Recipes

Lightly sweetened coconut rice pudding provides a custardy contrast to the tender masa in these dreamy dessert tamales. Drizzled with sweet and buttery goat's milk caramel, they also make a festive holiday breakfast.

This bowl of rice noodles tossed with shrimp balls, cabbage, and snow peas in a rich sauce is savory and comforting. The crushed chicharrones on top lend each bite some crunch, while the cilantro packs a punch of brightness and the calamansi juice cuts through the saltiness of the noodles to provide salty and sour balance.

We reimagined our favorite Filipino stew into a rich soup with slow-cooked beefy oxtails, noodles, and a hint of nutty flavor.

For his lumpiang sariwa recipe, 2021 F&W Best New Chef Carlo Lamagna of Portland, Oregon, skips the deep fryer and instead makes these tender spring rolls by wrapping delicate homemade coconut crêpes around lettuce leaves filled with fresh vegetables. Topped with a sauce of soy sauce simmered with brown sugar and star anise and sprinkled with crunchy chopped peanuts, these lumpiang sariwa make a nice appetizer or light meal.

Pastry chef Paola Velez gives Bananas Foster, the classic flambéed dessert, a Caribbean twist by swapping out bananas for plantains and adding warm spices and coconut water to the caramel sauce. If you can't find extra ripe plantains, place them in a brown paper bag and leave them in a warm, dark place until they ripen—very green plantains could take a week or more. When flambéing, make sure to have the lid for your skillet on hand in case the flame gets out of control and you need to smother it. Rum raisin ice cream is the perfect accompaniment to the caramelly plantains.

Bright with lime juice, this pozole recipe is rich from two cuts of pork and savory from the hominy and dried ancho and guajillo chiles in the mix.

The secret to these meatless Cuban-style black beans is to cook them at least a day in advance to allow the garlicky flavors to develop.

For Chef JJ Johnson, celebrating Noche Buena, or Christmas Eve, includes cooking pasteles with family.

Spicy chorizo, dark meat chicken, and a seafood trio of shrimp, mussels, and cockles come together on a bed of saffron-infused arborio rice for this sumptuous Spanish dish.

Sometimes called coconut eggnog, Coquito is served at Christmas and throughout the holiday season in Puerto Rico.

Apple butter is basically a spreadable apple pie filling, only better! Any classic cooking apple should work in this recipe. Though the cooking time is long, it's super easy and pretty hands-free. Pair this apple butter with some sharp Cheddar on a cheese plate, or slather it onto cheesy biscuits.

This royal icing with cream of tartar is easy to make and perfect for decorating gingerbread houses.

Light and fluffy angel food cake frosting. It has all the taste of a boiled frosting with very little effort! Sometimes I like to change it up a bit and use maple or peppermint extract instead of vanilla.

Try this buttercream frosting made with granulated sugar instead of powdered sugar. It's the best for chocolate cakes and cupcakes. This recipe makes enough to frost the top of a 9x13-inch cake.

This microwave lemon curd recipe is quick and easy to make. It's particularly useful when you're going to be entertaining but you're short on time. Store for up to three weeks in the refrigerator.

This whipped cream recipe is about the most amazing thing you will ever taste!