Cheesy chicken and bacon gratin with a grated potato and panko bread crumb topping is a perfectly indulgent, stodgy slice of comfort food.
Recipes that take a little time (1-2 hours)
When you have a little time to spend on dinner, say between 1 and 2 hours, these recipes are for you.
Longer cooking often allows flavours to develop and create a more rounded flavour.
Don't worry, extra time doesn't mean more difficult; many of these recipes are very easy.
As ever, they come with a comprehensive set of clear and concise instructions that will walk you through the process from start to finish!
Chicken legs cooked in a red wine and pearl barley stew that gets a hint of sweetness from dried prunes is the perfect winter-warming dinner.
Mechado is a Filipino beef stew with a very European vibe; it is cooked in a tomato sauce seasoned with vinegar, lemon zest and soy sauce.
Chicken Afritada is a delicious Filipino stew with definite European leanings; it is cooked in a tomato sauce with lots of root vegetables.
Lamb spare ribs that are simmered and then oven-baked in a delicious sticky BBQ sauce and honey glaze are the perfect finger-licking dish.
Andhra style chicken curry (kodi kura) in a beautiful and spicy sauce made with dried chillies, poppy seeds, cashew nuts and dried coconut.
A simple, delicious pork and butter bean stew cooked in ham stock and Bramley apple sauce before being finished with black pudding and sage.
Portuguese beef espetada are beef skewers featuring griddled steak chunks that are marinated in garlic, red wine vinegar and bay leaves.
Pork menudo is a Filipino dish that combines three meats, pork, liver and hot dog sausages with vegetables in a stew sweetened with raisins.
Greek pork tigania is a beautiful recipe that rocks tender chunks of shoulder or neck cooked with mustard, lemon, herbs and white wine.
Baked boneless pork shoulder chops stuffed with bacon, sage, apples and apple sauce with a wonderfully delicious cider and butter sauce.
Chicken salan is a delicious Pakistani homestyle curry; my version uses bone-in leg pieces braised in a generously spiced, onion-heavy gravy.
Crab, fennel and cottage cheese stuffed cannelloni baked in bechamel sauce is a delicious meal that is easier to make than you would think.
Vegetable rogan josh is my vegan/vegetarian take on the ever-popular British Indian curry house favourite that comes in a thick spicy sauce.
Soy sauce braised chicken is a delicious and simple slow-cooked Chinese dish that results in incredibly tender meat in a fantastic broth.
Salt and pepper pork belly cooked in Shaoxing wine and crispy chilli oil, and then finished with a seasoning heady with Szechuan pepper.
Bifteki are delicious, juicy Greek meat (beef and pork) patties, I turn them into a "tray bake" meal & cook them with garlic, and lemon potatoes.
Domoda is a West African (Gambian) peanut stew, my vegan version is loaded with sweet potato and carrot in a delicious peanut butter sauce.
Teriyaki sauce chicken wings with classic sweet, sticky and salty Japanese flavours that can be oven-baked or cooked in an air fryer.
Pork sausage, leek and ricotta cheese cannelloni baked in a simple tomato and thyme sauce and topped with a cheese bechamel sauce topping.