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Casseroles & braises

Fragrant Syrian chicken with lemon and pistachio cous cous.
EASY

Fragrant Syrian chicken with lemon and pistachio cous cous

This aromatic Syrian-style braise balances weeknight ease with dinner-party flair. A zesty, nut-studded side dish is its ideal companion.

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Sarah Pound
Lentil dhal with sticky tamarind roasted fish.
EASY

Sticky tamarind-roasted fish with lentil dhal

This easy and comforting meal combines the classic flavours of dhal with the bold, sweet-and-sour kick of tamarind-glazed fish.

  • < 30 mins
  • Jessica Brook
Cider braised sausages with apple, fennel and rosemary.
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Cider-braised sausages with apple, fennel and rosemary

Elevate your weeknight meal with these cider-braised sausages, a delicious one-pot upgrade on a classic.

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Jessica Brook
Adam Liaw’s beef and spinach stew riffs on a classic home-style dish in Lebanon.
EASY

Adam Liaw’s Lebanese beef and spinach stew

Known as sabanekh w riz, this is a classic home-style dish in Lebanon.

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Adam Liaw
Adam Liaw’s Norwegian fish stew is a slightly less soupy version of a popular dish in Bergen.
EASY

Adam Liaw’s Norwegian fish stew

A slightly soupier version of this creamy dish is a specialty of Bergen, on Norway’s south-west coast.

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
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Baked chickpeas with eggplant.
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These slow-baked chickpeas capture a sunny taste of the Greek Islands

Fudgy baked eggplant and chickpeas combine with a spice-scented tomato sauce in this dish, served on feast days.

  • 2 hrs +
  • Carolina Doriti
Adam Liaw’s coq au vin.

Adam Liaw shares the steps to reaching ‘coq au vin heaven’

Forget magic tricks – achieving a deeply flavoured and tender classic French braise comes down to getting the basics right (and heeding these tips).

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Adam Liaw
Harissa and Persian feta chickpeas comes together quickly.
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Harissa and Persian feta chickpeas

This starts with a can, ends in one pan, and lands somewhere between “that was stupidly easy” and “how can this taste so good?”

  • < 30 mins
  • Katrina Meynink
Serve puttanesca chickpeas over pasta to stretch this dish further.
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Puttanesca chickpeas

All the salty, savoury, briny flavours you love from the pasta dish, only with chickpeas.

  • < 30 mins
  • Katrina Meynink
Katrina Meynink’s marry me chickpeas.
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Creamy marry me chickpeas

Love is in the air – and it smells like garlic, smoked paprika, and your new favourite one-pot dinner.

  • < 30 mins
  • Katrina Meynink