Mother's Day recipes
From stunning cakes and bakes to treating Mum to breakfast-in-bed or an indulgence lunch, check out all of our Mother’s Day recipes to show the superwoman in your life how much you care.
Some of our favourite recipes for a memorable lunch include stuffed lamb leg with Greek beans, an elegant cavolo nero linguine or Raymond Blanc’s whole roast salmon.
Does Mum love chicken? Try our roast chicken with comté mushroom sauce (a team favourite) or parmigiana-stuffed chicken supremes.
If you’re planning to get together for a cup of tea and a slice of cake, may we recommend our spectacular rhubarb and custard layer cake? This banana, chocolate and tahini loaf is a winner, too.
Start off her morning right with all our Mother’s Day brunch recipes, too.
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Delicious recipes for one person
Dippy egg with cheesy pancetta soldiers
Upgrade the classic dippy egg by serving it with cheesy pancetta soldiers. This weekend breakfast is well worth a little extra prep time.
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Carrot cake recipes
Best of the best carrot cake
Presenting our best ever carrot cake recipe, packed with warming spice and crunchy nuts and topped with mascarpone brown butter frosting.
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Almond recipes
Almond cheesecake meringue nests
Scoops of pillowy amaretto-spiked mascarpone top golden sugar meringue nests to make these individual festive desserts.
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Bake sale recipes
Lavender and clotted cream cake with lemon icing
This lavender and clotted cream cake is made rich and moist with ground almonds, and brought to life by a lemon icing.
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Weekend baking recipes
Iced cinnamon rolls
The soft and pillowy, lightly spiced and immensely comforting cinnamon roll is one of the baking world’s great joys.
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March seasonal recipes
Rhubarb, ginger and custard galette
Our rhubarb galette looks gorgeous but is easy to make. A base of ginger and custard powder combines with the rhubarb juices as it bakes.
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Celebrity chef recipes
James Martin’s loaded potato skins with tomahawk steak
Serve loaded potato skins the James Martin way, with juicy tomahawk steak, tangy barbecue sauce and lashings of chipotle butter.
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Healthy fish recipes
Almond-crusted pollock with tahini, potatoes and cavolo nero
Top firm pollock fillets with a spiced almond crumb. Serve with potatoes, buttery cavolo nero and tahini sauce for dinner with a twist.
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30-minute meal recipes
Pork piccata with mashed potatoes and roast apples
Pork piccata is our take on the Italian dish of golden chicken escalopes with lemon, caper and butter sauce. An easy and filling dinner.
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Winter pasta recipes
Lasagne sheets with celeriac sauce, olive tapenade and egg yolk
Sheets of pasta don’t just have to become lasagne! In Liguria, they’re traditionally served tossed in pesto, but they’re great with any creamy, rich sauce.
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Venison recipes
Coffee-marinated roast venison saddle
Marinating venison saddle in spent coffee grounds imparts a subtle earthy, umami flavour. Serve with dauphinoise for a knockout winter roast.
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Vegan comfort food
Ultimate vegan lasagne
With a few clever swaps, we'll show you how to make a rich and creamy vegan lasagne. This plant-based dish is thrumming with Italian flavour.
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Afternoon tea recipes
Rhubarb and custard blondies
Tart rhubarb cuts through the sweet vanilla richness of these soft blondies, amped up by the toasted nuttiness of brown butter.
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Roast chicken recipes
Air fryer roast chicken
Wondering how to roast a chicken in an air fryer? The results are surprisingly good – super-crisp golden skin and, because of the way an air fryer works, the meat remains super juicy.
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30-minute meal recipes
Cavolo nero linguine with pangrattato
A deep green purée rich with slow-cooked garlic really delivers in this simple cavolo nero linguine recipe. Top the pasta with crispy breadcrumbs.
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Orange recipes
Orange and poppy seed cake
Debora Robertson's fragrant poppy seed cake is delicious as is. If you want to gild the lily, add melted choc or crystalised orange slices.
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