10,000 butter recipes

Roast pheasant stuffed with toasted rice, mushrooms, and herbs, draped in bacon and basted with a currant jelly and port wine sauce. A classic wild game dinner.

Simple and easy sauce to spoon over Chicken ... best served over baked or fried cutlets that have been prepared by first dusting with flour, dipped in beaten egg, and rolled in either Italian seasoned crumbs or Panko bread crumbs.

Peach sour cream coffee cake layers a tender sour cream batter with sliced fresh peaches and a brown sugar streusel top. Tangy, fruit-studded breakfast cake for summer.

Finnish curd cake (rahkakakku) built on a buttered breadcrumb crust with sieved cottage cheese, cardamom, ginger, and citrus zest folded through a tender flour batter.

Wild black duck browned in butter, then braised low and slow with white wine, thyme, basil, and onions until fork-tender. A splash of cream at the end builds a velvety pan gravy. Hunter's kitchen at its finest.

Grilled orange salmon steaks basted with fresh orange butter and garnished with orange slices. A simple, elegant fish dinner ready in 20 minutes with just four ingredients.

Sorrel omelet with wilted sorrel leaves folded into eggs and finished with a reduced cream sauce poured down the center. A classic French omelet with a bright, lemony tang.

Try this succulent quiche that's made with swiss chard, belpaese and parmesan cheese.

Old-fashioned baked macaroni and cheese with a from-scratch roux, five cups of cheddar, dry mustard, and a buttered breadcrumb topping with paprika. Creamy inside, crunchy on top.

German chocolate cheesecake squares layer chocolate cream cheese filling over a yeasted crust, topped with the classic coconut-pecan caramel topping.

Mushroom croustades: hollowed crusty rolls filled with garlic-rosemary butter and a creamy mushroom saute. A French-leaning vegetarian starter with dinner-party drama.

Bread crumb-crusted chicken breasts sauteed in butter, layered over wilted spinach, and topped with browned mushrooms and pan drippings. An elegant French-inspired dish ready in 35 minutes.

A cooked vanilla fudge recipe beaten with marshmallow cream for added fluffy creaminess.

Finnish pecan balls (Finnish snowballs) made with butter, cake flour, and toasted pecans, rolled twice in powdered sugar for a melt-in-your-mouth holiday cookie.

Spaghetti tossed with crisp bacon, beaten eggs, and grated cheese in a butter and white wine sauce. The heat of the just-drained pasta cooks the eggs into a silky, no-cream carbonara-style coating. A fast pantry dinner.

Tender carrot slices sauté in butter then simmer in sweet Marsala wine until glazed and glossy, creating an elegant Italian-inspired side dish that's ready in under 25 minutes.