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Italian Pasta e Fagioli served and ready to eat Italian

Italian Pasta e Fagioli

A rustic Italian soup of pasta and cannellini beans with tomato, rosemary and pancetta — peasant…

⏱ 50 min 🍽 4 servings 📊 Easy
Italian Polpette in Sugo served and ready to eat Italian

Italian Polpette in Sugo

Tender Italian meatballs simmered in tomato sauce — the homely classic, no cream, no pasta, just…

⏱ 1 hr 🍽 4 servings 📊 Easy
French Bouillabaisse served and ready to eat French

French Bouillabaisse

A rich Provençal fish stew with rouille, saffron, fennel and orange — Marseille's most famous dish.

⏱ 2 hr 🍽 5 servings 📊 Hard
French Steak Frites served and ready to eat French

French Steak Frites

Pan-seared steak with peppercorn-cream sauce and crispy French fries — bistro classic, eaten with red wine.

⏱ 30 min 🍽 2 servings 📊 Medium
French Crepes Sucrees served and ready to eat French

French Crepes Sucrees

Thin sweet French crêpes with butter, sugar and lemon — eaten warm from the pan.

⏱ 45 min 🍽 4 servings 📊 Easy
French Pissaladière served and ready to eat French

French Pissaladière

A Niçoise flatbread topped with deeply caramelised onions, anchovies and black olives — Provence's answer to…

⏱ 1 hr 45 min 🍽 4 servings 📊 Medium
British Sticky Ginger Cake served and ready to eat British

British Sticky Ginger Cake

A dark, sticky, deeply spiced gingerbread cake with treacle and stem ginger — perfect with custard…

⏱ 1 hr 10 min 🍽 10 servings 📊 Easy
British Cornish Saffron Buns served and ready to eat British

British Cornish Saffron Buns

Golden Cornish saffron buns studded with currants and sultanas — sweet, slightly spiced and uniquely Cornish.

⏱ 2 hr 55 min 🍽 12 servings 📊 Medium
British Spotted Dick served and ready to eat British

British Spotted Dick

A traditional British suet sponge pudding studded with currants, steamed for hours, served with hot custard.

⏱ 3 hr 15 min 🍽 6 servings 📊 Easy
American Pecan Pie served and ready to eat American

American Pecan Pie

A buttery Southern pecan pie with toasted pecans in dark caramel custard — deeply rich, scarcely…

⏱ 1 hr 25 min 🍽 8 servings 📊 Medium
Mexican Chiles en Nogada served and ready to eat Mexican

Mexican Chiles en Nogada

Stuffed poblanos with picadillo, drenched in a walnut-cream sauce and topped with pomegranate seeds — Mexico's…

⏱ 1 hr 45 min 🍽 4 servings 📊 Hard