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Lamb merguez sausage with sauerkraut, crushed potatoes and caraway butter.
EASY

Lamb merguez sausages with sauerkraut, crushed potatoes and caraway butter

Juicy sausages served alongside buttery roasted potatoes and tangy sauerkraut make a hearty meal that’s surprisingly easy to prepare.

  • < 30 mins
  • Jessica Brook
Leave out the onions when making low-FODMAP chicken stock.
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Low-FODMAP chicken stock

Spend a few hours simmering a big pot of this onion-free stock, freeze it, then thank yourself later.

  • 2 hrs +
  • Chrissy Glentis
Adam Liaw’s Norwegian fish stew is a slightly less soupy version of a popular dish in Bergen.
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Adam Liaw’s Norwegian fish stew

A slightly soupier version of this creamy dish is a specialty of Bergen, on Norway’s south-west coast.

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
Prep bircher muesli (overnight oats) ahead, but vary the toppings.
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Make-ahead bircher muesli (overnight oats)

Start the week on the right foot by mixing up a batch of overnight oats for the days ahead.

  • < 30 mins
  • Sarah Pound
Smoked salmon and avocado salad.
EASY

Adam Liaw’s smoked salmon and avocado salad

A really good smoked salmon salad is a great recipe to have in your back pocket.

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
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Swedish prawn rolls.
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Adam Liaw’s Swedish prawn rolls

Prawn salad (skagenröra) is everywhere in Sweden. It also makes a fabulous filling for a decadent prawn roll that’s more affordable than a lobster one.

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
The perfect Swiss roll.

‘Simply irresistible’: The secret to a perfect, crack-free chocolate Swiss roll

A never-fail recipe plus a few simple tricks take this cake from nostalgic favourite to dinner-party centrepiece.

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Emelia Jackson
Baltic rissoles.
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Adam Liaw’s Baltic rissoles

Sour cream adds a little richness and a lovely hint of tartness to these rissoles, which are paired with a crisp iceberg and dill salad.

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Adam Liaw
Icelandic rice pudding.
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Adam Liaw’s Icelandic rice pudding

Icelandic rice pudding is a dessert, but salty rather than sweet. The contrast between the slightly salty pudding and the sweet cinnamon sugar is lovely.

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Adam Liaw
Curried fish gratin.
EASY

Fish pie Friday: Adam Liaw’s mash-up is pure comfort after a long week

In its most basic form, this fish and potato stew is the national dish of Iceland, but all well-loved dishes go through thousands of variations.

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Adam Liaw