Posh budget recipes
Please your pocket as well as a crowd with recipes like Thai roast chicken with mango & apple salad and individual strawberry & almond tarts.
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Confit of salmon with new potato & crab crush & dill drizzle
- Ready in 45 mins
Cooking the salmon slowly in oil, or ‘confit’-ing it, is a restaurant way of keeping the fillets wonderfully soft and moist
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Moderately Easy
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Thai roast chicken with mango & apple salad
- Ready in 50 mins
Fresh-tasting and fabulously low-fat chicken with sticky coconut rice
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Individual strawberry & almond tarts
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Ready-made pastry and marzipan make these tarts a doddle to make for summer dinner parties
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Twice-cooked pork belly with an onion & apple velouté
- Ready in 24 hrs
Gordon Ramsay keeps the cost of entertaining down by working his magic on a cheap cut of meat
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For The Keen Cook
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Irish stew
- Ready in 2 hrs 30 mins
The trick with this classic one-pot is to use a cheaper cut of meat, which means you’ll skimp on price but not quality
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Melty onion toasts
- Ready in 55 mins
Make the onion topping for this simple gastropub-style starter up to two days ahead
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Malt chocolate ice cream
- Ready in 15 mins
All the flavours of a gorgeous mug of malty cocoa, combined into a delicious ice cream
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The ultimate makeover: Risotto with squash & sage
- Ready in 1 hr 5 mins
Angela's ultimate version of the Italian classic is lower in fat but still wonderfully creamy
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Rhubarb & almond crumble tart
- Ready in 2 hrs
A smarter version of the traditional rhubarb crumble, perfect for dinner parties - use ready-made dessert pastry to keep it simple
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Moderately Easy
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Green salad with avocado
- Ready in 10 mins
A simple, fresh-tasting salad to serve as part of a summery buffet
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Spicy pepper & tomato soup with cucumber yogurt
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Serve this healthy, vibrant, veggie blend cold as a Spanish-style gazpacho or hot as a comforting supper
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Zingy new potato salad
- Ready in 25 mins
The tangy dressing gives this salad a punch and lightness that fits well into a varied buffet lunch
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Salmon & lemon rice pastry parcel
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Throw a whole new spin on fish pie with this flaky puff pastry bake - filled with capers, basmati and red peppers too
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Chicken with chorizo & leeks
- Ready in 1 hr 30 mins
This Spanish-style dish is full of flavour and can be made ahead
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Courgette & goat's cheese tart
- Ready in 1 hr 40 mins
Everyone will love the summery flavours in this veggie main dish
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Olive bread swirls
- Ready in 1 hr 50 mins
These delicious savoury rolls make an excellent side dish for a lunch party
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Coconut cake
- Ready in 1 hr 25 mins
A tasty party dessert with a juicy raspberry lime drizzle
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Twice-baked goat’s cheese soufflés with apple & walnut salad
- Ready in 1 hr 20 mins
These fabulous soufflés are not as nervewracking to cook and serve as traditional ones, and can be prepared ahead
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For The Keen Cook
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Smoked mackerel pâté with French bread & horseradish
- Ready in 15 mins
This relaxed starter can be whizzed up in just 15 minutes - and it won't break the bank either
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Warm duck salad with Merlot dressing
- Ready in 1 hr 15 mins
The dressing for this filling salad is quite unusual as it has chicken stock in it, which adds a great depth of flavour
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Balsamic blueberries with vanilla ice cream
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Poaching blueberries really brings out their flavour, especially with a dash of balsamic vinegar
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Roasted vegetable lasagne
- Ready in 1 hr 35 mins
Young, old and in-betweens will love this vegetarian Italian-style dish
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Cherry chocolate Pavlova
- Ready in 2 hrs
Finish your meal with this impressive dessert, with billowing cream and fresh summer fruit
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Moderately Easy
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Sausage casserole with garlic toasts
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- Ready in 45 mins
Smarten up sausages and sneak in a few vital veggies too with this comforting midweek meal
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Crunchy pesto & mozzarella baked mushrooms
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Italian green basil sauce makes a good base for this stuffed, vegetarian dish with creamy mascarpone and light rocket salad
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Spinach & ricotta slice
- Ready in 1 hr 45 mins
Both vegetarians and non-veggies will love this puff pastry parcel with Italian cheese - great as a buffet centrepiece
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Moderately Easy
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Peppered potato soup
- Ready in 35 mins
This thrifty dinner party leek and potato soup recipe has an attractive pale colour from using the bottom end of the allium and a bouquet garni
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