Recipes
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The greatest cottage pie recipe
Potatoes are at the heart of so many favourite dishes, including this delicious cottage pie recipe that you will want to make again and again.
By Melanie Johnson Published
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Tom Parker Bowles's favourite recipe: French onion soup
This dish is no mere Gallic broth, rather pure bonhomie in a bowl — a boozy, beefy, allium-scented masterpiece that cries out for the chill depths of winter
By Tom Parker Bowles Published
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Celeriac-crusted cod with chorizo butter and romanesco sauce
Make the most of seasonal celeriac whilst it's still around with this easy mid-week or weekend recipe.
By Melanie Johnson Published
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How to use fresh and bold horseradish to liven up salmon
This quick and easy horseradish-crusted salmon with celeriac mash makes for a perfect mid-week meal.
By Melanie Johnson Published
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A Brussels sprout recipe that sounds completely bizarre, but will make you glad you didn't wait until Christmas to start eating them
Anyone for Brussels sprout spaghetti carbonara? No, really — wait until you try it.
By Melanie Johnson Published
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A cake with a surprise ingredient that's either a stroke of genius or 'grounds for divorce'
The best way ever to get one of your five a day, or a crime against baking? You decide.
By Toby Keel Published
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How to make three-cheese sourdough bread and a perfect winter-warmer soup to go with it
We'll leave it up to you to decide whether the soup or the sourdough is the star of the show in this pair of recipes...
By Melanie Johnson Published
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This Victorian boozy blackberry cordial is as good today as it was 150 years ago. Here's how to make it.
Deborah Nicholls-Lee has been delving into the history of the blackberry, and discovered a brandy-enhanced blackberry cordial recipe from Victorian cook Phyllis Browne.
By Deborah Nicholls-Lee Published
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How to make the ultimate posh chicken and chips
Melanie Johnson's recipe for spatchcock chicken is a marvel.
By Melanie Johnson Published
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How to make cherry and pistachio cake that's perfect for a summery afternoon tea
Our kitchen garden cook Melanie Johnson provides a recipe using some of the best fruit of the season.
By Melanie Johnson Published
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How to make gooseberry and ginger custard tart
Melanie Johnson shares her recipe.
By Melanie Johnson Published
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A summer scone recipe with apricot, chamomile and honey, as imagined by the creator of a royal wedding cake
Claire Ptak shares a deliciously summery summer scone recipe.
By Country Life Published
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Recipe: Creamy tarragon prawns and asparagus with spinach gnocchi
Melanie Johnson's recipe takes the 'subtle yet perceivable' taste of tarragon and uses it to elevate this hearty seafood pasta.
By Melanie Johnson Published
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A perfect summer lunch recipe for the long weekend: Spicy udon noodles with tofu and watercress
Melanie Johnson shares a dish which makes the most of cress's peppery punch.
By Melanie Johnson Published
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‘I have nothing but rapt adoration and the greatest of respect for this sugary art form’: Tom Parker Bowles on the perfection of puddings
What? More puddings? Definitely yes, says Tom Parker Bowles, as he celebrates our desire to devour sweet, sticky and spoiling delights, from trifles, crumbles and fools to fruit pies and piping-hot, steamed treacle sponges.
By Tom Parker-Bowles Published
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Tom Parker Bowles on the classic English food that's 'never dull, comforting, and impossible to resist'
We defy you to Tom Parker Bowles's puddings piece and not hanker after a steak and kidney pudding. Thankfully, Tom also shares the late Gary Rhodes's recipe for exactly that.
By Tom Parker-Bowles Published
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How to make braised beef short rib with celeriac-and-Parmesan mash
Our kitchen garden cook Melanie Johnson turns her hand to a superb meal made even better with seasonal celeriac mash.
By Melanie Johnson Published