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Easy as (chicken and leek) pie. The sauce is made with a soft cream cheese with wholegrain mustard. Serve with frozen peas and carrots for a simple family supper.


Chicken and leek pie

olive oil

chicken breasts, roughly chopped

leek,

garlic cloves, finely chopped or crushed

250 grams/9 ounces cream cheese

mustard

vegetable stock cube

ready-rolled puff pastry (320 grams/11½ oz)

brush the top

salt and black pepper

How to make an easy chicken and leek pie

Cawl is a Welsh stew that's wonderfully comforting and best made the day before serving.

Cawl

neck of lamb (on the

litres/3 pints 10½fl oz lamb stock

225 grams/8 ounces potatoes, peeled and roughly chopped

225 grams/8 ounces onions, roughly chopped

225 grams/8 ounces carrots, peeled and roughly chopped

225 grams/8 ounces swede, peeled and roughly chopped

Bara brith (literally “mottled bread”) is sometimes made with yeast but Mary’s family recipe omits it, giving a wonderfully sticky texture. It is best spread with plenty of butter.

Bara brith

450 grams/1lb dried mixed fruit

brown sugar

300 milliliters/½ pint warm black tea

tsp mixed spice

450 grams/1lb self-raising flour

egg,

How to make the perfect Welsh cake recipe in four easy steps for a teatime treat. Don't save them for St David's Day, a batch of warm Welsh cakes never went amiss..

Each serving provides 357 kcal, 5g protein, 46g carbohydrates (of which 18g sugars), 16.5g fat (of which 10g saturates), 1.5g fibre and 0.7g salt.

Welsh cakes

caster sugar

sultanas

milk, if needed

Pice ar y maen, a Welsh teatime treat passed on through generations and still as popular as ever. Perfect for making with the children

plain flour

½ tsp mixed spice

½ tsp baking powder

butter,

lard,

currant

egg, beaten

splash milk

Tip the flour, sugar, mixed spice, baking powder and a pinch of salt into a bowl. Then, with your fingers, rub in the butter and lard until crumbly. Mix in the currants. Work the egg into the mixture until you have soft dough, adding a splash of milk if it seems a little dry – it should be the same consistency as shortcrust pastry.

Roll out the dough on a lightly floured work surface to the thickness of your little finger. Cut out rounds using a 6cm cutter, re-rolling any trimmings. Grease a flat griddle pan or heavy frying pan with lard, and place over a medium heat. Cook the Welsh cakes in batches, for about 3 mins each side, until golden brown, crisp and cooked through. Delicious served warm with butter and jam, or simply sprinkled with caster sugar. Cakes will stay fresh in a tin for 1 week.

Mini veggie pastry parcels with oozing cheese make a great value and comforting homemade snack

Leek, cheese & potato pasties

potatoes

butter

leeks

thyme sprigs, leaves

Dijon mustard

tbsp cream

flour

block shortcrust pastry

Cook the potatoes in boiling, salted water for 5-8 mins until tender, but still holding their shape. Meanwhile, melt the butter in a large saucepan. Add the leeks and thyme and soften for 10-12 mins. Drain potatoes and add to the leeks with the mustard and plenty of seasoning. Stir in the cream and leave to cool a little.

Heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. On a floured surface, roll out the pastry to the thickness of a £1 coin. Use a side plate or a bowl as a template to cut out 6 x 15cm circles. Mix the cheese with the leek mixture and pile a mound of the mix onto the centre of each pastry circle. Brush around edges with a little egg, then bring edges together and crimp with your fingers to seal.

Place pasties on a baking tray lined with baking parchment, brush with the remaining egg and bake for 40-45 mins until golden brown. Serve warm or leave to cool.

Use the chicken stock from a Sunday roast to give beautiful flavour to this comforting leek risotto.

Leek risotto with Parmesan crisps

leeks,

tarragon stalks, leaves only

arborio rice (about 200 grams/7 ounces)

175 milliliters/6fl oz wineglass dry white wine

litre/1 pint 15fl oz stock

parmesan cheese

Good Food reader, Win Morgan shares her recipe for this traditional Welsh tea bread loaf with mixed spice - serve sliced and spread with butter

mixed fruit

light muscovado sugar

orange

milliliters black tea

self-raising flour

soft butter

Tip the fruit into a bowl with the sugar and orange zest. Pour over the tea, stir everything together and leave to soak overnight.

