Fan-Tested Hairy Bikers Recipes
This Hairy Bikers orange and almond cake recipe folds two whole boiled, blitzed oranges into whisked eggs, sugar and ground almonds instead of flour. So this Mediterranean Adventure cake serves 8 to 10, at about 365 calories a slice for ten by my estimate, taking up to 3½ hours. “A real sunshine cake” is their …
This Hairy Bikers katsu curry recipe fries flattened, panko-crusted chicken breasts until crisp, then slices them over rice with a smooth curry sauce. And the Great Curries version serves 4 in about 1¼ hours, at roughly 600 calories each before rice by my estimate. Their own summary is “Bruce Lee meets Colonel Sanders”, and after …
This Hairy Bikers peach cobbler recipe bakes fresh peach wedges in dark brown sugar and vanilla under a soft buttermilk scone topping. So the Ultimate Comfort Food version serves 4 to 6 in under an hour, at about 415 calories each for 6 by my estimate. This peach version is “a keeper” according to Si …
This Hairy Bikers cornbread recipe is the Texas version, a cornmeal and creamed corn batter baked around minced beef, onion, cheese and jalapeños. And one heavy dish from Mums Know Best feeds 6 to 8 in about 1¼ hours, at roughly 440 calories a slice by my estimate. Julia Vinson’s family recipe from Suffolk earns …
This Hairy Bikers rabbit pie recipe is a picnic pie of finely chopped rabbit and herby sausage meat, baked in a lard and butter shortcrust. So the Perfect Pies version serves 6 to 8 in about 1½ hours, at roughly 715 calories a slice across 8 by my estimate. “The perfect combo of bunny and …
This quick Hairy Bikers chicken madras recipe simmers chicken breast in a fiery tomato sauce with cumin, Kashmiri chilli and garam masala. So dinner for 4 takes about 30 minutes, and the Great Curries version comes to roughly 345 calories a portion. “There are times when only a chicken madras will do,” say the bikers, …
A Hairy Bikers soda bread recipe needs no yeast at all, because bicarb and buttermilk raise this brown Irish loaf of white and wholemeal flour. So cut into 12, the Brilliant Bakes round is roughly 175 calories a slice and on the table in about an hour. “Whenever we cook soda bread we wonder why …
This Hairy Bikers cow pie recipe slow-cooks braising steak with potatoes and carrots, then tops it with puff pastry and a pair of pastry horns. And the Perfect Pies version feeds 8 in about 6½ hours by my count, at roughly 1,000 calories a portion. Two blocks of puff pastry cover 1kg of steak, so …
This Hairy Bikers leek pudding recipe folds softened leeks and onion into a suet, flour and breadcrumb dough, then boils it in a floured cloth. By my timings the Mums Know Best pudding feeds 6 in about 1½ hours, at my estimate of 430 calories a wedge without gravy. This is Si’s mam’s recipe for …
This Hairy Bikers sticky date cake boils dates, raisins, sultanas and currants with butter and condensed milk, then bakes them slowly with marmalade. So at my 16 squares, rather than the 6 in Mums Know Best, it’s an estimated 385 calories a square and takes over 4 hours. A lady in a supermarket gave them …