Cheap cut recipes

This mouth-watering pork belly dish with crispy crackling is great for entertaining and so easy to make. Serve with our four ingredient dipping sauce

This Italian-style casserole will warm you up, and it's great value too

A rustic terrine with French toasts makes an excellent starter for a special meal and it costs very little to make

This warming cobbler is impossible to resist on a winter's day, but is so delicious you'll be cooking it up all year round

Slow-cooked oxtail is soft, melting meat and teamed with this rich red wine sauce it's perfect for parties

A cheap cut of beef transformed into a tender treat

This summery beef dish is the perfect centrepiece for your outdoor entertaining

Breast of lamb is a forgotten cut, which means it's great value, as well as deliciously tender when slow-cooked

Not just for stuffings and pâtés, pan-fried chicken livers make a good-value starter or light lunch

Spice up your midweek chicken with a sticky soy glaze

These American-style crisp chicken pieces are the perfect laid-back food to share, great for a movie night

In Portugal this braise would be served with fried potatoes or rice, but it goes just as well with a pillow of buttery mash

Don't stint on the cooking time - it really is the key to meltingly soft, full-flavoured meat

This dish is great for a casual get-together, just plonk it on the table with a big salad and bread and it's done

Pick up a few extras from the deli and turn this into a Middle Eastern mezze spread to share with friends

Chicken thighs are good value and tasty, just right for this healthy, versatile curry. It's also packed with veggies such as spinach, sweet potato and tomatoes.

For an easy, warming family casserole on a budget, this one-pot ticks all the boxes

Pork belly is a relatively cheap cut of meat, making this an affordable roast to feed a crowd

Made from pork shoulder and pigs liver, meatball-like faggots are a blast from the thrifty past - serve with mashed potatoes

Malty Chinese black vinegar makes a great base for a slow-cooked one-pot with ginger, chilli and a thrifty cut of meat

Still a relatively cheap cut, pork belly yields beautiful soft flesh and crisp crackling when slow-roasted.

Crispy Southern fried chicken is often served with blue cheese dressing and celery - the coleslaw turns this party favourite into a proper supper

An alternative take on the Highland soup with stewed lamb, cabbage and pearl barley

Cook this one-pot brisket in beer for a richer flavour and your parsnips and mushrooms will absorb the liquor, too. Serve with mash to soak up the gravy