Big match recipes

It’s time for a summer of football and food – and we have all the recipes you need for watching the big match, from burgers and tacos to loaded fries and pizza. 

Kick off your big match party with recipes like our courgette fries with spicy mayo, jalapeño popper fritters and ‘nduja sausage rolls. Need something more substantial? Try our steak sandwiches and sticky beer-baked chicken. Vegetarians and vegans are well catered for with these vegan hot dogs and a colourful rainbow houmous platter, too.

The post-match celebrations wouldn’t be complete without something sweet. Slice up a peanut butter and jam traybake to share – or indulge in our popular chocolate Guinness cake.

 

 

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Paul Ainsworth’s The Mariners taramasalata on toast

Dinner party starters

Paul Ainsworth’s The Mariners taramasalata on toast

Taramasalata on toast makes a winning dinner party starter or snack. “There’s no comparison to the homemade stuff," says chef Paul Ainsworth.

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Burnt sweetcorn soured cream dip with candied jalapeños

Dips

Burnt sweetcorn soured cream dip with candied jalapeños

This addictive soured cream dip is excellent with nachos or dolloped on tacos. The charred corn adds an intriguing smoky sweetness.

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Brazilian-style lemonade

Non-alcoholic drinks

Brazilian-style lemonade

Inspired by Brazilian lemonade, made by whizzing limes with condensed milk, our take has added lemon and mint to keep it really refreshing.

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Classic homemade lemonade

Non-alcoholic drinks

Classic homemade lemonade

Homemade lemonade is completely different to most of the stuff in the shops. Tailor the sweetness and tang to your personal taste.

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Air fryer pork belly strips

Air fryer

Air fryer pork belly strips

Kept succulent with our water trick, these air fryer pork belly strips have a beautiful contrast of soft, yielding fat and juicy meat.

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Ultimate sausage rolls

Sausage rolls

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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Chilli-pickled asparagus gildas

Snacks and nibbles

Chilli-pickled asparagus gildas

Said to be the first ever pintxo (the famous bar snacks of the Basque country in northern Spain), our gildas get a seasonal British twist by swapping out the peppers for spicy pickled pieces of asparagus. Delightful!

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Harissa, feta and filo cigars

Harissa

Harissa, feta and filo cigars

Tangy feta meets fiery harissa and sweet honey, in this filo cigars recipe. The perfect pre-dinner bite or fancy snack – no humidor required.

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Air fryer loaded sweet potato fries

Easy vegan

Air fryer loaded sweet potato fries

Cooking sweet potato in an air fryer is an energy efficient way to get perfectly crisp fries. Here they're loaded up with a black bean and jalapeño topping for a Tex-Mex-style dish that just happens to be vegan, too.

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Air fryer sweet potato fries

Air fryer

Air fryer sweet potato fries

Cooking sweet potatoes in the air fryer is an energy efficient way to get perfectly crisp fries without a deep-fat fryer or oven.

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Bacon and harissa flatbread pizzas

Flatbreads

Bacon and harissa flatbread pizzas

Using flatbreads to make individual pizzas is an easy win. Stir harissa into cream cheese and top with bacon for a flavour-packed topping.

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Ripped oven chips with smoked chilli and roasted garlic dip

Chips

Ripped oven chips with smoked chilli and roasted garlic dip

Get ready for the best oven chips you've ever tasted with Gelf Alderson's recipe. Tearing the potatoes creates lots of golden, crispy edges.

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Peanut butter and jam marble cake traybake

Teatime traybakes

Peanut butter and jam marble cake traybake

Our peanut butter and jelly marble cake traybake sees swirls of fluffy peanut butter icing and glistening jam on top of a marbled cake underneath.

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Kimchi and bean veggie smash burger

Vegetarian mains

Kimchi and bean veggie smash burger

With all the plant-based burgers now available, we think the good old beanburger’s been unfairly shunned. Our new creamy bean and kimchi burger has it all, and gets smashed for extra texture.

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Blue cheese and bacon smash burger

Beef mince

Blue cheese and bacon smash burger

This blue cheese and bacon smash burger consists of two caramelised beef patties – each topped with a rich blue cheese sauce – on a bed of earthy beetroot and finished off with sticky, salty bacon jam. It’s the smash burger of dreams!

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Merguez smash burger with harissa sauce

Burgers

Merguez smash burger with harissa sauce

Lamb mince is flavoured with the same spices found in north African merguez sausages for a fiery take on a classic smash burger. The burger sauce is amped up with a double chilli kick of harissa paste and a pickled guindilla chilli.

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