Recipe

Origin

Latin, take, imperative of recipere to take, receive

• 1584

Definitions

• 1: prescription
• 2: a set of instructions for making something from various ingredients
• 3: a formula or procedure for doing or attaining something <a recipe for success>

Description

A recipe is a set of instructions that describes how to prepare or make something, especially a culinary dish.

Modern culinary recipes normally consist of several components

• The name (and often the locale or provenance) of the dish
• How much time it will take to prepare the dish
• The required ingredients along with their quantities or proportions
• Necessary equipment and environment needed to prepare the dish
• An ordered list of preparation steps
• The number of servings that the recipe will provide (the "yield")
• The texture and flavor
• A photograph of the finished dish

Some recipes will note how long the dish will keep and its suitability for freezing. Nutritional information, such as calories per serving and grams of protein, fat, and carbohydrates per serving, may also be given.

Earlier recipes often included much less information, serving more as a reminder of ingredients and proportions for someone who already knew how to prepare the dish.

Recipe writers sometimes also list variations of a traditional dish, to give different tastes of the same recipes.[1]