Main courses

Recipes and cooking tips for inspirational main dishes.

Veal Saltimbocca

Dish type: Meat Serves 4 Cook time 35 minutes Ingredients 680g finely sliced English Rose veal medallions from your local butcher 115g sliced prosciutto 230 ml extra virgin olive oil 4 tbsp butter...

Seitan and corn saute with cilantro and lime

Paneer Arancinis with raita

Dhruv Baker from MasterChef shares his recipe. Ingredients 1 pouch Tilda British Curry Rice 1 tbsp oil 1 shallot, finely chopped ½ red chilli, finely chopped A thumb of ginger 1 clove garlic...

Grilled halloumi burger with falafel

Dish Type: Main Meal Cooking and preparation time: 30 minutes Serves: 4 Ingredients: 2 x 400g tins chickpeas, Drained 2 teaspoon ground cumin 1 teaspoon ground coriander 2 garlic cloves Small...

Sesame baked tofu with aromatic stir fry

Dish type: Main Meal Cooking and preparation time: 50 minutes Serves 4 Jayne and Bibi from veggierunners.com share their exotic stir fry recipe. Ingredients 1 pack 300 g firm tofu 2 tablespoons light...

Golden Chicken with Braised Greens & Potato Gratin

Dish type: Main course Ingredients Gratin 800g potatoes 3 onions olive oil 1 chicken stock cube ½ a bunch of fresh sage 100ml single cream 30g Parmesan cheese Chicken 4 x 120g skinless chicken...

Green Slime Eyeball Pasta with Fiery Hell Sauce

Dish type: Main Course Serves 2 Preparation and cooking time: 20 minutes Ingredients 1 tbsp olive oil 1 tbsp Very Lazy Chopped Garlic 2 tbsp Very Lazy Chopped Chilli 400g tin chopped tomatoes 10 cherry...

Keralan Prawn Curry

Dish type: Main course Preparation Time: 5 minutes Cooking Time: 15 minutes Serves 4 Ingredients: · 1 tbsp Bart Black Mustard Seeds · 10 Bart Curry Leaves · 2 tbsp vegetable oil ·...

No-dish mushroom pie

Serves 6 Cooking and preparation time: 45 minutes Ingredients: • 1 pack Just Roll Pastry Sheets • Beaten egg to glaze • 50g butter • 350g chestnut or button mushrooms, wiped and quartered •...

Stilton, Asparagus and Cherry Tomato Tagliatelle

Dish type: Pasta This easy recipe is perfect for a quick lunch or supper dish. Serves 4 Preparation time 15 minutes Cooking time 20 minutes Calories per serving 516 Fat per serving...

Chargrilled Marinated Pork with Wensleydale and Apricots

Dish type: Meat Succulent pork steaks are topped with melting Wensleydale cheese with apricots Serves 4 Preparation time 5 minutes, plus 30 minutes to marinate Cooking time 10 minutes Calories...

Beef Rendang

Preparation time: 5 minutes Cooking time: 20 minutes Serves: 4 Ingredients: 1tbsp sunflower oil 200ml coconut milk 185g jar Malay Taste Rendang Curry Paste 450g beef rump steak, cut into strips 2tbsp...

Prawn laksa noodles

Preparation time: 5 minutes Cooking time: 8 minutes Serves: 4 Ingredients: 200g flat dried rice noodles 185g Laksa Paste (found in most Asian supermarkets) 250g raw shelled king prawns 400ml reduced fat...

Roasted pumpkin salad with slices of Prosciutto San di Daniele, shavings of Grana Padano Cheese and red onion

Dish type: Salad Serves 6 Cooking time: 40 minutes Ingredients 800g pumpkin or butternut squash, cut into 8 even slices 1 garlic clove, skin on and lightly crushed with the flat of a knife 5 tblsp olive...

Carbonara with Prosciutto di San Daniele and Grana Padano Cheese

Dish type: Pasta Serves 6 Cooking time: 30 minutes Ingredients: For the carbonara pasta: 20ml olive oil 350g Prosciutto di San Daniele, sliced 100ml white wine 500g dried pasta, such as bucatini or...

Nathan Outlaw's Crab, "Classic Cheddar" and Chive Spanish Style Omelette

Dish type: Fish Preparation time: 5 minutes Cooking time: 10 minutes Serves: 2 Ingredients: 4 tbsp rapeseed oil 1 medium onion, finely chopped 200g waxy potatoes, peeled and finely sliced or grated 6...

Trout and Ginger Salad

Dish type: Fish Fresh griddled trout and smoked trout are delicious on their own. Put them together, add a ginger dressing and you have a sensational first course or light main course that is easy...

Seafood Brochettes with White Wine Hollandaise

Dish type: Fish Simply grilled seafood with an extravagant buttery sauce is a perfect combination. Hollandaise may be a little more challenging for the novice cook but well worth the effort. ...