diff --git a/cookbook/templates/generic/edit_template.html b/cookbook/templates/generic/edit_template.html
index 443773c7c..189d4d91f 100644
--- a/cookbook/templates/generic/edit_template.html
+++ b/cookbook/templates/generic/edit_template.html
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {% extends "base.html" %}
 {% load crispy_forms_tags %}
 {% load i18n %}
-{% load class_tag %}
+{% load custom_tags %}
 
 {% block title %}{% trans 'Edit' %} - {{ title }}{% endblock %}
 
diff --git a/cookbook/templates/generic/new_template.html b/cookbook/templates/generic/new_template.html
index 5000072b6..fffc17472 100644
--- a/cookbook/templates/generic/new_template.html
+++ b/cookbook/templates/generic/new_template.html
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {% extends "base.html" %}
 {% load crispy_forms_tags %}
 {% load i18n %}
-{% load class_tag %}
+{% load custom_tags %}
 
 {% block title %}{% trans 'New' %} - {{ title }}{% endblock %}
 
diff --git a/cookbook/templates/recipe_view.html b/cookbook/templates/recipe_view.html
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6507e5191
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cookbook/templates/recipe_view.html
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+{% extends "base.html" %}
+{% load crispy_forms_tags %}
+{% load i18n %}
+{% load custom_tags %}
+
+{% block title %}{% trans 'View' %}{% endblock %}
+
+{% block content %}
+
+    <h3>{{ recipe.name }}</h3>
+
+    {{ recipe.instructions | markdown | safe }}
+
+{% endblock %}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/cookbook/templatetags/class_tag.py b/cookbook/templatetags/custom_tags.py
similarity index 52%
rename from cookbook/templatetags/class_tag.py
rename to cookbook/templatetags/custom_tags.py
index 1cc6e30ff..708547060 100644
--- a/cookbook/templatetags/class_tag.py
+++ b/cookbook/templatetags/custom_tags.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 from django import template
+import markdown as md
 
 register = template.Library()
 
@@ -6,3 +7,8 @@ register = template.Library()
 @register.filter(name='get_class')
 def get_class(value):
     return value.__class__.__name__
+
+
+@register.filter()
+def markdown(value):
+    return md.markdown(value, extensions=['markdown.extensions.fenced_code'])
diff --git a/cookbook/urls.py b/cookbook/urls.py
index 2ece95d3e..4ebf44da2 100644
--- a/cookbook/urls.py
+++ b/cookbook/urls.py
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ urlpatterns = [
     path('', views.index, name='index'),
     path('test', views.test, name='test'),
 
+    path('view/recipe/<int:pk>', views.recipe_view, name='view_recipe'),
+
     path('new/recipe/', new.RecipeCreate.as_view(), name='new_recipe'),
     path('new/recipe_import/<int:import_id>/', new.create_new_external_recipe, name='new_recipe_import'),
     path('new/keyword/', new.KeywordCreate.as_view(), name='new_keyword'),
diff --git a/cookbook/views/views.py b/cookbook/views/views.py
index c7a70c85b..c96db9209 100644
--- a/cookbook/views/views.py
+++ b/cookbook/views/views.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-from django.shortcuts import render
+from django.contrib.auth.decorators import login_required
+from django.shortcuts import render, get_object_or_404
 from django_tables2 import RequestConfig
 
 from cookbook.filters import RecipeFilter
@@ -18,5 +19,11 @@ def index(request):
         return render(request, 'index.html')
 
 
+@login_required
+def recipe_view(request, pk):
+    recipe = get_object_or_404(Recipe, pk=pk)
+    return render(request, 'recipe_view.html', {'recipe': recipe})
+
+
 def test(request):
     return render(request, 'test.html')
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 249224b43..9f7a0e426 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 six
 requests
+markdown
 django
 django-tables2
 django-filter