Main Courses

Thin 23cm Yorkshires baked in a hot pan and folded round rare sirloin and onion gravy make these Hairy Bikers Yorkshire pudding wraps. From Route 66, their BBC road trip series, 5 wraps come to about 530 calories each in roughly 1 hour 50 minutes. On their website they admit “we tried to do this …

Two tins of chickpeas make Hairy Bikers halloumi tray bake a full meal, with red onion, peppers, courgettes, halloumi and tomatoes in one tin. From One Pot Wonders, it serves 4 in about an hour at roughly 470 calories each by my count. In their words it’s a “trayful of Mediterranean magic”, because veg, carbs …

A Hairy Bikers sausage plait is sausage meat, raw chopped onion and mixed herbs laid on homemade pastry, then wrapped in criss-crossed strips. From Mums Know Best, it cuts into 8 slices at about 695 calories each, and it’s ready in 80 minutes. They reckon the sausage roll is “the most abused item in British …

In Hairy Bikers prawn and chorizo orzo, prawns each threaded with a slice of cooking chorizo sit on saffron orzo with orange and fresh herbs. And on their BBC series Comfort Food they cooked it by eye, so I’ve weighed it out: 2 plates, 625 calories each, 40 minutes. “I think the link is orange”, …

These Hairy Bikers prawn tacos are chipotle, ancho and cocoa glazed prawns on warm tortillas, with jalapeño coleslaw underneath and mango salsa on top. From Ultimate Comfort Food, the recipe makes 16 small tacos for 4 people, at 725 calories a person and 65 minutes start to finish. “You’ll find it hard to stop eating …

Langoustine tails fried in a light, crisp coat make this Hairy Bikers beer battered scampi, served with a home-made tartare of capers, cornichons and tarragon. And I cook it straight from British Classics, where it takes me 50 minutes for 4 plates at 540 calories each by my count. They cooked this on their Best …

An open, part-wholemeal crust filled with floury potato, onion, spinach and mature Cheddar makes the Hairy Bikers homity pie from Best of British. With 6 to 8 servings in it, I cut 8 wedges of roughly 630 calories, and it takes just over an hour and a half. Homity pies of the seventies and eighties …

Comfort food doesn’t come much better than this Hairy Bikers cheese and potato pie, and it is easier than the double crust suggests. And all it needs, from Brilliant Bakes, is one 20cm tin and just under two hours, with 6 slices at roughly 585 calories each. “A really satisfying pie” is their own verdict, …

Spinach, watercress and cream cheese sit between two poached fillets in this Hairy Bikers salmon en croute, all under a puff pastry lattice. From their BBC Go West series, it feeds 6 at roughly 725 calories a serving in an hour and a half. Either name works, salmon en croute or salmon Wellington, and Ultimate …

A 6kg joint simmered with cloves and bay, then roasted under honey and marmalade, makes this Hairy Bikers marmalade gammon a proper buffet centrepiece. And it comes from Mums Know Best, where it feeds 20 at about 485 calories each and takes about five hours. “This is a fusion of tips from both our mams,” …