Lydia Brimage, Recipe Tester

Perhaps the easiest gazpacho recipe ever, this Spanish classic will have you swearing off takeout all summer long.

• 20 M
• 20 M
• 4

Because fudge brownies just aren’t indulgent enough, we added an outrageously lovely swirl of caramel sauce. You’re welcome.

• 10 M
• 2 H, 45 M
• 6

A sprightly summer cocktail, this vibrant variant on a Pimm’s Cup is a wham bam grand slam of booze, orange, lemon, cucumber, mint, and lemon-lime soda.

• 5 M
• 5 M
• 17

A gorgeous dessert, this almond cake has a rich, buttery flavor and toasted almond topping. Serve with strawberry-rhubarb compote or seasonal fruit.

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• 1 H
• 1 H, 25 M
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A Mediterranean classic that’s healthy as can be although you’d never guess it from the indulgent taste.

• 40 M
• 2 H, 45 M
• 4

Oh baby. We wait all year for stone fruits to be in season so we can make this. Ideal for breakfast, desert, and everything in between.

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• 35 M
• 1 H, 55 M
• 2

A tongue-tingling chile oil with a haunting and earthy and floral taste thanks to the dance of dried chiles, Sichuan peppers, cinnamon, cloves, and star anise.

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• 15 M
• 2 H, 15 M
• 0

Everything you would imagine in a pound cake. Buttery. Indulgent. Moist. Rich. And with a perfectly balanced and ever so slightly puckery lemon glaze.

• 25 M
• 1 H, 40 M
• 10

Essentially fancy-sounding blobs of pastry with grated cheese, these chichi French lovelies impress everyone yet barely take any effort.

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• 30 M
• 1 H
• 2

Elegant and extravagant and easy. That’s these thin, delicate, curiously satisfying crêpes with caramelized apples and a rich caramel sauce.

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• 2 H
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Made with potatoes, broccoli, and vegetable stock, this is rich, velvety, and comforting as heck. And nary a drop of cream although you’d never guess that by tasting it. A light drizzle of tangy feta yogurt sauce makes it something sorta special.

• 25 M
• 1 H
• 2

Essentially Irish stew with some lovely store-bought puff pastry plopped on top. Easy peasy. It may even make us think corned beef on March 17th.

• 45 M
• 3 H
• 36

Perfectly browned on the outside and soft, moist, and buttery on the inside and perfect through and through for soaking up those savory pan juices from a roast. Effortless and timeless Christmas elegance.

• 10 M
• 1 H, 10 M
• 13

Call them whatever you will. Breton butter cookies. French biscuits. Sables. We call them simply impossible to stop noshing.

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• 30 M
• 2 H, 30 M
• 0