Merlyn Cafaro, Recipe Tester

Know when you taste something and can’t help but pause and sigh with content? This subtly sweet lemon cake does that to us each and every darn time.

• (10)
• 35 M
• 2 H
• 32

Let us introduce you to the most Googled recipe of 2019. No, it doesn’t have cauliflower. And it’s certainly not keto. It’s a not-quite-classic shepherd’s pie gilded with sweetly caramelized onions and smothered with Cheddar. To heck with tradition.

• (4)
• 1 H, 20 M
• 2 H
• 13

Slightly sweet, fudgy, and full of bittersweet chocolatey goodness. Certain to satisfy both the kid and the grown-up in you.

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• 30 M
• 3 H, 20 M
• 0

Store-bought puff pastry makes this elegant baked Brie a cinch to pull off. (But that can be our little secret.)

• (1)
• 15 M
• 1 H, 30 M
• 2

Elegant yet exceedingly simple, this white wine linguine beguiles with its rich and silken flavor despite the absence of cream and only a touch of butter.

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• 15 M
• 30 M
• 0

Stilton, the famous blue cheese, gets rolled up into a puff pastry pinwheel and topped with walnuts and honey for a sensuous, rich tasting appetizer.

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• 35 M
• 2 H
• 4

A traditional Azorean dish that boasts meltingly tender oven-braised beef, potatoes, chouriço, and onions. It’s a rustic, homey, Sunday supper sorta dish from David’s VERY Portuguese mom.

• (2)
• 1 H, 10 M
• 6 H, 30 M
• 10

Sorta like apple pie without the crust, this simple autumn dessert comes together with absolute ease…and will earn you quite a lot of accolade.

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• 10 M
• 1 H, 25 M
• 0

A dreamy, creamy, pretty-in-pink dessert that casts everyone’s favorite berry in a starring role.

• (1)
• 30 M
• 8 H, 15 M
• 2

Fresh crab necessitates only Old Bay and very little in way of other ingredients. That’s exactly what you’ll find here.

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• 30 M
• 45 M
• 0