Trusted British chef recipes, tested at home
Jamie Oliver’s mango crème brûlée is a silky baked custard of double cream, tinned mango purée, egg yolks, sugar and lime, finished with a torched caramel top. It’s a Ravneet Gill recipe from Jamie: Fast & Simple, and it serves 5 to 6. Ravneet Gill, the pastry chef Jamie calls a “queen of puddings”, created …
Jamie Oliver’s chocolate tiramisù swaps the usual sponge fingers for his flourless chocolate cake, soaked in coffee and Cointreau and topped with a ricotta and mascarpone cream. It serves 16 and takes 42 minutes. In Simply Jamie (2024) he calls it an “evolved tribute” to the classic, and the twist is the base. Instead of …
Jamie Oliver’s chocolate cake is a flourless, five-ingredient sponge of dark chocolate, butter, eggs, golden caster sugar and cocoa, baked in a tray in 15 minutes. It’s gluten-free and serves 16. In Simply Jamie (2024) this isn’t a finished iced cake but a base, built to become other puddings. Jamie bakes it, then turns it …
Jamie Oliver’s punchy prawns are shell-on king prawns pan-fried with garlic, oregano and lemon, served on a bed of green chilli salsa. It’s a 9-minute starter for 2. In Simply Jamie (2024) this is the dish he built his green chilli salsa for. The sweet, garlicky prawns sit on three tablespoons of that jalapeño, mint …
Jamie Oliver’s green chilli salsa is a three-ingredient blender salsa of jarred jalapeños, fresh mint and honey, blitzed smooth in about a minute. It makes a jarful, enough for 10-plus servings, and keeps for a week. In Simply Jamie (2024) he calls it a “dirty little secret” he makes at home, turning a shop jar …
Jamie Oliver’s chicken and chive pie is a flat puff-pastry pie of shredded poached chicken, soured cream, wholegrain mustard and chives, sealed between two sheets and baked golden. It serves 6 and takes 45 minutes. In Simply Jamie (2024) this is the pay-off to his poached chicken. The filling is already cooked, so the pie …
Jamie Oliver’s simple poached chicken is a whole bird gently simmered with carrots, celery, onion, garlic and woody herbs, giving you tender meat and a pot of broth for the week. It serves 6 and takes 1 hour 45 minutes. In Simply Jamie (2024) he calls it “the gift that keeps on giving”, and it’s …
Jamie Oliver’s mango chutney fish balls are blitzed white fish, rice and creamed coconut, rolled, fried until golden and tossed in mango chutney, served on lime-dressed cucumber. They take 20 minutes and serve 4. In Simply Jamie (2024) this is fast family food, and the mango chutney isn’t a dip. You loosen it and toss …
Jamie Oliver’s roasted veg with Camembert fondue is a sharing tray of roasted sweet potato, peppers and onions around a whole baked Camembert, with warm baguette for dunking. It serves 6 and takes just over an hour. In Simply Jamie (2024) the whole thing turns on the cheese. You cut the rind off the top …
Jamie Oliver’s lentil and pasta soup is a naturally vegan, 30-minute bowl of brown lentils, broken pasta and spinach in a lemony, cumin-spiced broth. It’s a Julius Fiedler recipe from Jamie: Fast & Simple, and it serves 4. Julius created it for the show, drawing on Middle Eastern and Levantine cooking and what he calls …
