Recipes
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David Beckham and Tom Parker Bowles whip up one of the guest editor's favourite childhood meals
From Sunday roasts to Spanish delicacies, good food is one of the pillars of Sir David Beckham’s life, as Tom Parker Bowles discovers when the pair cook up a comfort-food storm at Claridge’s.
By Tom Parker Bowles Published
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'If your boyfriend makes carbonara with pancetta or bacon, break up': Tom Parker Bowles on how to make a classic carbonara
Getting to grips with a Roman classic.
By Tom Parker Bowles Published
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Clare Coghill's indulgent recipe for bacon and Mull Cheddar scones from her debut cookbook
The VisitScotland food ambassador is bringing out a new cookbook full of Hebridean-inspired dishes and reimagined Scottish classics.
By Clare Coghill Published
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Embrace preserving with Gill Meller and his recipe for bean and apple chutney
Prolong summer ingredients with this easy and delicious chutney.
By Gill Meller Published
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Tom Parker Bowles: The pure poetry of panzanella
Impress your guests (or yourself) with this simple Tuscan classic.
By Tom Parker Bowles Published
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How to make a fig caramel tart with cocoa and almond crust
Fig tart that's a work of art and looks the part, courtesy of our kitchen garden cook Melanie Johnson.
By Melanie Johnson Published
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Gill Meller wants to make soufflé great again with his sweetcorn and smoked cheddar recipe
Is the soufflé on the brink of extinction? Well, not if Gill Meller's recipe for a sweetcorn and smoked cheddar has anything to do with it.
By Gill Meller Published
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'Some would argue an unbaked cheesecake isn’t a cheesecake at all. They're wrong': Gill Meller's blackcurrant and lemon cheesecake recipe
This unbaked cheesecake makes the most of mid-summer ingredients and features fennel seed and lemon zest.
By Gill Meller Published
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Gill Meller's tomato, egg, bread and herb big-hearted summer salad
This summer salad is for people who enjoy proper seasonal produce.
By Gill Meller Published
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How to make Eton mess strawberry blondies
Our kitchen garden cook Melanie Johnson shares a mouthwatering recipe bringing together two of the greatest foodstuffs on the planet: strawberries and meringue.
By Melanie Johnson Published
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Gill Meller's strawberry, lemon and elderflower meringue
Gill Meller's strawberry and elderflower meringue is basically summer on a plate.
By Gill Meller Published
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Gill Meller's recipe for a herb-filled tart that makes the most of Spring produce
Make the most of the last few days of May and Spring's bumper crop of ingredients with this herby spring tart recipe.
By Gill Meller Published
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Six authentic wartime recipes to celebrate VE Day, from Lord Woolton's pie to 'Surprise Potato Balls'
Wartime recipes exhibited incredibly ingenuity with limited ingredients — here are six of the best.
By Toby Keel Last updated
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What to bake this weekend: Xanthe Ross's chocolate chip and almond butter cookies
The Bank Holiday weekend means ample time for cooking — and baking.
By Xanthe Ross Published
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'Monolithic, multi-layered and quite, quite magnificent. This was love at first bite': Tom Parker Bowles on his lifelong love affair with lasagne
An upwardly mobile spaghetti Bolognese, lasagne al forno, with oozing béchamel and layered meaty magnificence, is a bona fide comfort classic, declares Tom Parker Bowles.
By Tom Parker Bowles Published
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Never leave a bun behind: What to do with leftover hot cross buns
Where did hot cross buns originate from — and what can do with any leftover ones?
By Amie Elizabeth White Published
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Two quick and easy seasonal asparagus recipes to try this Easter Weekend
Asparagus has royal roots — it was once a favourite of Madame de Pompadour.
By Melanie Johnson Published
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Seven perfect pancake recipes for Shrove Tuesday
Enjoy our foolproof pancake recipe — and six more enticing ways to make them better than ever.
By Country Life Last updated
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The greatest cottage pie recipe
Potatoes are at the heart of so many favourite dishes, including this delicious cottage pie recipe that you will want to make again and again.
By Melanie Johnson Published
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Tom Parker Bowles's favourite recipe: French onion soup
This dish is no mere Gallic broth, rather pure bonhomie in a bowl — a boozy, beefy, allium-scented masterpiece that cries out for the chill depths of winter
By Tom Parker Bowles Published
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Celeriac-crusted cod with chorizo butter and romanesco sauce
Make the most of seasonal celeriac whilst it's still around with this easy mid-week or weekend recipe.
By Melanie Johnson Published


