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Indulgent and creamy with lashings of nutmeg, Simon Hopkinson's foolproof rice pudding recipe is the perfect comfort food.

Rice pudding

grams/1½oz butter

grams/3½fl oz pudding rice (or Spanish paella rice)

75 grams/2½oz caster sugar

litre/1¾pints full-fat milk

150 milliliters/5fl oz double cream

vanilla extract

salt

plenty nutmeg

Have this cheap and cheerful store-cupboard-ingredient recipe up your sleeve for a last-minute brunch or lunch for two.

Each serving provides 480 kcal, 28g protein, 35g carbohydrates (of which 8g sugars), 24g fat (of which 6.5g saturates), 5g fibre and 1.8g salt.

Corned beef hash 

sunflower oil

onion, finely chopped

can new potatoes, drained

corned beef

free-range eggs

Worcestershire sauce

black pepper

Good meat, good beer and good pastry – it’s clear why this steak and ale pie is a winner. 

How to make steak and ale pie

225 grams/8 ounces plain flour, plus extra for rolling out

250 grams/9 ounces unsalted butter,

150 milliliters/¼ pint ice-cold water

free-range egg, beaten, to glaze

tbsp plain flour

olive oil

300 milliliters/½ pint brown ale

garlic cloves, roughly chopped

onions, roughly chopped

250 grams/9 ounces carrots, roughly chopped

celery,

bay leaf

thyme

300 milliliters/½ pint good-quality beef stock

tomato purée

tbsp balsamic vinegar

chestnut

butter

salt and black pepper

Nothing beats a warm, sticky Chelsea bun fresh from the oven. These are drizzled with icing for an extra naughty treat. 

Paul Hollywood's Chelsea buns

sachet fast-acting yeast

300 milliliters/10fl oz milk

grams/1½oz unsalted butter,

free-range egg

vegetable oil, for greasing

unsalted butter, melted

orange, zest only, grated

75 grams/2½oz soft brown sugar

cinnamon

grams/3½oz cranberries

grams/3½oz sultanas

100 grams/3½oz dried apricots, chopped

apricot jam

200 grams/7 ounces icing sugar, sifted

James Martin's easy cottage pie recipe is a family favourite. He goes back to basics to show you how to make a classic version, but easier.

Easy cottage pie

milliliters/2fl oz olive oil

onion banana

beef mince

plain flour

150 milliliters/5fl oz red wine

400 milliliters/14fl oz beef stock

Worcestershire sauce,

900 grams/2lb King Edward potatoes, peeled and chopped

125 milliliters/4½fl oz milk

150 grams/5½oz frozen peas

Make this easy shepherd's pie recipe of a wintry evening – it's comfort food at its best. This one has a secret ingredient for extra savouriness. Don't worry about making it look fancy; the peaks and ridges on the mash just add to the appeal!

Each serving provides 743 kcal, 34g protein, 45g carbohydrates (of which 10g sugars), 46g fat (of which 23g saturates), 5.5g fibre and 1.2g salt.

Shepherd'S Pie

onion,

500 grams/1lb 2 ounces lamb mince

bay leaves

anchovy, finely chopped (optional)

tin chopped tomatoes

450 milliliters/16fl oz chicken, beef or lamb stock

55 milliliters/2fl oz milk

Shepherd's pie

Mary Berry's easy Victoria sponge cake recipe is a baking classic and a tasty tea-time treat. 

Each serving provides 501 kcal, 5g protein, 50g carbohydrates (of which 36g sugars), 31g fat (of which 19g saturates), 0.8g fibre and 0.8g salt (serving with 300g of jam and 300ml cream). 

Mary Berry's easy Victoria sandwich

225 grams/8 ounces caster sugar,

flour

tsp baking powder

strawberry jam

whipped double cream (optional)

This recipe is from The Great British Bake Off, in which ten home bakers take part in a bake-off to test their baking skills and battle to be crowned best amateur baker. They begin with cake in the Cotswolds, including a Victoria sponge.

Mary Berry and Paul Hollywood show you how to bake with easy-to-follow recipes and advice on the Get Baking website.

Mary Berry's perfect Victoria sandwich

Mary Berry's Yorkshire pudding recipe is foolproof. She's been making them to serve with Sunday lunches for many years. Watch the video and she'll show you how to make Yorkshire puddings too!

Equipment and preparation: you will need a 12-hole deep bun tin, or two four-hole Yorkshire pudding tins or a large roasting tin.

Each serving provides 197 kcal, 7g protein, 14.5g carbohydrates (of which 2g sugars), 12g fat (of which 3g saturates), 0.7g fibre and 0.3g salt.

Yorkshire pudding 

grams/3½oz plain flour

eggs

225 milliliters/8fl oz milk

tbsp sunflower oil

Mary Berry reveals her clever trick for making perfect Yorkshire puddings ahead of time. You reheat them when it's time to serve and they're as good as if you'd just made them.

