diff --git a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.ImportExport/Services/IImportExportService.cs b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.ImportExport/Services/IImportExportService.cs
index 108c91a50..473822391 100644
--- a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.ImportExport/Services/IImportExportService.cs
+++ b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.ImportExport/Services/IImportExportService.cs
@@ -1,9 +1,13 @@
 using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Xml.Linq;
 using Orchard.Recipes.Services;
 
 namespace Orchard.ImportExport.Services {
     public interface IImportExportService : IDependency {
         string Import(string recipeText);
+        XDocument ExportXml(IEnumerable<IRecipeBuilderStep> steps);
         string Export(IEnumerable<IRecipeBuilderStep> steps);
+        string WriteExportFile(XDocument recipeDocument);
+        string WriteExportFile(string recipeText);
     }
 }
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diff --git a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.ImportExport/Services/ImportExportService.cs b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.ImportExport/Services/ImportExportService.cs
index d367f34ec..28cece3a9 100644
--- a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.ImportExport/Services/ImportExportService.cs
+++ b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.ImportExport/Services/ImportExportService.cs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Xml.Linq;
 using Orchard.FileSystems.AppData;
 using Orchard.Localization;
 using Orchard.Logging;
@@ -34,23 +35,36 @@ namespace Orchard.ImportExport.Services {
         public Localizer T { get; set; }
         public ILogger Logger { get; set; }
 
+        public string Import(XDocument recipeDocument) {
+            return _recipeExecutor.Execute(recipeDocument);
+        }
+
         public string Import(string recipeText) {
             return _recipeExecutor.Execute(recipeText);
         }
 
+        public XDocument ExportXml(IEnumerable<IRecipeBuilderStep> steps) {
+            var recipe = _recipeBuilder.Build(steps);
+            return recipe;
+        }
+
         public string Export(IEnumerable<IRecipeBuilderStep> steps) {
             var recipe = _recipeBuilder.Build(steps);
-            return WriteExportFile(recipe);
+            return recipe.ToString();
         }
-        
-        private string WriteExportFile(string exportDocument) {
+
+        public string WriteExportFile(XDocument recipeDocument) {
+            return WriteExportFile(recipeDocument.ToString());
+        }
+
+        public string WriteExportFile(string recipeText) {
             var exportFile = String.Format("Export-{0}-{1}.xml", _orchardServices.WorkContext.CurrentUser.UserName, _clock.UtcNow.Ticks);
             if (!_appDataFolder.DirectoryExists(ExportsDirectory)) {
                 _appDataFolder.CreateDirectory(ExportsDirectory);
             }
 
             var path = _appDataFolder.Combine(ExportsDirectory, exportFile);
-            _appDataFolder.CreateFile(path, exportDocument);
+            _appDataFolder.CreateFile(path, recipeText);
 
             return _appDataFolder.MapPath(path);
         }
diff --git a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Recipes/Services/IRecipeBuilder.cs b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Recipes/Services/IRecipeBuilder.cs
index 0d349d2fe..c38fe8ce9 100644
--- a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Recipes/Services/IRecipeBuilder.cs
+++ b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Recipes/Services/IRecipeBuilder.cs
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Xml.Linq;
 
 namespace Orchard.Recipes.Services {
     public interface IRecipeBuilder : IDependency {
-        string Build(IEnumerable<IRecipeBuilderStep> steps);
+        XDocument Build(IEnumerable<IRecipeBuilderStep> steps);
     }
 }
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diff --git a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Recipes/Services/IRecipeExecutor.cs b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Recipes/Services/IRecipeExecutor.cs
index 89b9cd416..2ae45c3fd 100644
--- a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Recipes/Services/IRecipeExecutor.cs
+++ b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Recipes/Services/IRecipeExecutor.cs
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
-namespace Orchard.Recipes.Services {
+using System.Xml.Linq;
+using Orchard.Recipes.Models;
+
+namespace Orchard.Recipes.Services {
     public interface IRecipeExecutor : IDependency {
+        string Execute(XDocument recipeDocument);
         string Execute(string recipeText);
+        string Execute(Recipe recipe);
     }
 }
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diff --git a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Recipes/Services/RecipeBuilder.cs b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Recipes/Services/RecipeBuilder.cs
index c3a08743b..b4c38d7d4 100644
--- a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Recipes/Services/RecipeBuilder.cs
+++ b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Recipes/Services/RecipeBuilder.cs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ using System.Xml.Linq;
 namespace Orchard.Recipes.Services {
     public class RecipeBuilder : Component, IRecipeBuilder {
         
