Recipes
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Recipe list
88 recipes
Recipe · 55 min
Tatws Pum Munud (Welsh Potato and Bacon Stew)
A thrifty Welsh one-pan supper of potatoes, onion and bacon gently simmered in stock. Quick to put together and cheap to make.
Recipe · 3 hr
Scottish Steak Pie
Slow-cooked beef in rich gravy under a puff pastry lid: the steak pie many Scottish families eat on New Year’s Day. Make the filling the day before.
Recipe · 3 hr 35 min
Roast Turkey for Christmas Dinner
A juicy, golden Christmas turkey without the guesswork: butter under the foil, a meat thermometer to tell you when it is done, and a proper rest before carving.
Recipe · 50 min
Brandy Snaps
Lacy, golden ginger biscuits rolled into tubes while warm and filled with cream: a classic British party treat that is easier than it looks.
Recipe · 1 hr 10 min
Haggis, Neeps and Tatties with Whisky Sauce
Happy St Andrew's Day: Scotland's national dish, made easy, with buttery neeps, fluffy tatties and a creamy whisky sauce.
Recipe · 2 hr 30 min
Beef Wellington
Practise this Advent Sunday and it will be perfect for Christmas: beef fillet wrapped in mushrooms, ham and golden puff pastry.
Recipe · 45 min
Irish Seafood Chowder
Creamy, chunky and full of fish: the chowder served in pubs all along the Irish coast, with brown bread for dipping.
Recipe · 1 hr 30 min
Chocolate Yule Log
A light chocolate sponge rolled round whipped cream and covered in glossy chocolate bark: the Christmas cake for people who do not like fruit cake.
Recipe · 10 min
Scottish Smoked Salmon with Brown Bread
The Christmas starter that needs no cooking: good Scottish smoked salmon, buttered brown bread, lemon and capers, ready in 10 minutes.
Recipe · 1 hr
Gingerbread Biscuits
Crisp, warmly spiced biscuits that hold their shape for cutting, icing and hanging on the tree: the Christmas bake to do with children.
Recipe · 45 min
Pigs in Blankets
Often the first thing to disappear from the Christmas plate: chipolatas wrapped in streaky bacon, roasted until sticky and crisp.
Recipe · 2 hr 30 min
Sherry Trifle
Sponge soaked in sherry, fruit, thick custard and whipped cream: the make-ahead pudding that has graced Christmas tables for generations.
Recipe · 6 hr 40 min
Christmas Pudding
Today is Stir-up Sunday, the traditional day to make it: everyone stirs and makes a wish, and the pudding matures until Christmas.
Recipe · 3 hr 20 min
Irish Spiced Beef
Cork's Christmas tradition: beef rubbed with spices and sugar for a week, then simmered and served thinly sliced. Start it now.
Recipe · 25 min
Brussels Sprouts with Bacon and Chestnuts
The recipe that wins over sprout sceptics: crisp-edged sprouts fried with smoky bacon and sweet chestnuts in 15 minutes.
Recipe · 1 hr 30 min
Macaroni Pie
Macaroni cheese baked inside a crisp hot-water crust: the Scottish bakery classic that sounds odd and tastes brilliant.
Recipe · 1 hr 30 min
Mince Pies
Crisp, buttery pastry and a spoonful of spiced mincemeat: make a batch now, freeze them, and bake fresh all December.
Recipe · 40 min
Clapshot
Orkney's buttery mash of potato and swede with chives: two Scottish staples better together, and ready in 30 minutes.
Recipe · 1 hr 40 min
Apple Tart (Plate Pie)
Sharp Bramley apples between two layers of sweet shortcrust on a pie plate: the apple tart of every Northern Irish kitchen.
Recipe · 2 hr 25 min
Honey and Mustard Glazed Gammon
Simmered until tender, then roasted with a sticky honey-mustard glaze: a Sunday centrepiece that also gives you ham for the week.
Recipe · 1 hr 55 min
Bacon and Cabbage with Parsley Sauce
Ireland's classic family dinner: a boiled bacon joint, cabbage cooked in the same pot and a creamy parsley sauce.
Recipe · 1 hr 25 min
Treacle Toffee
Dark, brittle and wonderfully bitter-sweet: the traditional bonfire toffee of the north of England, and a perfect homemade gift.
Recipe · 3 hr 30 min
Black Bun
Bake it now for Hogmanay: a dense, spiced fruit cake sealed inside a pastry case that needs weeks to mature.
Recipe · 3 hr 20 min
Homemade Mincemeat
Make it this week and it will be mellow and ready for your first mince pies: spiced fruit, apple, suet and a splash of brandy.
Recipe · 1 hr 40 min
Scotch Pie
Small, round hot-water-crust pies filled with spiced minced lamb, with a sunken lid that leaves room for gravy or beans.
Recipe · 1 hr
Wheaten Bread
Northern Ireland's nutty brown soda bread, baked in a loaf tin with wholemeal flour, oats and buttermilk.
