Father's Day recipes
Treat your dad (or any father figure in your life) to one of our easy yet indulgent Father’s Day recipes, from cooked breakfasts and brunch to roast dinners, easy pasta dishes, desserts, homemade bakes and edible gifts.
- Simple dinners: Steak, pies and pasta are always a winner – and we have plenty of easy yet sophisticated ideas.
- Baking and edible gift ideas: Kids can get involved making red velvet cupcakes or homemade chocolate Hobnobs. This chocolate Guinness cake is popular, too.
- Barbecue spreads: Get the grill out for succulent smash burgers or steak kebabs.
- Brunch inspiration: Breakfast in bed? Eggs florentine is a classic – and this fry-up sandwich will impress.
- Epic roast dinners: Treat Dad to a traditional Sunday lunch spread with our top roast recipes, such as this roast chicken with chicken fat mayo. Wow!
Round it all off with a cocktail from our huge collection.
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Brunch
Giant ‘table-runner’ puff pastry breakfast tart
Our giant 'table runner' breakfast tart is loaded with the flavours of a classic full English, including sausages, mushrooms and tomatoes.
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Impressive recipes for a special occasion
Poussins stuffed with olives, capers and prunes
Take the bold flavours of chicken marbella and turn them into this easy but impressive stuffed poussins dinner for two.
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Midweek meals
Crispy chicken fajitas with charred spring onions and Tex-Mex slaw
This crispy chicken fajitas recipe amps up the crunch, then adds contrast with a piquant pepper slaw and charred spring onions.
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Chicken fajitas
Try our classic chicken fajitas. Sizzling from the griddle, this combo of spiced chicken, peppers and onions is the perfect tortilla filler.
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Chicken curries
Adam Byatt’s chicken curry
Adam Byatt shares his perfect chicken curry recipe, using skills like jointing and making stock for a satisfying curry with bags of flavour.
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Favourite chicken
Fried chicken with pancetta, onion and tomato mac ’n’ cheese
Fried chicken gets a coconut marinade and two coats of spiced flour for extra crunch. Add mac 'n' cheese for an epic comfort-food double act.
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Best-of-the-best chicken kyiv
Our best chicken kyiv sees amped-up garlic butter surrounded by tender chicken and encased in super-crunchy breadcrumbs.
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Burgers
Turkey mince smash burgers
These turkey smash burgers are every bit as delicious as their beefy counterparts. Serve in sesame brioche buns with a side of fries.
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Steak
Bistecca alla fiorentina (florentine porterhouse steak)
This iconic Italian dish – porterhouse steak with rosemary – is a staple of Florence restaurants. Serve with white beans and Tuscan red wine.
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Scotch eggs
Pickled walnut scotch eggs
Few things that improve a picnic more than a homemade scotch egg. These pickled walnut scotch eggs take just 35 minutes to make.
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Make-ahead summer desserts
Paul Ainsworth’s strawberry trifle
Top chef Paul Ainsworth shares a recipe from his debut cookbook, upgrading his dad's classic trifle with fresh peak-season strawberries.
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Fish and chips
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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Steak
Reuben steak skewers with sauerkraut
Inspired by the epic reuben sandwich, these spiced beef skewers are served on sauerkraut with pickles, russian dressing and bagel seasoning.
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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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Chicken thighs
Chicken thighs in a mustard, tarragon and grape pan sauce
The sauce is the star of this easy bistro dish, made using all those delicious brown bits from the bottom of the pan for buckets of flavour.
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Roast chicken
Roast chicken with chicken fat garlic mayonnaise
Whisking the delicious juices from a roast chicken into homemade mayonnaise gives the sauce a deep umami flavour.
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