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Home › Recipe Index › Essential Recipes

Essential Recipes

Whether you’re a novice or a culinary expert, there are a handful of essential recipes that belong in every cook’s repertoire. From homemade fast pizza dough and white pizza sauce, to Greek salad dressing, garlic butter sauce and the best sauce for fried rice, these timeless classics will become your go-to favorites. Master these recipes, and you’ll have a culinary arsenal that will never disappoint.

A clear glass jar filled with warm bacon dressing in front of a pile of crisp bacon.

Hot Bacon Dressing

Six crispy bacon strips on a white oval plate, fork resting nearby.

Oven Baked Bacon

Two perfectly fried eggs in a skillet next to brown egg shells.

Steam Fried Eggs

Lifting pickled carrot strips out of a jar.

Quick Pickled Carrots

Pitcher of homemade fish broth and a saucer in the background with fish head/tail.

Homemade Fish Broth

A spoon drizzling easy Béarnaise sauce into a bowl.

Béarnaise Sauce

A jar of diy ranch powder seasoning blend next to a spoon.

Homemade Ranch Seasoning

Scrambled eggs with cheese on a slice of toast; tomatoes and orange juice in the back.

Cheesy Scrambled Eggs

A dish filled with French pastry cream vanilla mousseline.

Mousseline Cream

Sausage breakfast gravy in a skillet with a spoon.

Homemade Sausage Gravy

A vanilla pudding recipe from scratch in a glass with raspberries on top.

Homemade Vanilla Pudding

Scooping homemade vanilla ice cream from a metal container.

Homemade Vanilla Ice Cream

Pillowy gnocchi made with fresh ricotta in a bowl and topped with sage butter.

Homemade Ricotta Gnocchi

A skillet filled with sage brown butter on a white counter.

Garlic Sage Brown Butter Sauce

A bowl filled with homemade ricotta cheese next to cherry tomatoes.

Homemade Ricotta Cheese

A skillet with toasted browned butter.

How to Brown Butter

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