family recipe

noun

UK /ˈfæm.əl.i ˈres.ɪ.pi/

US /ˈfæm.əl.i ˈres.ə.pi/

A family recipe is a special way to cook a food that a family passes down to each other.

My grandma taught me her family recipe for apple pie.

SYNONYMS

heirloom recipe traditional recipe handed-down recipe ancestral recipe heritage recipe

RELATED WORDS

cookbook tradition kitchen generation homemade

OTHER MEANINGS

2. A recipe kept secret within a family and shared only with relatives.

The secret family recipe for the sauce was never written down.

3. A dish that is strongly associated with a particular family's cooking style.

Sunday stew is our family recipe, and everyone asks for it.

4. A set of cooking instructions passed from parents to children as part of family heritage.

She wrote the family recipe in the back of her notebook for her daughter.