Recipes: Main courses
Thai Omelette Roll
Category Main course Serves 1 Preparation 5 mins Cooking 10 mins
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Vegetarian pad Thai
Suitable for vegans
Category Main course Serves 6 Preparation 30 mins Cooking 10 mins
GO VEGAN: This dish is perfectly suitable for vegans – simply omit the Read recipe »
Oaxacan mole with tamales
Category Main course Serves 4 Preparation 30 mins Cooking 30 mins
It would be a shame if you read the ingredients and then dismissed this recipe. I know the combination sounds distinctly odd but the mole or sauce is dark,... Read recipe »
Cherry tomato clafoutis
Category Main course Serves 6 Preparation 5 mins Cooking 13 mins
Cherry clafoutis is a typical Burgundian pudding: sweet batter with juicy fruit. I've swapped the cherries for cherry tomatoes and used a savoury batte... Read recipe »
Bruno Loubet’s grilled asparagus, soft cheese and mint frittata
Category Main course Serves 4 Preparation 40 mins Cooking 40 mins
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Cavolo nero sauce for pasta
Suitable for vegans
Category Main course Serves 2 Preparation 10 mins Cooking 10 mins
GO VEGAN: Parmazano is a simple vegan hard cheese substitute to sprinkle over pasta. Also, it's best to avoid fresh pasta as it often contains egg.
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Spicy pumpkin & halloumi salad
Category Main course Serves 2 Preparation 30mins Cooking 30-45mins
Sweet, spicy roast butternut squash on a bed of rocket, avocado, sweet corn, cherry tomato and pomegranate. With pan fried halloumi. Read recipe »
Caribbean hotpot 
Category Main course Serves 4 Preparation 15 mins + chilling Cooking 35 mins
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Baked eggs with tomatoes and aubergine
Category Main course Serves 4 Preparation 15 Cooking 30
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Spicy squash, lentil and coconut casserole
Category Main course Serves 4 Preparation 15 mins Cooking 1hr 5 mins
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Mexican bean and tortilla bake
Category Main course Serves 6 Preparation 20 mins Cooking 40 mins
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Creamy Stilton and mustard vegetable pie
Category Main course Serves 4 Preparation 30 mins + cooling and chilling Cooking 50 mins
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Thai-style bean broth
Category Main course Serves 4 Preparation 10 mins Cooking 20 mins
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Gnocchi di ricotta
Category Main course Serves 4 Preparation 10 mins + chilling Cooking 10 mins
I have long loved Elizabeth David's Italian Food and this gnocchi recipe is based on hers. If you have only ever eaten the vacu-packed supermarket pota... Read recipe »
Empadinhas de palmito Little hearts of palm pies
Category Main course Makes 12 small pies Preparation 35 mins + resting Cooking 30 mins
FREEZE ME: Freeze in a sealable container or individually wrapped.
Rio takes carnival to another level. In many ways you might think that carnival def... Read recipe »
