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Roasts, puddings and the finest fried fish anywhere. 541 British recipes, from the everyday to the ambitious.

Pies and pasties, steamed puddings, roast trimmings and the café classics are all here. Much of it is forgiving rather than exact, so the methods tell you what to look and listen for as well as how long to wait. Check the cues as much as the clock.

The 541 recipes cover all ten of the site’s categories, among them 187 dinners, 107 bakes, 68 desserts, 46 lunches, 42 appetisers and small plates and 29 breakfasts. Of these, 127 are ready in 30 minutes or less, start to finish; the quickest are Gin and Tonic (2 min), Shandy (2 min) and Black Velvet (3 min). For 181, the method times a wait such as rising, chilling or marinating, and the time at the top of the recipe includes it. By difficulty: 367 easy, 159 medium and 15 hard.

As written, 303 are vegetarian, 60 vegan, 144 gluten-free and 128 dairy-free. Another 15 meet a diet label only with a swap the recipe names, and the recipe says which.

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Beer-Battered Fish and Chips
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Prep
25m
Cook
25m
Serves
4
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Dinner

Beer-Battered Fish and Chips

Beer batter that shatters, chips with a fluffy interior, and a proper mushy pea and tartare sauce alongside. The…

2 hr · Medium
Shepherd's Pie
British
Prep
25m
Cook
90m
Serves
6
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Dinner

Shepherd's Pie

Lamb mince in a rich gravy under a piped mash with crisp golden ridges. Made with beef it is a cottage pie; the…

2–2.5 hr · Easy
Roast Beef and Yorkshire Puddings
BritishEditor’s Pick
Prep
25m
Cook
90m
Serves
6
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Holiday Specials

Roast Beef and Yorkshire Puddings

A rib of beef roasted to a rosy centre, rested properly, and carved thick, with Yorkshire puddings risen tall in…

2.5 hr · Medium
English Scones
British
Prep
15m
Cook
15m
Serves
8
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Bread

English Scones

Tall, straight-sided scones that split cleanly by hand rather than needing a knife. Cold butter, a light hand and a…

30 min · Easy
Lemon Drizzle Cake
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Prep
15m
Cook
45m
Serves
10
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Baking

Lemon Drizzle Cake

A plain loaf cake pierced all over while still hot and drenched in lemon and sugar, which soaks in and then sets…

60 min+ · Easy
Sticky Toffee Pudding
BritishEditor’s Pick
Prep
20m
Cook
35m
Serves
8
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Desserts

Sticky Toffee Pudding

A dark, date-sweetened sponge drenched in toffee sauce and served with cream. Blitzing the dates into a purée is…

107–111 min · Easy
Victoria Sponge
British
Prep
20m
Cook
25m
Serves
10
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Baking

Victoria Sponge

Two golden sponge layers with jam and cream between, dusted with caster sugar. Named for a queen who took it with…

45 min+ · Easy
Cottage Pie
British
Prep
25m
Cook
95m
Serves
6
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Dinner

Cottage Pie

Minced beef in a rich gravy under a mash topping forked into ridges and browned. Cottage pie is beef; shepherd's pie…

2 hr · Easy
Steak and Ale Pie
British
Prep
35m
Cook
214m
Serves
6
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Dinner

Steak and Ale Pie

Beef shin braised in dark ale until it falls apart, under a lid of rough puff pastry baked until the top is…

4 hr+ · Medium
Full English Breakfast
British
Prep
15m
Cook
25m
Serves
2
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Breakfast

Full English Breakfast

Sausages, bacon, eggs, black pudding, mushrooms, tomatoes, beans and toast, all arriving hot at the same moment. The…

40 min · Easy
Scottish Shortbread
British
Prep
15m
Cook
35m
Serves
16
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Baking

Scottish Shortbread

Three ingredients in the proportion one part sugar, two parts butter, three parts flour, baked pale and cut while…

80 min+ · Easy
Eton Mess
British
Prep
15m
Cook
75m
Serves
4
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Desserts

Eton Mess

Crushed meringue, whipped cream and macerated strawberries folded together fifteen minutes before serving. Reputedly…

2 hr+ · Easy
Beef Wellington
BritishEditor’s Pick
Prep
60m
Cook
45m
Serves
6
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Holiday Specials

Beef Wellington

Fillet of beef wrapped in mushroom duxelles and prosciutto, encased in puff pastry and baked until the pastry is…

