diff --git a/cookbook/views/api.py b/cookbook/views/api.py
index 9d15f3e85f..45c05ffaa9 100644
--- a/cookbook/views/api.py
+++ b/cookbook/views/api.py
@@ -1308,8 +1308,12 @@ def recipe_from_source(request):
                     }, status=status.HTTP_400_BAD_REQUEST)
         else:
             try:
-                json.loads(data)
-                data = "<script type='application/ld+json'>" + data + "</script>"
+                data_json = json.loads(data)
+                if '@context' not in data_json:
+                    data_json['@context'] = 'https://schema.org'
+                if '@type' not in data_json:
+                    data_json['@type'] = 'Recipe'
+                data = "<script type='application/ld+json'>" + json.dumps(data_json) + "</script>"
             except JSONDecodeError:
                 pass
             scrape = text_scraper(text=data, url=url)