Comfort food recipes

If it’s cosy, comforting dishes you’re craving, we’ve got plenty to raise your spirits. Our warming, indulgent comfort food recipes include pies, pasta and classic British puddings.

Comfort food means different things to different people, but one thing it must do is make you feel happier than you did before you ate it. Homecooked dinners can’t be beaten, and whether it’s a best-ever fish pie, chilli con carne, or a good old-fashioned bakery-style vanilla slice that gets your tastebuds tingling, there are tonnes of ideas here for dinners that will bring smiles to all.

We’ve got soul food like fried chicken and waffles, and decadent twists such as a pain au chocolat bread and butter pudding or ‘nduja meatballs. Real treat yourself territory, this. So explore all our comfort food recipes here and bookmark a few for an instant homecooked mood-lift.

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Wild garlic pesto lasagne

Wild garlic recipes

Wild garlic pesto lasagne

Make the most of seasonal wild garlic with this springtime pesto lasagne. As there’s no heavy ragù to make, it’s...

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Air fryer sweet potato fries

Air fryer recipes

Air fryer sweet potato fries

These air fryer sweet potato fries are an energy efficient way to get perfectly crisp fries without a deep-fat fryer...

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Black and gold cookies

Cookie recipes

Black and gold cookies

Chunks of golden caramelised white chocolate shine through rich dark chocolate dough in these indulgently chewy cookies. Make your own...

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Seafood and spinach pottage with spuds

African recipes

Seafood and spinach pottage with spuds

Lerato Umah-Shaylor shares her recipe for traditional Nigerian yam porridge or pottage (see Know-how, below). Hers is packed with juicy...

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Air fryer baked potatoes

Air fryer recipes

Air fryer baked potatoes

If you like your baked potatoes extra crisp, an air fryer is the way to go – it saves energy...

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Cheddar and chive soufflé

Soufflé recipes

Cheddar and chive soufflé

This cheese soufflé makes an impressive main course for a light, elegant lunch. Simply serve with a green salad. Have...

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Egg zosui (Japanese rice porridge)

Rice recipes

Egg zosui (Japanese rice porridge)

Use up leftover rice in this traditional egg zosui recipe by food writer Aya Nishimura. The Japanese rice porridge or...

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Rhubarb, rose and pistachio crumble

Crumble recipes

Rhubarb, rose and pistachio crumble

Classic rhubarb crumble is taken to new heights with aromatic cardamom, rosewater and an irresistible topping flecked with sesame seeds...

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Rum and raisin spotted dick

Retro puddings

Rum and raisin spotted dick

You can’t get a more traditional British pud than spotted dick – something that’s fallen out of fashion in recent...

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Chocolate parkin with marbled custard

Retro puddings

Chocolate parkin with marbled custard

Sticky Yorkshire parkin is taken to chocolate town with this indulgent bake – but the sauce definitely shares star billing....

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Chicken and choucroute garnie

Favourite chicken recipes

Chicken and choucroute garnie

Claire Thomson takes the traditional Alsatian dish choucroute garnie – sauerkraut cooked with wine, sausages, salted meats and caraway seeds...

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Chicken dauphinoise with dijon and cream

Discover one-pots

Chicken dauphinoise with dijon and cream

Claire Thomson combines baked chicken and creamy dauphinoise potatoes to create the ultimate comforting one-pot chicken recipe. Claire says: “It...

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Sloppy joes with coleslaw potato salad

Beef mince recipes

Sloppy joes with coleslaw potato salad

A sloppy joe (saucy beef mince in a burger bun) is the perfect dish for when you want some all-American...

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Chipolata toad in the hole with creamed butternut squash

Toad in the hole recipes

Chipolata toad in the hole with creamed butternut squash

There are few things more comforting than a toad in the hole for dinner – this chipolata version means a...

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Banoffee pan-bang cookies

Cookie recipes

Banoffee pan-bang cookies

Banoffee pie fans, meet your new favourite cookie. These pan-bang cookies are laced with milk chocolate, banana chips and gooey...

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Roti fried rice

Fried rice recipes

Roti fried rice

Fried rice is the perfect medium for playing around with textures, ingredients and flavours – and this one certainly goes...

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