Fan-Tested Hairy Bikers Recipes
Hairy Bikers tattie scones are fried, not baked, which puts them closer to a griddle bread than to anything else called a scone. Veggie Feasts makes six rounds from 500g of floury potatoes, cut into 24 pieces, at about 300 calories a round. They steam the potatoes rather than boiling them, and the book explains …
Hairy Bikers bacon scones are made with yeast, which is what separates them from every other scone in their books. Big Book of Baking publishes them as pogacsa, built on 250g of streaky bacon, soured cream and caraway seeds. It makes 12 at roughly 340 calories each. They write that pogacsa turns up in Hungarian …
Two eggs go into Hairy Bikers fruit scones, which is what separates them from a plain teatime batch. British Classics builds them on 400g of self-raising flour, 125g of butter and 100g of sultanas, and makes 8 to 12 at about 300 calories each. They open the recipe by counting up what they have baked …
The Marmite never touches the flour in Hairy Bikers cheese and Marmite scones. It gets whisked into warm milk first, until the milk turns the colour of milky coffee, and that mixture becomes both the liquid and the glaze. Veggie Feasts makes 8 to 9 at about 290 calories each. They warn you about overmixing …
A whole can of coconut milk goes into Hairy Bikers pumpkin soup, and there is no stock at all. Mums Still Know Best builds it on pumpkin, ginger, thyme and half a Scotch bonnet, cooked in plain water. It serves four to six at around 205 calories a bowl. They did not write this one. …
Nobody peels the artichokes in Hairy Bikers Jerusalem artichoke soup, and that is deliberate. Eat Well Every Day publishes it as leek and Jerusalem artichoke soup, built on 500g of scrubbed artichokes with leeks, celery and a litre of stock. Four bowls come to 264 calories each. Leaving the skin on is why the book …
Hairy Bikers red lentil and harissa soup comes from Eat to Beat Type 2 Diabetes. It uses 200g of red lentils, a tin of tomatoes and one to two tablespoons of harissa paste, so the heat is your choice. Six bowls take about 35 minutes at 166 calories each. They write in the book that …
There is no stock in Hairy Bikers smoked haddock chowder, just 750ml of milk. One Pot Wonders publishes it as smoky fish chowder, built on 200g of smoked haddock and 300g of white fish with leeks, potatoes and sweetcorn. Four bowls take about 55 minutes at 475 calories each. They write that it came from …
An hour at the stove is the price of Hairy Bikers french onion soup, and there is no way round it. A kilo of onions sliced 3mm thin caramelise in butter, then sherry, sherry vinegar and stock go in. Ultimate Comfort Food serves it four at about 570 calories. They break with tradition on the …
White wine and fresh tarragon are what separate Hairy Bikers chicken and vegetable soup from an ordinary broth. Diced chicken thigh braises with carrot, celery, potato and leek before 750ml of stock and a splash of cream go in. Four bowls take an hour at about 350 calories each. They write in Ultimate Comfort Food …