Simply Brilliant recipes

Easy recipes for brilliant meals can be found in this collection of dishes featuring simple starters, sides and mains. If you're on the hunt for a lovely soup, Marcello Tully's spicy butternut squash soup is a fabulous winter warmer, or try Shaun Rankin's chilled watercress soup for the summer months. For main meals that are easy to pull together, Geoffrey Smeddle's fantastic pizza with Jerusalem artichoke purée with spinach and pine nuts is quick to prepare, as are the grilled fillets of sea bass by Martin Wishart, which would go well with his aubergine salad in this collection.

Collection recipes

Amritsari cod with garlic and green pea chutney Vineet Bhatia

Course:	Starter
Complexity:	Easy
Cooking Time:	1 hour 30 minutes
Serves:	4

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Bharwan paneer Alfred Prasad

Course:	Starter
Complexity:	Easy
Cooking Time:	30 minutes
Serves:	4

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Buttered basil linguine with tomato and chilli sauce and cheddar sauce Galton Blackiston

Course:	Main
Complexity:	Easy
Cooking Time:	1 hour 30 minutes
Serves:	4

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Spicy butternut squash soup Marcello Tully

Course:	Starter
Complexity:	Easy
Cooking Time:	1 hour 25 minutes
Serves:	8

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Cheese burger with caramelised onions Marcus Wareing

Course:	Main
Complexity:	Easy
Cooking Time:	1 hour 15 minutes
Serves:	4

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Chilled gazpacho Morgan Meunier

Course:	Main
Complexity:	Easy
Cooking Time:	2 hours 30 minutes plus marinating and freezing
Serves:	8

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Chilled watercress soup with dressed Asian pear and garden peas Shaun Rankin

Course:	Starter
Complexity:	Easy
Cooking Time:	25 minutes
Serves:	4

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Crab cakes Martin Wishart

Course:	Starter
Complexity:	Easy
Cooking Time:	30 minutes
Serves:	6

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Crispy hen's egg and asparagus soup Daniel Clifford

Course:	Starter
Complexity:	Easy
Cooking Time:	1 hour
Serves:	4

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Grilled fillets of sea bass with herb risotto, roasted cherry tomatoes and pesto Martin Wishart

Course:	Main
Complexity:	Medium
Cooking Time:	45 minutes
Serves:	4

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Grilled sardines on toasted foccacia bread Shaun Rankin

Course:	Starter
Complexity:	Easy
Cooking Time:	40 minutes
Serves:	4

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Leeks vinaigrette with eggs mimosa Martin Wishart

Course:	Main
Complexity:	Easy
Cooking Time:	35 minutes
Serves:	4

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Pappardelle with slow cooked tomatoes, Parmesan and basil Robert Thompson

Course:	Main
Complexity:	Easy
Cooking Time:	1 hour 40 minutes plus slow roasting tomatoes
Serves:	4

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Pizza with Jerusalem artichoke purée, spinach, pine nuts and spring onions Geoffrey Smeddle

Course:	Main
Complexity:	Easy
Cooking Time:	45 minutes
Serves:	4

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Potage of vegetables with poached duck egg and fresh herbs Chris Horridge

Course:	Starter
Complexity:	Easy
Cooking Time:	40 minutes
Serves:	4

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Quick creamy mashed potatoes Adam Gray

Course:	Other
Complexity:	Easy
Cooking Time:	25 minutes
Serves:	6

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Spicy aubergine salad Martin Wishart

Course:	Other
Complexity:	Easy
Cooking Time:	1 hour 10 minutes
Serves:	6

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Turkish lamb flatbreads Marcus Wareing

Course:	Starter
Complexity:	Easy
Cooking Time:	45 minutes
Serves:	4

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Warm salad of Jersey Royals with goats cheese pine nuts and fresh figs Shaun Rankin

Course:	Other
Complexity:	Easy
Cooking Time:	20 minutes
Serves:	4

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Wild mushroom consommé with herb gnocchi, confit tomatoes and pickled mushrooms Matthew Tomkinson

Course:	Starter
Complexity:	Easy
Cooking Time:	2 hours plus chilling
Serves:	4

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