Picnic recipes

Put down a rug and enjoy the outdoors with our picnic recipes including easy-to-share salads, pies, bread and tart recipes.

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Soft and fluffy blaas (Irish bread rolls)

Irish recipes

Soft and fluffy blaas (Irish bread rolls)

Learn how to make soft and fluffy blaas with Cherie Denham’s easy recipe. These legendary Irish rolls hail from Waterford....

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Pickled walnut and cheese rolls

Budget Christmas party food recipes

Pickled walnut and cheese rolls

If you’ve never used pickled walnuts in cooking before, let these festive rolls be the reason you start! These moreish...

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Tom Kerridge’s mini pork sausage rolls with ‘nduja

'Nduja recipes

Tom Kerridge’s mini pork sausage rolls with ‘nduja

Tom Kerridge’s mini pork sausage rolls with fiery ‘nduja sausage are party food at its finest and easier to make...

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Double-cheese and chutney pies

Savoury pie recipes

Double-cheese and chutney pies

These pocket-size pies have an oozy cheese filling with a tangy chutney at their core. Made with hot-water pastry, they’re...

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Pissaladière scrolls

Brioche recipes

Pissaladière scrolls

A pissaladière is a provençal tart that pairs caramelised onions with black olives and anchovies. In Anna Higham‘s recipe, the...

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Puttanesca focaccia

Savoury bread recipes

Puttanesca focaccia

Ligurian focaccia collides head-on with Neapolitan puttanesca in this incredible loaf. Our light and pillowy focaccia – glistening with olive...

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Runner bean pasta salad

Butter bean recipes

Runner bean pasta salad

The perfect summer barbecue side, this zingy pasta salad contrasts the freshness of runner beans and soft creaminess of butter...

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Confit tomatoes

Tomato recipes

Confit tomatoes

If you’re looking for extremely tender and juicy tomatoes that will last longer than fresh, this recipe is the answer....

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Tomato, shallot and mustard tart

August seasonal recipes

Tomato, shallot and mustard tart

Tomatoes take centre stage in Debora Robertson’s delicious tomato, shallot and mustard tart recipe. Serve with a crisp green salad...

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Semi-dried tomatoes

Tomato recipes

Semi-dried tomatoes

Even though we don’t have the weather to dry tomatoes in the sun like they do in the Mediterranean, you...

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Whipped feta

Summer salads and sides

Whipped feta

Creamy, salty feta is whizzed in a food processor with greek yogurt to make the ultimate dip. Once you’ve made...

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Mediterranean feta pasta salad

July seasonal recipes

Mediterranean feta pasta salad

Classic Greek salad meets crowdpleasing pasta salad in this Mediterranean hybrid. Fresh seasonal veg, sun-dried tomatoes and a big block...

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Cheese and chutney bialys

Jewish recipes

Cheese and chutney bialys

Baker Kitty Tait gives bialys a cheesy twist. Bialys are an Ashkenazi Jewish bake traditionally filled with poppy seeds and...

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Cheese and mustard straws

Picnic recipes

Cheese and mustard straws

Use a batch of our easy flaky pastry to make these delicious cheese straws. Mustard and two types of cheese...

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Potato pissaladière

Picnic recipes

Potato pissaladière

Debora Robertson’s potato pissaladière is a hearty take on the classic French pastry tart. It’s loaded with olives, anchovies, gruyere...

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Cheesy mushroom Danish pastries

Puff pastry recipes

Cheesy mushroom Danish pastries

In just half an hour you can have a batch of these smoky, rich, burnished gold savoury Danish pastries, topped...

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