The Six-Ingredient Solution: How to Coax More Flavor from Fewer Ingredients by America's Test Kitchen Editors

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  • Herbed cheese coins

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    • Categories: Cookies, biscuits & crackers; Quick / easy; Appetizers / starters; Cooking ahead; Cooking for a crowd
    • Ingredients: herbes de Provence; walnuts; Gruyère cheese; all-purpose flour; butter; garlic powder
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  • Cheese crisps (Frico)

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    • Categories: Cookies, biscuits & crackers; Quick / easy; Appetizers / starters; Cooking ahead; Italian
    • Ingredients: Montasio cheese
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  • Pink peppercorn-crusted goat cheese log

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    • Categories: Quick / easy; Appetizers / starters; Cooking ahead; Vegetarian
    • Ingredients: fennel seeds; pink peppercorns; thyme; goat cheese
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  • Feta-dill dip with cucumber chips

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    • Categories: Dips, spreads & salsas; Quick / easy; Appetizers / starters; Cooking ahead; Greek; Vegetarian
    • Ingredients: dill; feta cheese; Greek yogurt; English cucumbers
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  • Marinated feta and green olives

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    • Categories: Dressings & marinades; Quick / easy; Appetizers / starters; Canapés / hors d'oeuvre; Cooking ahead; Entertaining & parties; Mediterranean; Vegetarian
    • Ingredients: garlic; oranges; olive oil; dried red pepper flakes; feta cheese; pitted olives
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  • Melted Brie with honey and herbs

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    • Categories: Dips, spreads & salsas; Quick / easy; Appetizers / starters; Cooking ahead; Entertaining & parties; Vegetarian
    • Ingredients: Brie cheese; honey; thyme
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  • Herbed ricotta crostini

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    • Categories: Quick / easy; Appetizers / starters; Cooking ahead; Italian; Vegetarian
    • Ingredients: ricotta cheese; basil; lemons; baguette bread
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  • Crispy spiced chickpeas

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    • Categories: Quick / easy; Appetizers / starters; Cooking ahead; Vegetarian
    • Ingredients: canned chickpeas; smoked paprika; olive oil
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  • Serrano and Manchego crostini with orange honey

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    • Categories: Quick / easy; Appetizers / starters; Cooking ahead; Italian
    • Ingredients: walnut bread; thyme; honey; orange marmalade; serrano ham; Manchego cheese
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  • Caprese skewers

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    • Categories: Quick / easy; Appetizers / starters; Cooking ahead; Italian; Vegetarian
    • Ingredients: grape tomatoes; basil; ciliegine mozzarella balls
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  • Endive cups with apples and blue cheese

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    • Categories: Quick / easy; Appetizers / starters; Cooking ahead; Vegetarian
    • Ingredients: walnuts; apples; parsley; blue cheese; Belgian endive
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  • Prosciutto-wrapped figs with Gorgonzola

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    • Categories: Quick / easy; Appetizers / starters; Cooking ahead
    • Ingredients: figs; Gorgonzola cheese; honey; prosciutto
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  • Stuffed mushrooms with Boursin and prosciutto

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    • Categories: Quick / easy; Stuffing; Appetizers / starters; Cooking ahead
    • Ingredients: white mushrooms; Boursin cheese; prosciutto; parsley or chives
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  • Warm bacon-wrapped chorizo and dates

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    • Categories: Quick / easy; Appetizers / starters; Cooking ahead
    • Ingredients: bacon; Medjool dates; chorizo sausages
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  • Salami and provolone-stuffed peppers

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    • Categories: Quick / easy; Stuffing; Appetizers / starters; Cooking ahead; Italian
    • Ingredients: peppadew peppers; provolone cheese; basil; salami
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  • Brie and jam phyllo cups

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    • Categories: Quick / easy; Pies, tarts & pastries; Appetizers / starters; Cooking ahead; Vegetarian
    • Ingredients: phyllo pastry; Brie cheese; parsley or chives; onion jam
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  • Tomato tartlets

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    • Categories: Pies, tarts & pastries; Quick / easy; Appetizers / starters; Cooking ahead; Vegetarian
    • Ingredients: puff pastry; tomatoes; mozzarella cheese; Parmesan cheese
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  • Ham and cheese palmiers

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    • Categories: Pies, tarts & pastries; Quick / easy; Appetizers / starters; Cooking ahead; European
    • Ingredients: puff pastry; thyme; deli ham; Parmesan cheese
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  • Keilbasa bites

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    • Categories: Pies, tarts & pastries; Quick / easy; Appetizers / starters; Cooking ahead
    • Ingredients: puff pastry; whole grain mustard; kielbasa sausages; parsley
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  • Naan tarts with artichokes, pesto, and goat cheese

