Top 10 Heston Blumenthal recipes

Chef, author and TV presenter Heston Blumenthal has made a huge impact on the culinary world during his career. Here are 10 of his best recipes.

Asparagus egg dippers
A light bite (pictured above) suitable as a lovely celebratory brunch or a refined but quick supper. Asparagus wrapped in salmon is a perfectly delicious weapon with which to puncture your soft-boiled eggs and enjoy the yolky goodness. Add plenty of freshly ground black pepper and sea salt flakes to taste. Read the full recipe here.

Bread and butter pudding

An alternative take on a British pudding, this recipe calls for hot cross buns rather than bread. Good around Easter for using leftovers up. The key ingredients of cream, egg yolks and sugar (plus a cheeky splash of rum) ensure that this pudding remains comforting and rich. Read the full recipe here.

Minced beef and dumplings

Packed full of big herby flavours, this dish is a cold weather favourite. Push the dumplings around your plate while eating so that they soak up all of the delicious juices from the minced beef and veg. The meat should be incredibly tender, having been cooked for over two hours at a low heat. Read the full recipe here.

Ultimate cheeseburgers

Burgers topped with homemade cheese slices flavoured with Worcestershire sauce, English mustard, Marmite and a slosh of pale ale. Cook the burgers on a barbecue, and melt the cheese slices on top of each. Serve in a bun with salad, chips on the side, and the rest of that ale... Read the full recipe here.

Roast leg of lamb

An alternative way to prepare a chunky joint of lamb. Make nicks in the meat and stuff them full of rosemary, anchovies and garlic before cooking.
The sauce is a blend of chicken stock, wholegrain mustard and white wine. Best accompanied by your roast dinner favourites. Read the full recipe here.

Pan-seared cod with leeks

Cod doused in a creamy leek and potato sauce. Sprinkle a pinch of chopped chives over each fillet, and garnish with pea shoots. Best partnered with a bed of waxy potatoes, although it also goes well with buttered leeks and green beans. Either way, it's bound to be amazing. Read the full recipe here.

Rich chilli con carne

Chilli con carne is a family favourite and it's dead easy to make. Add spiced butter to make the dish rich and creamy. If you like your chilli con carne lava-hot, add more chilli plus extra spices of your choice. The truly daring will use habanero or naga chillis. Read the full recipe here.

Peach, parma ham and gruyère salad

A summery salad that brings the best out of ripe peaches and other luxurious but simply prepared ingredients. Rocket and chard are good, but maybe Lovefood readers will experiment with the leaves in their salad and tell us what also works well? Read the full recipe here.
 

Tagliata with rocket salad

Cook sirloin steaks very quickly over a high heat to seal them, then carve them apart and serve among rocket leaves and Parmesan. Sounds tantalising? You bet. And it only gets better; add a rosemary and lemon dressing and spinkle sea salt flakes over the whole thing. Read the full recipe here.

Lamb and tapenade

Take a batch of olives and blitz in the blender with capers, anchovies and herbs to make your own tapenade, then drizzle that atop tender pieces of lamb served with a runner bean and radish salad. You can later enjoy any leftover tapenade as a snack spread on flatbreads. Read the full recipe here.

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