Recipes

Felicity Cloake · The Guardian

‘Onion tart’ hardly describes this sumptuous mess of sweet onions studded with bacon and slumped into a shortcrust case

Felicity Cloake · The Guardian

Feel every inch the artisan with this uncomplicated recipe for fresh pasta. Just add sauce

Felicity Cloake · The Guardian

Once you know the science behind the magic, soufflés are one of the most versatile dishes you can have in your repertoire

Felicity Cloake · The Guardian

A festival of summer veg in a bowl, made irresistible with a garlicky dollop of herby pistou on top

Felicity Cloake · The Guardian

Pile up these easy pancakes and smother them with maple syrup and bacon, or fruit, yoghurt or chocolate sauce

Felicity Cloake · The Guardian

There’s dal, and then there’s dal makhani . Here’s how to make this gently spiced, luxuriant and defiantly rich Indian dish

Felicity Cloake · The Guardian

Minimal effort, maximum results: step-by-step instructions for making a cake that always goes down a storm

Felicity Cloake · The Guardian

Fresh egg pasta stuffed with a garlicky, spinach-and-cheese filling form the bedrock of this modern classic dish – but what works best as the sauce: tomato or bechamel?

Felicity Cloake · The Guardian

Outside the French Riviera, inauthentic versions of salade niçoise abound, much to the chagrin of purists. Here’s the classic French salad as it is meant to be made

Felicity Cloake · The Guardian

There are as many recipes for laksa as there are cooks who make this fragrant Asian soup, but we’ve run the rule over a few and come up with our own definitive take

Felicity Cloake · The Guardian

As summery a dessert as they come, for lovers of strawberries and cream or scones

Felicity Cloake · The Guardian

No ice-cream maker, no returning to the freezer tub to churn every half hour. You might not get Mr Whippy, but you’ll get all the flavour and none of the hassle

Felicity Cloake · The Guardian

As summery as a salad and just as healthy, gazpacho is refreshing as a starter or, with a little improvisation, a complete meal in itself

Felicity Cloake · The Guardian

This classic dessert adapts to whatever you fancy – fresh fruit, yoghurt, whipped cream or even coffee on your meringue

Felicity Cloake · The Guardian

Perfectly cooked vegetables are the key to this well-loved Mediterranean stew, flavoured with saffron and thyme

Felicity Cloake · The Guardian

Fillet or shoulder? Lemon juice or vinegar for the marinade? Here’s the definitive way to make souvlaki – be sure to finish with a sprinkling of paprika

Felicity Cloake · The Guardian

Hardly anyone owns a pizza oven, or even an oven hot enough to cook pizza in, so what a joy it is that you can make a brilliant one in a pan

Felicity Cloake · The Guardian

Snap up bargain berries and snaffle the last of the crop from the hedgerows and make this seasonal filling, fruity classic

Felicity Cloake · The Guardian

Autumn brings with it earthier flavours, celebrated in this step-by-step wild mushroom risotto

Felicity Cloake · The Guardian

Apples bulk up the berries in this quintessentially British pie that sings of autumn

Felicity Cloake · The Guardian

Forget the chilled soups and consommés of high summer; it’s time to appreciate the heartier sort now that soup season proper is with us again

Felicity Cloake · The Guardian

Could food come any more comforting than a hearty bowl of pasta and beans? But which beans, and which pasta, to use?

Felicity Cloake · The Guardian

The unflinchingly syrupy, gooey family favourite, crammed into buttery shortcrust, is heavenly served with custard, cream, ice-cream, or all three

Felicity Cloake · The Guardian

This meat-and-potato stew has versions throughout northern Europe, and not even Liverpudlians agree what the best recipe is, but our resident culinary perfectionist won’t let that stop her ...