Trusted British chef recipes, tested at home
Jamie Oliver’s prawn skewers with ajoblanco sauce threads king prawns, sliced chorizo, lemon rounds and padrón peppers onto metal skewers, grills them over charcoal, then sits them on a bed of ajoblanco, a blitzed sauce of toasted almonds, garlic, sherry vinegar and cold water, finished with a pounded parsley oil and a dust of smoked …
Jamie Oliver’s halloumi and strawberry skewers thread chunks of halloumi, cucumber and hulled strawberries onto thin skewers and grill them over charcoal until charred and golden, then sit them on a platter dressed with grated raw strawberry, lemon zest and olive oil. Served with toasted pittas, a herb salad and a drizzle of thick balsamic. …
Jamie Oliver’s romesco cauliflower chars thick wedges of cauliflower on a barbecue, then sits them on a blitzed romesco sauce made from grilled tomatoes, roasted red peppers from a jar, charred garlic, toasted sourdough, smoked almonds and smoked paprika. Finished with feta, parsley and extra almonds. It serves four as a vegetarian main at just …
Jamie Oliver’s sardine linguine cooks grated onion, garlic, parsley stalks, chilli and capers in the oil from a tin of sardines, breaks the sardines in with pine nuts, then drags al dente linguine through the pan with enough pasta water to make a silky sauce. Served with a raw fennel, parsley and lemon salad. Two …
Jamie Oliver’s pizza fritte duo makes a quick self-raising flour dough, rolls it into thin rounds and shallow-fries them until puffed and golden, then tops two with a broad bean, lemon and mozzarella smash and the other two with a raw grated-tomato sauce and pecorino. Four fried pizzas for two people, 20 minutes, 506 kcal …
Jamie Oliver’s zesty salmon tacos fry lime-zested salmon fillets golden, then pile them into warm corn tortillas with a blitzed sweetcorn salsa, chipotle-dressed cabbage, sliced avocado and tomato, finished with soured cream and coriander. Six tacos for two, 20 minutes, 561 kcal a serving. The recipe is from Jamie’s 20-Minute Meals (2012). The sweetcorn salsa …
Jamie Oliver’s chicken and sausage stew fries diced chicken breast, halved sausages and pancetta golden, simmers them in tinned cherry tomatoes and borlotti beans with purple sprouting broccoli, then tops the whole pan with rosemary-garlic sourdough chunks and grills it until golden and bubbling. It serves two, takes 20 minutes, and comes in at 862 …
Jamie Oliver’s Thai hot and sour chicken soup simmers diced chicken thighs, oyster mushrooms and ginger in Thai red curry paste and coconut milk, drops in egg noodles, sugar snaps and edamame, then finishes with crunchy peanut and sesame chilli oil and a squeeze of lime. It serves four, takes 20 minutes, and comes in …
Jamie Oliver’s pea, paneer and potato curry fries golden paneer and chillies, simmers microwaved diced potatoes in Kerala-style curry paste, then stirs through a blitzed sauce of frozen peas, yoghurt and coriander. It serves two over ginger-fried rice with a crispy bottom, takes 20 minutes, and comes in at 865 kcal, a proper filling vegetarian …
Jamie Oliver’s sticky orange chicken poaches seasoned chicken breasts on a bed of onion petals, then fries them in olive oil with crispy rosemary, orange marmalade and a flambéed brandy glaze, served with microwaved sweet potato mash, dressed watercress and a spoonful of Greek yoghurt. It serves two, takes 20 minutes, and comes in at …
