diff --git a/src/OrchardCore/OrchardCore.Recipes.Core/Services/RecipeHarvester.cs b/src/OrchardCore/OrchardCore.Recipes.Core/Services/RecipeHarvester.cs
index f418ff2b5d6..3099fd3db77 100644
--- a/src/OrchardCore/OrchardCore.Recipes.Core/Services/RecipeHarvester.cs
+++ b/src/OrchardCore/OrchardCore.Recipes.Core/Services/RecipeHarvester.cs
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ public RecipeHarvester(
 
         /// <inheritdoc/>
         public virtual Task<IEnumerable<RecipeDescriptor>> HarvestRecipesAsync()
-            => _extensionManager.GetExtensions().InvokeAsync(HarvestRecipes, _logger);
+            => _extensionManager.GetExtensions().InvokeAsync(GetRecipesAsync, _logger);
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Returns a list of recipes for a content path.
@@ -50,13 +50,18 @@ protected async Task<IEnumerable<RecipeDescriptor>> HarvestRecipesAsync(string p
             {
                 var recipeDescriptor = await _recipeReader.GetRecipeDescriptorAsync(path, recipeFile, _hostingEnvironment.ContentRootFileProvider);
 
+                if (recipeDescriptor == null)
+                {
+                    continue;
+                }
+
                 recipeDescriptors.Add(recipeDescriptor);
             }
 
             return recipeDescriptors;
         }
 
-        private Task<IEnumerable<RecipeDescriptor>> HarvestRecipes(IExtensionInfo extension)
+        private Task<IEnumerable<RecipeDescriptor>> GetRecipesAsync(IExtensionInfo extension)
         {
             var folderSubPath = PathExtensions.Combine(extension.SubPath, RecipesConstants.RecipesFolderName);
 
diff --git a/src/OrchardCore/OrchardCore.Recipes.Core/Services/RecipeMigrator.cs b/src/OrchardCore/OrchardCore.Recipes.Core/Services/RecipeMigrator.cs
index 2ae164a9897..91215655429 100644
--- a/src/OrchardCore/OrchardCore.Recipes.Core/Services/RecipeMigrator.cs
+++ b/src/OrchardCore/OrchardCore.Recipes.Core/Services/RecipeMigrator.cs
@@ -45,14 +45,23 @@ public async Task<string> ExecuteAsync(string recipeFileName, IDataMigration mig
             var recipeFilePath = Path.Combine(recipeBasePath, recipeFileName).Replace('\\', '/');
             var recipeFileInfo = _hostingEnvironment.ContentRootFileProvider.GetFileInfo(recipeFilePath);
             var recipeDescriptor = await _recipeReader.GetRecipeDescriptorAsync(recipeBasePath, recipeFileInfo, _hostingEnvironment.ContentRootFileProvider);
+
+            if (recipeDescriptor == null)
+            {
+                return null;
+            }
+
             recipeDescriptor.RequireNewScope = false;
 
             var environment = new Dictionary<string, object>();
 
-            await _environmentProviders.OrderBy(x => x.Order).InvokeAsync((provider, env) => provider.PopulateEnvironmentAsync(env), environment, _logger);
+            await _environmentProviders.OrderBy(x => x.Order)
+                .InvokeAsync((provider, env) => provider.PopulateEnvironmentAsync(env), environment, _logger);
 
             var executionId = Guid.NewGuid().ToString("n");
+
             return await _recipeExecutor.ExecuteAsync(executionId, recipeDescriptor, environment, CancellationToken.None);
         }
     }
 }
+
diff --git a/src/OrchardCore/OrchardCore.Recipes.Core/Services/RecipeReader.cs b/src/OrchardCore/OrchardCore.Recipes.Core/Services/RecipeReader.cs
index 5a718e854f2..a922d33b3e1 100644
--- a/src/OrchardCore/OrchardCore.Recipes.Core/Services/RecipeReader.cs
+++ b/src/OrchardCore/OrchardCore.Recipes.Core/Services/RecipeReader.cs
@@ -1,22 +1,41 @@
+using System;
 using System.Text.Json;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.FileProviders;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
 using OrchardCore.Recipes.Models;
 
 namespace OrchardCore.Recipes.Services
 {
     public class RecipeReader : IRecipeReader
     {
+        private readonly ILogger _logger;
+
+        public RecipeReader(ILogger<RecipeReader> logger)
+        {
+            _logger = logger;
+        }
+
         public async Task<RecipeDescriptor> GetRecipeDescriptorAsync(string recipeBasePath, IFileInfo recipeFileInfo, IFileProvider recipeFileProvider)
         {
             // TODO: Try to optimize by only reading the required metadata instead of the whole file.
             using var stream = recipeFileInfo.CreateReadStream();
 
-            var recipeDescriptor = await JsonSerializer.DeserializeAsync<RecipeDescriptor>(stream, JOptions.Default);
+            RecipeDescriptor recipeDescriptor = null;
+
+            try
+            {
+                recipeDescriptor = await JsonSerializer.DeserializeAsync<RecipeDescriptor>(stream, JOptions.Default);
+
+                recipeDescriptor.FileProvider = recipeFileProvider;
+                recipeDescriptor.BasePath = recipeBasePath;
+                recipeDescriptor.RecipeFileInfo = recipeFileInfo;
 
-            recipeDescriptor.FileProvider = recipeFileProvider;
-            recipeDescriptor.BasePath = recipeBasePath;
-            recipeDescriptor.RecipeFileInfo = recipeFileInfo;
+            }
+            catch (Exception ex)
+            {
+                _logger.LogError(ex, "Unable to deserialize the recipe file: '{FileName}'.", recipeFileInfo.Name);
+            }
 
             return recipeDescriptor;
         }
diff --git a/test/OrchardCore.Tests/Apis/Context/TestRecipeHarvester.cs b/test/OrchardCore.Tests/Apis/Context/TestRecipeHarvester.cs
index 9f7803f376f..19bef681e49 100644
--- a/test/OrchardCore.Tests/Apis/Context/TestRecipeHarvester.cs
+++ b/test/OrchardCore.Tests/Apis/Context/TestRecipeHarvester.cs
@@ -37,6 +37,12 @@ private async Task<IEnumerable<RecipeDescriptor>> HarvestRecipesAsync(string[] p
             foreach (var fileInfo in fileInfos)
             {
                 var descriptor = await _recipeReader.GetRecipeDescriptorAsync(fileInfo.PhysicalPath, fileInfo, testAssemblyFileProvider);
+
+                if (descriptor == null)
+                {
+                    continue;
+                }
+
                 recipeDescriptors.Add(descriptor);
             }