Fan-Tested Hairy Bikers Recipes
An open, part-wholemeal crust filled with floury potato, onion, spinach and mature Cheddar makes the Hairy Bikers homity pie from Best of British. With 6 to 8 servings in it, I cut 8 wedges of roughly 630 calories, and it takes just over an hour and a half. Homity pies of the seventies and eighties …
Comfort food doesn’t come much better than this Hairy Bikers cheese and potato pie, and it is easier than the double crust suggests. And all it needs, from Brilliant Bakes, is one 20cm tin and just under two hours, with 6 slices at roughly 585 calories each. “A really satisfying pie” is their own verdict, …
Spinach, watercress and cream cheese sit between two poached fillets in this Hairy Bikers salmon en croute, all under a puff pastry lattice. From their BBC Go West series, it feeds 6 at roughly 725 calories a serving in an hour and a half. Either name works, salmon en croute or salmon Wellington, and Ultimate …
A 6kg joint simmered with cloves and bay, then roasted under honey and marmalade, makes this Hairy Bikers marmalade gammon a proper buffet centrepiece. And it comes from Mums Know Best, where it feeds 20 at about 485 calories each and takes about five hours. “This is a fusion of tips from both our mams,” …
Lemon, thyme and crushed cumin, coriander and fennel seeds flavour these Hairy Bikers monkfish kebabs, and the whole job takes me about an hour. As printed on BBC Food, from Saturday Kitchen Best Bites, the recipe makes 8 skewers, so 4 people get two each at about 305 calories. In Hairy Dieters, Si and Dave …
Gruyère, Parmesan and sweet red onion go into this Hairy Bikers cheese scones recipe, printed as cheese and red onion scones in Everyday Winners. And it bakes 12 tall ones in about an hour by my clock, and by my count each comes to roughly 305 calories. “We love a good cheese scone and these …
10 prawn and water chestnut rolls, as Perfect Pies lists them, come out of this Hairy Bikers spring rolls recipe with ginger and chilli inside. And each roll comes to about 100 calories by my count, with the batch taking me 40 minutes from prawn to plate. They are “one of our favourite party snacks”, …
Three grated courgettes and 160g of crumbly cheese go into this Hairy Bikers courgette fritters recipe from Mums Know Best, which makes about 12. And a plate of three, feeding 4 as a starter, comes to roughly 405 calories by my count, the batch taking me 55 minutes. Heather Lane’s fritters, the book says, are …
Six eggs and 300g of potato make this Hairy Bikers Spanish tortilla recipe from Chicken and Egg, with one large onion softened in olive oil. And by my count and clock a wedge lands near 280 calories, feeding 4 in 100 minutes once the cooling is counted. “Good served cold too, so great for picnics”, …
Three fillings share the same yolk base in this Hairy Bikers devilled eggs recipe from Ultimate Comfort Food, one classic, one curried and one capered. And 12 eggs give 24 halves for 12 people as canapés, about 130 calories a pair and 40 minutes, both by my count. “An oldie brought up to date by …