3.5 hr+ · Hard
Scotch Eggs
British
Prep
30m
Cook
20m
Serves
6
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Appetizers

Scotch Eggs

Soft-boiled eggs wrapped in seasoned sausage meat, breadcrumbed and fried until the crust is deep gold and the yolk…

70 min · Medium
Toad in the Hole
British
Prep
15m
Cook
50m
Serves
4
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Dinner

Toad in the Hole

Sausages baked in Yorkshire pudding batter until the sides climb the tin and the whole thing arrives dramatically…

1.5–25 hr · Easy
English Trifle
British
Prep
40m
Cook
15m
Serves
10
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Desserts

English Trifle

Sponge soaked in sherry, a layer of fruit, proper custard set over the top and a thick raft of whipped cream. Built…

7.5 hr · Easy
Bakewell Tart
British
Prep
30m
Cook
65m
Serves
8
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Baking

Bakewell Tart

Shortcrust filled with raspberry jam and frangipane, baked until the almond filling is set and golden, and finished…

3 hr+ · Medium
Bangers and Mash with Onion Gravy
British
Prep
15m
Cook
40m
Serves
4
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Dinner

Bangers and Mash with Onion Gravy

Good sausages, buttery mash and a proper onion gravy built from slow-caramelised onions and stock rather than a…

55–65 min · Easy
Cornish Pasty
British
Prep
35m
Cook
50m
Serves
6
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Lunch

Cornish Pasty

Beef skirt, potato, swede and onion, all raw, sealed in shortcrust and baked for nearly an hour so everything cooks…

3.5 hr · Medium
Bread and Butter Pudding
British
Prep
20m
Cook
45m
Serves
6
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Desserts

Bread and Butter Pudding

Buttered bread layered with raisins, soaked in vanilla custard and baked until the peaks are crisp and the middle is…

115 min · Easy
Crumpets
British
Prep
90m
Cook
15m
Serves
10
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Bread

Crumpets

Yeasted batter cooked in rings on a griddle until the tops are riddled with holes. Toasted, buttered, and eaten…

3 hr · Medium
Welsh Rarebit
British
Prep
10m
Cook
10m
Serves
2
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Lunch

Welsh Rarebit

A thick, savoury cheese sauce spiked with mustard, ale and Worcestershire, spread on toast and grilled until…

20 min+ · Easy
Ploughman's Lunch
British
Prep
15m
Cook
0m
Serves
2
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Lunch

Ploughman's Lunch

Not cooking so much as assembly: a wedge of sharp cheddar, good bread, pickled onions, chutney, apple and butter…

75 min · Easy
Baked Cinnamon Apples
British
Prep
10m
Cook
35m
Serves
4
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Desserts

Baked Cinnamon Apples

Apples baked slowly with cinnamon and a splash of orange juice until they collapse into their own syrup. The only…

45 min · Easy
Smoked Mackerel Pâté
British
Prep
12m
Cook
0m
Serves
2
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Appetizers

Smoked Mackerel Pâté

Smoked mackerel beaten with cottage cheese, lemon and horseradish into a coarse pâté — twelve minutes, no cooking.

42 min · Easy
Smoked Salmon Scrambled Eggs
British
Prep
5m
Cook
8m
Serves
2
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Breakfast

Smoked Salmon Scrambled Eggs

Eggs scrambled slowly over low heat until barely set, with smoked salmon folded in off the heat and plenty of dill.

13 min · Easy
Vanilla Sponge Cake
British
Prep
25m
Cook
28m
Serves
10
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Baking

Vanilla Sponge Cake

The plain vanilla sponge every other cake is built on: fine, even crumb, real vanilla, and enough structure to…

53 min+ · Easy
Pound Cake
British
Prep
25m
Cook
60m
Serves
10
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Baking

Pound Cake

A pound of each: butter, sugar, eggs and flour, creamed by hand until the batter is pale enough to be its own…

105–115 min+ · Easy
Crispy Roast Potatoes
British
Prep
15m
Cook
65m
Serves
6
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Side dish

Crispy Roast Potatoes

Parboiled hard, shaken until furred, and roasted in smoking-hot oil. The ragged surface is the whole point, and it…

80 min · Easy
Sage and Onion Stuffing
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Prep
25m
Cook
70m
Serves
10
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Side dish

Sage and Onion Stuffing

Dried bread, a great deal of butter, onions cooked properly and enough stock that the middle stays soft while the…

