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 soba noodle salad is buckwheat noodles with blanched kale, sugarsnap peas and carrot ribbons in a sesame oil, rice vinegar, soy sauce and lemon dressing, ready in 10 minutes. In Ultimate Home Cooking, Ramsay calls the dressing “a kind of Japanese vinaigrette” and gives ranges rather than fixed amounts: 1 to 2 teaspoons …
Gordon Ramsay’s quinoa salad is fluffy quinoa with toasted almonds, cherry tomatoes, cucumber, raisins and fresh mint, dressed with lime juice and olive oil, ready in 20 minutes. This is what he serves at Bread Street Kitchen. In Ultimate Home Cooking, Ramsay calls quinoa “a slightly nutty grain that makes a great alternative to couscous, …
Gordon Ramsay’s spicy beef salad is seared medium-rare sirloin with carrot ribbons, radishes, cherry tomatoes, cucumber and baby gem in a Thai dressing of garlic, chilli, palm sugar, fish sauce and lime, ready in 15 minutes for around £3.50 per serving. In Ultimate Cookery Course, Ramsay says he “fell in love with this simple dressing …
This Gordon Ramsay butter bean salad mixes tinned butter beans with crispy fried pitta, radishes, cucumber, tomatoes, pomegranate seeds and handfuls of fresh mint and parsley, all dressed with sumac and lemon. It takes about 10 minutes and is closer to a Lebanese fattoush than anything you would normally call a bean salad. In Ultimate …
This Gordon Ramsay salad dressing is a classic vinaigrette made with olive oil, groundnut oil, Dijon mustard, lemon juice and white wine vinegar, whisked together in under two minutes. The secret is that Ramsay cuts the olive oil with groundnut oil so it is lighter and less cloying. Across three cookbooks, Ramsay returns to the …
This Gordon Ramsay sweet potato salad pairs griddled sweet potato rounds with tangerine segments, bitter frisée and a citrus vinaigrette, ready in 20 minutes. Ramsay boils first then chars on a hot griddle, giving you a creamy centre with smoky edges. In Fast Food, Ramsay calls this his “Tangerine, Frisée and Sweet Potato Salad” and …
This Gordon Ramsay mackerel and potato salad pairs grilled mackerel with warm new potatoes dressed in crème fraîche, capers and dill, ready in 25 minutes. The oily richness of mackerel works even better with the sharp creamy dressing than the salmon in Ramsay’s original. In Quick and Delicious, Ramsay serves this potato salad with pan-fried …
This Gordon Ramsay potato salad is made with new potatoes, blanched cauliflower and green beans in a sharp turmeric and mustard dressing, ready in 25 minutes. No mayonnaise anywhere near it. Ramsay builds his as a piccalilli-style salad: warm spice, vinegar bite and crunchy vegetables. In Ultimate Cookery Course, Ramsay calls this his “New Potato …
Gordon Ramsay has 12 burgers across his cookbooks, his restaurant site and his published videos, and they’re genuinely different recipes: four beef builds, three poultry, plus pork, lamb, salmon, a veggie burger and a truffle showpiece. Every one is a separate recipe with its own source, not one patty with different toppings. I’ve cooked all …
Pork mince mixed with crispy fried bacon and smoked paprika, shaped into golf-ball slider patties and fried until the smoked Cheddar melts on top. Ramsay calls these “stunning” in the Ultimate Cookery Course and writes that “when it comes to burgers, less is more.” He serves them in mini buns with a barbecue sauce he …