Harissa recipes
Chances are you’ve got a jar of spicy harissa or the even punchier rose harissa paste at home. You can use either of these hot chilli pastes to supercharge all sorts of dishes – meat, fish and vegetables, even eggs and pasta – to make your midweek meal a hero. Here’s our favourite, and different, ways to use harissa pastes.
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Harissa recipes
Harissa and sweetcorn samosa chaat
Food writer Gurdeep Loyal's colorful, crunchy harissa and sweetcorn samosa chaat is inspired by his favourite Indian cinema snacks.
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Easy orzo recipes
One-pot harissa meatball orzo
This one-pot harissa orzo is turned into a comfort food winner with lamb meatballs and melty mozzarella. Try it tonight.
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Healthy fish recipes
Baked hake with green rice
Serve harissa-baked hake on top of herby green rice with peppers and onions for a low-effort, healthy dinner.
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Harissa recipes
Harissa, feta and filo cigars
Tangy feta meets fiery harissa and sweet honey, in this filo cigars recipe. The perfect pre-dinner bite or fancy snack – no humidor required.
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Quick pasta recipes
Harissa, mascarpone and basil rigatoni
This speedy harissa pasta has just six ingredients but heavily delivers on fiery, creamy goodness. We can’t stop making it!
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Brussels sprouts recipes
Sprout and harissa hash with tahini yogurt
This seasonal hash celebrates sprouts with the help of Middle Eastern staples such as fiery harissa, creamy tahini and crunchy dukkah.
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Flatbread recipes
Bacon and harissa flatbread pizzas
Using flatbreads to make individual pizzas is an easy win. Stir harissa into cream cheese and top with bacon for a flavour-packed topping.
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Alternative barbecue recipes
Barbecued aubergine and figs with pickled apricot salsa
You need to know about this barbecued aubergine and fig dish from Helen Graves, which comes with a pickled apricot and harissa salsa. It's the dream dish for a vegetarian barbecue.
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30-minute meal recipes
Lamb mince stuffed peppers with yogurt and sumac
Stuffed peppers filled with spiced lamb mince, harissa and couscous make an excellent midweek dinner. Serve with yogurt and pomegranate.
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Feta cheese recipes
Lamb, mint and harissa meatballs with trofie and feta
Bored of regular meatballs and pasta? Try our fiery lamb, mint and harissa meatballs with trofie and curls of feta grated over the top.
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Leftover lunch recipes
Feta and harissa fritters
Use leftover or wilted veg in this delicious vegetable fritters recipe. Harissa and feta give budget-friendly fritters plenty of flavour.
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15-minute meal recipes
Prawn and harissa pasta
This 15-minute prawn pasta is inspired by arrabbiata sauce, normally made with chilli flakes. Ours gets its fragrant heat from rose harissa.
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Chicken thigh recipes
Chicken tagine casserole
Enjoy all the rich flavours of a chicken tagine with the ease of a traybake. This baked tagine is packed with apricots, olives and chickpeas.
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Vegetarian Christmas starter recipes
Harissa and pine nut palmiers
The perfect snack or starter before the main course, these savoury harissa and pine nut palmiers are moreish and will go down a treat
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Roast chicken recipes
Harissa and honey chicken with almond tabbouleh
Learn how to spatchcock a chicken with this harissa and honey recipe, complete with pickled cabbage and a nutty almond tabbouleh.
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Kale recipes
Garlicky greens with harissa yogurt
Serve these garlicky greens as a vegetarian main, with your favourite bread for mopping up the harissa yogurt, or simply as a stunning side dish.
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