Recipe · 2 hr 35 min
Roast Lamb with Mint Sauce
A leg of lamb roasted with garlic and rosemary, rested until juicy and served with sharp, homemade mint sauce.
Recipe · 5 min
Irish Coffee
Hot, sweetened coffee with Irish whiskey and a collar of cool cream floating on top: the famous after-dinner drink.
Recipe · 2 hr 15 min
Bara Planc (Welsh Bakestone Bread)
A soft white bread cooked slowly on a griddle instead of in the oven: the old farmhouse bread of Wales.
Recipe · 55 min
Mince and Tatties
Savoury beef mince simmered with onion and carrot, served with buttery mash: Scotland's favourite everyday supper.
Recipe · 1 hr 10 min
Sausage Rolls
Flaky puff pastry wrapped round herby pork sausagemeat: the essential party and Bonfire Night bake.
Recipe · 4 hr 5 min
Clootie Dumpling
A spiced fruit pudding boiled in a cloth for hours until it forms its famous dark skin: Scotland's great celebration pudding.
Recipe · 35 min
Paris Buns
Soft, sweet scone-like buns topped with crunchy sugar: a favourite of Northern Irish bakery counters.
Recipe · 2 hr 10 min
Roast Beef
A beef joint roasted to your liking and rested well, with the timings, temperatures and gravy for a proper Sunday lunch.
Recipe · 3 hr 30 min
Beef and Guinness Stew
Chunks of braising beef slow-cooked with stout, onions and carrots until tender, in a deep, glossy gravy.
Recipe · 50 min
Cawl Cennin (Welsh Leek and Potato Soup)
A simple, chunky soup of leeks, potatoes and stock: humble Welsh cooking built around the national emblem.
Recipe · 30 min
Tattie Scones
Thin potato scones cooked on a dry griddle: an essential part of a Scottish breakfast and a good use for leftover mash.
Recipe · 45 min
Toffee Apples
Crisp apples on sticks, dipped in a glassy red toffee shell: the classic treat for Halloween and Bonfire Night.
Recipe · 45 min
Scottish Oatcakes
Crisp, rough oatcakes made with just oatmeal, a little fat and hot water: perfect with cheese, soup or stovies.
Recipe · 1 hr 25 min
Yellowman
Northern Ireland's chewy-crisp honeycomb toffee, famously sold at the Ould Lammas Fair in Ballycastle.
Recipe · 1 hr 55 min
Roast Chicken with Bread Sauce
A simple lemon-and-thyme roast chicken with the very British side of creamy, clove-scented bread sauce.
Recipe · 1 hr 15 min
Irish Apple Cake
A simple rubbed-in sponge packed with chunks of Bramley apple and topped with crunchy sugar, best served warm with custard.
Recipe · 1 hr 15 min
Faggots in Onion Gravy
Savoury pork and liver meatballs baked in a rich onion gravy: a thrifty classic of Wales and the Black Country.
Recipe · 20 min
Drop Scones (Scotch Pancakes)
Small, thick pancakes cooked on a griddle in minutes: buttered warm, with jam or syrup, for tea or breakfast.
Recipe · 1 hr 20 min
Yorkshire Parkin
Dark, sticky oatmeal gingerbread made with black treacle and golden syrup: the traditional cake for Bonfire Night.
Recipe · 3 hr
Scottish Tablet
Sugar, butter and condensed milk boiled and beaten until it sets firm and grainy: sweeter and crumblier than fudge.
Recipe · 2 hr 20 min
Fifteens
Northern Ireland's no-bake traybake: digestives, marshmallows and glacé cherries rolled in coconut and sliced.
Recipe · 2 hr 10 min
Roast Pork with Crackling and Apple Sauce
A pork loin roasted with salted, scored skin for crisp crackling, served with sharp homemade apple sauce.
Recipe · 2 hr 30 min
Dublin Coddle
Sausages, bacon, onions and potatoes cooked slowly in stock: a warming one-pot supper from old Dublin.
Recipe · 30 min
Laverbread with Bacon and Cockles
Laverbread oatmeal cakes fried in bacon fat with cockles: the traditional breakfast of south-west Wales.
Recipe · 2 hr
Cock-a-Leekie Soup
Chicken, leeks and a few prunes simmered into a clear, savoury broth: one of Scotland's oldest soups.
Recipe · 1 hr 40 min
Treacle Tart
Crisp shortcrust filled with golden syrup, breadcrumbs and lemon: sticky, sharp and very British.
Recipe · 3 hr
Millionaire's Shortbread
Buttery shortbread, thick golden caramel and a layer of chocolate: the richest traybake in the tin.
Recipe · 40 min
Ulster Fry
Northern Ireland's cooked breakfast, made unique by soda farls and potato bread fried golden in the pan.
Recipe · 3 hr 30 min
Beef and Ale Pie
Tender beef braised in dark ale under a golden puff pastry lid: a proper pub classic at home.
