21 of Our Favorite Recipes Made with 3 Ingredients or Fewer
By Caroline Lange
Meals should not be brief. We like to linger at the table, sneaking cold potatoes with our fingers and refilling our wine glasses and talking and talking and talking.
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But recipes? Those can be brief—and maybe they should be, letting the ingredients or the technique speak the loudest. Thick, buttery salad dressing. Light biscuits easy enough to to make any morning of the week. Super creamy ice cream that’s no-churn to boot. For these 21 recipes, the magic is in their simplicity: They each have only 3 ingredients or fewer.
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One ingredient:
The Kitchn’s One-Ingredient Ice Cream by Genius Recipes
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Sugarfree Grape Jam (Scrucchiata) by Emiko
Two ingredients:
Homemade Crème Fraîche by A Cozy Kitchen
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Hervé This’ Chocolate Mousse by Genius Recipes
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Brown Butter Tomatoes by Amanda Hesser
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Cookies and Cream Bars by Sarah Jampel
Everyday Avocado Dressing by Jessie Snyder | Faring Well
King Arthur Flour’s Never-Fail Biscuits by Genius Recipes
Torrone Siciliano (Italian Almond Brittle) by Emiko
Carlo Middione’s Polenta Facile by Genius Recipes
Three ingredients:
Torrone Sardo (Sardinian Nougat) by Emiko
Jennie Cook’s Zucchini Butter by Genius Recipes
Homemade Frozen Yogurt by Sarah Jampel
Calabrian Walnut Cake (Torta di Noci) by Emiko
Dan Leader’s 4-Hour Baguette by Genius Recipes
Pretzel Shortbread Cookies by molly yeh
Arrosticini (Barbecued Lamb Skewers) by Emiko
Marcella Hazan’s Tomato Sauce with Onion and Butter by Genius Recipes
Watermelon Pudding (Gelo d'Anguria) by Emiko
Helen’s Summer Berry Pudding with Rose Cream by Alice Medrich