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    • Categories: Quick / easy; Pizza & calzones; Appetizers / starters; Main course; Cooking ahead; Indian; Vegetarian
    • Ingredients: naan bread; goat cheese; basil pesto; marinated artichokes; parsley
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  • Spicy shrimp cocktail shooters

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    • Categories: Sauces for fish; Quick / easy; Appetizers / starters; Cooking ahead
    • Ingredients: limes; canned chipotle chiles in adobo sauce; Bloody Mary mix; tequila; shrimp; cilantro
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  • Citrusy shrimp cocktail

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    • Categories: Quick / easy; Sauces for fish; Appetizers / starters; Cooking ahead
    • Ingredients: shrimp; limes; cilantro; grapefruits; hot pepper jelly
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  • Broiled chipotle shrimp

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    • Categories: Quick / easy; Sauces for fish; Appetizers / starters; Cooking ahead
    • Ingredients: limes; canned chipotle chiles in adobo sauce; apple jelly; honey mustard; shrimp; cilantro
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  • Smoked salmon rolls

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    • Categories: Quick / easy; Appetizers / starters; Cooking ahead
    • Ingredients: lemons; onion and chive cream cheese; dill; arugula; smoked salmon
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  • Chai-infused butternut squash soup

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    • Categories: Soups; Quick / easy; Cooking ahead; Vegetarian
    • Ingredients: butternut squash; scallions; chai tea; crème fraîche
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Notes about this book

  • chrisjung on February 09, 2016

    This is a terrific little cookbook. I purchased it for my husband before I went in to the hospital to have both knees replaced. He used it over and over with delicious, easy results. I still go to it today when I'm looking for something different and EASY. As the title implies, all of the recipes are limited to a maximum of 6 ingredients (some have even less) and are very well explained.

Notes about Recipes in this book

  • Black bean soup with chorizo

    • tmatthey on May 08, 2022

      Super good enough for me to offer to drop off servings to friends who don't like to cook for themselves. My so-so's I keep for us. I did use a fresh made (salt free) chicken stock. Also used close to 3/4 pound of ground chorizo meat because I did not see the point of freezing 1/4 pound of ground chorizo when I don't freestyle cook with red meats.

    • barbgang on March 02, 2020

      Good with jarred salsa, beans and chicken broth only.

    • KennethJames on November 13, 2019

      Always a winner at our house!

  • Grilled Indian-spiced chicken with raita

    • tmatthey on July 30, 2016

      Uber easy, just not memorable. Of course, perhaps the fact I was chasing a long-ago tandoori style recipe that was rave worthy may have made me too critical. Meat was definitely moist. Just not interesting - and I do like curries, recipes with garam masala, and Indian food in general.

  • Chai-infused butternut squash soup

    • barbgang on March 02, 2020

      Add small onion cooked in butter.

  • Prosciutto-wrapped chicken with sage

    • barbgang on March 02, 2020

      Good and easy. Added rice with butter and dried sage.

  • Rustic potato-leek soup with kielbasa

    • teandoranges on December 15, 2017

      Quick and easy. Very filling. Love the buttery leeks! Makes good leftovers too.

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  • ISBN 10 1936493446
  • ISBN 13 9781936493449
  • Published Aug 01 2013
  • Format Paperback
  • Page Count 328
  • Language English
  • Countries United States
  • Publisher Boston Common Press
  • Imprint America's Test Kitchen

Publishers Text

Think it takes more than a handful of ingredients to get a hearty chicken soup, Sunday dinner worthy roast beef, or robustly flavored spaghetti and meatballs on the table? Think again. The test cooks at America's Test Kitchen tackled a new challenge in this collection of 175-plus fuss-free recipes that slash the shopping list but deliver the big flavor you d expect. In The Six-Ingredient Solution, we put our ingredients to work and revamped the cooking methods for everything from starters and soups to braises, casseroles, pastas, and desserts without losing any of the flavor.
With our smart ingredient choices, we found a way to infuse our butternut squash soup with warm spice notes, minus a ton of spices (a chai teabag did the trick), and figured out how to give our roasted chicken intense flavor and a nicely bronzed exterior with just one ingredient (a glaze of pomegranate molasses, brushed on every 10 minutes, added sweet-tart flavor, plus its sugars helped the skin crisp and brown). A pasta-night stand-in (prepared pesto) helped us achieve a rich-tasting meatloaf with big garlic and herb notes no chopping necessary.
But selecting the right mix of ingredients and convenience products was only part of the solution overhauling the cooking methods also helped eke out more flavor from fewer ingredients. For an easy, weeknight-friendly casserole, we unstuffed our shells. Tossing cooked shells with store-bought sauce enriched with browned sausage and fennel before baking ensured all the flavors and ingredients had a chance to meld in the oven, for a heartier dinner with less fuss.
This collection shows you really can do a lot with a little when you know what you're doing. With The Six-Ingredient Solution, we might have cut back on the ingredients, but we didn't cut back on the flavor.

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