The recipes of Gordon Ramsay, tried and tested by a fan
I’m Sophie, a British home cook and fan of Gordon Ramsay. I test his recipes in my kitchen and share simple, step-by-step versions anyone can make at home.
Gordon Ramsay’s butternut squash soup is spiced, warming and thick with red lentils, made with 1kg of squash, coconut cream, cumin, ginger, chilli and curry leaves, blended smooth and ready in about 30 minutes. It’s a proper meal in a bowl, not a light starter. This is his Spiced Squash and Lentil Soup from Quick …
Gordon Ramsay’s pumpkin soup is smooth, velvety and rich, made by roasting a whole pumpkin with garlic and rosemary until the flesh caramelises, then blending it with Parmesan, cream and a knob of butter. Topped with sautéed wild mushrooms and Parmesan shavings, it serves 6 in about 90 minutes. This is from his Ultimate Cookery …
Gordon Ramsay’s chicken noodle soup is aromatic, clean and deeply savoury, built on a broth of poached chicken thighs, dried shiitake mushrooms, ginger, star anise and Shaoxing rice wine, ready in about 25 minutes. The noodles hold their bite because they never touch the broth pot. This is his Chicken and Shiitake Noodle Soup from …
Gordon Ramsay’s tomato soup is 1.5kg of ripe tomatoes seared with red onion and cayenne, then roasted until the edges char. It gets blended with stock, cream and a sundried tomato pesto. The recipe comes from Ultimate Home Cooking, serves four and takes 50 minutes. The book calls it Creamy Tomato Soup with Sundried Tomato …
Gordon Ramsay’s French onion soup is rich, aromatic and built on a kilo of onions cooked low and slow for 40 minutes until they’re meltingly soft, then finished with dry cider, chicken stock and a drizzle of cream. It’s topped with Lincolnshire Poacher cheese melted on sourdough croutons. Ramsay doesn’t make a classic French onion …
Gordon Ramsay’s pea and mint soup is vibrant green, silky smooth and ready in under 10 minutes. It’s made with frozen peas, fresh mint and crème fraîche, topped with crispy prosciutto that shatters when you dip your spoon through it. This is his Pea and Mint Soup with Prosciutto from Fast Food. The technique that …
Gordon Ramsay’s broccoli soup is bright green, velvety and made from one ingredient: broccoli boiled in salted water for three and a half minutes, then blended with the cooking liquid. No stock, no cream, no onion. He calls it “easy beyond belief” and it’s ready in 10 minutes. This comes from Make It Easy and …
Gordon Ramsay’s smoked haddock risotto is smoky, creamy and properly British, made with undyed haddock poached in milk, leeks, Arborio rice and Parmesan, ready in about 35 minutes. The poaching milk goes into the stock, which means the smokiness is in every grain of rice, not just sitting on top. He makes this on The …
Every Gordon Ramsay salad recipe from his cookbooks, tested and written up in one place. 38 recipes from books like Ultimate Home Cooking, Ultimate Cookery Course and Make It Easy, each with the source named so you can check it yourself. From a 5 minute radish salad to a lobster starter for special occasions. Most …
Gordon Ramsay’s chickpea salad is his Coronation Chickpeas from Ultimate Fit Food: tinned chickpeas, raw cauliflower, carrots and spring onions tossed in a spiced yoghurt dressing with curry powder, turmeric and cumin. It serves 4 and takes about 10 minutes. He designed it as a vegetarian version of Coronation Chicken, swapping the mayo-drenched cold chicken …