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5 ingredient recipes

Looking for fast and easy recipes with 5 ingredients or less? You’ve come to the right place. These 5 ingredient recipes are all low on ingredient count, but high on flavour.

Simple dinners: We love a one-pan wonder, like this pomegranate and sweet potato traybake. Try simple bakes like these cheesy mushroom Danish, or healthy ideas like broccoli sweet chilli noodles.

Easy pasta ideas: You’ll love speedy and delicious ideas like guanciale, artichoke and pecorino linguine, creamy sweetcorn pasta and our eternally popular orzo carbonara.

5-ingredient desserts: Keep it sweet and simple with chocolate mousse, mango mess and 10-minute strawberry ice cream sandwiches.

For more easy, delicious and budget-friendly ideas, check out our slow cooker recipes and 15-minute meals.

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Quick pasta

Cacio e pepe with asparagus

The original version of cacio e pepe is just three ingredients, cheese, pepper and pasta, but we've added asparagus for a seasonal twist.

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Nduja

Steamed sea bream with sizzling ’nduja

Steamed sea bream with 'nduja and asparagus is the quick fish dish you've been looking for. This 3-ingredient wonder is ready in 20 mins.

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Quick and easy desserts

Eton mess

What is Eton Mess? Well...this classic combo of meringue, strawberries and whipped cream is said to have originated at Eton College. Try Debbie Major's foolproof recipe...

Gluten-free

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5-ingredient

Chocolate and raspberry custard pots

These speedy chocolate custard pots are one of the easiest desserts you can throw together. They're a great way to use up Easter chocolate.

Gluten-free Vegetarian

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Tapas

Wild garlic prawns pil pil

Sizzling Spanish prawns are given a seasonal spring twist in this gambas pil pil recipe with wild garlic. Try it as a starter or tapas dish.

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30-minute meals

Guanciale, artichoke and pecorino linguine

Similar to carbonara and using some distinctly Roman ingredients, this five ingredient, silkily sauced guanciale linguine is easy to make.

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Camembert

Baked camembert with harissa honey

Oozy, gooey cheese drizzled with a fiery, sweet topping; this easy baked camembert with honey recipe is perfect for entertaining.

Gluten-free Vegetarian

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15-minute meals

Spaghetti alla nerano

This spaghetti has fudgy and sweet fried courgettes which need little more than a little cheese to enrich them. Simplicity at its finest.

Vegetarian

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Weekly pastas

Creamy sweetcorn and Tajín pasta

Tajín is a Mexican seasoning that combines lime and chilli, and when paired with sweetcorn it makes a wonderful sauce for pasta.

Vegetarian

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July seasonal

Halloumi and blistered tomato orzo

This 5-ingredient dinner is so easy. It's full of flavour from blistered tomatoes, grated halloumi, mint and lemon.

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Mango desserts

Mango and elderflower mess

Based on the modern classic eton mess, this colourful dessert swaps out the more common strawberries for juicy ripe mango, marinated in floral elderflower cordial.

Gluten-free Vegetarian