Category COOKING

Echpochmak Recipe

Freshly baked golden brown echpochmak meat pies served on a round plate, with one pie cut open showing the potato and beef filling.

Echpochmak is a triangular baked pastry associated with Tatar cuisine. It is commonly filled with meat, potatoes, and onion, then baked in dough with a small opening at the top in many versions. This recipe uses beef. Other versions may…

How to Make Gravy Without Drippings

Rich brown gravy poured over a scoop of fluffy mashed potatoes in a bowl.

No drippings saved, and you still need gravy right now. Maybe the turkey got deep-fried, maybe you just forgot, maybe there’s no roast in sight and you’re simply craving gravy over mashed potatoes. That’s exactly what this is: how to…