Best of British recipes
When it comes to comfort, British recipes are the culinary equivalent of a ruddy great hug. Try a classic British recipe such as toad in the hole, Cornish pasties, ripe tart and fruit tea loaf.
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Fish and chips recipes
Fish and chips with no-waste shell curry sauce
Upgrade your Friday night fish and chips. Use crustacean shells to make a rich no-waste stock, which forms the base of a silky curry sauce.
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Dinner party dessert recipes
Best-of-the-best summer swiss roll
With a light but springy sponge, rich mascarpone cream and fresh seasonal fruit, our best swiss roll recipe makes the perfect summer dessert.
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Scone recipes
Nicola Lamb’s flaky cheese and pickle scones
Cheese scones get the flaky treatment. Rye flour and gherkins in the layers gives these scones a deli-sandwich energy, welcome at any picnic.
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Sweet tart recipes
Simon Rimmer’s treacle tart with lemon mascarpone cream
A simple but elegant treacle tart from Simon Rimmer. The filling has a hint of warming ginger and there’s a punchy lemon cream on the side.
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Chicken pie recipes
Tom Kerridge’s chicken and mushroom pot pies
Who better to show you how to make luxurious chicken and mushroom pot pies than king of modern British pub food Tom Kerridge?
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Sausage roll recipes
Ultimate sausage rolls
Every element in this ultimate sausage rolls recipe is made by hand: the pickled shallots, rich sausagemeat and buttery rough puff pastry.
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Baking recipes
Malt iced buns with raspberry icing
Who doesn’t love an iced bun? These raspberry buns temper the sometimes over-sweet flavour thanks to wholemeal flour and a little malt.
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Retro puddings
Rum and raisin spotted dick
You can’t get a more traditional British pud than spotted dick. We’re given it a makeover, complete with rum-soaked raisins and rum syrup.
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Retro puddings
Chocolate parkin with marbled custard
Sticky chocolate parkin shares top billing with chocolate and ginger custard rippled with spiced cream in this retro pudding recipe.
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Easy cake recipes
Ginger marmalade cake
Debora Robertson's ginger marmalade cake makes your home smell wonderful and is so easy to make. One to enjoy with a pot of tea.
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Apple recipes
Traditional Dorset apple cake
Learn how to make a traditional Dorset apple cake with Sue Quinn's trusty recipe. It makes a moist, buttery and seriously delicious cake.
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Best of the best recipes
Best of the best fish pie
Our ultimate fish pie recipe swaps milk for a quick stock and is packed with fresh herbs and zingy capers for a bright yet comforting pie.
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Wellington recipes
Tom Kerridge’s curried monkfish wellington
Tom Kerridge's spin on a classic wellington uses a spiced monkfish loin encased in fragrant coconut rice, enveloped in puff pastry.
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Bacon recipes
Bacon sandwiches with clementine ketchup
A bacon sandwich for breakfast is one of life’s true joys. Keep this incredible clementine ketchup in the fridge to add a citrus tang.
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Alternative Christmas roast recipes
Christmas roast goose
Take a break from turkey and make roast goose the star of Christmas dinner. The spice rub in our roast goose recipe adds aromatic flavour.
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Pie recipes
Nokx Majozi’s black pudding and apricot pork pie
Chef and pie expert Nokx Majozi shares her recipe for a festive pie that will knock any pork pie you’ve ever had into a top hat.
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