Trusted British chef recipes, tested at home
Nigella Lawson’s butternut and chickpea soup with bulgur wheat is a comforting, deeply flavoured vegetable soup, spiced with cumin and coriander, sharpened with preserved lemon and thickened with bulgur. It serves 6, from her book Simply Nigella. She calls it a meal of a soup, and describes it as her take on an Italian minestrone …
Nigella Lawson’s butternut and sweet potato curry is a rich, vibrant vegan curry of sweet potato and squash simmered in a fresh-blitzed chilli, ginger and turmeric paste with coconut milk and tomatoes. It serves 4 to 6, from her book At My Table. She calls it rambunctiously vibrant, both to look at and to eat: …
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 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 cheesy Bolognese buns are hollowed crusty rolls rubbed with garlic, baked with melting Camembert inside, then loaded with rich Bolognese. It’s a 16-minute way to use batch-cooked ragù, and it serves 4. In Simply Jamie (2024) this is his reimagined burger, using thick Bolognese as the filling instead of a patty. It’s built …
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 …