British & Irish recipes
44 British & Irish recipes for a home kitchen, from 10 minutes. Have some of the ingredients already? Match them to what you have.
Dinner
10 min
British & Irish · dinner
Buttered peas with mint
Sweet green peas tossed in butter with chopped mint and a squeeze of lemon.
25 min
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Smoked mackerel and horseradish potatoes
Warm baby potatoes tossed with flaked smoked mackerel in a sharp horseradish and yogurt dressing, finished with fresh chives.
35 min
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Smoked haddock kedgeree
A comforting rice dish scented with mild curry, studded with flaked smoked haddock and sweet peas, and crowned with wedges of boiled egg and a squeeze of lemon.
35 min
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Cullen skink with smoked haddock
A creamy Scottish-style chowder of leek, potato and smoked haddock in a milky broth, thickened with some mashed potato and topped with chives.
40 min
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Colcannon
Buttery Irish mashed potatoes with cabbage or kale and scallions, with a well of melting butter.
45 min
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Fried oyster spice bag
Dublin's favorite takeaway, upgraded: crispy fried oysters tossed with chips, peppers, onions and chili in a sweet-salty Chinese five-spice seasoning, shaken up in a bag.
45 min
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Bangers and mash with onion gravy
Browned pork sausages with buttery mashed potatoes and a rich onion gravy, a simple British pub plate.
45 min
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Dublin coddle with sausages and potatoes
A simple Irish pot of pork sausages, bacon, potatoes and onion gently simmered in stock until soft. Plain, filling and warming.
45 min
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Oven fish and chips
Cod in a crisp panko crust baked alongside oven-roasted potato chips, served hot with malt vinegar.
50 min
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Halibut and chips with seaweed salt
Battered halibut fried to a crisp shell beside oven-baked potato sticks, both dusted with a salt flavored with toasted nori. Sparkling water keeps the batter light.
55 min
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Leek and cod cottage pie
Cod and peas in a creamy leek sauce under a layer of buttery mashed potato, baked until bubbling.
60 min
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Beer-battered halibut fish and chips
Thick pieces of halibut dry-dredged, dipped in a light lager batter and fried until crackling, served on herby fries with homemade tartar sauce.
60 min
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Ox cheek, carrot and Stilton pie
A British pub-style pie of beef cheeks braised until spoon-tender with carrots, onions and ale, crumbled through with Stilton and baked under a golden pastry lid.
60 min
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Toad in the hole
British pork sausages baked in a puffy Yorkshire pudding batter, served with onion gravy.
75 min
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Vegan shepherd's pie
Lentils, mushrooms and vegetables in savory gravy under fluffy olive-oil mashed potatoes.
75 min
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Shepherd's pie
Lamb and vegetables in savory gravy under a golden mashed potato crust.
75 min
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Crispy roasted potatoes
Parboiled, roughed-up potatoes roasted in hot fat until glassy-crisp outside and fluffy inside.
90 min
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Cornish-style mackerel fish pie
A stargazy-inspired pie: gently confited mackerel flaked into a creamy, herby filling under a golden pastry lid.
90 min
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Pie and mash with parsley liquor
London's East End classic: minced beef pies with mashed potatoes and green parsley sauce.
120 min
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Beef Wellington
Seared beef tenderloin brushed with mustard, wrapped in mushroom duxelles and prosciutto, enclosed in pastry and baked until golden with a rosy center.
120 min
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Game hen pie
A pie of Cornish hen, bacon, dried fruit and spices in a golden crust (pigeon swapped for hen).
150 min
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Irish stew
Simple, hearty stew of lamb neck, potatoes, onions and carrots simmered until the potatoes thicken the broth.
180 min
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Beef and ale pie
British pub pie of slow-braised beef in a rich dark ale gravy under a puff pastry lid.
Lunch & snacks
15 min
British & Irish · lunch
Cheddar toasties on rye
Sharp cheddar between slices of rye, buttered on the outside and toasted slowly so the middle melts.
20 min
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Mushrooms on toast in shallot cream
Browned mixed mushrooms in a quick shallot cream sauce, piled on sourdough.
20 min
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Welsh rarebit
Sourdough toast covered with a mustardy cheddar sauce and broiled until browned and bubbling.
20 min
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Ham, egg and chips sandwich
Max Halley-style loaded sandwich with ham, fried egg, crunchy chips and piccalilli mayo.
30 min
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Roasted bone marrow with parsley salad
Canoe-cut marrow bones roasted until wobbly, spread on toast with a sharp parsley-shallot salad.
30 min
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Fish finger sandwich
Crispy homemade fish fingers on buttered bread with tartar sauce, lettuce and peas.
60 min
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Curried lamb Scotch eggs
Jammy six-minute eggs wrapped in a lamb sausage spiked with Madras-style curry paste, crumbed and fried golden.
120 min
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Cornish pasties
Crimped D-shaped pasties of sturdy shortcrust filled with raw beef skirt, potato, swede and onion, baked in their own juices.
Breakfast
Baking & sweets
25 min
British & Irish · baking
Lemon curd tartlets with candied peel
Ready-made tartlet shells filled with lemon curd and topped with homemade candied lemon peel. Cool Greek yogurt on the side balances the sweetness.
30 min
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Lemon cream scones
Tender, short scones made with cream instead of milk and plenty of lemon zest. A small batch of four for two people.
35 min
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Cinnamon yogurt scones
Four tender scones made with yogurt instead of cream. Dusted with powdered sugar.
40 min
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Afternoon tea scones
Tall, tender plain and raisin scones with a shiny yolk-and-cream glaze, served warm with clotted cream and strawberry jam in the grand-hotel tradition.
40 min
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Chocolate-pecan scones
Tender, flaky cream scones with chunks of dark chocolate and toasted pecans.
40 min
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Yorkshire puddings
Tall, crisp, hollow batter puddings for the Sunday roast.
45 min
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Lavender shortbread
Buttery melt-in-the-mouth shortbread scented with culinary lavender and lemon.
50 min
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Irish soda bread
A quick, crusty buttermilk loaf leavened with baking soda—no yeast, no kneading.
60 min
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Scottish butter shortbread
Three-ingredient buttery shortbread fingers, sandy and crisp.
60 min
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Sticky toffee pudding
Moist date sponge drenched in hot toffee sauce, served with cream or custard.
120 min
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Spotted dick with custard
British steamed suet sponge studded with currants, served with warm vanilla custard.
260 min
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Lemon posset
A set lemon cream made from just heavy cream, sugar and lemon, chilled until silky.
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