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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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Saffron & cardamom chicken with cranberry salsa
Quick-pickled pears with hazelnuts
Lamb & onion meatball freekeh pilaf
Shahi saffron & potato pulao
Bacon, blueberry & Brie toastie
The best coq au vin
The best leek & potato soup
Vegetable pastitsio
Blue cheese & butter bean salad with blackberry vinaigrette
Confit garlic spread
Greek-style lamb with radish & mint tzatziki
Salami ragù
Sailor's clams (almejas a la marinera)
Butterflied leg of lamb with aubergine, roast tomatoes, mint, honey & preserved lemon relish
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
Lemon drizzle cake with bay leaf syrup
Pork & cider with winter squash and pearl barley
The best minestrone soup
Sausages with lentils & pickled grapes
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)
Steak à l’échalote
Roast baby tomatoes & chickpeas with bay and garlic
Peach melba tatin
Lamb with apricots & ginger
Garlicky white beans, leeks & cod
Slow-roast lamb shoulder with beer & carrots
Adraki chicken
Braised Puy lentils & red cabbage
The best beef Bourguignon
Chipotle black beans with hake
Vermont baked beans
Chicory gratin
Indian-spiced lamb shoulder
Sticky onion & porcini mushroom soup
Clementine cosmo
Charred rib-eye steak with guacasalsa
Egg biryani
Buttery tomato chickpeas & orecchiette
Whisky peppercorn sauce
Sausage, shallot & lentil one-pot
Griddled harissa halloumi with lentil, pomegranate, courgette & mint
Braised fennel with goat's cheese
Potatoes dauphinoise