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Oat flapjacks bound with melted butter, golden syrup and a beaten egg, studded with mixed seeds, cranberries, raisins and apricots, pressed firmly and baked golden.
Main ingredient: egg
Pairs well with: toast, hash browns, fruit salad, bacon, avocado
HB-14014 · Hand-built original
Dessert apples and frozen berries spiced with ginger, cinnamon, nutmeg and orange, baked under an oat and walnut crumble bound with maple syrup and coconut oil.
Main ingredient: spray
HB-14016 · Hand-built original
A smoothie of frozen berries, banana, oats, cashew butter and seeds blended with a milk alternative.
Main ingredient: mixed berries
Pairs well with: toast, granola, fresh fruit
HB-5400 · Hand-built original
Probably the fastest steak pie you’ll ever make! Cooking the pastry topping separately to the filling saves time and helps keep the beef tender and delicious.
Main ingredient: beef
Pairs well with: mashed potatoes, roasted carrots, red wine sauce, yorkshire pudding, green beans
HB-2973 · Hand-built original
A whole roast chicken with miso, rosemary and sage butter under the skin, roasted over onions and garlic and served with a blended miso onion gravy.
Main ingredient: chicken
Pairs well with: roasted potatoes, rice pilaf, green beans, caesar salad, garlic bread
HB-7218 · Hand-built original
This roast rack of lamb is coated with Tewkesbury mustard and a bright green herb crumb, then served with buttery peas, broad beans, baby gem, carrots and a fresh mint sauce. You’ll need a food processor for this recipe.
Main ingredient: lamb
Pairs well with: mint sauce, roasted potatoes, couscous, ratatouille, tzatziki
HB-2975 · Hand-built original
A crisp pastry rectangle spread with whipped ricotta and topped with spiced heritage carrot ribbons and lemon.
Main ingredient: egg
Pairs well with: toast, hash browns, fruit salad, bacon, avocado
HB-14037 · Hand-built original
A British summer salad of heritage tomatoes, watermelon and white crab meat served with crisp tapenade and herb flatbreads.
Main ingredient: crab
HB-3549 · Hand-built original
Blended oat and egg-white pancakes with rice flour and yoghurt, served with strawberries and peanut butter.
Main ingredient: egg
Pairs well with: toast, hash browns, fruit salad, bacon, avocado
HB-14041 · Hand-built original
Homemade puff pastry sausage rolls filled with herbed minced pork, sage, thyme and breadcrumbs, baked until puffed and golden.
Main ingredient: pork
Pairs well with: applesauce, roasted sweet potatoes, coleslaw, cornbread, braised cabbage
HB-18275 · Hand-built original
Chewy oat bars baked with butter, honey and demerara sugar, with an optional handful of nuts or dried fruit.
Main ingredient: oats
Pairs well with: tea, coffee, fresh fruit, yogurt
HB-4833 · Hand-built original
Small carrots roasted with olive oil, then glazed with honey and lemon juice and scattered with thyme leaves.
Main ingredient: carrots
HB-7280 · Hand-built original
A gammon joint simmered with vegetables, then roasted with a honey and English mustard glaze and clove-studded scored fat.
Main ingredient: gammon
HB-7286 · Hand-built original
Slow-braised beef cheeks in a rich tomato and port stew, finished with cream and hot horseradish for warmth at the end.
Main ingredient: beef
Pairs well with: mashed potatoes, roasted carrots, red wine sauce, yorkshire pudding, green beans
HB-14098 · Hand-built original
A bourbon biscuit crumb tart filled with dark chocolate ganache sharpened with coffee and vanilla, topped with toasted mini marshmallows.
Main ingredient: biscuits
HB-14107 · Hand-built original
Spiced fruit buns with sultanas and orange zest, a piped flour cross on each bun and a warm apricot jam glaze.
Main ingredient: bread flour
HB-7295 · Hand-built original
Langoustines, mussels, scallops and oysters steamed in cider and roasted briefly under rounds of wild garlic butter with yeast extract and soy.
