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Home | Recipes | The Arsenal® | Page 18

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.
Blood orange and prosecco cocktail, in a coupe glass, on a small tray.

Blood Orange and Prosecco Cocktail

15 mins

Many prepared potato gnocchi on a floured kitchen towel, with a mound of gnocchi dough in the background.

Homemade Potato Gnocchi

1 hr

Several glasses partially filled with limoncello on a silver platter, with a bottle of limoncello in the background.

Limoncello ~ Lemon Liqueur

22 d

Two tall glasses of cranberry margaritas rimmed and sugar with sugared-cranberry garnish.

Cranberry Margarita

45 mins

A wooden bowl filled with mashed potatoes and topped with a melted square of butter.

Make-Ahead Mashed Potatoes

45 mins

A cast-iron skillet filled with a cooked sweet potato cornbread with two pats of butter on top and a dish of butter pats beside it.

Sweet Potato Cornbread

50 mins

A stainless steel pot, filled with steaming, bubbling easy béchamel sauce with a large spoon and a whisk.

Easy Béchamel Sauce

25 mins

Three homemade Larabars.

Homemade Larabars

45 mins

One slice of apple pie, made with flaky pie crust, in a metal pie plate with 3 forks.

Flaky Pie Crust

2 hrs 25 mins

A platter of ribs covered with Texas-style barbecue sauce, and a glass of extra sauce on the side.

Texas-Style Barbecue Sauce

1 hr 50 mins

A jelly jar filled with apricot jam and a spoon resting on top.

Apricot Jam

1 hr 45 mins

A rack of slow cooker ribs on a cutting board with four single ribs cut off.

Slow Cooker Ribs

6 hrs 45 mins

A carved wooden bowl filled with barbecue potato chips.

Barbecue Potato Chips

20 mins

Three grilled artichoke halves, some lemon wedges, and dip on a wooden peel

Grilled Artichokes

1 hr 40 mins

A halved fancy tuna melt with tomato and cucumber on a baguette on a piece of parchment.

Fancy Tuna Melt

25 mins

Sheets of homemade matzoh in a metal basket.

Homemade Matzoh

30 mins

A wooden spoon spreading simple pizza sauce on a round of pizza dough.

Simple Pizza Sauce

20 mins

Chocolate frosting on a wire mixer whisk.

Hershey’s Chocolate Frosting

10 mins

A dish of classic Hollandaise sauce on a white plate with a whisk resting on the dish.

Classic Hollandaise Sauce

20 mins

A slice of sweet potato pie on a large metal plate with a napkin and a knife.

Southern Sweet Potato Pie

2 hrs 30 mins

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