A rice porridge comfort dish, popular across all of south-east Asia, served with mushrooms for bite and pickles for sharpnessMost roads to comfort, for me at least, end up in a bowl of rice – and I’m not the only one. Congee is a centuries-old comfort …
Vegetable lasagne, butter noodles and spicy stuffed shells: Yotam Ottolenghi’s pasta recipes
Pasta shells stuffed with spicy mince and smothered in tomato, roast fennel and courgette lasagne, and buttery ramen in a spicy Korean marinadeI feel slightly sheepish running three pasta recipes when we are all still waist-deep in Rachel Roddy’s very …
Turkish chicken two ways, plus cannelloni my way: Big Has’ one-pan (ish) recipes
Three dishes from the chef and YouTuber that are high on flavour and low on hassle: chicken and potato kebab, poached chicken and pasta, and cannelloni. Turkish spicy ketchup optionalOne-pot (or one-pot-ish) cooking is one of the oldest and simplest co…
Can’t stop the beet! 10 tantalising beetroot recipes – from hearty borscht to tempting brownies
Delicious, versatile and good for you – there’s so much you can do with this ruby-coloured root vegetable apart from pickling it. Here are some of the best recipes to get you startedThe beetroot has a long and storied history. Assyrian texts from 800BC…
Rachel Roddy’s recipe for stuffed red pepper rolls | A kitchen in Rome
Roasted peppers filled with aubergine, mozzarella and anchovies make a rich Italian substitute for British pub grubThere was a staircase off the main bar of the Gardener’s Arms pub. It had thick, red carpet with swirls and led to the flat where the lan…
Meera Sodha’s vegan recipe for squash and borlotti beans with tomatoes and sage | The new vegan
Borlotti beans, caramelised squash and roast tomatoes make a satisfying, herby traybakeA few years back, my husband Hugh and I planted some borlotti beans and, although they grew, we’ve never managed to produce any since. We baked our small yield – thr…
Grilled hispi, Turkish cauliflower and coconut kale: Yotam Ottolenghi’s brassica recipes
Put paid to ‘boring’ cabbage and get bold with your brassicas, starting with a nutty, spicy roast cauli, sweet cabbage in a limey Thai dressing and a Sri-Lankan style kale and chickpea coconut currySeptember’s a month that always feels a bit like a new…
Guyanese fried chicken, and saltfish with coconut dumplings: Keshia Sakarah’s Caribbean recipes for summer
A rich, cultural mix on your plate: Chinese-Guyanese fried chicken, fried rice with island spice and a deliciously rich coconut saltfish with breadfruit and coconut dumplingsThe Caribbean is a cultural microcosm, and home to a beautifully nuanced world…
Thomasina Miers’ recipe for aubergine parmigiana with spinach and ricotta | The simple fix
Layers of grilled aubergine, wilted spinach, ricotta and mozzarella, all drenched in a rich, savoury tomato sauceI adore parmigiana di melanzane, with its layers of sweetly acidic tomato sauce, grilled-until-collapsing aubergine and generous amounts of…
Rachel Roddy’s recipe for ricotta gnocchi with sage and lemon | A kitchen in Rome
There are thousands of names for pasta, but before all came those joyful, humble lumps of dough known as gnocchi. How do you like yours?“In the beginning was the gnocco.” When I first read that line by Corrado Barberis, president of Italy’s National In…