Comfort food recipes
If it’s cosy, comforting dishes you’re craving, we’ve got plenty to raise your spirits. Our warming, indulgent comfort food recipes include pies, pasta and classic British puddings.
Comfort food means different things to different people, but one thing it must do is make you feel happier than you did before you ate it. Homecooked dinners can’t be beaten, and whether it’s a best-ever fish pie, chilli con carne, or a good old-fashioned bakery-style vanilla slice that gets your tastebuds tingling, there are tonnes of ideas here for dinners that will bring smiles to all.
We’ve got soul food like fried chicken and waffles, and decadent twists such as a pain au chocolat bread and butter pudding or ‘nduja meatballs. Real treat yourself territory, this. So explore all our comfort food recipes here and bookmark a few for an instant homecooked mood-lift.
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Chicken soup recipes
Cock-a-leekie soup
This soul-warming Scottish soup includes chicken, leeks, prunes for burst of rich fruitiness and rice (or barley, if you prefer).
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Favourite chicken recipes
Fried chicken with pancetta, onion and tomato mac ’n’ cheese
Fried chicken gets a coconut marinade and two coats of spiced flour for extra crunch. Add mac 'n' cheese for an epic comfort-food double act.
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Apple pie recipes
Rick Stein’s double-crust apple pie with a touch of cinnamon
Give Rick Stein's double-crust apple pie recipe a go – it's the taste of autumn. “This is a proper old-fashioned fruit pie," says Rick.
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Venison recipes
Herby venison shank ragù
Having this slow-cooked venison shank ragù in the freezer makes weeknight dishes a doddle. Great with pasta, creamy polenta or mashed potato.
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Sweet pie recipes
Salted maple pretzel pie
What do you get if you cross treacle tart, American maple syrup pie and pretzels? A gloriously sticky, slightly salty dessert.
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Perfect pudding recipes
Malt chocolate self-saucing pudding
The toasty flavour of malt brings an extra layer of comfort to this easy, self-saucing chocolate pudding. Bring it to the table and dig in!
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Tomato pasta recipes
Pasta pomodoro
Pasta pomodoro is the original – and best – tomato pasta. This recipe is quick and easy but uses a few tricks to really amp up the flavour.
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Italian pasta recipes
Classic pasta puttanesca
One of the most famous classic pasta dishes of all time, pasta puttanesca includes anchovies, garlic, capers, olives and tomatoes.
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Creamy pasta recipes
Chicken alfredo
Creamy and rich with a hint of garlic and dried herbs, this easy chicken alfredo pasta is the ultimate in Italian-American comfort food.
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Spaghetti recipes
Chitarrone alla teramana (square spaghetti with mini meatballs)
Try this traditional spaghetti and meatballs recipe from Abruzzo. Chitarrone – square spaghetti – with rich mini meatballs in a tomato sauce.
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Potato recipes
Frico (Alpine cheese and potato cake)
Frico is a delicious cheese and potato cake from the Italian Alps. The soft, indulgently savoury cake is ike a very, very cheesy hash brown.
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Lasagne recipes
Lasagne di salsiccia piccante e polenta (spicy sausage and polenta lasagne)
This lasagne hails from Italy's Veneto region. Layers of creamy polenta alternate with a rich sausage sauce, pecorino and mozzarella.
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Creamy pasta recipes
Pasta alla norcina
This rich pasta dish from Norcia in Umbria is a local speciality. Nuggets of fried sausage and earthy porcini mushroom infuse the cream sauce.
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Easy vegan recipes
Cumin-spiced mushroom gyros
This plant-based gyros is stuffed with wedges of mushroom and crispy crinkle-cut fries, with the fresh tzatziki and tomato salad.
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Lamb curry recipes
Atul Kochhar’s lamb pepper fry
Atul Kochhar's Keralan lamb pepper fry is flavoured with curry leaves, cloves and plenty of black pepper. It's ready in just 30 minutes.
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Chicken pie recipes
Tom Kerridge’s chicken and mushroom pot pies
Who better to show you how to make luxurious chicken and mushroom pot pies than king of modern British pub food Tom Kerridge?
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