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Casseroles & braises

RecipeTin Eats’ Greek spetsofai with sausages.
EASY

RecipeTin Eats’ Greek spetsofai (sausage stew)

This hearty Greek dish is traditionally served piled atop crusty bread. But it’s also delicious over a mound of small pasta or rice.

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • RecipeTin Eats
RecipeTin Eats’ sausage ragu.

RecipeTin Eats’ sausage ragu

Sausage meat gives the sauce a deeper flavour than you’d get by using simple mince meat.

  • 2 hrs +
  • RecipeTin Eats
RecipeTin Eats’ sausage hot pot.
EASY

RecipeTin Eats’ sausage hot pot

Sausages and spuds in a rich onion gravy baked under a layer of thinly sliced potatoes – this is pure comfort food that’s also budget-friendly.

  • 1-2 hrs
  • RecipeTin Eats
Spanish winter stew with chickpeas, beans and sausages.

Karen Martini’s Spanish winter stew with chickpeas, beans and sausages

A Spanish-inspired winter stew with a good hit of spice, a little heat and a subtle tang from the sherry vinegar, this is a substantial and sustaining dish but also simple and relatively quick.

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Karen Martini
Lamb shanks in red wine sauce.

10 luscious lamb shank recipes (and the creamiest mash to serve them with)

Lamb shanks are one of the cheaper, and more delicious, cuts of meat to buy right now. Put the oven on low and get ready for fall-apart-with-a-fork tenderness.

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This Persian-style stew relies on sumac in place of hard-to-find black limes.

Persian-inspired eggplant, chickpea and beef stew

Traditionally, this stew gets its superb but subtle sourness from dried black limes, but you can achieve a similar taste using a combination of lemon and sumac.

  • 2 hrs +
  • Katrina Meynink
Serve this coconutty curry with rice and naan.
EASY

Slow-cooked beef and sweet potato coconut curry

This is the kind of “yes, I have those ingredients” curry that has an engrossing, soothing power.

  • 2 hrs +
  • Katrina Meynink
Serve this coconutty curry with naan and rice.

Cheap (cut) thrills to ward off winter chills: Four ways to transform chuck steak into fall-apart glory

Katrina Meynink’s recipes showcase beef chuck at its slow-cooked best.

  • Katrina Meynink
One-pot wonder: RecipeTin Eats’ Mexican fish stew.
EASY

Spice up your midweek fish with RecipeTin Eats’ fast and flavour-packed Mexican stew

The big-flavoured sauce means you can get away with using inexpensive fish in this chunky, satisfying stew.

  • < 30 mins
  • RecipeTin Eats
Karen Martini’s braised tofu with fennel, wombok, egg, brown rice and peanuts.
EASY

Braised tofu with fennel, wombok, egg, brown rice and peanuts

This nourishing, gently spiced tofu and vegetable dish certainly banishes the chills.

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Karen Martini