-        public string Build(IEnumerable<IRecipeBuilderStep> steps) {
+        public XDocument Build(IEnumerable<IRecipeBuilderStep> steps) {
             var context = new BuildContext {
                 RecipeDocument = CreateRecipeRoot()
             };
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ namespace Orchard.Recipes.Services {
                 step.Build(context);
             }
             
-            return context.RecipeDocument.ToString();
+            return context.RecipeDocument;
         }
 
         private XDocument CreateRecipeRoot() {
diff --git a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Recipes/Services/RecipeExecutor.cs b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Recipes/Services/RecipeExecutor.cs
index df96036bf..6a7afc6d0 100644
--- a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Recipes/Services/RecipeExecutor.cs
+++ b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Recipes/Services/RecipeExecutor.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-using Orchard.Environment.Descriptor;
+using System.Xml.Linq;
+using Orchard.Environment.Descriptor;
+using Orchard.Recipes.Models;
 
 namespace Orchard.Recipes.Services {
     public class RecipeExecutor : Component, IRecipeExecutor {
@@ -16,13 +18,22 @@ namespace Orchard.Recipes.Services {
             _shellDescriptorManager = shellDescriptorManager;
         }
 
+        public string Execute(XDocument recipeDocument) {
+            var recipeText = recipeDocument.ToString();
+            return Execute(recipeText);
+        }
+
         public string Execute(string recipeText) {
             var recipe = _recipeParser.ParseRecipe(recipeText);
+            return Execute(recipe);
+        }
+
+        public string Execute(Recipe recipe) {
             var executionId = _recipeManager.Execute(recipe);
             UpdateShell();
             return executionId;
         }
-        
+
         private void UpdateShell() {
             var descriptor = _shellDescriptorManager.GetShellDescriptor();
             _shellDescriptorManager.UpdateShellDescriptor(descriptor.SerialNumber, descriptor.Features, descriptor.Parameters);
diff --git a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Recipes/Services/RecipeParser.cs b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Recipes/Services/RecipeParser.cs
index beb1c00db..43711fdc5 100644
--- a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Recipes/Services/RecipeParser.cs
+++ b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Recipes/Services/RecipeParser.cs
@@ -2,29 +2,23 @@
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Xml;
 using System.Xml.Linq;
-using Orchard.Localization;
 using Orchard.Logging;
 using Orchard.Recipes.Models;
 
 namespace Orchard.Recipes.Services {
-    public class RecipeParser : IRecipeParser {
-        public RecipeParser() {
-            Logger = NullLogger.Instance;
-            T = NullLocalizer.Instance;
+    public class RecipeParser : Component, IRecipeParser {
+        public Recipe ParseRecipe(XDocument recipeDocument) {
+            return ParseRecipe(recipeDocument.ToString(SaveOptions.DisableFormatting));
         }
 
-        public Localizer T { get; set; }
-        public ILogger Logger { get; set; }
-
         public Recipe ParseRecipe(string recipeText) {
             var recipe = new Recipe();
 
-            if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(recipeText)) {
+            if (String.IsNullOrEmpty(recipeText)) {
                 throw new Exception("Recipe is empty");
             }
 
-            XElement recipeTree = XElement.Parse(recipeText, LoadOptions.PreserveWhitespace);
-
+            var recipeTree = XElement.Parse(recipeText, LoadOptions.PreserveWhitespace);
             var recipeSteps = new List<RecipeStep>();
 
             foreach (var element in recipeTree.Elements()) {
diff --git a/src/Orchard/Recipes/Services/IRecipeParser.cs b/src/Orchard/Recipes/Services/IRecipeParser.cs
index 2b7a512e7..9dd056170 100644
--- a/src/Orchard/Recipes/Services/IRecipeParser.cs
+++ b/src/Orchard/Recipes/Services/IRecipeParser.cs
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
-using Orchard.Recipes.Models;
+using System.Xml.Linq;
+using Orchard.Recipes.Models;
 
 namespace Orchard.Recipes.Services {
     public interface IRecipeParser : IDependency {
+        Recipe ParseRecipe(XDocument recipeDocument);
         Recipe ParseRecipe(string recipeText);
     }
 }