Pork spare ribs braised in cider vinegar and dark soy then glazed with honey, plus the butcher instruction the card skips and what dark soy really is.
Christmas Soup
Kielbasa, kidney beans, potatoes and kale in one pot, with the boiling step the method skips and the seasoning the ingredient list leaves out entirely.
Christmas Pasta
A pork and pancetta ragu with allspice over penne, plus the serving count the card gets wrong by three times and the calories it never gives you.
Stuffed Cabbage Rolls (Galumpkis)
Beef, pork and rice rolled in blanched cabbage and baked under sweet and sour tomato sauce, with the timings the card never gives and how much cabbage to buy.
Sheet Pan Holiday Ham Dinner
Marmalade glazed ham steaks, garlic green beans, stuffed mushrooms and rolls baked together, plus the real cook time and the one thing the title gets wrong.
Roasted Chestnut Sausage Dressing
Sweet Italian sausage, sourdough and roasted chestnuts bound with stock and cream, plus the cubes or crumbs contradiction and what to do about the chestnuts.
Best Gravy Ever
Turkey drippings deglazed with broth and red wine, defatted and whisked into a roux, with the calorie count and the seven ingredients that are actually gravy.
Spinach Gratin
Onions, nutmeg cream and wrung out spinach under Parmesan and Gruyere, plus the salt contradiction on the card and where the missing forty five minutes goes.
Buttermilk Mashed Potatoes
Potatoes milled smooth with hot buttered milk and cold buttermilk, plus how much buttermilk to add and what the yield really means for a table of eight.
Velvety Mashed Potatoes
Yukon golds riced and loosened with warm cream and butter, with the potato weight the recipe leaves out and the one step that stops it turning to glue.