Recipes

Short recipes, written to be followed on a weeknight.

Beef goulash

As much onion as meat, paprika added off the heat, and no flour — the onions thicken the sauce on their own.

A ragù simmered for two hours, a béchamel instead of ricotta, and dried sheets that never need pre-boiling.

Five ingredients, no cheese, no par-boiling — the version that never turns watery and holds its shape on the spoon.

Salted the day before, started breast-down, rested for fifteen minutes — crisp skin and breast meat that stays tender.

Lamb, not beef, a mash worked with butter before the milk, and a filling reduced before it goes under — no watery layer.

Potatoes confited gently in oil, onion, and a soft centre — the tortilla that does not dry out the next day.