Export from Paprika
In Paprika, choose Export and save the .paprikarecipes file — the same backup file Paprika makes for itself. It holds your recipes, their photos and everything you added.
Bring your cookbook with you
Import your Paprika recipes in one tap.
Export your library from Paprika, open the file in Sorrel, and your whole cookbook comes across — titles, ingredients, steps, photos, your notes and your ratings. Nothing retyped, nothing left behind, and it is free.
Free · Keeps photos, notes & ratings · No account needed
- Reading your export
- Bringing over 214 recipes
- Photos, notes & ratings intact
A preview of the real thing — nothing leaves this page.
Three steps, one tap
Open it in Sorrel
On your phone, share or open that file with Sorrel, or point Sorrel at it from Settings → Import. Sorrel reads Paprika's own format directly — no converter, no spreadsheet, no website in the middle.
Cook
Your recipes are in your library within seconds, complete with photos, notes and ratings. Scale them, plan them, shop them, and cook from a screen made for the kitchen.
Everything comes across. Nothing gets retyped.
This isn't titles-and-ingredients while your notes and ratings get lost. Sorrel keeps the cook journal you built in Paprika — the photos you took, the tweaks you scribbled, the stars you gave — because a cookbook you have spent years on is the whole point of moving it.
And once it's in Sorrel
It's still yours to take
Sorrel exports too — its own format, Paprika format, PDF, or one backup file — so importing here never traps your library. What came in one tap can leave the same way.
It keeps growing itself
New recipes join from a website, a TikTok, a YouTube video or a photo of a card — so the cookbook you brought over keeps filling up without you typing.
It works offline
Your imported library lives on your phone and opens without a signal. No account needed unless you turn on sync to share it across your phones or your household.
More ways in, and around
Questions
Does it keep my photos, notes and ratings?
Yes. Sorrel reads Paprika's export format directly and brings across titles, ingredients, steps, times, categories, source links, the photos, your personal notes and your star ratings. The cook journal you built is the part most worth keeping, so it is kept.
How many recipes can I import at once?
Your whole library in one file. Whether it is thirty recipes or three thousand, you export once from Paprika and open the one file in Sorrel.
Is importing free?
Yes — importing, your library, saving from websites, meal planning and grocery lists are all free forever, with no cap on how many recipes you keep.
What file does Paprika give me?
A .paprikarecipes file — Paprika's own backup format, which you make with Export. Sorrel reads it as-is; there is nothing to convert first. Sorrel imports from ReciMe too.
Can I still leave later?
Any time. Sorrel exports your library as Sorrel JSON, Paprika format, PDF, or a single backup file — so your recipes are always yours to take elsewhere. Moving in is not a lock-in.
Bring the whole cookbook.
Free · Imports from Paprika & ReciMe