Fan-Tested Hairy Bikers Recipes
Hairy Bikers homemade baked beans swap the tin for 500g of dried haricot beans, simmered with a clove-studded onion and finished in a tomato sauce. And the Veggie Feasts recipe serves 6 at my estimate of 335 calories each, after an overnight soak and just under 2 hours of cooking. “Making your own with dried …
Hairy Bikers ham and egg pie hides 12 quails’ eggs in a terrine of ham hock, pork shoulder and belly, sealed in hot-water crust. And this Perfect Pies recipe serves 6 at my estimate of 930 calories each, though it takes about 13 hours by my reckoning. As kids, Si and Dave write, they “always …
Hairy Bikers egg and bacon pie bakes 9 eggs, smoked streaky bacon and 4 tablespoons of milk in butter shortcrust on a 23cm plate. As written in Mums Still Know Best, it serves 4 in about 1 hour 45 minutes, standing included, at my estimate of 970 calories each. “We just can’t get enough of …
Hairy Bikers turkey and ham pie turns Boxing Day leftovers into a creamy double-crust pie, with leeks softened in wine and 200g of stuffing. And from BBC Food it feeds 6 in about 3 hours 20 minutes at 955 calories each, both by my reckoning. About their One Pot Wonders casserole, they write “many of …
Hairy Bikers Christmas cake is a last-minute fruit cake of dried pineapple, apricots, cherries and cashews soaked in white port, in a cardamom-spiced batter. So from British Classics you get 12 slices in about 10 hours, soaking and cooling included, at my estimate of 985 calories each. A Christmas cake traditionally “has to be made …
Hairy Bikers meat and potato pie encases lean minced beef, Maris Piper potatoes, carrot and celery in lard shortcrust, baked in a 20cm square tin. And from Perfect Pies it serves 6 in about 2 hours 25 minutes, counting my hour of cooling, at my estimate of 645 calories each. “All Northerners have their favourite …
Hairy Bikers cheese and onion pie wraps diced potato, onion, Lancashire and mature Cheddar in a lard and butter crust, baked free-form on a tray. So it’s a pie for 4 from British Classics, taking about 1 hour 40 minutes, at my estimate of around 1,125 calories a quarter. Dave ate “two cheese and onion …
Hairy Bikers mince and onion plate pie packs 750g of minced beef and two onions inside a butter, lard and baking powder crust. And in Perfect Pies it’s a pie for 6, roughly 3 hours including cooling, at my estimate of around 775 calories a slice. The filling is Si’s mam’s method, which they say …
Hairy Bikers frangipane mince pies skip the pastry lid, so an almond sponge with flaked almonds bakes over the mincemeat in a nutty shortcrust case. With the Everyday Winners recipe you get 24 at about 225 calories each, in roughly 1¼ hours with chilling. Half the pastry is the point, because in Everyday Winners they …
Hairy Bikers mince pies are orange and cranberry ones, with marmalade and brandy in a same-day mincemeat under lemony sweet shortcrust. From Perfect Pies, the recipe makes 12 Christmas pies at about 195 calories each, in roughly 2¼ hours including cooling and chilling. Marmalade is the twist, because Si and Dave add it to make …