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Chilli crisp aubergine noodles plated and ready to serve
Noodles

Chilli crisp aubergine noodles

◷ 47 mineasy

Creamy aubergine with browned edges, springy wheat noodles and a glossy chilli-crisp, soy and rice-vinegar sauce. A little chilli crisp added at the table keeps its crunch.

Quiche Lorraine with a Crisp Pastry Crust plated and ready to serve
Bakes

Quiche Lorraine with a Crisp Pastry Crust

◷ 172 minmedium

A crisp, homemade shortcrust shell filled with smoky bacon and tender egg-and-cream custard, without cheese or onion. Allow about 3 hours, including chilling and resting; additional chilling or baking may extend this.

Lemony courgette pasta with ricotta and basil plated and ready to serve
Pasta

Lemony courgette pasta with ricotta and basil

◷ 31 mineasy

Linguine with tender courgettes, a loosely coating ricotta sauce, fresh lemon and basil. Starchy pasta water brings the sauce together; adding the ricotta off the heat keeps it creamy.

Bibimbap with Gochujang Sauce plated and ready to serve
Rice dishes

Bibimbap with Gochujang Sauce

◷ 60 minmedium

Korean rice bowls with sesame-seasoned beef, separately cooked vegetables and a fried egg, ready in about 1 hour. Mix at the table with sweet-spicy gochujang sauce. Longer packet cooking instructions or additional beef batches will extend the time.

Suya beef skewers with tomato salad plated and ready to serve
Beef dinners

Suya beef skewers with tomato salad

◷ 62 minmedium

Thin beef strips coated in roasted peanuts, ginger and chilli, grilled until cooked through with lightly charred edges. A juicy tomato, red onion and lime salad balances the spicy crust.

Bánh mì with lemongrass pork plated and ready to serve
Sandwiches

Bánh mì with lemongrass pork

◷ 79 minmedium

Light, crisp baguettes filled with browned lemongrass pork, pâté and mayonnaise, balanced by sharp-sweet carrot and daikon pickles, cucumber, coriander and fresh chilli.

Fork-Mashed Guacamole plated and ready to serve
Sides

Fork-Mashed Guacamole

◷ 10 mineasy

Ripe avocado, lime, white onion, jalapeño and fresh coriander make a creamy, chunky Mexican guacamole. Mash by hand to keep small avocado pieces and adjust the chilli to taste.

Chicken souvlaki with tzatziki plated and ready to serve
Chicken dinners

Chicken souvlaki with tzatziki

◷ 110 mineasy

Lemon, garlic and oregano flavour juicy chicken thigh skewers with lightly charred edges. Serve with thick cucumber-yoghurt tzatziki and warm, soft pita.

Pan-Fried Köfte with Garlic Yogurt plated and ready to serve
Beef dinners

Pan-Fried Köfte with Garlic Yogurt

◷ 47 mineasy

Beef köfte seasoned with grated onion, cumin and parsley, bound with breadcrumbs and pan-fried until browned and juicy. Serve these small, oval patties with creamy garlic yogurt.

Chana masala plated and ready to serve
Curries

Chana masala

◷ 45 mineasy

Chickpeas simmer in a thick onion-and-tomato sauce with ginger, garlic and warming spices, finished with lemon and fresh coriander. Canned chickpeas make this tangy curry practical in about 45 minutes.

French onion soup plated and ready to serve
Soups

French onion soup

◷ 120 minmedium

Deeply caramelised onions simmer in beef stock and dry white wine, then are topped with toasted baguette and bubbling Gruyère. Allow about 2 hours for this richly savoury soup.

Spaghetti carbonara plated and ready to serve
Pasta

Spaghetti carbonara

◷ 30 minmedium

Make spaghetti carbonara in about 30 minutes with crisp-edged guanciale, eggs, Pecorino Romano and black pepper. Toss the hot spaghetti with the egg-and-cheese mixture off the heat, adding a little starchy pasta water for a glossy sauce without cream.

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