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Home | Recipes | Honest Entertaining® | Page 4

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 white plate topped with a slice of chicken, pork, and pistachio terrine, a dollop of chutney, some arugula leaves and a knife.

Chicken, Pork, and Pistachio Terrine

2 hrs 30 mins

A bowl with creamy green olive dip behind five slices of baguette with dip on one

Portuguese Green Olive Dip

5 mins

Braised beef with red wine pasta and carrots in a skillet.

Braised Beef with Red Wine Pasta

5 hrs 30 mins

Cheddar-Parmesan crackers on a black wire rack with a few on a black oval plate beside the rack.

Cheddar-Parmesan Crackers

2 hrs 40 mins

Two martini glasses filled with spruce needle vodka with a spruce sprig floating in each glass.

Spruce Needle Vodka

5 mins

Two glasses of orange-colored Christmas cocktail with orange twists on the glasses.

Christmas Cocktail

10 mins

Squiggles of melted chocolate on a piece of parchment with a piping bag lying beside.

How To Decorate With Melted Chocolate

30 mins

A rack of six golden brown and puffy Yorkshire pudding

Yorkshire Pudding

1 hr 10 mins

A white bowl filled with Provençale fish soup with a spoon resting inside.

Provençale Fish Soup

1 hr 5 mins

A tied pork loin in the style of Porchetta on a white platter with cooked red onions and rosemary.

Pork Loin in the Style of Porchetta

2 hrs 15 mins

A standing rib roast on a cutting board with caramelized onions

Standing Rib Roast

2 hrs 25 mins

An espresso cake drizzled with glaze on a wire rack that is set on a pice of parchment to catch any glaze drips.

Espresso Cake

1 hr 15 mins

Pieces of beef stew with red wine and mashed potatoes in a white bowl with a fork nestled inside.

Beef Stew with Red Wine

1 hr 40 mins

A round dish filled with spicy mushroom lasagna and a serving on a plate beside it.

Spicy Mushroom Lasagna

2 hrs 40 mins

A serving platter topped with baharat roast chicken with sweet potatoes and a bowl of preserved lemon oil on the side along with a bottle of wine and a wine goblet.

Baharat Roast Chicken with Sweet Potatoes

2 hrs

Slices of lemon confit on a white oval platter.

Lemon Confit

10 hrs

Four French-style pork chops with apples and Calvados sauce on a white platter.

French-Style Pork Chops with Apples and Calvados

1 hr 30 mins

A slab of red wine cherry cheesecake bars cut into squares.

Red Wine Cherry Cheesecake Bars

8 hrs

A glazed ham on a cutting board with several slices cut from the end and a carving fork and knife resting beside it.

Glazed Ham

2 hrs 30 mins

A ricotta cheesecake on a piece of parchment.

Ricotta Cheesecake from Rome’s Jewish Quarter

1 hr

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