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The Hairy Bikers corned beef hash pie hides in Brilliant Bakes under a fancier name, since the book calls it a galette. Their own explanation is that a galette is just a free-form open pie, and this one serves 4-6 at around 480 calories in about 75 minutes. Free-form is the trick that makes it …

The crust is the whole point of this corned beef hash from the Hairy Bikers, so everything gets pressed flat under a spatula and left alone. Their Meat Feasts version feeds 4 at around 380 calories in 40 minutes, with fried eggs on top if you know what’s good for you. A quick word on …

The Hairy Bikers reuben sandwich is the one they call possibly the best sandwich in the world. They clearly meant it too, because the same sandwich appears in two of their books, serving 1 at around 800 calories in 20 minutes. Meat Feasts prints it as the Reuben, while British Classics calls it their salt …

Press this Hairy Bikers beef brisket with a fork after ninety minutes and it will still feel very firm, which is exactly what the book expects. Their Meat Feasts pot-roast gives a 1.2kg rolled joint up to 5 hours in red wine and stock, serving 6 at around 690 calories. The point of all that …

You never brown the beef in this Hairy Bikers beef and ale casserole, which breaks the first rule of stew making. Their Hairy Dieters book proves the shortcut works, since floured lean beef goes straight into the pot with dark ale. It still comes out rich at just 377 calories, serving 6 in about 2½ …

The lid never goes on this beef rendang from the Hairy Bikers, because the whole dish is a three-hour reduction. Chuck steak simmers slowly in coconut milk and a fresh spice paste until dark and glossy, so this Meat Feasts curry serves 6 at around 760 calories in about 3½ hours. That patience is what …

This steak and stilton pie from the Hairy Bikers was born in Leicestershire, on their BBC Food Tour of Britain. That is why it stars two local heroes, since the beef marinates in 400ml of Leicestershire pale ale while the county’s own Stilton melts through the filling, serving 4 at around 1,840 calories for the …

The Hairy Bikers have published two different steak and mushroom pies, and this is the traditional one, the double-crust shortcrust version from Perfect Pies. Chuck steak braises low with red wine and Worcestershire for two hours, then serves 4-6 at around 810 calories in just over 3 hours. The book calls it “heritage on a …

Here is the thing most people searching for a Hairy Bikers steak and kidney pie do not know: the Bikers make it as a pudding. Their Perfect Pies book steams it in a suet crust the old way, and it serves 6 at around 640 calories over roughly 5 hours. The word steamed puts people …

A full bottle of real ale goes into the Hairy Bikers steak and ale pie, which is why their Perfect Pies book calls it superb. The ale cooks down with braising steak and smoked bacon for two hours, then serves 6 under puff pastry at around 825 calories in about 3 hours. That long cook …