Cooked with Pierre
Recipes worth coming back to.
A growing collection of recipes cooked with Pierre: straightforward and built to come back to. Save any of them to your own cookbook.
weeknight
Creamy Mushroom Pasta
Deeply browned mushrooms, garlic, cream, and Parmesan over fettuccine, a 30-minute dinner that tastes like it took longer.
dessert
Brown-Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies
The chocolate chip cookie I make when I want people to actually pause mid-bite, nutty brown butter, crisp edges, chewy middle.
weeknight
Perfect Weeknight Spaghetti Pomodoro
Five-ingredient spaghetti with a silky tomato sauce that comes together in the time it takes the pasta to cook.
breakfast
Morning Buttermilk Pancakes
Tall, tender buttermilk pancakes, the kind that puff in the pan and soak up syrup without going soggy.
weeknight
Smashburgers at Home
Crisp-edged, lacy-bottomed smashburgers on a cast-iron pan, the diner burger you can pull off in 15 minutes.
soup & stew
Lemony Greek Chicken Soup (Avgolemono)
Silky chicken-and-rice soup thickened with eggs and lemon, somehow light and deeply comforting at the same time.
baking
Skillet Cornbread with Honey Butter
Crackly-edged cornbread baked in a hot cast-iron pan, served warm with whipped honey butter.
vegetarian
Blistered Shishito Peppers with Flaky Salt
Six minutes to a bowl of charred, salty shishitos, the easiest snack that always disappears first.
lunch
Summer Tomato Tart with Puff Pastry
A rustic puff-pastry tart layered with ricotta, summer tomatoes, and basil, looks like a project, takes 30 minutes.
weeknight
Miso-Glazed Salmon Bowls
Sticky miso-glazed salmon over warm rice with quick-pickled cucumbers and avocado. A 30-minute weeknight bowl that feels like a treat.
weeknight
Weeknight Coconut Chickpea Curry
A 25-minute coconut and tomato curry built from pantry staples, warm, lightly spiced, freezer-friendly.
weeknight
Garlic Butter Shrimp Pasta
Linguine with garlicky butter shrimp, white wine, and parsley, the kind of dinner you make to feel like an adult on a Tuesday.
dessert
Olive Oil Citrus Cake
A single-layer olive oil cake with orange and lemon, moist, tender, the cake you bake on a slow Saturday.
baking
No-Knead Overnight Bread
A bakery-style loaf with a crackling crust and open crumb, 5 minutes of work the night before, baked in a Dutch oven in the morning.
lunch
Summer Tomato & Peach Panzanella
A bread salad with ripe tomatoes, juicy peaches, torn basil, and crispy croutons soaking up everything they touch.
grill
Grilled Flank Steak with Chimichurri
A hot-and-fast flank steak with a punchy chimichurri, 25 minutes total, the move for warm weather.
holiday
Holiday Prime Rib with Horseradish Cream
A reverse-seared prime rib with a rosy edge-to-edge interior and a bracing horseradish cream, the centerpiece roast worth the splurge.
weeknight
Weeknight Fried Rice
Crispy day-old rice, eggs, scallions, and whatever's in the fridge, the 15-minute dinner that solves Wednesday.
breakfast
Classic French Omelette
A pale, custardy three-egg omelette folded into a pillow, the breakfast move that signals you actually know how to cook.
weeknight
Honey Mustard Pork Tenderloin
Pan-seared pork tenderloin with a sticky honey-mustard glaze, 30 minutes to a dinner that holds its own at the table.
soup & stew
Creamy Tomato & White Bean Stew
A pantry stew of tomatoes, white beans, and a splash of cream finished with kale and good olive oil, comfort food without the slog.
weekend project
Weekend Roast Chicken with Pan Sauce
A simple roast chicken with crackling skin and a fast, glossy pan sauce, the dinner I trust most.
soup & stew
Slow-Simmered White Bean & Kale Soup
A garlicky, brothy white-bean soup with kale and a Parmesan rind doing quiet heavy lifting in the background.
weeknight
Sheet-Pan Harissa Chicken & Carrots
One pan, 40 minutes, and a sticky, spicy-sweet glaze that makes weeknight chicken feel like a plan instead of a fallback.
weekend project
Sunday Braised Short Ribs
A slow-braised pot of beef short ribs that turns a quiet afternoon into the kind of dinner people remember.