Recipes with egg yolks

Pecan tarts with caramel sauce: flaky homemade pastry shells filled with a brown-butter pecan filling, baked golden, then drizzled with silky amber caramel. Individual holiday tartlets worth the effort.

Pecan tarts with caramel sauce: flaky homemade pastry shells filled with a brown-butter pecan filling, baked golden, then drizzled with silky amber caramel. Individual holiday tartlets worth the effort.

Whole wheat sour cream pancakes with separated eggs for extra fluffiness, sweetened with honey. Tender, tangy weekend breakfast pancakes that aren't dense or dry.

Greek baklava with buttery cookie dough rolled around spiced nuts and phyllo, soaked in honey-lemon syrup for layers of crisp pastry and rich almond filling.

Cheesy mashed potatoes baked into a souffle-like casserole with Old English cheese, cream cheese, and whipped egg whites folded in. Parmesan-crusted top.

Classic Greek moussaka with layers of browned eggplant, seasoned ground beef with red wine and cinnamon, and a rich bechamel sauce baked until golden and bubbling. A hearty Mediterranean casserole that serves 10.

A light sponge cake rolled around sugared fresh strawberries and billowy whipped cream. Looks like it came from a French patisserie, but you made it in your own kitchen.

Espresso brownie bars layered with a Kahlua-spiked cream cheese topping and feathered with melted chocolate for a marbled, bakery-window finish. Rich, fudgy, and built for a coffee-lover's dessert table.

Nutty Roca cookies: a buttery shortbread bar topped with melted chocolate and pressed-in nuts, inspired by the famous Almond Roca toffee candy. Two-step bake-and-spread for 48 bars.

Sweet and tart, and sooo good! Adapted from Smitten Kitchen.

Pumpkin chiffon pie folds whipped egg whites and cream into a spiced pumpkin custard for a light, mousse-like Thanksgiving classic. Cloud-soft texture with all the warm pumpkin pie flavor.

Butternut squash and apple soup blends Granny Smith with rosemary and marjoram, thickened naturally with bread cubes and finished with an egg yolk and cream liaison. Pure autumn in a bowl.

We have been making several ice cream this summer, this chocolate hazelnut ice cream tastes heavenly delicious. Creamy, nutty and vanilla-y, you can find chunks of chocolate in every bite.

Crisp, light Belgian waffles made with malted milk powder and whipped egg whites folded into the batter, then crowned with ice cream and a warm rum-spiked banana, strawberry, and pecan sauce.

An Italian Christmas is not complete without this high-domed cylinder of fruit-studded sweet bread.

For the vegetarians....but also a great alternative for normal meat patties