Gordon Ramsay beef empanadas, golden baked puff pastry half-moons with spiced beef and olive filling, with a bowl of chimichurri
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Gordon Ramsay Beef Empanadas

Gordon Ramsay’s beef empanadas are little puff pastry parcels filled with spiced minced beef, green olives and chopped egg, baked until golden. They take about an hour and make 18. Gordon makes these in his Ultimate Cookery Course, and also cooks them on YouTube. His honest shortcut is the pastry, using shop-bought all-butter puff rather …

Gordon Ramsay oxtail soup, a clear deep-brown beef broth with shredded oxtail meat and parsley, served with soda bread
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Gordon Ramsay Oxtail Soup

Gordon Ramsay’s oxtail soup is a deep, brothy beef soup, made by simmering floured oxtail with red wine and root vegetables. The broth is strained clear, then the shredded meat goes back in. It takes about three hours. This is Gordon’s oxtail soup from his Cooking for Friends book, a recipe he remembers from growing …

Gordon Ramsay potato rosti, one large golden crisp rosti with leek and Gruyère, no egg
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Gordon Ramsay Potato Rosti Recipe

Gordon Ramsay’s potato rosti is grated waxy potato mixed with soft leeks and Gruyère, fried in butter until golden and crisp on both sides. It takes about 35 minutes. This is his Leek and Gruyère Rosti from Ultimate Cookery Course, which he also cooks on YouTube. Gordon calls it an Alpine dish and a cheesy …

Gordon Ramsay twice baked potatoes, jacket potato shells filled with mash and Savoy cabbage, golden on top
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Gordon Ramsay Twice Baked Potatoes Recipe

Gordon Ramsay’s twice baked potatoes are crisp-skinned jackets baked whole, then scooped, mashed with butter and Savoy cabbage, and baked again until golden on top. They take about an hour and twenty minutes. This is his Twice-Baked Bubble and Squeak Jacket Potatoes from Ultimate Home Cooking. It reinvents bubble and squeak, the old British mix …

Gordon Ramsay carrot puree, smooth orange sieved puree topped with butter and black pepper
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Gordon Ramsay Carrot Puree

Gordon Ramsay’s carrot puree is a smooth, buttery side made from carrots, a little butter and seasoning, ready in 20 minutes. He blends the boiled carrots with their own cooking liquor, then sieves them silky. The recipe is from his Sunday Lunch book. What makes his version clean is what he leaves out. There’s no …