New Culinary Magic Recipes

A while ago I wrote a lot of recipes for the Culinary Magic Cookbook. This is another homage to it.

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Cauliflower Pasta Soup

A delicious vegetable soup that puts you in contact with the plant world.

Ingredients: ½ pound mixed pasta, 1 pound cauliflower, olive oil, parmesan, 1 garlic clove, parsley, salt

Servings: 4; Prep & Cooking Time: 1 hour

Cost: Common

Directions:

Step 1: Cut the cauliflower in little pieces.

Step 2: Lightly fry the garlic with oil. Remove the garlic, add water and boil the cauliflower until it is half cooked.

Step 3: When the soup begins to thicken, add the pasta and continue cooking until the pasta is done and the soup is pleasantly dense. Season with salt, grated parmesan, and parsley. If you like, you can leave the parmesan’s whole crust in for flavor.

Duration: 6 hours

Magical Benefit: Eating a serving of cauliflower pasta soup grants a +1 bonus on Profession (herbalist) and Knowledge (nature) skill checks regarding plants, and on Diplomacy skill checks to modify the reactions of plant creatures. These bonuses increase by +1 for every 5 points by which the cook exceeds the Craft (culinary) check. The benefits last for 6 hours after consumption.

Neapolitan Lasagna

With fresh egg pasta, meat, and tomato sauce, this dish has everything you need to stay strong. 

Ingredients: 7 oz lasagna, 5 oz provola cheese, 5 oz mozzarella, 3 oz grated parmesan, 5 oz tomato puree, 14 oz ricotta, salt, 2 pounds meat sauce, 1 pound tiny pork meatballs or pieces of sausages

Servings: 4; Prep & Cooking Time: 90 minutes

Cost: Common

Directions:

Step 1: Cut all the cheese in little pieces.

Step 2: On a baking dish put alternate layers of meat sauce, lasagna, meat, and cheese. End with a layer of lasagna, one of meat, and dust the top with powdered parmesan.

Step 3: Bake in the oven at high heat for 35 minutes.

Duration: 6 hours

Magical Benefit: This extremely nourishing dish grants a +2 alchemical bonus on Constitution to each consumer that eats a portion of Neapolitan lasagna.