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Top rated Hearty recipes
Corned Beef Surprise
By AdzDalton
A simple easy and cheap meal packed with hearty vegetables
- 1tin of quality corned beef
- 2 stock cubes (meat)
- 2/3 carrots cubed
- 2large baking potatoes cubed
- 1large onion chopped
- Pinch of pepper
Cowboys Casserole
By elaine
A simple and tasty one pot recipe
- 8 thick or 16 thin sausages, can be plain or flavoured eg Lincoln or Cumberland
- 4 slices of bacon, smoked preferably
- 2 x 425g cans of baked beans
- Dash of Worcestshire Sauce
Easy Quick Crispy Skin Baked Potatoes
By wackykitchen, wackykitchen.co.uk
Get Perfect baked potatoes fluffy warm, with the baked flavour and a crispy but not burnt skin suitable for eating
- 4 large potatoes
- Salt
- Pepper
- Butter
- oil
Snacks, Starters, and Nibbles - Hearty Artichoke Bake
By Keith Bradbury, FROM ALFREDO'S WITH LOVE...
This is a cracker of a dish – and I certainly could not guess how it was made when I first sampled it
- 1 tin of artichoke hearts
- 3-6 garlic cloves – I used 4 – up to you how garlicky you feel!
- 1 430ml bottle of good mayo
- 1 wedge of parmesan
La Flamiche Picarde
By Catherine B
A hearty recipe from Nord-Pas-de-Calais, a northern region of France
- For the crust:
- 500g flour
- 2 egg yolks
- 250g of lard
- 3 pinches of salt
- 4-5 tbsp of fresh water
- For the filling:
- 4 leeks
- 15g butter
- 4 tbsp of heavy cream
- Salt, pepper and nutmeg
- For the glaze:
- 1 egg yolk
Hearty Pasta Soup
By Wackyjacky
Do something different with a pack of tortellini
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 2 carrots, chopped
- 1 large onion, finely chopped
- 1l vegetable stock
- 400g can chopped tomatoes
- 200g frozen mixed peas and beans
- 250g pack fresh filled tortellini (we used spinach and ricotta)
- handful of basil leaves (optional)
- grated parmesan (or vegetarian alternative), to serve
Aah Bisto Favourite Meatballs & Mash
By Bisto, The Bisto website
Preheat the oven to 200 C / fan oven 180 C / Gas Mark 6
- 1kg (2lb 4oz) potatoes, cut into chunks
- 500g (1lb 2oz) extra lean minced beef
- 1 large carrot, grated
- 1 small onion, finely chopped
- 2 teaspoons dried mixed herbs
- 1 small Savoy or white cabbage, shredded
- 2 tablespoons milk
- 6 heaped teaspoons Bisto Favourite Gravy Granules
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper
Beef stew
By Lildrop
A hearty meal to warm the cockles on a cold winters night
- 1lb stewing beef cut up
- 1 tin of tomatoes
- 1 cup of beef broth or water
- 2 onions
- 1 cup if diced carrot
- 2 large potatoes
- 3/4 cup of peas
- 1 bay leaf
- Salt and pepper
Hearty Crock Pot Steak and Ale
By Ladybenj
A hearty, tasty stew done in the crock pot for people with busy lives
- 1 pack of stewing steak
- mushrooms
- carrots
- 1 onion
- potatoes
- celery
- 2 x beef stock cubes
- 1 pint of water
- 5 tsp plain flour
- half a cup of water
- 1 can of strong stout such as Guinness
Leek and Sweet Potato Soup
By angelajw8
A variation of the old fave Leek and Potato soup, this uses sweet potato and chilli
- 1 large leek
- 2 cloves garlic
- 1 sweet potato
- stock cubes to make 1 litre of stock
- chilli powder to taste
- seasoning, herbs
- grated hard cheese to garnish
More Hearty recipes
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Roast Turkey With Cheese & Craker...
