2,789 buttery recipes

Hamburger fischsalat is a German-style fish salad with poached white fish, hard-cooked eggs, dill pickles, and capers in a mustard-lemon sour cream dressing. Chilled and garnished with beet slices.

Polenta pasticciata layers firm cooled polenta squares with porcini-spiked beef ragù, plum tomatoes, and grated pecorino into a rustic Northern Italian bake. Lasagne, but with cornmeal instead of pasta.

Salmon steaks brushed with vermouth butter, orange zest, and lemon juice, topped with sliced potatoes and grilled in foil. Works on the barbecue or in the oven.

Baked orzo with roasted red peppers, green chilies, mozzarella, and Parmesan, topped with sour cream and baked at high heat until golden and puffy. A quick, cheesy pasta side dish in 45 minutes.

Crab stuffed mushroom caps with snow crab, Parmesan, horseradish, and bread crumbs. Baked then broiled until golden for a hot, savory appetizer ready in 30 minutes.

Bharwan bhindi, Indian stuffed okra pods packed with toasted coriander, cumin, fennel, garam masala, and ground almonds. Pan-fried in ghee for a spicy, crisp-tender side.

Chocolate praline truffles with homemade caramelized almond praline powder, semi-sweet chocolate ganache, orange liqueur, and a hand-rolled cocoa-dusted shell. A three-stage holiday confection worth the effort.

Seared cross rib roast braised with tomatoes, black olives, mushrooms, and a bouquet garni in red wine and stock. French-inspired pot roast with a built-in vegetable gravy.

These cookies are buttery and delicious. You can find butterscotch morsels, white chocolate, and pecans in every bite.

Pina colada squares with a buttery shortbread base, thick pineapple-rum filling, and a golden coconut meringue top. A tropical three-layer bar cookie.

Buttery crab-stuffed mushrooms loaded with dill and sour cream, baked until golden. A crowd-pleasing appetizer ready in 30 minutes. Make them a day ahead!

Pit barbecue sauce with butter, ketchup, vinegar, Worcestershire, hot sauce, and garlic. A tangy, buttery no-cook mop sauce that makes two quarts and needs no refrigeration.

This is a very easy dish to put together, just a matter of mixing all the ingredients together and baking for 30 minutes. The sauce needs to be reduced at the end of the cooking, but that only takes about 5 minutes. I suggest that you serve it with a Saag aloo and rice.

Breast of pheasant is served under glass to hold in the cognac flavor that makes this dish so unique.

Fish in horseradish sauce -- This recipe is the first of the 12 dishes that make up the traditional Polish Christmas-eve meal, which is eaten after sundown on Christmas eve.

Lemon-Sage Tortellini with Chicken and Peppers recipe