Best-ever side dish recipes
Elevate side dishes from after-thought to star of the show, with our best-ever side dish recipes.
You’ll find best-ever versions of classic sides including crisp roast potatoes, fluffy rice and golden Yorkshire puddings. There’s a side for all seasons, from winter’s comfort carbs to juicy summer corn, and plenty of ideas for side-dish stalwarts like grains, broccoli, green beans, carrots and parsnips.
With plenty of vegetarian and vegan options, you’re bound to find the perfect side dish…whatever the occasion.
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Leek recipes
Creamy baked leeks
In this festive side dish recipe, leeks are cooked slowly in cream and cheese until soft and golden. Recipe taken...
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Christmas recipes from around the world
Christmas Jansson’s temptation
Brontë Aurell shares her recipe for Jansson’s temptation (Jansson’s frestelse), a classic Swedish potato dish traditionally made with cream and...
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Chips recipes
Ripped oven chips with smoked chilli and roasted garlic dip
Get ready for the best oven chips you’ve ever tasted with Gelf Alderson’s ‘ripped’ chips recipe. Tearing the par-boiled potatoes...
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Carrot recipes
Orange and honey-roast carrots and parsnips
Carrots and parsnips are an important part of a roast dinner because they add colour and sweetness – especially with...
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Brussels sprouts recipes
Sprout and anchovy gratin with porcini crumb
Sprouts can soak up flavour yet stand up to bold, fierce cooking, thanks to their density. This side dish, with...
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Celeriac recipes
Celeriac, sage and black garlic gratin
Earthy celeriac, woody sage and the powerful umami of black garlic create the ultimate winter dish. This absolute flavour-bomb of...
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Best of the best recipes
Best of the best gratin dauphinois
The side dish of dreams, the comfort food of the gods – gratin dauphinois is France’s creamy, beige gift to...
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Tapas recipes
Green patatas bravas
We’ll happily accept pretty much any iteration of crispy potatoes slathered in sauce, but this verdant refresh of Spain’s iconic...
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Italian starter recipes
Runner beans with pesto, roast cherry tomatoes and lemon ricotta
The colourful Italian combo of tomatoes, pesto and cheese is joined by a beautiful tangle of runner beans in this...
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Working from home lunch recipes
Super herby tabbouleh
Tabbouleh is one of those rare dishes where herbs are treated as the star important ingredient, rather than a garnish...
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Jewish recipes
Tzimmes
Tzimmes is a Ashkenazi Jewish side dish of stewed fruit and root vegetables that’s traditionally served on Rosh Hashanah. Its...
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Best of British recipes
Strawberry, clotted cream and watercress salad
Where do you stand on strawberries in savoury dishes? We are all for the combination of sweet and savoury, and...
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Potato recipes
All the greens potato salad
Everyone loves potato salad! This verdant makeover of the classic throws a whole bunch of springtime goodness into the bowl....
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Favourite vegetarian recipes
Marmalade-roasted squash with herby labneh
Scatter marmalade-roasted squash and root veg with a tasty homemade herby labneh for a show-stopping veggie dish. It’s perfect to...
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Indian side dishes
Pilau rice
There’s a world of difference between perfectly and badly cooked rice. The absorption method – as seen here – is...
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Air fryer recipes
Air fryer carrots and chickpeas with ricotta
Cooking chickpeas in the air fryer turns them deliciously crisp; carrots turn out tender with just a little bite. Scattered...
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