Making pastry is easier than you think and well worth the effort. Check out Jamie's recipe for old fashioned sweet shortcrust pastry and try out some of his delicious cake recipes.
snacks and sides | serves 10
These are fantastic: a real improvement on basic mince pies and the ice cream works well with hot mulled wine! It's best to make the meringue and to brown it as close to the time when you want to serv...
dessert recipes | serves 6
This is such a great recipe. The thing I love most about it is how simple it is. All you need to do is buy some ready-made puff pastry, split a few bananas in half and get something magical happening ...
dessert recipes | serves 6-8
This is the best apple pie in the world. You can’t go wrong with Bramley cooking apples, delicious blackberries and stem ginger. The cooking time can depend on how freshly picked the apples are, so th...
dessert recipes | serves Serves 8-10
I must have made thousands of these tarts when I worked for Antonio Carluccio at the Neal Street Restaurant in London. We used to make them for the Royal Opera House, and people going to see an opera ...
main courses | serves Serves 8 to 10
This recipe somehow made its way on to the menu in the Fifteen Trattoria (I don’t know of many Italian trattorias that have American cheesecake on their menus!) and I’m glad that it did because it’s a...