passed-down recipe
nounUK /ˌpɑːst ˈdaʊn ˈrɛsəpi/
US /ˌpæst ˈdaʊn ˈrɛsəpi/
A passed-down recipe is a recipe that someone in your family gives to you.
My grandma shared her passed-down recipe for apple pie with me.
OTHER MEANINGS
2. A recipe copied by hand from an older relative and kept for many years.
The passed-down recipe was written on a yellowed card in her mother's handwriting.
3. A cooking method that a community shares from one generation to the next.
Every village has its own passed-down recipe for holiday bread.
4. A recipe that is taught by showing rather than by writing.
He learned the passed-down recipe by watching his uncle cook every Sunday.