Trusted British chef recipes, tested at home
Nigella Lawson’s black pudding meatballs are beef and black pudding meatballs, herby and lightly spiced, simmered in a rich tomato sauce. It’s a comforting, big-batch dish that serves 4 to 6, from her book Cook, Eat, Repeat. She put them in the book’s “Loving Defence of Brown Food” chapter, and while she thought they’d be …
Nigella Lawson’s beetroot and chickpea dip is a vividly pink dip of home-roasted beetroot blitzed with chickpeas, garlic, tahini and lemon. It’s a five-ingredient, no-cook-once-the-beets-are-roasted dip that makes about 900ml. In Cook, Eat, Repeat (2020) she calls herself a dips-with-drinks devotee, and this is a new regular in her stable. The beetroot turns the chickpeas …
Nigella Lawson’s Basque burnt cheesecake is a crustless, deliberately scorched cheesecake of cream cheese, sour cream, sugar, eggs and cornflour, soft under its burnt top, with an optional liquorice sauce. It bakes at 200°C in 50 minutes and cuts into 8 to 12 slices. In Cook, Eat, Repeat (2020) she calls it a total joy: …
Nigella Lawson’s spiced bulgur wheat with roast vegetables is a vegan dish of orange-and-spice-scented bulgur and red lentils, topped with roasted leeks, peppers, tomatoes and radishes. It serves 3 to 4 as a main. In Cook, Eat, Repeat (2020) she calls it one of her most repeated suppers, in constant rotation and never tiring. She …
Jamie Oliver’s fig tart is a no-cook dessert with a blitzed fruit-and-nut base, a vanilla Greek yoghurt filling and fresh figs, finished with honey. It’s a five-ingredient, briefly-frozen tart that serves 8 in 10 minutes plus freezing. In 5 Ingredients Mediterranean (2023) the whole point is a show-stopping dessert with no baking and barely any …
Jamie Oliver’s lamb meatballs are pepper-studded lamb ovals pan-fried with charred red peppers, served on a lemony tzatziki and mint sauce. It’s a five-ingredient Greek-inspired mezze or starter that serves 4 in 25 minutes. In 5 Ingredients Mediterranean (2023) he ties it to the meatballs he saw all over Thessaloniki. There’s no breadcrumb or egg …
Jamie Oliver’s chicken and chips is a Greek-inspired take on the classic: oregano-marinated chicken legs roasted on the oven bars over red-skinned potatoes, sticky onions and jammy roasted lemon. It’s a five-ingredient dinner that serves 4. In 5 Ingredients Mediterranean (2023) he leans on his trips to Greece to lift a humble plate of chicken …
Jamie Oliver’s posh lollipops are layered frozen lollies made from blended tinned rice pudding and rose-scented strawberry purée, dipped in milk chocolate and sprinkles. It’s a five-ingredient frozen treat that serves 6. In 5 Ingredients Mediterranean (2023) he traces them to his research in Tunisia, where street vendors were dressing up the humble lollipop in …
Jamie Oliver’s feta filo turnovers are crisp pan-fried filo parcels stuffed with feta and marjoram, drizzled with honey and scattered with pistachios. It’s a five-ingredient vegetarian dish that serves 4 in 20 minutes. In 5 Ingredients Mediterranean (2023) he traces them to a teenage holiday in Cyprus, where he saw feta cooked rather than just …
Jamie Oliver’s pot-roast chicken is a whole bird browned then roasted over stock-cooked fondant potatoes and a bulb of garlic, finished with a nutty parsley and hazelnut salsa. It’s a five-ingredient dinner that serves 4 in 1 hour 35 minutes. In 5 Ingredients Mediterranean (2023) he ties it to Catalan cooking and a trip to …
