Platinum Jubilee recipes
We’ve got a right royal line-up on these pages, fit for Kings and Queens. And if 2022 was the year to celebrate the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee, then 2023 is the year to roll-out the trestle table again, with every opportunity to entertain on the four-day weekend for King Charles III’s Coronation.
Find nibbles, mains and cocktails if you’re entertaining, as well as retro favourites like coronation chicken and scones.
Check out our street party recipes and special coronation recipes collections too.
Have a wonderful long weekend!
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Make-ahead summer dessert recipes
Paul Ainsworth’s strawberry trifle
Top chef Paul Ainsworth shares a recipe from his debut cookbook, upgrading his dad's classic trifle with fresh peak-season strawberries.
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Raspberry recipes
Raspberry and pink peppercorn lemonade
Pink lemonade is best made with raspberries for the ideal balance of tart and sweet. Pink peppercorns add a subtle kick of fruity spice.
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Non-alcoholic drink recipes
Classic homemade lemonade
Homemade lemonade is completely different to most of the stuff in the shops. Tailor the sweetness and tang to your personal taste.
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Street party recipes
Roast beef tray sandwiches
Easy traybake bread with condiments and some of the filling niftily built in, is the basis for these chunky roast beef sandwiches.
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Caribbean recipes
Sticky Jamaican ginger cake with butterscotch sauce
Layers of deliciously sticky spiced Jamaican ginger cake are sandwiched with a butterscotch sauce and smothered in orange mascarpone cream.
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Cheesecake recipes
Champagne jelly cheesecake
This chic Champagne jelly cheesecake was made for special occasions. A creamy filling is topped with sparkling jelly and edible silver leaf.
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Cheesecake recipes
Blueberry gin and tonic cheesecake
Top a seriously creamy cheesecake with juicy blueberries and a clear gin and tonic jelly for a grown-up dessert that'll get everyone talking.
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Platinum Jubilee recipes
Jubilee cheesecake
Our stunning Jubilee cheesecake recipe gives a nod to Her Majesty’s favourite cocktail with its Dubonnet and gin jelly topping.
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Picnic recipes
Mini Jubilee pork pies
Our mini pork pies are a party treat and well worth the effort. Hot water crust pastry isn’t too tricky and produces a buttery, crisp casing.
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Platinum Jubilee recipes
Platinum Jubilee coronation chicken salad
This refreshing salad is our Jubilee update on the original coronation chicken salad, invented for the Queen’s coronation in 1953.
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May seasonal recipes
Pea and watercress vol-au-vents
Serve these moreish vol au vents with a creamy watercress and pea filling, then top with radish or smoked trout.
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Platinum Jubilee recipes
Platinum Jubilee gin punch
A knockout gin punch to celebrate the Queen’s unprecedented reign. This summery cocktail is made with gin, elderflower and nectarines. Cheers!
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Lemon and strawberry meringue cake
Expect gasps when you unveil this gloriously OTT strawberry cake filled with lemon curd, berries and cream and topped with a meringue crown.
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Lemon madeleines with gin and Dubonnet sorbet
Debora Robertson's lemon madeleines with gin and dubonnet sorbet are a delicious Anglo-French celebration dessert for the Queen's Jubilee.
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Biscuit recipes
Seeded stilton biscuits
Give cheese biscuits a festive twist with blue cheese. Our seeded stilton biscuits make the perfect Christmas nibble to serve with fizz.
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Christmas canapés
Marinated wensleydale tostadas
Learn how to marinate cheese with our easy marinated wensleydale tostadas recipe. Make the cheese ahead, then serve on crisp corn tortillas.
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