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Home | Recipes | Honest Entertaining® | Page 31

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 classic plum torte with a jammy fruit layer on a dark plate.

Plum Torte

1 hr 30 mins

Three glasses of Maple Leaf Cocktails on a glass tray with cinnamon sticks

Maple Leaf Cocktail

5 mins

A wide ceramic bowl filled with Portuguese duck risotto, topped with orange zest and parsley.

Portuguese Duck Risotto

2 hrs 45 mins

A partially cut Portuguese orange olive oil cake.

Portuguese Orange Olive Oil Cake

1 hr 30 mins

A light-blue gravy boat filled with svelte green goddess dip

Svelte Green Goddess Dip

1 hr 15 mins

A martini glass filled with rosemary lemon drop with a sugared rosemary rim.

Rosemary Lemon Drop

5 mins

A champagne glass of Sgroppino, also called Lemon Chill, on a blue plate.

Sgroppino ~ Lemon Chill

5 mins

Two filletes of sole à la meunière in an oval metal dish surrounded by lemon wedges and garnished with parsley.

Sole à la Meunière

45 mins

Pan-seared lamb chops drizzled with a vibrant green mint and cilantro sauce, served with potatoes.

Lamb Chops with Mint Sauce and Cilantro

50 mins

Several bacon-wrapped chicken wings on a grill grate with flame below.

Bacon-Wrapped Chicken Wings

1 hr 30 mins

Three brownies stacked on a plate with a bottle of milk in the background.

Katharine Hepburn’s Brownies

1 hr

Homemade pasta dough in 5 colors, plain, squid ink, spinach, beet, and saffron on a white background.

Homemade Pasta Dough

1 hr 30 mins

A glass of Mexican mojito with lime slices floating in it and a mint sprig garnish.

Mexican Mojito

5 mins

A parchment-lined square pan filled with pecan-studded best brownies.

David Lebovitz’s Best Brownies

40 mins

Two cheese-stuffed dates with Proscuitto on a white plate with metal pins securing them.

Cheese-Stuffed Dates with Prosciutto

15 mins

A square of Passover apple cake on a green plate.

Passover Apple Cake

1 hr 40 mins

A roasted fresh ham on a platter with roasted carrots and a bottle of red wine in the background.

Roasted Fresh Ham with Maple-Spice Glaze

5 hrs

A salted caramel tart on a white cake stand on a table

Salted Caramel Tart

2 hrs

A slice of Hershey's chocolate cake with chocolate frosting on a yellow plate, with the remaining cake on a stand in the background.

Hershey’s Chocolate Cake Redux

55 mins

A flourless chocolate cloud cake topped with billows of whipped cream on a metal platter.

Flourless Chocolate Cloud Cake

1 hr 15 mins

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