Trusted British chef recipes, tested at home
Hairy Bikers moussaka is a layered lamb and aubergine bake with a cornflour white sauce, spiced with cinnamon, mint and red wine. It serves 6 at 323 calories per serving and bakes in individual dishes for about 25 minutes. This comes from The Hairy Dieters: Eat for Life (2013). The two biggest calorie savings are …
Hairy Bikers enchiladas are corn tortillas filled with spiced beef and kidney bean mince, rolled, baked at 200°C, then topped with crème fraîche and salsa. They serve 4 at 468 calories per serving and take about an hour total from pan to table. This comes from The Hairy Dieters: Eat for Life (2013). Si and …
Mary Berry’s very posh fishcakes are smoked haddock cakes with a hidden Parmesan and mustard fondant sauce inside, coated in fine panko breadcrumbs. They’re pan-fried until golden, then finished in the oven at 200°C (180°C fan/Gas 6) for 15 minutes. The recipe makes 4. Berry’s headnote in Everyday (2017) explains the name. She says “when …
Mary Berry’s double salmon fishcakes are crisp, golden pan-fried cakes made with cooked salmon and hot-smoked salmon, bound with mashed potato, mayonnaise and creamed horseradish. They’re coated in breadcrumbs and fried for 3–4 minutes each side. The recipe serves 6. Berry’s headnote in Cook Up a Feast (2010) explains the name. She says “so many …
Mary Berry’s rhubarb and orange cobbler is a baked pudding of early rhubarb with orange juice under a scone topping sprinkled with demerara sugar. It bakes at 180°C (160°C fan/Gas 4) for 30 to 40 minutes and serves 6. Berry’s headnote in Mary Berry Cooks (2014) says her topping is “rolled out fairly thinly” for …
Mary Berry’s apple and blackberry cobbler is a baked pudding of cooking apples and blackberries under a scone topping, served warm with cream. It bakes at 200°C (180°C fan/Gas 6) for 30 to 35 minutes and serves 6. Berry’s headnote in Foolproof Cooking (2016) calls it “great for using home-grown apples and foraged blackberries.” Her …
Mary Berry’s cheese scone round is a single large scone made with mature Cheddar, mustard powder and cayenne pepper, marked into 6 pieces before baking. It bakes at 220°C (200°C fan/Gas 7) for about 15 minutes and is served warm. Berry’s serving note in the Ultimate Cake Book (2003) is direct: “serve warm with cold …
Mary Berry’s country chicken casserole is bone-in chicken thighs braised with carrots, parsnips, potato and white wine in a single flameproof casserole dish. It cooks at 160°C (140°C fan/Gas 3) for 50 minutes to 1 hour and serves 4. Berry’s headnote in Cooks the Perfect (2014) says she likes to “serve it with mash to …
Mary Berry’s chicken pot pie is a whole chicken poached in stock with carrots, potatoes and peas, covered with shortcrust pastry. The filling sits in a lemon-spiked white sauce. It bakes at 190°C (170°C fan/Gas 5) for 30 minutes and serves 6. Berry’s headnote in the Complete Cookbook (2024) says “you can vary the vegetables …
Mary Berry’s chicken cobbler is a one-dish supper of chicken thighs, leeks and mushrooms in a stock sauce, topped with cheese scone rounds. It bakes at 200°C (180°C fan/Gas 6) for 25 to 30 minutes and serves 6. Berry has no chicken cobbler in her 28 books, but writes in Mary Berry Cooks (2014) that …
