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Home | Recipes | Honest Entertaining® | Page 9

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.
Two gluten free matzo balls in a bowl of broth garnished with dill.

Gluten Free Matzo Balls

3 hrs 45 mins

Pieces of roast chicken wth a small dish of pan gravy and a halved lemon and bulb of garlic on an oval metal tray.

Roast Chicken and Pan Gravy

1 hr 40 mins

A sliced beef braised in Barolo, garnished with thyme sprigs, on a bed of mashed potatoes.

Beef Braised in Barolo

5 hrs 10 mins

A black pot filled with chunks of beef Raj curry, topped with cilantro, nearby is roti Indian bread

British Beef Raj Curry

1 hr 15 mins

Two pieces of prosciutto, pear, and Brie toasts with slices of Brie, pear, prosciutto, and a jar of fig jam beside the toasts.

Prosciutto, Pear, and Brie Toasts

30 mins

Two enchiladas de mole poblano on a white plate, topped with thinly sliced white onion.

Enchiladas de Mole Poblano

4 hrs

A white oval serving plate filled with slow cooker coq au vin and a gold fork resting on the side of the plate.

Slow Cooker Coq au Vin

3 hrs 45 mins

A single basic crepe, folded into quarters on a sheet of parchment with two lemon wedges beside it.

Basic Crepes

30 mins

A blue oval ovenproof baking dish filled with classic cassoulet de castelnaudary with a fork resting on top.

Classic Cassoulet de Castelnaudary

10 hrs 30 mins

A person holding a white plate with a slice of dark chocolate pudding pie and a fork.

Dark Chocolate Pudding Pie

3 hrs

A partial slice of red wine chocolate cake on a plate with a fork resting beside the cake.

Red Wine Chocolate Cake

3 hrs

A Shake Shack roadside double burger on a plate.

Shake Shack’s Roadside Double Burger

1 hr 10 mins

Eight vegan fudge brownies on a marble surface.

Vegan Fudge Brownies

3 hrs 55 mins

Yellow plate with four lemon bars sprinkled with powdered sugar, one with a bite take out of it.

Lemon Bars

1 hr 30 mins

A blood orange pound cake on a wire rack with glaze and sugar syrup, three slices cut.

Blood Orange Pound Cake

2 hrs

Two white plates of braised beef with carrots on top of mashed potatoes.

Braised Beef with Carrots

2 hrs 45 mins

Seafood gumbo in a two-handled bowl on a piece of wood.

Seafood Gumbo

5 hrs 15 mins

Oval dish with noodle kugel, a cheese and pepper casserole with fettuccine and ricotta and Pecorino cheeses baked golden.

Cacio e Pepe Noodle Kugel

1 hr 15 mins

Five half-moon pastries, Jamaican beef turnovers, on a stone plate, three bottles of beer

Jamaican Beef Patties

1 hr 30 mins

A panko crusted pork tenderloin with rosemary being sliced on a wooden cutting board.

Panko Crusted Pork Tenderloin with Rosemary

45 mins

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