Main ingredient: langoustines
HB-14114 · Hand-built original
A classic fish pie with smoked haddock, cod and king prawns in a leek sauce made from the poaching milk, topped with crème fraîche mash.
Main ingredient: cod
HB-14125 · Hand-built original
Porridge oats simmered with milk and water until thick and creamy, with a choice of sweet toppings including banana, berries, nuts and dried fruit.
Main ingredient: oats
HB-7305 · Hand-built original
Recreate that ready-made frozen dessert from the 80s and give it an upgrade. Two flavours of no-churn ice cream are layered with crisp sheets of chocolate, topped with ganache and chocolate curls, it's unbelievably good. For this recipe you will need a large loaf tin (a long 3lb tin is ideal, but you can get away with a 2lb tin if it's particularly deep).
Main ingredient: ¼ oz dark chocolate
HB-1160 · Hand-built original
Individual glasses layered with Irish-cream-soaked chocolate Swiss roll, chocolate custard and whipped cream sweetened with more Irish cream, grated dark chocolate over the top.
Main ingredient: thirds
HB-14195 · Hand-built original
Cookies made with browned butter, white chocolate and raspberry conserve, topped with toasted bread crumbs.
Main ingredient: white chocolate
Pairs well with: coffee, vanilla ice cream, fresh berries, whipped cream
HB-4050 · Hand-built original
Main ingredient: butter
Pairs well with: coffee, vanilla ice cream, fresh berries, whipped cream
HB-1191 · Hand-built original
Main ingredient: rice
Pairs well with: lemon wedges, tartar sauce, rice pilaf, coleslaw
HB-1258 · Hand-built original
Large field mushrooms pan-fried until golden and filled with a winter vegetable mixture of onion, celery, grated butternut squash, chestnuts, herbs and halloumi, topped with more halloumi and paprika and baked.
Main ingredient: sunflower oil
HB-7405 · Hand-built original
Generous homemade fish fingers in a cheesy crumb, tucked into submarine rolls with shredded lettuce and a ketchup yoghurt sauce, with smoked paprika sweet potato chips.
Main ingredient: salmon
Pairs well with: asparagus, lemon butter sauce, rice pilaf, cucumber salad, roasted potatoes
HB-14282 · Hand-built original
Diced lamb shoulder braises in white wine and chicken stock with lemon zest, then chopped and whole capers are stirred through the thickened gravy. A butter and lard pastry lid bakes golden over the filling.
Main ingredient: chicken
Pairs well with: roasted potatoes, rice pilaf, green beans, caesar salad, garlic bread
HB-18486 · Hand-built original
Main ingredient: lamb
Pairs well with: mint sauce, roasted potatoes, couscous, ratatouille, tzatziki
HB-1313 · Hand-built original
Lamb neck and kidneys braise in red wine and beef stock under overlapping potato slices, served with a mustardy cauliflower cheese grilled until golden.
Main ingredient: beef
Pairs well with: mashed potatoes, roasted carrots, red wine sauce, yorkshire pudding, green beans
HB-7442 · Hand-built original
Main ingredient: chicken
Pairs well with: roasted potatoes, rice pilaf, green beans, caesar salad, garlic bread
HB-1323 · Hand-built original
Welsh leek and Caerphilly pancakes: thin pancakes filled with leeks cooked slowly in butter, then simmered with wine or stock, cream, Caerphilly and wholegrain mustard until the cheese melts. Folded into triangles and served with a green salad.
Main ingredient: egg
Pairs well with: toast, hash browns, fruit salad, bacon, avocado
HB-17815 · Hand-built original
A crisp homemade pastry tart filled with fennel-seeded leeks, spinach and a tarragon and lemon custard, topped with cheddar and baked until just set.
Main ingredient: flour
HB-14317 · Hand-built original
Leeks, onion and potatoes are softened in oil, simmered in vegetable stock and blended smooth, then enriched with double cream or crème fraîche.
