Chicken in a creamy cider sauce, a perfectly cooked tender and juicy breast in a sauce flavoured by garlic, thyme and wholegrain mustard.
British Recipes
King prawn Balti and curry of British Indian origin that hails from my home town of Birmingham and features jumbo shrimp in a spicy gravy.
My perfect cheese and onion sandwich combines cheddar with a little mayonnaise & Branston pickle and 3 types of onion, spring, pickled & red!
Scotch broth is an old-school British/Scottish recipe with centuries of history, my version features lamb cooked with pearl barley & veggies.
Minced beef hotpot, a recipe featuring a mince stew layered up with sliced onions and scalloped potatoes to create the perfect winter warmer.
An egg and cress sandwich is one of those archetypal British butties, my version has all the things you would expect and a few surprises too.
A spam sandwich with a twist, scrambled eggs with loads of spring onions form a base for salty fried spam & loads of sweet chilli sauce.
Corned beef, potato & onion pasty, the ultimate store cupboard dinner, these pies are made from stuff I always have at home and I love them!
A ploughman's lunch sandwich featuring roast ham, mature cheddar cheese, pickled onions, gherkins and Branston pickle on a crusty baguette.
A sausage and fried egg sandwich is hands down my favourite breakfast butty, this is how I make my perfect sarnie, just choose your sauce.
Homemade crispy pancakes coated in breadcrumbs and filled with a delicious minced beef filling is a nostalgia fuelled trip back to the 1980's!
A canned corned beef sandwich is an all-time favourite, my perfect grown-up version uses seeded bread and loads of mustard-heavy piccalilli.
A fish finger sandwich or butty is one of the simplest and most satisfying sarnies to make, my version comes with a homemade tartar sauce!
Pan fried sea trout with clams, Jersey Royal potatoes and samphire screams of late spring/early summer British flavours and ingredients.
Hotch Potch is a gloriously light yet hearty Scottish lamb stew. My version is made with lamb neck chops & is packed with spring vegetables.
Bangers and mash with onion gravy is an all-time British favourite. This recipe is a timing plan to help get it all perfect at the same time.
Clapshot is a Scottish dish from Orkney, and it is a wonderfully easy swede and potato (tattie) mash loaded with fresh chives and butter.
Bacon ribs slowly braised in the oven until tender, then finished with a simple, sticky apricot & mustard glaze, these things are very moreish!
Vegan mushroom "Lancashire-style" hotpot loaded with chunky mushrooms and dried porcini, cooked in a rich gravy and topped with potatoes.
Haggis shepherds pie is a wonderful Scottish twist to an old-school recipe, my version is topped with clapshot, a fab swede & potato mash.