Favorite New Recipes 2025

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Here we are careening to the close of 2025, already in November!

So let’s share our favorite NEW recipes of the year.

The qualifier for this thread is that the recipe was new to you this year, you loved it and made it more than once, enjoyed it enough that it’s made it into your permanent store, and are happy to recommend it.

I personally tend to add both actual recipes and techniques, so feel free to include things that have quickly become a part of your repertoire even it’s with some riffing.

(Let’s save the “bookmarking” or “this sounds good” recipes for other places, and keep this thread for ones that have already been tried and tested and loved!)

Cook-along threads to jog our memories:
— Cookbooks of the Month / Quarter
— Dishes of the Quarter
— Cuisines of the Quarter
— Cooking-From Cookbooks

Past collections of favorites:
— Favorite New Recipes 2024
— Favorite New Recipes 2023
— Favorite New Recipes 2022

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I learned to make some Chinese cold salads at home this year, and have been enjoying them on repeat. I vary the vinegar and the spice from time to time.

Another new salad favorite is Vinegret Salad, which can be found from Central Asia through Eastern Europe and the countries of the former USSR. The combination of flavors and textures is fantastic. I skip the pickles and sauerkraut (the restaurant version I first ate did not include these), but always include beets, potatoes, carrots, onions, and sometimes scallions too.

On the baking front, @MunchkinRedux posted a Scandinavian Tiger Cake (Tigerkaka) cake last year that I finally got around to this year, and it became a fast favorite. Two recipes, I think I slightly preferred the Alice Medrich one to the version from True North, but it might have been splitting hairs.

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Off the top of my head, I liked this recipe

Also, Koulouria

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I’d been wanting to make Pastitsio (all beef) and looked for a recipe with a thick layer of bechamel and found this one:

I had to order the Bucatini #2 from Amazon. The recipe was perfect!

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Bangers & Mash Pie

My version doesn’t look as good as his, but it was YUMMY!!

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And for something sweet – Yeasted Sugar Cake

Note: Recipe is courtesy of a Hungry Onion poster - sorry I forgot who gave this to me.

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I made that as well. We liked it overall but I was grumpy because my foolish self baked in the spring form pan which leaks unless you set it perfectly. Which I didn’t . . .

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@rosyred and @MunchkinRedux both baked it.

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Thank you!! And yes – Sunshine loved this cake. I need to make it again.

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I can’t remember if I used my spring form pan or not??

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Yay! My favorite annual thread. I’m looking forward to seeing what recipes worked well for folks.

As always, I’ve quite a few to add to the list, although not as many as in previous years. I think with age I’m becoming more selective about what new recipes to try - many sound good, but only so many will really work for our preferences and resources.

Most of the recipes below are from vetted sources, but there were a couple of surprise winners from random food blogs. Broken into savory and sweet, many of these were sourced right here on HO (my BIG THANKS to the community). All NYT links are gift links.

SAVORY

NYT’s crispy baked white fish.

NYT’s cod cakes.

Shrimp Mozambique from The Spruce Eats.

Zucchini and green bean saute. from The Lemon Bowl.

Two Peas and Their Pod 5-ingredient spinach and parm pasta.

Shrimp bisque from Immaculate Bites.

Alexandra Cooks romesco sauce (although I do omit the bread and the almonds - personal preference). Maybe technically its no longer a romesco sauce, but it’s good.

Not a recipe, but a dish. Panuozzo - pizza sandwich!

Rick Bayless’s habanero sauce. A perfectly simple and easy hot sauce recipe.

Casino butter. A colorful compound butter which freezes well.

NYT’s jalapeno ranch dressing.

Jenn Segal’s chipotle vinaigrette.

SWEET

Genevive Ko’s blueberry drop scone.

AllRecipe’s pickled blueberries.

Yossy’s lemon zucchini bundt.

King Arthur’s apple fritter cake (with addition of candied pecans on top).

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I liked that jalapeno ranch dressing too.

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nice list, @MunchkinRedux

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Thank you!

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We really liked this Chupe de Mariscos recipe tonight.

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I’ve made this a few times, and really enjoyed it; it’s now a regular. I don’t necessarily use all of the ingredients he does.

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My oldest made that Jalapeño Ranch when he was home from college and now it’s on repeat.

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Love this thread ! A few new faves that I’ve been making this year:

All these years in France, I’d never heard of this classic chicken dish:

Using more and more Miso in my cooking after finding a local producer (especially miso with butter !)

https://www.thekitchn.com/recipe-miso-buttered-noodles-248312

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I’m making the apple fritter cake right now :slight_smile:

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Please post results! :moon_cake: