A scoop of creamy baked mac and cheese with crunchy topping being lifted from a casserole dish.

Creamy Baked Mac and Cheese

1 hr 30 mins

A white gratin dish filled with a creamy zucchini gratin, topped with goat cheese, on a plate with a fork on the side.

Zucchini Gratin with Fresh Herbs and Goat Cheese

1 hr 15 mins

Four pieces of pan seared salmon in a sweet tahini sauce, topped with pomegranate and pine nuts.

Pan Seared Salmon with Sweet Tahini Sauce

50 mins

Pieces of chicken Marbella in a white serving dish with prunes, olives, and capers, garnished with fresh thyme and a serving spoon on the side.

Modern Chicken Marbella

9 hrs 30 mins

A rectangular fresh cherry tart with cream cheese filling on a white surface with a knife and a small bowl of jam on the side.

Fresh Cherry Tart with Cream Cheese Filling

1 hr 10 mins

A Bundt banana bread on a white serving platter and individual slices on two plates.

Banana Bread with Pudding Mix

1 hr 30 mins

A loaf of braided cinnamon bread drizzled with vanilla glaze resting on a wire rack.

Braided Cinnamon Bread

3 hrs

A white oval platter topped with sherry-braised chicken with artichoke hearts

Sherry-Braised Chicken with Artichoke Hearts

1 hr 30 mins

A Kentucky butter cake on a white plate with a slice cut from it on a plate in the background

Kentucky Butter Cake

1 hr 45 mins

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