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The 20 most popular recipes of June 2021

From new twists on old faves, to curries, soups, one-pots and cookies, there's much to take comfort from in the first month of winter.

20 recipes
No soggy bottom: Spanakopita with puff pastry and haloumi.

1. Haloumi spanakopita

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Katrina Meynink
Creamy coconut curry with chicken and potatoes.
EASY

2. Cheat's Malaysian creamy coconut curry

  • < 30 mins
  • Katrina Meynink
Potato gratin in a pie.

3. Potato Dauphinoise and caramelised onion pie

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Katrina Meynink
Lemon drop biscuits with thick lemon icing.
EASY

4. Darren Purchese's lemon drop cookies

  • < 30 mins
  • Darren Purchese
Serve this braised pork belly with boiled rice and spring onion.

5. Braised pork belly with black beans and shiitake mushrooms

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Neil Perry
Creamy fettucine alfredo with garlic mushrooms.
EASY

6. Fettuccine alfredo with garlic mushrooms

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
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Low in carbs, high in comfort: Eggplant parmigiana meets beef pie.

7. Beef and eggplant parmigiana pie

  • 2 hrs +
  • Adam Liaw
Roast pumpkin soup with merguez sausage, chilli, chickpeas and a swirl of rose harissa.
EASY

8. Roast pumpkin soup with chickpeas

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Jill Dupleix
Make these mushroom stroganoff pot pies in any ovenproof dish you like.

9. Mushroom stroganoff pot pie

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Katrina Meynink
A bowl of comfort that's ready in 15 minutes.
EASY

10. Soupy lemon chicken and orzo with spinach and parmesan

  • < 30 mins
  • Katrina Meynink
Pick up a supermarket roast chicken for this comforting congee.
EASY

11. Roast chicken brown rice congee

  • 2 hrs +
  • Adam Liaw
Pick up a supermarket roast chicken for this spiced soup.
EASY

12. Ras el hanout, lentil and roast chicken soup

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Katrina Meynink
Pumpkin, chickpea and chermoula pies with optimum crisp filo coverage.

13. Chermoula roast pumpkin and chickpea filo pie

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Katrina Meynink
Have you ever sprinkled a pinch of flaky salt on a chocolate chip cookie just before baking? Try it. You won't regret it.
EASY

14. Salted tahini and chocolate chip cookies

  • < 30 mins
  • Danielle Alvarez
Gochujang chicken bibimbap bowl.
EASY

15. Shredded chicken bibimbap bowl with quick spicy barbecue sauce and slaw

  • < 30 mins
  • Katrina Meynink
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This tomato and pea sauce is very versatile.
EASY

16. Roast pumpkin and sweet potato with tomato and pea sauce

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Neil Perry
Adam Liaw's wintry spin on the French classic.
EASY

17. Winter nicoise salad

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Adam Liaw
Neil Perry's lamb shoulder and carrot tagine.

18. Lamb shoulder and carrot tagine

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Neil Perry
Poule au pot.

19. Poule au pot

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Adam Liaw
Sweet and savoury: Pumpkin spice pancakes.
EASY

20. Pumpkin spice pancakes with bacon and maple syrup

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Helen Goh

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