Mains recipes
Mains from around the world — ChefEdit's Mains recipe collection across multiple cuisines. Researched from many cited sources with smart scaling and regional substitutes.
Polenta Funghi
Polenta ai funghi is not mushroom risotto with cornmeal standing in for rice. The polenta is cooked until the meal hydrates fully and los...
Polenta Concia
Polenta concia is not plain polenta with cheese sprinkled on top. The cheese has to melt into the body of the cornmeal, while browned but...
Scaloppine Marsala
Thin meat, hot pan, short sauce. Scaloppine al Marsala lives or dies on speed: the cutlets must brown before they toughen, and the Marsal...
Scaloppine Limone
Scaloppine al Limone lives or dies on thin meat and a pan sauce that stays glossy, sharp, and uncluttered. Pound veal to a true 3-4 mm, d...
Saltimbocca Romana
Saltimbocca alla Romana has nowhere to hide: lean veal, salty prosciutto, resinous sage, and a pan sauce made from the browned film left ...
Gnocchi Sorrentina
Gnocchi alla Sorrentina is a Campanian baked gnocchi dish, not a generic tomato-and-cheese casserole. The dish lives or dies on tender po...
Khanom Jeen Nam Ya (Thai Rice Noodles with Fish Curry)
Khanom Jeen Nam Ya is not a loose curry ladled over noodles as an afterthought. The sauce is a pounded fish curry: coconut-rich, yellow, ...