Type: Simple make ahead

Chicken with miso, ginger and lime
This dish is lovely either warm from the oven – served with sticky or basmati rice – or at room temperature. If…

Slow-cooked chicken with a crisp corn crust
This is a wonderful meal on an autumn day, served with a crisp green salad. The slow-cooked chicken is packed full of…

Ricotta and oregano meatballs
Using ricotta makes the meatballs super light and fluffy. The dish can be made a day in advance, kept in the fridge,…

Harissa beef sirloin with pepper and lemon sauce
This is a great dish to feed friends, if you like knowing that all the work which needs doing is done well…
Lamb arayes with tahini and sumac
Arayes are lamb stuffed flatbreads popular across the Middle East. They’re traditionally made with pitta bread but I’ve used tortillas here. They’re…
Slow-cooked lamb shoulder with mint and cumin
This is a feast of a meal, served with something like butterbeans – gently mashed with the cooking juices from the lamb…

Lamb and pistachio patties with sumac yoghurt sauce
These patties are lovely as a snack or as part of a feast at a barbecue. If you want to make them…
Spiced ‘shepherd’s pie’ with butterbean crust
If lamb siniyah is a Middle Eastern take on the shepherd’s pie, then this is my North African take, with a butterbean…
Arnold’s roast chicken with caraway and cranberry stuffing
Arnold Rogow was a family friend of Ixta Belfrage, who tested a lot of the Ottolenghi SIMPLE recipes with Esme. Ixta has…