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Home | Recipes | Honest Entertaining® | Page 2

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 oval platter containing sliced pork with chanterelles and apricot jam sauce

Pork with Chanterelles and Apricot Jam

55 mins

A raspberry almond crumble cake, with a slice on its side on a circle of parchment paper

Raspberry Almond Crumble Cake

1 hr 20 mins

a white casserole dish of roasted fennel with rye crumble

Roasted Fennel with Rye Crumble

1 hr 5 mins

A plate of porcini beef ragu

Porcini Beef Ragu

1 hr

Three plates, each with an easy cinnamon knot on it

Easy Cinnamon Knots

2 hrs 15 mins

A white platter with beef Bourguignon, filled with beef, carrots, and mushrooms

Jamie Oliver’s Beef Bourguignon

1 d 5 hrs 45 mins

A plate with a leg and though of Mediterranean chicken with fennel and green olives sitting on a bed of mashed potatoes.

Mediterranean Chicken with Fennel and Green Olives

1 hr 25 mins

A coupe glass filled with a revolver cocktail, garnished with orange peel.

The Revolver Cocktail

5 mins

A wooden cutting board with two pulled pork sandwiches in crusty buns and topped with coleslaw, with a bottle and glass of beer in the background.

Pulled Pork Sandwiches

13 hrs 30 mins

Three sweet and spicy tacos on a white plate with wedges of lime alongside.

Sweet and Spicy Tacos

30 mins

Sliced skirt steak on a wooden board with tortillas, lime wedges, cilantro, jalapeno, and pickled red onion.

Grilled Skirt Steak Tacos

2 hrs 30 mins

A whole peanut butter pie in a white pie dish, topped with whipped cream and peanuts.

Peanut Butter Pie

2 hrs 30 mins

Two vegan chocolate cakes stacked on top of each other.

Vegan Chocolate Cake

2 hrs 20 mins

Two plates of beer-brined bbq chicken, shredded cabbage, and artisan bread, with a small bowl of dip between them.

Beer-Brined BBQ Chicken

3 hrs 15 mins

Sliced skirt steak topped with salsa with a bowl of salsa and charred lime halves on the side.

Seared Skirt Steak with Salsa

50 mins

Braised pork loin with rosemary topped with a mustard-garlic sauce on a white plate on wood

Braised Pork Loin with Rosemary

2 hrs

Sweet potato tamales nestled in a pot with a towel covering them.

Sweet Potato Tamales

7 hrs

A rimmed baking sheet with fish in parchment and a fish spatula resting beside it.

Fish in Parchment

30 mins

Two individual servings of chocolate mouse in glass tumblers served on a small plate with a silver spoon resting beside.

Chocolate Mousse for One

20 mins

Two plates with burrata topped with asparagus, pine nuts, raisins, and prosciutto.

Burrata Cheese with Asparagus

30 mins

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