Fan-Tested Hairy Bikers Recipes
This Hairy Bikers cullen skink simmers smoked haddock in a wine, leek and fennel stock, then adds potatoes and double cream. And their BBC Food recipe serves 4 in 1 hour 30 minutes, with my own count at about 1,150 calories a bowl. Writing in One Pot Wonders, the pair look back on cullen skink …
For this Hairy Bikers porchetta, 3kg of pork belly and loin is rolled around rosemary, garlic, fennel, chilli and lemon, then slow-roasted over potatoes. And this British Classics version serves 6 in 5½ hours at about 1,260 calories each, plus an hour out of the fridge first. It’s described in British Classics as “a great …
This Hairy Bikers cranachan layers whisky and honey cream with toasted oats, flaked almonds and fresh raspberries in tall glasses. And this lighter version is from their BBC series Best of British, serving 6 in 40 minutes at about 445 calories a glass. In the words of the BBC write-up, half-fat crème fraîche goes in …
This Hairy Bikers chicken supreme hides truffle and brie inside skinless breasts, wrapped in air-dried ham, with chorizo and ’nduja potatoes baked alongside. From BBC Two’s Go Local, this is their chicken supreme with truffles, serving 4 in 1 hour 15 minutes at about 1,050 calories. Most chicken supremes come swimming in cream, but this …
Hairy Bikers panang beef curry braises 1cm cubes of stewing beef in a pounded homemade paste, finished with coconut milk and diced red pepper. Since most of its 2 hours 40 minutes is braising, this Asian Adventure curry asks little of you, at about 500 calories a bowl. Thai cooks pound their pastes “with what …
This Hairy Bikers beef curry hotpot lays thin potato slices over curried braising steak and carrots, then crisps them in the oven. Since the Our Family Favourites recipe serves 4, I’d put each portion near 710 calories with the cheese, ready in about 2 hours. It grew from an earlier “cracking Indian shepherd’s pie”, which …
Hairy Bikers chestnut and mushroom pie packs 600g of mushrooms and halved chestnuts into a herby wine and stock sauce inside a buttery shortcrust case. From British Classics it feeds 6, so I reckon a slice at roughly 640 calories, and I’d allow 2 hours 20 minutes in all. On Comfort Food, Si and Dave …
Hairy Bikers pilau rice is white basmati simmered in stock with butter, onion, turmeric and lightly pounded whole spices. From Great Curries it feeds 5 to 6, while I count a sixth of the pan at about 280 calories, ready in 40 minutes. The 5-minute stand at the end is the bit the bikers won’t …
Hairy Bikers beef curry is Mama’s Curry, the dish Renee cooked for her daughter’s birthday, with braising steak simmered in tomatoes, yoghurt and warm spices. As printed in Mums Still Know Best it serves 4, and I’d put each bowl at about 475 calories, ready in 2 hours 10 minutes. As Si and Dave tell …
Hairy Bikers millionaire shortbread layers a buttery base, a condensed milk caramel and a thin coat of chocolate in one square tin. So I cut 16 squares of about 275 calories from the Mums Know Best recipe, and with my setting times it’s ready inside 3 hours. It’s billed as “a truly decadent treat”, with …