Recipes are the backbone of any operation, and opsi is designed to manage your recipe book in a simple, intuitive way. Below are the key features that make up recipes in opsi:
Recipe Hierarchy
Categories: Organize your recipes into categories such as Appetizers, Entrees, or Garde Manger. You have full control to create and manage categories as needed, which can also serve as virtual recipe books for easy reference.
Recipes: The core structure for any dish, containing all relevant details—ingredients, component recipes, prep methods, and any supporting information.
Component Recipes (sub recipes): Items of a recipe (ex. garlic aioli or cocktail sauce) which also contain their own ingredients and prep methods.
Ingredients: Items of a recipe that do not include their own prep method information (ex. salt or bay leaf).
Examples of completed recipe hierarchy:
Entree (category)
Lamb Apricot (recipe)
Lamb (component recipe)
Potatoes (component recipe)
Apricot Jus (component recipe)
Salt (ingredient)
Cold Salads (category)
Endive Salad (recipe)
Endive (ingredient)
Cider Vinaigrette (component recipe)
Celery (ingredient)
Granny Smith Apples (ingredient)
Spice Toasted Pecans (component recipe)
Blue Cheese (ingredient)
Maldon Salt (ingredient)
Recipe Fields
General Details
Name
Category
Yield
Shelf Life
Lead Time
Price on Menu
Cost of Recipe
Allergies
Notes
Menu Wording
Marking
Delivery Verbiage
Beverage Pairing
Ingredients & Prep
Component Recipes
Ingredients
Prep Instructions (prep steps)
Component Recipes and Ingredients, when listed within a recipe, can each contain a prep method, quantity, unit of measurement and notes.
Media
Photos and Videos
Read next: Create a recipe category