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Home | Recipes | Honest Entertaining® | Page 18

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.
An inside-out sweet potato coated in corn flakes, with a marshmallow center.

Inside-Out Sweet Potatoes

1 hr

A brandy-brined turkey breast on a wooden cutting board with a couple slices cut off, a basket of mandarins in the background, and some grilled red onion wedges scattered around.

Brandy-Brined Turkey Breast

18 hrs 20 mins

A small jam jar filled with Meyer lemon marmalade. Resting on top is a knife with a dollop of marmalade on top.

Meyer Lemon Marmalade

1 hr 30 mins

A log of ramp butter on a wooden board with a few slices cut from it.

Ramp Butter

10 mins

A fig tarte tatin, sliced into four pieces with cinnamon sticks on top. Nearby a bowl of ice cream.

Fig Tarte Tatin

1 hr

A no-knead Italian bread loaf, topped with sesame seeds on a black floured surface with a bowl of oil, brush, bowl of sesame seeds, and an eggshell lying beside it.

No-Knead Italian Bread

16 hrs

A skillet filled with chicken drumsticks braised in wine with a wooden spoon and wine cork lying beside the skillet.

Chicken Drumsticks Braised In Wine

1 hr

Four chicken enchiladas in a nonstick skillet, topped with scallions.

Skillet Chicken Enchiladas

1 hr 15 mins

A Dutch oven filled with a cherry tomato confit of Sun Gold cherry tomatoes, oil, and fresh basil leaves.

Cherry Tomato Confit

1 hr 15 mins

Five ears of grilled corn on the cob with chipotle butter on a white wooden board.

Grilled Corn on the Cob with Chipotle Butter

1 hr

A plate topped with a serving of chorizo eggs benedict - chorizo hollandaise, garlicky spinach, and poached egg on toast.

Chorizo Eggs Benedict

30 mins

Boulevardier Cocktail.

Boulevardier Cocktail

5 mins

A basket of black bean taquitos with lime halves and hot sauce on the side.

Black Bean Taquitos

50 mins

Two pina coladas, garnished with a pineapple wheel and a whole pineapple nearby.

Creamy Piña Colada with Crushed Pineapple

10 mins

Baked nectarines with Port in a cast-iron casserole dish, three nectarines topped with whipped cream and grated nutmeg.

Baked Nectarines With Port

40 mins

A woman holding a wooden tray with 3 breakfast burgers topped with eggs.

Breakfast Burger

45 mins

Two individual blueberry pies on on a wooden table with forks beside them.

Blueberry Pie

2 hrs

A black skillet with seven pork dumplings in it on a wooden surface and a cup of dipping sauce beside it.

Pork Dumplings

1 hr

A person slicing a dry-rubbed tri tip on a wooden board.

Dry-Rubbed Tri-Tip

4 hrs

A glass gobelet filled with an Adonis cocktail and an orange twist garnish, in front of a painted background.

Adonis Cocktail

5 mins

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