Recipes by difficulty

Recipes by level: from beginner to advanced

All 64 recipes on the site sorted by difficulty into three levels. Beginner: no delicate technique, done in one step. Intermediate: one basic technique with its doneness cue. Advanced: doughs, shaping and fermentations that take practice. Every card leads to the full recipe, with exact amounts, real timings and the cooking steps explained one by one.

Recipes for beginners (super easy)

Recipes with no delicate technique: you mix, assemble or cook in a single step, with the tools of any kitchen (a bowl, a pan or a pot) and almost always in under 45 minutes of work. If it is your first time cooking, start here: pebre, completo italiano, quick no-knead bread, warm quinoa or pisco sour.

Intermediate recipes (easy)

One basic technique explained with its doneness cue: browning without burning, setting a custard in a water bath, kneading a yeast bread, frying at the right temperature or thickening over low heat while stirring. They call for an oven or a heavy-bottomed pot and take between 30 minutes and 2 hours: sopaipillas, cazuela, homemade bread, leche asada, cookies or risotto.

Advanced recipes (medium and hard)

Doughs and shaping that take practice (the repulgue of the empanadas, the hojarasca of the alfajores, the marraqueta, the baguette), long marinades and, for sourdough bread, a live starter and more than a day of process. Worth it once you have the two previous levels down.

Frequently asked questions about the levels

How is the level of each recipe defined?

By the technique it demands, not by the total time. Super easy (beginner) is a recipe with no delicate technique: mix, assemble or cook in one step. Easy (intermediate) has one basic technique with a clear doneness cue, such as browning, setting or kneading. Medium and hard (advanced) take practice with doughs and shaping, long marinades or a live starter. The level of each recipe also appears on its page, next to the timings.

Which are the easiest recipes to start cooking with?

The ones in the first block: pebre (15 minutes, no cooking), completo italiano (25 minutes), ensalada chilena (20 minutes), warm quinoa (20 minutes) and quick no-knead bread, which you just mix, wait and bake in a Dutch oven. All use pantry and market ingredients and need no more than a bowl, a pan or a pot.

Where do I go after the easy recipes?

To an intermediate recipe in the same family as one that already worked for you: from quick no-knead bread to easy homemade bread (you learn to knead), from arroz con leche to leche asada (you learn the water bath), from ensalada chilena to cazuela de vacuno (you learn to skim a broth). Then the advanced ones: empanadas de pino, marraqueta, French bread and, last, sourdough bread.

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