Heat oven to 160C/140C fan/gas 3. Grease and line the base and short sides of a 900g/loaf tin with 1 strip of baking parchment. Tip the flour and spice into a bowl, and beat in the fruit and soaking liquid. Add the egg, followed by the butter. Beat until you have a well-combined, stiff batter, then tip into the prepared loaf tin. Bake for 1¼ hrs, covering with foil or parchment if the top starts to get too dark. Check with a skewer – if it doesn’t come out clean, give it another 5-10 mins in the oven.

Leave to cool in the tin for 10 mins, then remove and leave to cool completely. Serve sliced and buttered, if you like.

This creamy mashed potato recipe is perfect with sausages, roast chicken or a wintery stew. Try this simple hack for getting lump-free mash every time.

Mashed potato

floury

grams/2 butter,

100 milliliters/3½fl oz double cream

salt and black pepper,

Learn how to make mashed potato that's smooth, creamy and delicious with our video recipe

How to make mashed potato

These vegetarian leek and cheese Glamorgan sausages are delicious and full of flavour. Perfect vegetarian comfort food.

Glamorgan sausages

115 grams/4 ounces leeks, trimmed, finely sliced (prepared weight)

breadcrumbs

parsley

tbsp chopped fresh thyme

150 grams/5 ounces Caerphilly cheese

eggs,

tsp English mustard

sea salt

sunflower oil

black pepper

red onions,

red chilli, finely chopped

garlic cloves, crushed

75 grams/2½oz light brown muscovado sugar

tbsp white wine vinegar

My version of Welsh cakes is spiced with fennel seeds, has tart dried blueberries, and is served with a fresh blueberry coulis.

Fennel Welsh cakes with a blueberry coulis 

225 grams/8 ounces plain flour,

golden caster sugar

tsp fennel seeds, crushed

grams/3½oz unsalted butter, cubed,

grams/1¾oz dried blueberries, roughly chopped

whole milk

blueberries

tbsp icing sugar

lemon juice

Lamb stew made with neck fillet is economical and extremely tasty, the rosemary dumplings add the perfect finish.

Lamb stew

lamb

baby onions, peeled

carrots,

swede,

milliliters/2fl oz white wine

rosemary

bay leaves

1.25 litres/2 pints lamb stock

125 grams/4½ oz plain flour

65 grams/2½ oz suet

salt

500 milliliters/18fl oz lamb stock

Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall shows you how to make Welsh rarebit - it's like cheese on toast but fancied up to make something really special. Simple and so satisfying!

Perfect Welsh rarebit

250 milliliters/9 ounces strong beer, warmed

cheddar,

2tsp English mustard

Worcestershire sauce

granary bread

This British shakshuka is fun! It’s the full English – sausages, bacon, mushrooms, tomatoes, beans and eggs – all cooked in one pan. And if you like a bit of brown sauce with your brekkie, it’s used to glaze the sausages and give a subtle tang to the tomato sauce.

British shakshuka

sausages, skins removed, shaped into small balls

tbsp bottled brown sauce,

100 grams/3½oz smoked bacon lardons

onion, thinly sliced

200 grams/7 ounces button mushrooms, halved

black pudding, crumbled (optional)

tin chopped tomatoes

beans

free-range eggs

buttered toast, to serve (optional)

Unleash this crowning glory upon your guests – a delicious chicken and ham pie, bubbling with homemade goodness.
 
Equipment and preparation: You’ll need a 23cm/9in round pie dish.
 
Each serving provides 1353 kcal, 57g protein, 84g carbohydrates (of which 6g sugars), 86g fat (of which 52g saturates), 7g fibre and 2.8g salt.

Hairy Bikers' creamy chicken, ham and leek pie

450 milliliters/16fl oz chicken stock

chicken

grams/2¾oz butter

200 milliliters/7fl oz milk

2–3 tbsp white wine (optional)

150 milliliters/5fl oz double cream

sea salt flakes and black pepper

350 grams/12 ounces plain flour,

free-range egg,

Crab is the quintessential taste of the British shoreline and partners perfectly with leek in this tempting tart recipe.

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