Fan-Tested Hairy Bikers Recipes
This classic apple crumble is made with Bramley and eating apples, demerara sugar, cinnamon, and a buttery crumble topping with flaked almonds for extra crunch. It bakes in just 30 minutes for a golden, bubbling pud. Serves 6. I love how the Bramleys break down into a soft filling while the eating apples keep their …
This cozy Hairy Bikers Ginger Cake Recipe is the perfect sticky and spicy teatime treat, packed with warming flavours like ground ginger, dark treacle, and golden syrup. This recipe creates a wonderfully dark, moist, and fiery cake that fills the kitchen with an irresistible aroma as it bakes. It’s the ideal cake for a chilly …
This chicken ham and leek pie is made with tender cooked chicken, salty ham, and sweet leeks in a creamy mustard-free sauce, all under golden puff pastry. It is a proper pub-style pie that takes under an hour and serves 6. I use a rotisserie chicken for this and it cuts the work in half. …
This turkey and ham pie is made with tender leftover turkey, salty ham, and sweet leeks in a creamy mustard sauce, all under golden puff pastry. It is rich, filling, and perfect for Boxing Day or any time you have leftover roast turkey. Serves 6 and takes just over an hour. I make this every …
This creamy smoked haddock chowder is made with flaky undyed haddock, floury potatoes, sweet leeks, and sweetcorn in a smoky broth. It is rich and filling without being heavy. Ready in 45 minutes and serves 4. I make this most Friday evenings through winter when I want something warm and comforting that doesn’t take hours. …
This Hairy Bikers salmon tray bake is a light, zesty one-pan dinner with salmon fillets, new potatoes, asparagus, cherry tomatoes, and lemon. It takes 15 minutes to prep, 45 minutes in the oven, and serves 4. From the Hairy Bikers’ One Pot Wonders collection. I make this most weeks in summer when I can’t be …
This Hairy Bikers roasted vegetable lasagne is a rich, cheesy bake with sweet roasted courgettes, peppers, and red onions layered between tomato sauce and a proper béchamel. It takes 25 minutes to prep, about 1 hour 35 minutes total, and serves 8. Adapted from the Hairy Bikers’ Veggie Feasts cookbook. This is the vegetarian lasagne …
This traditional Lancashire hotpot recipe is made with tender lamb, sliced potatoes, black pudding, and lamb kidneys in a rich Worcestershire gravy. The potato topping crisps to a golden finish while the layers underneath soak up every drop of flavour. Ready in around 2 hours, it serves 4–6 people generously. I make this every autumn …
This crispy-topped rhubarb crumble is made with tart fresh rhubarb, orange zest, buttery plain flour and golden porridge oats. The filling bubbles up sweet and sharp beneath a crunchy oat crumble topping. Ready in 55 minutes and serves 4-6 people. I make this every spring when rhubarb is at its best. The orange zest is …
This traditional pease pudding recipe is made with yellow split peas, a ham hock, onion, carrot, and butter. Simmered low and slow, it creates a thick, savoury purée that pairs perfectly with boiled ham or gammon. Ready in just over 2 hours and serves 6. I make this every time I cook a gammon joint, …