Save recipes from YouTube.
The ingredients are at 1:40. The oven temperature is at 14:20. Share the video to Hugo and get the whole thing on one page instead.
How it works
Tap Share under the video
Open the video and tap Share, under the title on mobile or below the player on desktop. Copy link works just as well.
Send the link to Hugo
Pick Hugo from the share sheet, or paste the link into the app. Full youtube.com links, youtu.be short links and Shorts URLs all work.
Cook it
Hugo hands back the recipe as a page you can actually follow, with a link back to the video for the parts you want to watch.
A 20 minute video is not a recipe.
Some channels write the full recipe in the description. Plenty write nothing, or link out to a blog with six paragraphs about their grandmother. Either way the real detail is in the video: the temperature they mention in passing, the resting time they say once. Hugo watches the whole upload and reads the description, then writes down what you actually need.
- Watches the full video, however long it runs
- Reads the description when the creator puts the recipe there
- Catches details said once and never written, like resting times
- Works with Shorts as well as long-form uploads
- Keeps a link back to the video so you can rewatch a technique
the best pasta you will make all year. full recipe in the comments
Reads the creator’s pinned comment, where the measurements usually hide
None of these numbers were in the caption.
- Spaghetti
- 400 g
- San Marzano tomatoes
- 800 g
- Garlic
- 3 cloves
- Fresh basil
- 1 bunch
- Extra-virgin olive oil
- 60 ml
- Parmesan
- 60 g
- Sea salt
- to taste
- Black pepper
- to taste
What people ask.
Does this work with long videos or only Shorts?
Both. Shorts work, and so do full-length uploads. Long videos are really the point: a 20 minute video is exactly the kind you do not want to scrub through with your hands covered in flour.
What if the recipe is already in the description?
Hugo reads it and uses it. It also watches the video, because descriptions are often missing a step or a temperature that the creator only says out loud. You get both sources combined into one recipe.
Can I paste a youtu.be link?
Yes. Short youtu.be links, full youtube.com links, m.youtube.com links and Shorts URLs all work. Extra tracking bits on the end of the URL are ignored.
The channel is not in my language. Does that matter?
No. Hugo can read a recipe from a video in one language and write it out in yours, so a Japanese or Italian cooking channel is as usable as one in English.
Does the creator still get credit?
Yes. Every saved recipe keeps a link back to the original video, so the channel is one tap away and you can go back to watch the technique whenever you want.
Can I save a private or unlisted video?
No. Hugo can only read videos that are publicly viewable. Private videos, and anything behind a members-only paywall, are not something Hugo can see.
Hugo reads more than one app.
The same import works across the places you actually find recipes.
Your Watch Later list is full of dinners.
Free to download, with 8 imports included. Start with the one you have rewatched three times.
