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Minestrone

A chunky vegetable soup built on a slow soffritto, with beans and small pasta simmered in the broth so it thickens as it stands.

Roast Tomato Soup

Tomatoes roasted hard with garlic until the edges blacken, then blitzed, so the flavour concentrates instead of thinning out in a pan of stock.

1 hr 10 minServes 4

Soups

by velvetlapwing

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Skillet Flatbreads

Soft stovetop flatbreads cooked in a dry pan in about two minutes each, ready in the time a pot of dal takes to simmer down.

Weeknight Red Lentil Dal

Red lentils simmered down to a loose puree with turmeric, then finished with cumin, mustard seed and garlic bloomed in hot ghee.

Lemon Drizzle Loaf Cake

A creamed-method lemon loaf finished with a granular sugar and juice drizzle poured on hot, which sets into a crunchy crust.

French Onion Soup

Onions cooked down for an hour until they are jammy and dark, then finished under the grill with a raft of bread and melted cheese.

Apple and Almond Tart

A shortcrust case blind baked, filled with almond frangipane and fanned apple, so the base stays crisp under a wet filling.

1 hr 50 minServes 8

Desserts

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Buttermilk Soda Bread

A yeast-free loaf leavened with bicarbonate of soda and buttermilk, in the oven ten minutes after you start and cooling within the hour.

Apple and Blackberry Crumble

Tart Bramley apples and blackberries under a rubbed-in oat crumble, mixed by hand in one bowl with no mixer needed.

Everyday White Tin Loaf

A straight-dough sandwich loaf made with commercial yeast and no starter, baked in a tin so it slices square for toast.

Shakshuka

Eggs poached directly in a spiced tomato and pepper stew, cooked and served in the one pan so the yolks stay hot to the table.

Crisp-Skinned Salmon

Salmon fillets cooked almost entirely on the skin side in one pan, which crisps the skin and leaves the flesh barely set.

15 minServes 2

Main coursesDinner30 minutes

by readylemur

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Dark Chocolate Brownies

Fudgy brownies built on melted dark chocolate and eggs whisked to a foam, which is what gives them their paper-thin crackled top.

50 minServes 16

DessertsBakingChocolate

by readylemur

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Classic Margherita Pizza

Three toppings, nothing hidden — this is the pizza that shows whether your dough is any good.

Brown Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies

Chocolate chip cookies made with browned butter and a long overnight rest, which deepens the flavour and stops them spreading thin.

37 minServes 20

DessertsBakingChocolate

by zestykestrel

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Slow-Cooked Beef Ragu

Coarse beef mince browned in batches then held at a bare simmer for three hours, finished in the pan with the pasta.

4 hr 5 minServes 6

Main coursesDinnerBeef

by zestykestrel

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Cacio e Pepe

Spaghetti in a sauce of nothing but pecorino, black pepper and starchy pasta water, emulsified off the heat so it stays smooth.

22 minServes 2

Main coursesDinner30 minutes

by quietgecko

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Buttermilk Pancakes

Thick American-style pancakes raised with buttermilk and bicarbonate of soda, mixed in under a minute so the batter stays lumpy.

Classic French Omelette

Three eggs cooked in under a minute in a hot buttered pan, stirred hard then rolled, so the outside stays pale and the centre soft.

8 minServes 1

Breakfast

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French Toast

Thick slices of stale bread soaked in an egg and milk custard, then fried in butter over medium heat so the centre sets without the crust burning.

30 minServes 4

Breakfast

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Roast Chicken with Lemon and Thyme

A whole chicken salted and left uncovered in the fridge before roasting hot then moderate, so the skin crisps and the breast stays juicy.

1 hr 40 minServes 4

Main coursesDinnerChicken

by quietgecko

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Soft Scrambled Eggs

Eggs cooked slowly over low heat and stirred constantly, so they set as small soft curds instead of dry rubbery sheets.

Herring Under a Fur Coat

Layers of salted herring, onion, potato, carrot and beetroot under mayonnaise, left overnight so it sets firm enough to cut.

1 hr 45 minServes 8

Side dishes

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Mushroom Julienne

Mushrooms baked in a bechamel-style sauce under grated cheese, in individual dishes, browned under the grill.

50 minServes 4

Main courses