How to make Naan Bread

You'll need this: 225g strong white flour 1⁄2 teaspoon salt 1 sachet fast-action yeast 4 tablespoons warm milk 1 tablespoon sunflower oil 2 tablespoons plain yoghurt 1 egg, beaten Oil for greasing Here's...

Simple Vegetable Madras Recipe

Ingredients: 1 large knob butter 1 large onion, chopped 2 carrots, finely diced 1 courgette, chopped 1 red pepper, chopped 4 cauliflower florets, halved 50g peas 50g green beans, sliced 3 garlic cloves,...

Easy and Simple Lasagne Recipe

If your ragu sauce is already hot, then this lasagne only takes about 30–40 minutes to cook. If the sauce is cold, it will take about an hour. What you'll need: 1 quantity of ragu sauce, 16–18...

Easy Bacon and Leek Pie Recipe

Directions: 1. Preheat the oven to 190˚C/gas mark 5. 2. Butter a 20cm tin or pie dish. 3. Roll out just over half of the pastry and use this to line the base of the tin or pie dish. 4. Melt the...

How to make Pork, Sun-dried Tomato and Chicken Pie

Here's how: 1. Preheat the oven to 170˚C/gas mark 3. 2. Grease the tin well with butter. Roll out 2⁄3 of the pastry – not too thick but thick enough to hold together when cooked; about 4mm is a suitable thickness....

Easy Deep-filled Cheese and Onion Pie Recipe

This is a large pie and would serve 8 people. You'll need this: Butter for greasing 1 quantity of shortcrust pastry 200g red Leicester cheese, grated 200g mature Cheddar, grated 50g crumbly Cheshire cheese,...

Easy Strawberry and Kiwi Tart Recipe

Ingredients: Butter for greasing Half a quantity of shortcrust pastry 250g small strawberries, hulled and halved 1 kiwi fruit, peeled and sliced thinly, then each slice halved For the custard layer 250ml...

Making a Shortcrust Pastry

Here's how: 1. Sift the flour and salt into a bowl; lift the sieve as high up as possible so that the flour gets a really good airing. 2. Add both the fats and begin to rub the fat into the flour....

Easy Oriental Beef Pancakes Recipe

This dish is similar to an Italian cannelloni because it uses filled pancakes in a sauce. It is an unusual and tasty way to cook minced beef. Most supermarkets sell the oriental pancakes and hoisin...

Easy Beef and Vegetable Cobbler Recipe

Beef and Vegetable Cobbler Ingredients: oil for frying 1 large onion, sliced 450g stewing beef 1 tablespoon flour 3 medium carrots, scrubbed and sliced into discs Half a small squash, diced 2...