Collocations for recipe - noun

good | perfect | sure
(figurative) Turning away under a strong attack is a sure recipe for defeat.

delicious, mouth-watering, tasty | favourite | basic
The basic recipe can be adapted by adding grated lemon.

easy, simple | complicated | new | authentic, classic, old, original, traditional
The ales are brewed to an original Yorkshire recipe.

original
Was there rum in the original recipe?

secret, special | family | vegetarian | Italian, Mexican, etc. | cake, sauce, etc.

have
I''ve got a good recipe for fudge.

cook, make
This recipe can also be made with ricotta cheese.

try (out)
I enjoy trying out new recipes.

read | follow, stick to, use
If you want the dish to turn out right you should follow the recipe.

adapt | devise
All the recipes in the book have been devised by our team of experts.

discover, find
He is credited with having discovered the first recipe for gin back in the 1600s.

call for sth, use sth
She always said that if a recipe calls for cream you shouldn''t use yogurt instead.

contain sth
The recipe contains lots of fat.

make sth, serve sb
This recipe makes about thirty biscuits. | This recipe serves four people.

book, card, leaflet | idea
a magazine filled with recipe ideas

to a ~
The dish is made to a traditional Italian recipe.

~ for
a recipe for leek soup (figurative) To live every day to the full is a recipe for happiness.

a recipe for disaster/success