Side / Main

2 viral, validated side / main recipes — each tested by a named editor in a real kitchen.

• Korean · 55 min · Medium

  Japchae — fideos de cristal salteados coreanos

  Korea's glossy sweet-savoury glass noodle dish, served at every celebration: chewy sweet-potato starch noodles tossed with sesame-seasoned beef and a rainbow of vegetables cooked separately so each keeps its colour and bite. Light, springy and deeply moreish — good warm or at room temperature.

• Swiss · 45 min · Medium

  Rösti — torta de patata crujiente suiza

  Switzerland's beloved potato cake and unofficial national dish: coarsely grated potatoes pressed into a pan and fried slowly in butter until they bind into a single golden cake, shatteringly crisp outside and tender within. Originally a farmer's breakfast in the Bern region, rösti is now eaten across Switzerland as a side or, loaded with cheese, egg or bacon, a meal in itself. The art is simple but exacting: the right potatoes, plenty of butter, patience, and a confident flip. Few things are as satisfying as a perfectly crisp, buttery rösti.