Beef

Spaghetti and Meatballs

20 min

Classic weeknight spaghetti with beef meatballs and jarred pasta sauce

Julia Child's Beef Bourguignon

330 min

The classic French braised beef with red wine, pearl onions, mushrooms, and bacon — from Mastering the Art of French Cooking

Cincinnati Chili

140 min

Meat sauce seasoned with warm spices — cocoa, cinnamon, cardamom — served over spaghetti as a 3-way; Carl's recipe

French Onion Soup

70 min

Tyler Florence's classic — deeply caramelized onions in red wine beef broth topped with Gruyère croutons

Meat Rubs (Oink, Cluck, Moo)

Three dry rubs: Oink (pork), Cluck (chicken), Moo (beef brisket) — each makes 1 cup

Mexican Meatball Soup (Albóndigas)

60 min

Jill Cole's Christmas Eve albóndigas — beef and pork meatballs with rice and cilantro in a tomato-salsa broth