Content

• Steps
• Method 1 of 1: Write Your Own Recipe
• Tips
• Warnings
• What do you need

Some kitchen wizards spend countless hours culinary experimentation with ingredients, cooking times, cooking temperatures, and other technologies, creating perfect pieces, only to discover later that they cannot replicate them. In order to write an original recipe for a dish, you will need to carefully write down each ingredient and stage of preparation.

Steps

Method 1 of 1: Write Your Own Recipe

1. 1 Prepare all the ingredients, cutlery, pots, pans, bowls, and any other kitchen utensils you need to cook. Also prepare a notebook or voice recorder to record every step of the cooking process for your meal.
2. 2 Make a complete list of all the ingredients you will add to your meal. Write down every detail, including the type and amount of each ingredient, and the method of use. For example, you might write, "One medium onion, peeled and finely chopped." Note that onions are very different from red onions, just as finely chopped onions are different from coarsely chopped or rings.
3. 3 Follow each step of preparing your meal. Be extremely precise in measuring the amount of each ingredient, cooking time and temperature, and in following the correct sequence for adding each ingredient.
4. 4 Use the correct terms to refer to each cooking step. This will allow other people familiar with standard terminology to reproduce your recipe correctly without confusion.
5. 5 Simplify the process and keep descriptions short and clear, without sacrificing accuracy. Reading a recipe usually occurs during cooking, when you or someone else is trying to complete each subsequent action as accurately as possible within a certain time frame, so it will be easier for chefs to concentrate on the cooking process if the descriptions of each step of the process are described in a clear and concise manner.
6. 6 Add descriptive phrases where needed. If according to your recipe it is necessary to "fry" the ingredients to a "brownish tint", then in this case you may find it difficult to give a certain period of time during which it is worth frying the indicated ingredients, so here the description will be useful.
7. 7 Be warned in advance of any problems that may arise during the preparation of your dish. For example, write: "Do not open the oven while baking to prevent your cake from sinking," or "Do not let the butter get too hot on the stove." Especially when preparing sweets, be sure to warn in advance in your recipe: "Quickly pour the liquid mass into the molds when it reaches a certain temperature, so as not to let it cool down", as it will quickly harden in the pan when it cools.
8. 8 Finish cooking the dish you describe in your recipe and see if it works out perfectly. If the dish is too sour, sweet, salty, spicy, or somehow has not yet passed the "taste test", think about where you made a mistake, and then start the process again. Do not try to guess where the mistake is hiding in your recipe, as this can only lead to even more deplorable results. There is a reason why "trial kitchens" work like laboratories, where all results are carefully recorded and repeated.
9. 9 Write the recipe using your notes on a notepad or on a voice recorder. The recipe does not have to follow any particular format, but it should be easy to read and easy enough for other people to understand and reproduce. Here are some rough details you should include in your recipe:
   • The name of the dish.
   • Servings.
   • Ingredients, indicating the amount of each. Write down measurements clearly. For example: 1 teaspoon, not 1 tsp, or 1 cup, not 1 tbsp.
   • Use numbers. Write, "Bake for 15 minutes," not "Bake for fifteen minutes." This will make the recipe easier to read.
   • Specify the temperature of the stove or oven. Many recipes indicate at the very beginning: "Preheat the oven to ____ degrees."
   • Cooking steps including all special instructions and cooking times.

Tips

• Learn as much as you can about the different herbs and spices and how to use them correctly.
• For original recipes, find information on basic rules for food compatibility and cooking time standards.
• Consider cutting back on fat, salt, and other unhealthy foods whenever possible.

Warnings

• Ensure that all foods containing pathogens that can cause disease are handled and prepared in a safe manner.

What do you need

• Notepad or voice recorder
• Measuring instruments (teaspoons and tablespoons, measuring cups, etc.)
• Kitchen thermometer (used as needed)
• Common kitchen utensils, including bowls, pots, pans, etc.