Main ingredient: potato
Pairs well with: sour cream, green beans, coleslaw, grilled steak, roast chicken
HB-7453 · Hand-built original
Wondering what to do with the leftover chicken from your Sunday lunch? This pie-for-one is a winner, with its creamy, mustardy chicken and leek filling. You'll need a small oven dish, suitable for an individual pie for one.
Main ingredient: chicken
Pairs well with: roasted potatoes, rice pilaf, green beans, caesar salad, garlic bread
HB-1352 · Hand-built original
Chunks of spiced Christmas pudding soaked with sherry form the base of this layered trifle, topped with pears, a mascarpone custard and softly whipped cream. Grated dark chocolate and flaked almonds finish the bowl for a festive make-ahead dessert.
Main ingredient: pudding
HB-14320 · Hand-built original
Three lemon sponge layers are sandwiched with lemon curd and vanilla whipped cream, ringed with raspberries and white chocolate shavings and topped with crystallised primroses.
Main ingredient: egg
Pairs well with: toast, hash browns, fruit salad, bacon, avocado
HB-7462 · Hand-built original
Light lemon and blueberry cupcakes made with yogurt and oil, finished with a sharp lemon icing drizzle.
Main ingredient: lemon
Pairs well with: tea, coffee, fresh berries
HB-4907 · Hand-built original
A lemon sponge traybake baked in one tin, soaked while warm with a crunchy lemon and granulated sugar glaze, then cut into squares.
Main ingredient: greasing
HB-7471 · Hand-built original
A classic lemon meringue pie with a sharp cornflour-thickened lemon filling in a crisp shell and a tall, marshmallow-soft meringue on top. Serve it warm or cold, in slices that hold their layers.
Main ingredient: egg
Pairs well with: toast, hash browns, fruit salad, bacon, avocado
HB-18400 · Hand-built original
Set lemon possets of boiled cream, sugar and lemon juice, served in glasses with crisp almond shortbread thumbprint biscuits filled with lemon curd.
Main ingredient: cream
HB-7476 · Hand-built original
A chilled shortbread base made with both plain and rice flour is baked until firm, then covered with a lemon and egg topping and baked again until set. After an overnight rest in the fridge the slab cuts into clean bars for dusting with icing sugar.
Main ingredient: rice
HB-14349 · Hand-built original
A British puff pastry tart with lemon, green chilli, cheddar and fresh herbs.
Main ingredient: cheddar
HB-4046 · Hand-built original
Baked potatoes with three fillings: pesto and Parmesan, bacon, mushroom and cheddar, and roasted pepper with goat cheese.
Main ingredient: potato
Pairs well with: green salad, coleslaw, baked beans
HB-4857 · Hand-built original
A lighter chicken and mushroom pie where blended mushrooms make the sauce creamy and thinly sliced potatoes replace pastry on top.
Main ingredient: chicken
Pairs well with: roasted potatoes, rice pilaf, green beans, caesar salad, garlic bread
HB-17473 · Hand-built original
Crisp bacon and pan-fried mackerel sit over a sharp, fruity gooseberry and fennel purée, the acidity cutting neatly through the oily fish.
Main ingredient: bacon
HB-14394 · Hand-built original
Main ingredient: butter
Pairs well with: coffee, vanilla ice cream, fresh berries, whipped cream
HB-1395 · Hand-built original
Salmon poached in milk with onion and bay is folded with broccoli into a cheddar, lemon and dill sauce and baked under mashed potato until golden and bubbling. The pie is built for batch cooking and keeps well in the fridge and freezer.
Main ingredient: salmon
Pairs well with: asparagus, lemon butter sauce, rice pilaf, cucumber salad, roasted potatoes
HB-7534 · Hand-built original
A gimlet kept to its three essentials: gin, simple syrup and the juice of mandarin limes, a small, fragrant lime that softens the drink's usual bite. Shaken hard and served straight up, pale and cloudy.
Main ingredient: gin
Pairs well with: oysters, smoked salmon, cucumber sandwiches, salted nuts
HB-18748 · Hand-built original
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