Breakfast

Overnight oats are the answer for anyone who wants a proper breakfast without any effort in the morning. Five minutes of mixing the evening before, …

Baked porridge takes everything that’s good about a bowl of creamy porridge and removes the stirring entirely, letting the oven do the work instead. The …

A good thin pancake depends on a batter that’s properly rested and a pan that’s genuinely hot before the first ladleful goes in, and both …

These potato pancakes take the same principle as a good hash brown and build proper spice into the mixture itself, rather than relying on a …

A good breakfast sandwich comes down to timing more than anything else, since bacon, egg and a toasted muffin all cook at slightly different speeds …

A soggy hash brown almost always comes down to one thing: too much moisture left in the grated potato before it hits the pan. This …

Fruit muffins often end up wetter than intended, since fruit releases liquid into the batter as it bakes. Using pears that are ripe but still …

Black pudding falls apart in the pan more often than it needs to, usually because the slices are cut too thin or the pan isn’t …

Homemade granola often comes out of the oven as loose, separate oats rather than the clustered, chunky granola you’d buy from a good shop. The …

This Gordon Ramsay French toast recipe fixes the most common problem with homemade versions: a pale, soggy centre under a barely-there crust. Using thick-cut, slightly …