95 min · Easy
Pigs in Blankets
British
Prep
15m
Cook
25m
Serves
8
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Side dish

Pigs in Blankets

Chipolatas wrapped in streaky bacon and roasted hot until the bacon is lacquered and crisp. Stretching the bacon…

40 min · Easy
Mince Pies
British
Prep
40m
Cook
22m
Serves
12
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Holiday Specials

Mince Pies

Homemade mincemeat matured for a day, in a sweet shortcrust rich enough to hold together in the hand. Butter rather…

26 hr · Medium
Christmas Pudding
British
Prep
40m
Cook
360m
Serves
12
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Holiday Specials

Christmas Pudding

Steamed for six hours, then left to mature for as long as you have. The long steam is what turns a bowl of dried…

14.5 hr · Medium
Bread Sauce
British
Prep
10m
Cook
25m
Serves
8
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Sauce

Bread Sauce

Milk infused with onion, clove and bay, then thickened with nothing but breadcrumbs. Older than gravy, better than…

65 min · Easy
Hot Cross Buns
British
Prep
35m
Cook
22m
Serves
12
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Baking

Hot Cross Buns

Soft, spiced and heavily fruited, with a piped flour cross and an apricot glaze that goes on while they are still…

3 hr · Medium
Simnel Cake
British
Prep
40m
Cook
105m
Serves
12
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Holiday Specials

Simnel Cake

A light fruit cake with a disc of marzipan baked through the middle and eleven balls on top, one for each apostle…

5 hr · Medium
Mulled Cider
British
Prep
10m
Cook
30m
Serves
8
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Drinks

Mulled Cider

Dry cider warmed with apple, orange and whole spices, sweetened only just enough. Lighter than mulled wine and…

55 min · Easy
Kedgeree
British
Prep
20m
Cook
30m
Serves
4
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Breakfast

Kedgeree

Smoked haddock, curried rice and soft-boiled eggs — a Victorian breakfast borrowed from khichri and improved by the…

50 min · Medium
Cauliflower Cheese
British
Prep
15m
Cook
35m
Serves
6
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Dinner

Cauliflower Cheese

Cauliflower roasted rather than boiled, under a mustard-sharp sauce made with cheese that is actually strong enough…

50 min · Easy
Sardines on Toast
British
Prep
8m
Cook
7m
Serves
2
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Quick Meals

Sardines on Toast

Tinned sardines mashed with lemon, chilli and parsley on charred sourdough. Fifteen minutes, about two pounds a…

15 min · Easy
Garlic Mushroom Toast
British
Prep
8m
Cook
12m
Serves
2
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Quick Meals

Garlic Mushroom Toast

Mushrooms cooked hard in a dry pan until they squeak and brown before any fat goes in, then finished with garlic…

20 min · Easy
Lentil Shepherd's Pie
British
Prep
30m
Cook
90m
Serves
6
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Dinner

Lentil Shepherd's Pie

Brown lentils and mushrooms cooked down with red wine and Marmite into something dark enough to carry a mash lid…

2 hr · Medium
Potted Shrimps
British
Prep
20m
Cook
10m
Serves
6
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Appetizers

Potted Shrimps

Tiny brown shrimps set in spiced butter and turned out on toast. Morecambe Bay has sent them south since the…

80 min+ · Easy
Devils on Horseback
British
Prep
15m
Cook
15m
Serves
6
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Appetizers

Devils on Horseback

Prunes stuffed with almonds, wrapped in bacon and grilled until it crackles. The savoury that survived, mostly…

30–50 min · Easy
Angels on Horseback
British
Prep
15m
Cook
10m
Serves
4
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Appetizers

Angels on Horseback

Oysters in bacon, grilled hot and eaten on toast. The other half of the Victorian savoury pair, and much older than…

25 min · Easy
London Particular
British
Prep
20m
Cook
90m
Serves
6
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Lunch

London Particular

Pea and ham soup thick enough to be named after the fog. A ham hock, a bag of split peas and almost nothing else.

14 hr · Easy
Leek and Potato Soup
British
Prep
15m
Cook
30m
Serves
4
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Lunch

Leek and Potato Soup

Four ingredients, twenty minutes on the stove, and better than almost anything more complicated. The soup to know by…

45 min · Easy
Mulligatawny Soup
British
Prep
25m
Cook
60m
Serves
6
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Lunch

Mulligatawny Soup

Anglo-Indian curried soup, invented in Madras for officers who wanted a soup course and were given pepper water…

85 min · Medium

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