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Vegan cottage pie

This is made possible by BBC Foods! Ingredients For the mashed potato topping 1.5kg/3lb 5oz floury potatoes (such as Maris Piper), peeled and cut into even chunks 125ml/4fl oz dairy-free milk 2 tbsp olive oil salt and freshly ground black pepper For the meat-free base 2 tbsp olive oil 1 onion, chopped 2 carrots, peeled and diced 2 celery sticks, diced 2 garlic cloves, roughly chopped…

Butter paneer curry

This is made possible by BBC Foods! Ingredients For the butter paneer curry 100ml/3½fl oz vegetable oil 1 tsp cumin seeds 1 onion, finely chopped 5 garlic cloves, finely chopped 5cm/2in piece fresh ginger, peeled and grated 2 tsp dried fenugreek leaves 2 tbsp garam masala 1 tsp ground turmeric ¼ tsp chilli powder (optional) 150g/5½oz tomato purée 1 tsp salt 1½ tbsp sugar 100ml/3½fl oz crème fraîche (use low fat crème fraîche if preferred)…

Slow cooker beef stroganoff

This is made possible by BBC Foods! Ingredients 2 tbsp sunflower oil 600g/1lb 5oz stewing or casserole steak, cut into chunky strips 3 tbsp plain flour 2 onions, sliced 3 garlic cloves, crushed 2 beef stock cubes, crumbled 1 tbsp Dijon mustard 1 tbsp Worcestershire sauce 25g/1oz butter 200g/7oz mushrooms, sliced 125ml/4fl oz soured cream handful flatleaf or curly parsley, roughly chopped (optional) salt and freshly ground black pepper freshly…

Cardamom buns

This is made possible by BBC Foods! Ingredients 28 cardamom pods (or 10 pods, plus 1 tsp ground cardamom) 250ml/9fl oz full-fat milk 125g/4½oz unsalted butter, cut into cubes 350g/12oz strong white bread flour, plus extra for dusting 150g/5½oz golden caster sugar 7g sachet fast-action dried yeast ½ tsp salt oil, for greasing ¼ tsp ground cinnamon 1 free-range egg, beaten with a fork Method…

Leek and cheese filo tart

This is made possible by BBC Foods! Ingredients 1½ tbsp olive oil, plus extra for greasing 4 sheets filo pastry, roughly half a pack 100g/3½oz mature cheddar, finely grated 5 tbsp single cream 1 large leek, trimmed and very thinly sliced salt and black pepper To serve (optional) 4 medium potatoes, well-scrubbed 300g/10½oz frozen peas Method Before starting this, make sure to preheat…