Recipe · 1 hr 30 min
Barmbrack (Irish Tea Brack)
A dark, sticky Irish fruit loaf made with tea-soaked fruit: the traditional bake for Halloween.
Recipe · 40 min
Crempog (Welsh Pancakes)
Thick buttermilk pancakes cooked on a bakestone, buttered and stacked high.
Recipe · 1 hr 10 min
Stovies
Potatoes and onions slowly "stoved" in dripping with leftover roast meat: Scotland's great thrifty supper.
Recipe · 1 hr 40 min
Bakewell Tart
Crisp shortcrust, a layer of raspberry jam and a soft almond sponge topped with flaked almonds.
Recipe · 2 hr 25 min
Dundee Cake
A lighter Scottish fruit cake with orange peel, finished with rings of whole blanched almonds.
Recipe · 35 min
Champ
Creamy mashed potato beaten with scallions and milk, served with a pool of melting butter.
Recipe · 1 hr
Toad in the Hole
Sausages baked in a tall, crisp Yorkshire pudding batter and served with onion gravy.
Recipe · 45 min
Boxty
Irish potato pancakes made from grated raw and mashed potato, fried in butter until crisp.
Recipe · 2 hr 5 min
Cawl
Wales' slow-cooked lamb and leek broth, served with bread and a wedge of Welsh cheese.
Recipe · 2 hr 5 min
Scotch Broth
A hearty Scottish soup of lamb, pearl barley, split peas and root vegetables.
Recipe · 1 hr
Apple Crumble
Soft Bramley apples under a buttery, golden crumble: the easiest and best-loved British pudding.
Recipe · 1 hr 5 min
Glamorgan Sausages
Meat-free Welsh sausages of Caerphilly cheese, leek and breadcrumbs, crumbed and fried until golden.
Recipe · 30 min
Soda Farls
Quick griddle-cooked soda bread, cut into quarters and ready in 30 minutes: the other half of the Ulster fry.
Recipe · 1 hr
Sticky Toffee Pudding
A soft date sponge soaked in hot toffee sauce: one of the best-loved British puddings.
Recipe · 2 hr 20 min
Irish Stew
Lamb, potatoes and onions simmered slowly until tender: the plain, comforting stew of the Irish home kitchen.
Recipe · 45 min
Cullen Skink
A thick, creamy soup of smoked haddock, potato and onion from the Moray coast of Scotland.
Recipe · 7 hr 30 min
Bara Brith
Wales' tea-soaked fruit loaf: moist, lightly spiced and best sliced thickly with salted butter.
Recipe · 30 min
Classic British Scones
Tall, light scones for afternoon tea or a cream tea, ready in about 30 minutes.
Recipe · 40 min
Colcannon
Buttery mashed potato folded with kale or cabbage and spring onions, served with a well of melting butter.
Recipe · 2 hr 45 min
Cornish Pasty
Beef skirt, potato, swede and onion, baked raw inside a crimped pastry case: the traditional way.
Recipe · 25 min
Cranachan
Toasted oats, whisky-and-honey cream and fresh raspberries: the Scottish summer pudding that ends a Burns supper.
Recipe · 1 hr 25 min
Crispy Roast Potatoes
Fluffy inside and shatteringly crisp outside: the essential Sunday roast side.
Recipe · 30 min
Cucumber Sandwiches
The essential afternoon tea sandwich: thin, crisp and never soggy.
Recipe · 50 min
Irish Soda Bread
A yeast-free loaf raised with bicarbonate of soda and buttermilk: mixed, shaped and baked in under an hour.
Recipe · 1 hr 30 min
Lemon Drizzle Cake
A soft lemon loaf soaked with a crunchy sugar-and-lemon drizzle while still warm.
Recipe · 55 min
Potato Bread (Potato Farls)
Soft, thin griddle bread made from mashed potato and a little flour, cut into farls and fried for the Ulster fry.
Recipe · 1 hr 5 min
Scottish Shortbread
Three ingredients, one ratio: pale, crumbly, buttery shortbread.
Recipe · 4 hr 30 min
Traditional Christmas Cake
A rich, dark fruit cake baked weeks ahead and fed with brandy until Christmas.
Recipe · 1 hr 15 min
Victoria Sponge
The classic two-layer sponge with jam and buttercream, named after Queen Victoria.
Recipe · 40 min
Welsh Cakes
Currant-studded griddle cakes, cooked on a bakestone and dusted with sugar.
Recipe · 20 min
Welsh Rarebit
A savoury sauce of cheese, ale and mustard, spread on toast and grilled until bubbling and golden.
Recipe · 1 hr 5 min
Yorkshire Puddings
Tall, crisp Yorkshires: a simple batter, very hot fat, and an oven door kept shut.
Recipe · 1 hr 20 min
Shepherd's Pie
Lamb mince in a rich gravy under a golden, fork-ridged mashed potato crust: a British family classic.