Fan-Tested Hairy Bikers Recipes
Half the beetroot never makes it into the pan whole. It goes in the blender with a litre of stock first, and the rice then absorbs that liquid instead of plain stock. Hairy Bikers beetroot risotto serves four at 371 calories, in about 45 minutes. They describe it on their site as dazzlingly pink, rich …
The prawns go into Hairy Bikers seafood paella twice. They are seared at the start, lifted out, then put back at the very end so they never overcook. Everyday Winners serves four at about 460 calories, in an hour. They write in Everyday Winners that they wanted a straightforward seafood version using shellfish you can …
Nothing is wasted in Hairy Bikers smoked haddock risotto. The fish poaches in 1.5 litres of stock, then that same liquid is strained and ladled back into the rice. Everyday Winners serves four in 45 minutes at about 560 calories. They open the recipe by drawing a line: this is definitely a risotto, not a …
The strawberries never go into Hairy Bikers strawberry and black pepper scones raw. They are roasted for an hour and a half at 120°C with sugar and pepper first, then folded into a plain scone dough. It makes 10 at roughly 270 calories each. This one comes from Hairy Bikers’ Best of British, the BBC …
Nothing gets rubbed in for Hairy Bikers ginger and treacle scones. The butter, sugar and treacle are melted together in a pan instead, which is why these come out dark and sticky rather than pale. Brilliant Bakes makes 12 at about 280 calories each. They call these hitting the jackpot in the book, dressed up …
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. …