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Modern adaptations of traditional recipes — timeless ingredients, forgotten techniques, and the flavors that shaped home cooking before convenience food took over.

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Braised veal and pork cutlets on a long platter covered with a pale creamy white wine sauce flecked with green parsley
meat poultry

Braised Veal and Pork Cutlets in White Wine Sauce

Veal and pork cutlets braised slowly in white wine with onions, then covered with a silky parsley and egg sauce made from the cooking juices.

Total time:175 min
Servings:6
White porcelain cup of clear dark amber soup on a saucer, steam rising, served plain with no garnish
soups stews

Brown Clear Soup with Beef, Veal and Hen (Double Broth)

A deep brown clear soup made by browning beef, veal and liver with bacon and onion, then simmering them with a hen in beef broth for four hours.

Total time:340 min
Servings:14 cups (250 ml each)
Golden breadcrumb-topped potato and herring bake in a deep dish, with a slice cut to show layers of potato, fish and custard
fish seafood

Layered Potato and Herring Bake with Sour Cream

Sliced potatoes layered with soaked salt-cured herring and an egg and sour cream custard, then baked under a buttered breadcrumb crust until golden.

Total time:105 min
Servings:6
Golden lemon koh sponge cake baked in a fluted ring pan, with one slice cut to show the fine pale-yellow crumb
desserts cakes

Lemon Potato Starch Sponge Cake

A tender vintage lemon sponge with 12 eggs, fresh zest and juice, and potato starch in place of flour, baked in a tube or bundt pan.

Total time:75 min
Servings:12 slices
Square wafer torte with a smooth white glaze and almond-crusted sides, one slice cut to show thin wafer layers and pale golden almond filling
desserts cakes

Lenten Turkish Delight Wafer Torte

A no-bake Lenten torte of crisp wafer sheets layered with melted Turkish delight, ground almonds and lemon zest, finished with a glossy fondant glaze.

Total time:75 min
Servings:20 small slices
White bowl of clear golden vegetable broth with translucent sago pearls, steam rising, beside a plate of raw carrot, potato and turnip
soups stews

Lenten Vegetable Broth with Carrot, Potato and Turnip

A clear, light vegan broth of carrot, potato, turnip, peas and beans, simmered slowly for four hours and served plain or with rice, noodles or sago.

Total time:275 min
Servings:4
Ceramic baking dish of pork meatballs baked in roasted eggplant under a bubbling golden layer of sour cream
meat poultry

Pork Meatballs Baked in Roasted Eggplant and Sour Cream

Pork meatballs layered between roasted, minced eggplant and garlic, covered with sour cream and baked in a table-ready dish until bubbling.

Total time:135 min
Servings:6
Whole pot-roasted partridges golden brown on a platter beside a mound of creamy giblet rice
meat poultry

Pot-Roasted Partridge with Giblet Rice

Partridges slowly pot-roasted in butter until tender and served with a savory rice mixed with their own hearts, kidneys and livers, bound with egg.

Total time:110 min
Servings:4
Pot of lamb shoulder pilaf with tender meat, red tomato-tinted rice, peppers and fresh thyme
meat poultry

Slow-Simmered Lamb Shoulder Pilaf with Tomato and Thyme

A one-pot pilaf of lamb shoulder simmered with tomato, peppers, garlic and thyme, then cooked with rice in a broth made from the bones.

Total time:245 min
Servings:6
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