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Bay leaf recipes
bay leaf
No Mediterranean or Italian dish is complete without a flavoursome bay leaf or two. Add these big, shiny leaves at the start of the cooking process to slowly infuse the dish with their robust aroma.
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Salami ragù
Sailor's clams (almejas a la marinera)
Butterflied leg of lamb with aubergine, roast tomatoes, mint, honey & preserved lemon relish
Charred rib-eye steak with guacasalsa
Puy lentils with smoked haddock & watercress
Pescado a la Veracruzana
The best seafood chowder
Roast beef top rump with beefy roasties & anchovy hollandaise
Roast beef topside with tomatoes, garlic & Madeira
The best pot roast beef
Egg biryani
Buttery tomato chickpeas & orecchiette
Lemon drizzle cake with bay leaf syrup
Pork & cider with winter squash and pearl barley
The best minestrone soup
Sausages with lentils & pickled grapes
Sausage, shallot & lentil one-pot
Mushroom Bourguignon
Roast beef with date & tamarind
Spiced whole chicken with herby rice
Roast beef with port & blackberry sauce
Shahi paneer
Chicken with sauerkraut, bacon & apples
Lemony one-pan chicken & rice (tavuk kapama)
Griddled harissa halloumi with lentil, pomegranate, courgette & mint
Steak à l’échalote
Braised fennel with goat's cheese
Peach melba tatin
Lamb with apricots & ginger
Garlicky white beans, leeks & cod
Slow-roast lamb shoulder with beer & carrots
Potatoes dauphinoise
Braised Puy lentils & red cabbage
The best beef Bourguignon
Chipotle black beans with hake
Vermont baked beans
Chicory gratin
The best... veggie cottage pie
French onion soup
The best mulled wine
Pork chops with crackling, cider-braised red cabbage & salad onion butter
Chocolate & cherry yule log
Cosy leek & smoked haddock mac ‘n’ cheese
Onion & chive bagel bread sauce
Lamb, kale & ginger curry
Leek & apple soup with Cheddar croutons
Pot-roast topside of beef with chimichurri
Whisky peppercorn sauce
Roast baby tomatoes & chickpeas with bay and garlic
Adraki chicken
Indian-spiced lamb shoulder
Braised chicory with orange, thyme & honey
Baked swede & Cheddar pudding
Red cabbage & celeriac gratin