diff --git a/src/controllers/RecipeController.ts b/src/controllers/RecipeController.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..03a88d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/controllers/RecipeController.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+import { Entity } from "typeorm";
+import { RecipeDto } from "../dtos/RecipeDto.js";
+import { RecipeDtoEntityMapper } from "../mappers/RecipeDtoEntityMapper.js";
+import { RecipeRepository } from "../repositories/RecipeRepository.js";
+import { RecipeEntity } from "../entities/RecipeEntity.js";
+import { ValidationError } from "../errors/httpErrors.js";
+import { RecipeInstructionStepDto } from "../dtos/RecipeInstructionStepDto.js";
+
+/**
+ * Controls all user specific actions
+ */
+export class RecipeController {
+  constructor(
+    private repository: RecipeRepository,
+    private mapper: RecipeDtoEntityMapper
+  ) {}
+
+  /**
+   * Load list of all recipes
+   * @returns List of all recipes
+   */
+  async getAllRecipes(){
+    const recipeEntities = await this.repository.findAll();
+    let recipeDtos : RecipeDto[] = [];
+    recipeEntities.forEach(recipeEntity => {
+        recipeDtos.push(this.mapper.toDto(recipeEntity));
+    });
+    return recipeDtos;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Create a new recipe
+   * @param dto RecipeDto containing the new recipe
+   */
+  async createRecipe(dto : RecipeDto){
+    if(!this.isRecipeDtoValid(dto)){
+        throw new ValidationError("recipe data is not valid!")
+    }
+    const recipeEntity = this.mapper.toEntity(dto)
+    const entity = await this.repository.create(recipeEntity);
+    return this.mapper.toDto(entity);
+  }
+
+  protected isRecipeDtoValid(dto :RecipeDto) : boolean {
+    let isValid = true;
+    if(dto.title == undefined 
+        || dto.title.length == 0
+        || dto.amount == undefined
+        || dto.amountDescription == undefined
+        || dto.amountDescription.length == 0
+        || !this.isInstructionsValid(dto.instructions)
+    ){
+        isValid = false;
+    }
+    
+    // @todo ingredient groups
+
+    return isValid;
+  }
+  protected isInstructionsValid(instructions: RecipeInstructionStepDto[]|undefined) : boolean {
+    if(instructions == undefined || instructions.length == 0){
+        return false;
+    }
+    let isValid = true;
+    instructions.forEach(step =>{
+        if(step.text == undefined
+            || step.text.length == 0
+            || step.sortOrder == undefined
+        ){
+            isValid = false;
+        }
+    });
+    
+    return isValid;
+  }
+}
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diff --git a/src/dtos/RecipeDto.ts b/src/dtos/RecipeDto.ts
index 8cd632f..beb3be6 100644
--- a/src/dtos/RecipeDto.ts
+++ b/src/dtos/RecipeDto.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import { RecipeInstructionStepDto } from "./RecipeInstructionStepDto.js";
  */
 
 export class RecipeDto extends AbstractDto {
-    title?: string;
+    title!: string;
     amount?: number
     amountDescription?: string;
     instructions?: RecipeInstructionStepDto[];
diff --git a/src/endpoints/RecipePoint.ts b/src/endpoints/RecipePoint.ts
index e69de29..8dc088a 100644
--- a/src/endpoints/RecipePoint.ts
+++ b/src/endpoints/RecipePoint.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+import { Router } from "express";
+import { RecipeRepository } from "../repositories/RecipeRepository.js";
+import { RecipeDtoEntityMapper } from "../mappers/RecipeDtoEntityMapper.js";
+import { RecipeController } from "../controllers/RecipeController.js";
+import { asyncHandler } from "../utils/asyncHandler.js";
+
+/**
+ * Handles all user related routes
+ */
+const router = Router();
+
+// Inject repo + mapper here
+const recipeRepository = new RecipeRepository();
+const recipeDtoEntityMapper = new RecipeDtoEntityMapper();
+const recipeController = new RecipeController(recipeRepository, recipeDtoEntityMapper);
+
+/**
+ * Create a new user
+ */
+router.get(
+  "/",
+  asyncHandler(async (req, res) => {
+    const response = await recipeController.getAllRecipes();
+    res.status(201).json(response);
+  })
+);
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diff --git a/src/mappers/RecipeDtoEntityMapper.ts b/src/mappers/RecipeDtoEntityMapper.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f98cfdb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/mappers/RecipeDtoEntityMapper.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+import { RecipeDto } from "../dtos/RecipeDto.js";
+import { RecipeEntity } from "../entities/RecipeEntity.js";
+import { ValidationError } from "../errors/httpErrors.js";
+import { AbstractDtoEntityMapper } from "./AbstractDtoEntityMapper.js";
+
+export class RecipeDtoEntityMapper extends AbstractDtoEntityMapper<RecipeEntity,RecipeDto>{
+    toDto(entity: RecipeEntity): RecipeDto {
+        const dto = new RecipeDto();
+        this.mapBaseEntityToDto(entity, dto);
+
+        dto.title = entity.title;
+        dto.amount = entity.amount
+        dto.amountDescription = dto.amountDescription;
+        
+
+        return dto;
+    }
+
+  toEntity(dto: RecipeDto): RecipeEntity {
+    const entity = new RecipeEntity();
+    this.mapBaseDtoToEntity(dto, entity);
+
+
+    entity.title = dto.title;
+    entity.amount = dto.amount
+    entity.amountDescription = dto.amountDescription;
+
+    return entity;
+  }
+
+}
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diff --git a/src/mappers/UserDtoEntityMapper.ts b/src/mappers/UserDtoEntityMapper.ts
index e6791e8..927e4f6 100644
--- a/src/mappers/UserDtoEntityMapper.ts
+++ b/src/mappers/UserDtoEntityMapper.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import { AbstractDtoEntityMapper } from "./AbstractDtoEntityMapper.js";
 import { UserEntity } from "../entities/UserEntity.js";
 import { UserDto } from "../dtos/UserDto.js";
-import { ValidationError } from "../errors/httpErrors.js";
 
 export class UserDtoEntityMapper extends AbstractDtoEntityMapper<UserEntity, UserDto> {
   toDto(entity: UserEntity): UserDto {