Picnic recipes

Put down a blanket and enjoy the outdoors with our best picnic recipes, including summer salads, sausage rolls, sandwiches and cake recipes. Ideal picnic food for al fresco eating.

Browse our favourite savoury bakes, from quiches to galettes, for more sharing inspiration.

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Mexican street corn pasta salad

Sweetcorn

Mexican street corn pasta salad

This crowd-pleasing pasta salad is inspired by the Mexican street corn dish, elotes: charred corn slathered with a creamy dressing.

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Traditional Spanish tortilla

Spanish omelettes

Traditional Spanish tortilla

Learn how to make a traditional Spanish tortilla with our easy recipe. This iconic potato omelette is one of the most popular dishes in Spain

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Popcorn cookies

Cookies

Popcorn cookies

Crisp and light, these easy cornmeal cookies dotted with popcorn are a fun and flavoursome twist on the classic American bake.

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Mutton and olive pasties

Pasties

Mutton and olive pasties

Bold, briny flavours from olives, capers and anchovies cut through robust mutton in this tapenade-inspired take on the classic pasty.

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Elderflower drizzle cake

Elderflower

Elderflower drizzle cake

Lemon and elderflower are a match made in heaven, and this easy drizzle cake with fresh elderflowers proves it. The perfect bake for late spring.

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Giant peanut butter choc-chip cookie

Giant recipes

Giant peanut butter choc-chip cookie

This giant peanut butter cookie is a speedy sweet sensation that bakes in less that 15 minutes. Make it with milk, white or dark chocolate.

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Tottenham cake

Teatime traybakes

Tottenham cake

Tottenham cake is a simple vanilla traybake topped with pink icing. Learn how to make this nostalgic bake from London with our easy recipe.

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Bedfordshire clangers

Sausage rolls

Bedfordshire clangers

Learn to make a traditional Bedfordshire clanger. This pasty-style bake has a savoury pork filling at one end and sweet filling at the other.

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Salad cream

Condiment recipes

Salad cream

Learn how to make your own salad cream with our easy, one-step recipe. This versatile condiment works as a dip, dressing and sandwich filler.

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Sesame and lime duck egg mayo

Boiled eggs

Sesame and lime duck egg mayo

Using duck eggs gives egg mayo an instant upgrade. Add sesame oil for nuttiness, miso for depth and lime juice for zesty lightness.

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Dingle pies

Pies

Dingle pies

Dingle pies are handheld lamb pies hailing from the town of Dingle in County Kerry. Delicious warm from the oven or part of a picnic spread.

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Classic egg mayo

Sandwiches

Classic egg mayo

Classic egg mayo is taken to the next level with a mix of soft and hard-boiled eggs, plus plenty of malt vinegar and ground white pepper.

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Turkey and cranberry sausage rolls

Sausage rolls

Turkey and cranberry sausage rolls

These turkey and cranberry sausage rolls are perfect for preparing ahead and keeping in the freezer for those last-minute festive occasions.

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Beetroot houmous

Beetroot

Beetroot houmous

This beautiful pink dip offers up everything we love about houmous but with a sweet earthiness from beetroot. And it takes minutes to make!

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Roast beef pan bagnat

Sandwiches

Roast beef pan bagnat

Pan bagnat is the king of picnic sandwiches – and our version roast beef and tapenade mayo. Make in advance, so the flavours can mingle.

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Pickled walnut scotch eggs

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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