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Home | Recipes | The Arsenal® | Page 10

The Arsenal®

Just started cooking? Is the kitchen as foreign to you as Uzbekistan? Have no fear. These are the recipes that will build the foundation of your pantry and teach you the skills you need to grow as a cook, not to mention rack up compliments faster than Katy Perry gains Twitter followers.

A single basic crepe, folded into quarters on a sheet of parchment with two lemon wedges beside it.
Two loaves of no-knead artisan bread, one with two slices cut from it and a dish of butter nearby.

No Knead Artisan Bread

5 hrs

Cutting board and knife with a salt and pepper rib eye steak

Salt and Pepper Rib Eye Steak

1 hr 50 mins

Catalan lamb skewers on sliced cucumbers topped with a romesco sauce

Sofregit ~ Catalan Tomato Sauce

2 hrs 10 mins

A tumbler filled with amber liquid and a teapot in the foreground.

Therapeutic Drink to Ward Off Colds

15 mins

A rimmed sheet pan filled with truffles coated in confectioners' sugar.

Champagne Truffles

8 hrs 15 mins

A person whisking gravy with a large metal balloon whisk in a metal roasting pan.

Classic Turkey Gravy

20 mins

A person holding a basket of roasted caramelized root vegetables.

Roasted Caramelized Root Vegetables

1 hr 25 mins

Two blue glass plates with scoops of Turkish coffee ice cream, and a spoon

Turkish Coffee Ice Cream

3 hrs 30 mins

A glass jar filled with apple cider vinaigrette with a spoon resting in it.

Apple Cider Vinaigrette

5 mins

A parchment-lined square pan of buttermilk cornbread cut into squares, with one square missing.

Buttermilk Cornbread

1 hr 30 mins

Three glass jars partially filled with pesto Genovese.

Pesto Genovese

15 mins

A frosty metal pan full of dark chocolate ice cream on a counter covered with sprinkles.

Dark Chocolate Ice Cream

5 hrs

A jar and bowl of sweet pickle relish with three cucumbers lying beside them.

Sweet Pickle Relish

1 d

Two heads of roasted garlic--one in foil, one unwrapped--drizzled with oil on a cutting board.

Roasted Garlic

1 hr 5 mins

A what plate with steamed lobster with drawn butter--claws, knuckles, and tail meat

Steamed Lobster with Drawn Butter

30 mins

A glass full of chimichurri--an Argentine steak sauce--made with vinegar, olive oil, parsley, oregano, garlic, red pepper flakes

Chimichurri

5 mins

frozen cubes of green herbs in olive oil on a cast iron pan.

How to Freeze Herbs

6 hrs 5 mins

A whisk with homemade mayonnaise on it

Homemade Mayonnaise

10 mins

Silver spoon with a mound of Portuguese red pepper paste

Portuguese Red Pepper Paste

10 mins

Four bottles of infused water prepared using the instructions on how to infuse water.

How to Infuse Water

8 hrs 5 mins

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