Prep Recipes: Build Reusable Components Like Sauces and Doughs

The Problem

Your tomato sauce is used in 10 different dishes. Every time you adjust the sauce recipe, you have to update 10 recipes manually. One change, endless updates.

The Solution

Create Prep Recipes - internal recipes that serve as building blocks for your Standard recipes. Update the sauce once, and every dish using it automatically reflects the change. Costs flow through automatically too.

How to Use It

1. Navigate to Kitchen → Recipes
2. Click New Recipe
3. Select Type: Prep
4. Enter the name (e.g., "Tomato Sauce")
5. Add all ingredients for this prep item
6. Set the Yield - how much one batch produces (e.g., 5 liters)
7. Save - now use this prep recipe as an ingredient in Standard recipes

[SCREENSHOT: Prep recipe form showing Yield field and ingredients]

Pro Tip

Think of Prep Recipes as your mise en place in digital form - sauces, doughs, spice blends, marinades. Anything you make in batches and use across multiple dishes.

Learn More

For more on recipe types, see our Kitchen Recipes: Standard, Prep & Resale Types guide.