- 2 pieces turkey steak (about 150g each piece)
- 1 small red chilli ( chopped)
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 1 tablespoon chilli oil
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 clove garlic (chopped)
- 1 small onion (chopped)
- 100g grated cheese
- 8 Ritz Cheese crackers
- A few sprigs of rosemary
- 100g cooked baby beetroots
- ½ small red pepper ( chopped)
- 100ml rich turkey stock
- A handful of spinach leaves
- Salt and pepper
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Hearty Mixed vegetable cutlets
- Potatoes,boiled and mashed: 5 , Green beans: blanched and chopped - 5 , Green peas,blanched & crushed: 1/2 cup, Oil :2 tablespoons + to shallow fry, Cumin seeds :1/2 teaspoon, Ginger: finely chopped 1 inch piece, Onion: finely chopped 1 medium, Red chilli powder : 1 teaspoon, Salt to taste, Cashewnuts,crushed :10 ,Plain flour:2 tablespoons, Fresh coriander leaves: chopped 2 tablespoons, Lemon juice :1 tablespoon, Bread crumbs: 1cup
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Beef Stroganoff
- 500gr beef strips
- punnet of mushrooms
- tin of cream of mushroom soup
- black pepper to taste
- worcestershire sauce
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Toad In The Hole With A Twist
- 4 teaspoons vegetable oil
- 6 pork sausages
- 110g (4oz) plain flour
- 1 large egg
- 300ml (1/2 pint) milk
- 4 spring onions, finely chopped
- 2 teaspoons chopped fresh rosemary or thyme
- 4 heaped teaspoons Bisto Onion Gravy Granules
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper
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Bangers With Red Onion Gravy &...
- 4 heaped teaspoons Bisto Favourite
- Reduced Salt Gravy Granules
- 1 large red onion, thinly sliced
- 900g (2lb) potatoes, cut into chunks
- 500g (1lb 2oz) bag prepared carrots and swede
- 8 reduced fat sausages
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper
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Monday’s Marvellous Pie
- 5 heaped teaspoons Bisto Favourite Gravy Granules
- 300g (10oz) cooked lamb or beef, cut into chunks
- 250g (9oz) leftover sliced carrots
- 400g (14oz) leftover boiled or roast potatoes,
- cut into chunks
- 200g (7oz) mushrooms, sliced
- 1 tablespoon chopped fresh parsley
- 320g ready-rolled, reduced fat puff pastry sheet,
- thawed if frozen
- 1 small egg, beaten, or 2 tablespoons milk
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Shepherd’s Lost-His-Sheep Pie
- 1kg (2lb 4oz) potatoes, cut into chunks
- 500g bag frozen Quorn mince
- 1 large carrot, finely chopped
- 1 large onion, finely chopped
- 1 medium parsnip or turnip, finely chopped
- 1 medium courgette, finely chopped
- 2 tablespoons milk
- 5 heaped teaspoons Bisto Vegetable Gravy Granules
- 15g (1/2oz) butter (optional)
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper
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Spicy Bean, Tomato and Sausage...
- 10 ml olive oil
- 1 onion, peeled & chopped
- 2 cloves garlic, peeled and crushed
- 1 chopped red pepper,
- 2 chopped celery sticks
- 150g Chorizo sausages, cut into small chunks
- 15 ml tomato puree
- 300ml vegetable stock
- 1 x can of Borlotti Beans or Black Eyed Beans
- pinch of sugar (optional)
- Salt & freshly ground black pepper
- Crusty white bread to serve
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Beef and ale stew
- 1 onion
- 2 carrots
- 1 parsnip
- ½ swede
- 200g mushrooms
- 450g stewing beef
- 250ml of ale
- Beef stock
- 2 Bay leaves
- 1 tsp dried allspice
- 1 tsp dried rosemary
- 1 tsp dried sage
- 1 tsp dried thyme
- 1 tbsp plain flour
- salt and pepper to taste
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Roasted vegetable lasagne
- 50g/16 oz courgettes
- 1 aubergine
- 3-4 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
- 1 kg firm, ripe tomatoes, sliced
- 2 cloves garlic, chopped
- 2 tbsp balsamic vinegar
- 10-12 fresh basil leaves, chopped
- Pinch salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 2x125g/4½ oz low-fat mozzarella cheese, sliced
- 150g/5¼ oz fresh lasagne sheets
- 100g/3½ oz freshly grated parmesan, or similar vegetarian hard cheese
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Chili Stew
- 2 large cans of chili
- 1 can corn
- 4 red potatoes (peeled and chunked)
- 1 can mushrooms
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Cottage Pie with Butternut Thatch
- 900g (2lb) potatoes, cut into chunks
- 500g (1lb 2oz) prepared butternut squash, or one
- small butternut squash, peeled and cut into chunks
- 500g (1lb 2oz) extra lean minced beef
- 1 onion, chopped
- 1 carrot, chopped
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley
- 2 tablespoons milk
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper
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