Weekend Project recipes
These are the long ones, and the timings count the waiting rather than advertising the active work. A dough that proves overnight, a stock that runs for eight hours, a braise that wants an afternoon. What they have in common is that almost none of the time is yours — the recipes say where the attention is actually required, so that a twelve-hour dish can be planned around rather than stood over. Several of them are the best things in this collection and none of them is difficult; they are simply long.
4 recipes
Shoyu Ramen with Chashu Pork
A soy-based broth that tastes long-cooked because it is. The pork rolls the night before, which is most of the work and none of the effort.
Pho Bo
Charring the onion and ginger before they go near water is what makes the broth smell like pho rather than beef soup. Everything else is patience.
Tagliatelle al Ragù
Bolognese ragù cooked for three hours with milk and a little wine, served on fresh tagliatelle rather than spaghetti, which is what Bologna actually does.
Cochinita Pibil
Pork buried in achiote and sour orange, slow-roasted in banana leaf until it falls apart. A Yucatecan dish that asks for one shopping trip and then leaves you alone.