Cacio e pepe

Pasta, glossy with pecorino

Three ingredients and one difficult emulsion.

Sourdough focaccia

Focaccia, dimpled and oiled

Wet dough, cold night, hot oven. Very little of it is work.

Phở bò

Phở bò, the bowl

A six-hour broth and a five-minute bowl. Do the first on a Sunday.

Crème brûlée

Crème brûlée, cracked

Four ingredients, one of which is patience. The crack is the point.