This one’s a proper throwback. A big, hearty slab of bacon and egg pie with buttery pastry, a little mustard kick, and that glorious wobble …
Delia Smith Normandy Pork
I remember the first time I made Normandy Pork — it was a drizzly November evening, the sort where the sky hovers grey and low …
Delia Smith All In One Chocolate Cake
Right. Let me say this straight: the idea of Delia Smith’s All-In-One Chocolate Cake sounds like a baking fairy tale. One bowl. No faff. Rich …
Delia Smith Apple Cake
I can still remember the scent — warm cinnamon and browned butter wafting through Mum’s tiny kitchen on a grey October afternoon. She’d always have …
Mary Berry Pumpkin Soup
The first time I made this soup, I didn’t plan to. I had half a sad pumpkin leftover from Halloween and a drawer full of …
James Martin Bread Sauce
Bread sauce, for me, is pure Christmas dinner nostalgia. My nan made it every year, always in the same dented saucepan, always a bit too …
James Martin Chicken And Ham Pie
Right, let’s get something straight: this is not your nan’s soggy-bottomed pie. No offence to nan, bless her — she did her best. But James …
Mary Berry Pork Pie
I remember the first time I made a proper pork pie — I had no clue what I was doing, but I was completely smitten …
Delia Smith Fruit Salad
I’ve got this hazy memory of sitting under a sun-bleached parasol in my gran’s back garden, a chipped old bowl of fruit salad chilling beside …
James Martin Plum Tarte Tatin
You know those desserts that make you feel like you’ve done something far fancier than you actually have? This is one of those. The kind …