Fan-Tested Hairy Bikers Recipes
Hairy Bikers chicken tagine is chicken on the bone braised with saffron, ginger and onions, then finished with preserved lemons and green olives. And this version from their Chicken & Egg book serves 4 in about 1 hour 45 minutes, at 630 calories a portion by my sums. Writing in Chicken & Egg, Si and …
This Hairy Bikers apple cake is their Hairy Dieters Spiced Apple Cake, with lemony Bramley slices folded through a cinnamon batter made with sunflower oil. And going by their official site, it serves 12 at 229 calories a slice, while I allow 1 hour 25 minutes including cooling. On their own site they write, “Bet …
This Hairy Bikers Manchester tart swaps the usual pastry for an oat flapjack base, then layers raspberry jam, vanilla custard, coconut and cherries on top. And from Everyday Winners, it makes 9 squares in about 5 hours with cooling and chilling, at about 505 calories each by my sums. But if you want the classic …
This Hairy Bikers cullen skink simmers smoked haddock in a wine, leek and fennel stock, then adds potatoes and double cream. And their BBC Food recipe serves 4 in 1 hour 30 minutes, with my own count at about 1,150 calories a bowl. Writing in One Pot Wonders, the pair look back on cullen skink …
For this Hairy Bikers porchetta, 3kg of pork belly and loin is rolled around rosemary, garlic, fennel, chilli and lemon, then slow-roasted over potatoes. And this British Classics version serves 6 in 5½ hours at about 1,260 calories each, plus an hour out of the fridge first. It’s described in British Classics as “a great …
This Hairy Bikers cranachan layers whisky and honey cream with toasted oats, flaked almonds and fresh raspberries in tall glasses. And this lighter version is from their BBC series Best of British, serving 6 in 40 minutes at about 445 calories a glass. In the words of the BBC write-up, half-fat crème fraîche goes in …
This Hairy Bikers chicken supreme hides truffle and brie inside skinless breasts, wrapped in air-dried ham, with chorizo and ’nduja potatoes baked alongside. From BBC Two’s Go Local, this is their chicken supreme with truffles, serving 4 in 1 hour 15 minutes at about 1,050 calories. Most chicken supremes come swimming in cream, but this …
Hairy Bikers panang beef curry braises 1cm cubes of stewing beef in a pounded homemade paste, finished with coconut milk and diced red pepper. Since most of its 2 hours 40 minutes is braising, this Asian Adventure curry asks little of you, at about 500 calories a bowl. Thai cooks pound their pastes “with what …
This Hairy Bikers beef curry hotpot lays thin potato slices over curried braising steak and carrots, then crisps them in the oven. Since the Our Family Favourites recipe serves 4, I’d put each portion near 710 calories with the cheese, ready in about 2 hours. It grew from an earlier “cracking Indian shepherd’s pie”, which …
Hairy Bikers chestnut and mushroom pie packs 600g of mushrooms and halved chestnuts into a herby wine and stock sauce inside a buttery shortcrust case. From British Classics it feeds 6, so I reckon a slice at roughly 640 calories, and I’d allow 2 hours 20 minutes in all. On Comfort Food, Si and Dave …