Yorkshire Puddings

An all-in-one meal that’s portable, filling and delicious. 

Classic Cornish pasty

bread flour

vegetable shortening

margarine

175 milliliters/6fl oz cold water

free-range egg, beaten

beef

potatoes

swede

onions

Watch Paul Hollywood show you how to make a classic Cornish pasty in his video recipe.

Fish expert Mitch Tonks' fish pie recipe has bags of flavour from the smoked haddock, prawns and cod. It's the perfect comfort dinner.

Each serving provides 861 kcal, 39.5g protein, 69g carbohydrates (of which 13.5g sugars), 45.5g fat (of which 27g saturates), 10g fibre and 1.9g salt.

How to make fish pie

potatoes,

100 grams/3½ oz crème fraîche

tbsp milk

salt and white pepper

500 milliliters/1 pint milk

haddock

cod loin

onion

(optional)

leeks,

butter,

grams/3½oz prawns

peas

tbsp finely chopped parsley

lemon,

Our simple step-by-step recipe video for comforting fish pie topped with mashed potato.

The Bramley apples in these easy puff pastry pies pair perfectly with marzipan for a sweet tart hand pie. 


Puff pastry apple pies

grams/1½lb Bramley apples, peeled, cored and roughly chopped

caster sugar

grams/1 ounces butter, plus extra for greasing

250 grams/9 ounces natural (uncoloured) marzipan, thinly sliced

tbsp demerara sugar

Bramley apples have an unbeatably tart flavour that works perfectly with the sweetness of the marzipan in this recipe.

Bramley apple slice

Fluffy inside, crunchy outside, these roast potatoes are a perfect sidekick to any roast dinner. (They're even better the next day, eaten straight from the fridge!)

Each serving provides 389 kcal, 7g protein, 65g carbohydrates (of which 3g sugars), 9.5g fat (of which 4g saturates), 7g fibre and 0.3g salt.

Perfect roast potatoes

tbsp duck fat

Maris Piper or King Edward potatoes (each about 175 grams/6 ounces)

garlic

sea salt

Afternoon tea wouldn't be complete without a traditional English Victoria sponge cake. 

Victoria sponge with strawberry jam

225 grams/8 ounces butter, softened

225 grams/8 ounces self-raising flour, sifted (you may need a bit extra)

tbsp strawberry jam

300 milliliters/10½ fl oz double cream, lightly whipped

icing sugar,

A lovely cherry sponge cake with a little extra texture from the ground almonds. Dusting the cherries with flour helps stop them sinking to the bottom of the cake.

Equipment and preparation: for this recipe you will need a 23cm/9in savarin mould or a bundt tin (alternatively use a 20cm/8in round cake tin).

Mary's cherry cake

glacé cherries

175 grams/6 ounces softened butter, plus extra for greasing

grams/1¾oz almonds

icing sugar

lemon, juice only

grams/½oz flaked almonds, toasted

glacé cherries, quartered

Mary shows us how to make cherry cake, as seen in the very first Technical Challenge of Series 5.

Cherry cake

The perfect savoury cheese scone recipe – best eaten warm spread liberally with butter! These scones are so easy to whip up for lunchboxes or picnics.

Each serving provides 143 kcal, 3g protein, 18g carbohydrates (of which 1g sugars), 6.5g fat (of which 4g saturates), 1g fibre and 0.5g salt.

Cheese scones

225 grams/8 ounces self raising flour

grams/1 ounces mature cheddar, grated

150 milliliters/5fl oz milk

Egg and bacon is a match made in heaven. This pie from The Hairy Bikers is quick, easy and delicious served warm or cold.

Egg and bacon pie

8–10 rashers smoked streaky bacon

milk

300 grams/10½oz plain flour, plus extra for dusting

Make the most of inexpensive cuts of beef for this steak and kidney pie recipe - meltingly tender after long slow cooking.

Steak and kidney pie

puff pastry

egg egg

vegetable oil

700 grams/1lb 9 ounces braising steak, diced

lamb kidney,

onions,

850 milliliters/1½ pints beef stock

salt and black pepper,

Purists would insist Eton mess should only contain strawberries, but other British summer berries like raspberries, red and rose currants and even cherries have a touch more sharpness which pairs perfectly with the sweet meringue and rich cream. These homemade meringues are a doddle, but you can also buy them which turns this dessert into a 10-minute-pudding.

Eton mess

strawberries, hulled

tbsp icing sugar

600 milliliters/20fl oz double cream

berries

readymade meringue nests

120 grams/4¼oz caster sugar

This is easy apple pie like mum used to make, with large pieces of Bramley apple enclosed in rich shortcrust pastry. Douse in cream and get stuck in.

Proper apple pie

water

Bramley

sugar,

Learn how to cook perfect parsnips in three simple ways. Watch our video guide for easy roast parsnips, mashed parsnips and fried parsnips.

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