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Tender beef chuck coated in a smooth brick-red guajillo and ancho chile sauce

Stew

Beef Chile Colorado

Beef chuck slowly braised in a smooth, brick-red sauce of guajillo and ancho chiles, garlic, cumin and Mexican oregano.

3 hours 25 minutes Moderate

Beef StewChile Colorado

Tender pork shoulder coated in a glossy brick-red dried-chile sauce

Stew

Asado de Puerco

Pork shoulder browned and slowly braised in a glossy, brick-red sauce of ancho, guajillo and árbol chiles, finished with a restrained touch of vinegar.

3 hours 10 minutes Moderate

Pork StewAsado

Tender chunks of pork in roasted tomatillo and green chile sauce with cilantro

Stew

Pork Chile Verde with Roasted Tomatillos

Pork shoulder braised until tender in a deeply roasted sauce of tomatillos, poblano peppers, green chiles, jalapeño, cilantro and lime.

3 hours 25 minutes Moderate

Chile VerdePork Stew

Southern chicken and flat rolled dumplings in rich velvety homemade chicken broth

Stew

Southern Chicken and Flat Dumplings

Tender pulled chicken and hand-rolled buttermilk dumplings in a rich homemade chicken broth that thickens naturally into a velvety gravy.

3 hours 20 minutes Moderate

Chicken And DumplingsChicken Stew

Rustic Argentine chimichurri with chopped parsley, oregano, garlic, red-wine vinegar and olive oil

Sauce

Classic Argentine Chimichurri

A bright, rustic Argentine herb sauce made with hand-chopped parsley, oregano, garlic, red-wine vinegar, olive oil and crushed red pepper.

45 minutes Easy

CondimentHerb Sauce

Soup

Roasted Tomato and Red Pepper Bisque

A silky vegetarian bisque of deeply roasted tomatoes, sweet red peppers, onion and garlic, enriched with dry sherry, cream and butter.

1 hour 45 minutes Moderate

BisqueTomato Soup

Stew

Southwestern Green Chile Beef Stew

Flour-dredged beef chuck braised with roasted Hatch green chile, Mexican lager, potatoes, carrots and corn in a velvety Southwestern gravy.

3 hours 40 minutes Moderate

Beef StewGreen Chile Stew

Stew

Red Wine Beef Stew with Velvety Gravy

Seasoned-flour-dredged beef chuck slowly braised with red wine, caramelized tomato paste, vegetables and herbs in a rich, naturally velvety gravy.

3 hours 35 minutes Moderate

Beef StewRed Wine Stew

Soup

Classic French Onion Soup

Deeply caramelized onions in a rich beef broth with white wine and dry sherry, finished beneath toasted baguette and a bubbling Gruyère crust.

2 hours 35 minutes Moderate

Broth-Based SoupOnion Soup

Soup

Loaded Baked Potato Soup

A refined loaded baked potato soup with oven-baked russets, bacon, leek, cheddar, sour cream and chives—rich and creamy without becoming heavy or gluey.

2 hours 15 minutes Moderate

Cream SoupPotato Soup

Sauce

Roman-Style Carbonara with Cured Pork Jowl

A silky Roman-style carbonara made without cream, using cured pork jowl, eggs, Pecorino Romano, black pepper and starchy pasta water to create the sauce.

35 minutes Moderate

Pasta SauceCarbonara

Sauce

Chunky Beef, Sausage and Mushroom Spaghetti Sauce

A hearty, chunky spaghetti sauce refined over more than 35 years, with ground beef, hot Italian sausage, mushrooms, Merlot and plenty of petite-diced tomatoes.

2 hours 30 minutes Easy

Pasta SauceMeat Sauce