Cinnamon rolls
Soft buttery dough is the secret to these sweet teatime treats. These cinnamon rolls have a vanilla filling with a maple syrup and whisky glaze. Equipment and preparation: you will need a mixer fitted with …
Lemongrass and coconut panna cotta with coconut meringue and mango
This panna cotta recipe uses lemongrass and coconut to give an aromatic lift to the cream. Fresh and delicious! Ingredients For the panna cotta 600ml/20fl oz double cream 2 lemongrass stems, chopped 75g/3oz caster sugar …
Lobster ravioli with lobster sauce
Lobster is one of life’s greatest luxuries and it deserves the silky beauty of hand-made pasta. Ingredients For the pasta 300g/10½oz ’00’ pasta flour, plus extra for dusting 4 free-range eggs 2 x 750g/1lb 10oz …
Spicy plum crumble
Ingredients 50g/1¾oz butter 15 fresh dark plums, halved, stones removed 1 vanilla pod, split in half 1 star anise pinch freshly grated nutmeg 2 cinnamon sticks 50ml/1¾fl oz water 100ml/3½fl oz red wine 5 tbsp …
Honey cake
Try James Martin’s super easy recipe for a rich, moist honey cake: perfect with a cuppa. Ingredients 170g/6oz clear honey 140g/5oz butter 85g/3oz light muscovado sugar 2 eggs, beaten 200g/7oz self raising flour, sieved water …
Smoked haddock with Welsh rarebit, tomato and chive oil
Smoked haddock topped with a rarebit sauce enriched with Worcester sauce, perfect for a tasty quick meal Ingredients 4 x 200g/7oz smoked haddock fillets salt and freshly ground black pepper 1 tbsp olive oil 25g/1oz …
Yorkshire puddings with rib of beef and seasonal cabbage
This Yorkshire pudding recipe is very special – it’s from James Martin’s grandmother – and it’s the perfect partner for this luxurious cut of beef. Ingredients For the Yorkshire puddings 225g/8oz plain flour salt and …
Roast duck on a bed of cucumber and spring onion served with spiced plum sauce
Ingredients 1 duck (1.8kg/4lb) 1 bunch spring onions, cut into batons ½ cucumber cut into batons 1 small red onion, thinly sliced 2 tbsp sesame oil (optional) fresh coriander leaves For the plum sauce 1 …
Pan-fried fillet of lemon sole with pea and sorrel sauce
Ingredients 1 lemon sole, filleted salt and freshly ground black pepper 75g/3oz butter 8 baby onions, peeled 1 shallot, finely chopped 1 sprig thyme, leaves only 75ml/3fl oz white wine 110ml/4fl oz fish stock 75ml/3fl …
Baked chocolate fennel mousse cake with crème fraîche
Ingredients 1 fennel, bulb only, cut in half lengthways and finely sliced 300g/10½oz dark chocolate 150g/5oz butter, plus extra for greasing 6 free-range eggs, separated 50g/2oz caster sugar 200g/7oz crème fraîche, to serve Preparation method …
Spiced lamb, rice vermicelli and holy basil salad
Ingredients For the spice paste 15 red shallots, peeled and chopped 5 garlic cloves, chopped 2cm/¾in piece fresh ginger, peeled and chopped 2cm/¾in piece fresh galangal, peeled and chopped 1 bird’s-eye chilli, chopped ½ large …
Weeping lamb with boulangère potatoes and mint sauce
The juices from the slowly roasting leg of lamb drip into potatoes and onions to create a hearty dinner for eight, served with rich red wine gravy and sharp mint sauce. Ingredients 2.7kg/6lb leg of …
Hot chocolate fondants with summer berries and mint froth
Ingredients For the fondants 190g/7oz dark chocolate, at least 60 per cent cocoa solids 100g/3½oz butter, softened 35g/1oz ground almonds 2 large free-range eggs, separated 35g/1oz cornflour 85g/3oz caster sugar 3 plain chocolate truffles For …
Coffee cake with coffee buttercream, coffee glacé icing and candied walnuts
You can’t get much more coffee into a coffee cake than this. Ingredients For the coffee cake 200g/7oz unsalted butter, softened, plus extra for greasing the tins 200g/7oz caster sugar 4 medium free-range eggs 3 …
Lavender and white chocolate ice cream with lavender custard and hot chocolate fondant
Ingredients For the ice cream 12 free-range egg yolks 200g/7oz caster sugar 600ml/1pint 1fl oz full fat milk 2 tsp lavender flowers, crumbled 600ml/1pint 1fl oz double cream 250g/9oz white chocolate, roughly chopped For the …
Clementine cranberry pork
Ingredients 1 pork fillet ½ jar cranberry sauce 2 clementines salt and freshly ground black pepper green vegetable, to serve Preparation method Season the pork. Brush both sides with oil. Griddle on both sides until …
Roast chicken with game chips, bread sauce and bacon-wrapped chipolatas
This is roast chicken with everything – bread sauce, sausages wrapped in bacon, roast balls of stuffing, a rich gravy. Ingredients For the sage and onion stuffing 40g/1½oz butter 2 onions, finely chopped 8 sage …
Teriyaki mushroom risotto with red mullet and lime leaf foam
Jazz up a mushroom risotto with a fried fillet of red mullet and some Japanese flavours. Ingredients 250g/9oz mixed oyster and shitake mushrooms 600ml/20fl oz chicken stock 25g/1oz butter 2 shallots, finely chopped 2 garlic …