Winter Recipes: Warming Stews, Soups, Pies and Roasts from Casa Adora
Once November arrives, the cooking at Casa Adora slows down. The nights are cold, the days are often grey, and the pots stay on the stove a little longer. These are my winter recipes: soups, stews, pies, roasts and curries that earn their place when the weather turns.
Here you will find easy winter recipes and proper winter dinner recipes, many cooked for one. Everything is savoury. I write for a mostly UK audience, so these winter recipes UK readers can cook follow the UK seasons. Looking for the season before? See my autumn recipes.
Jump to: Soups and Broths · Stews and Casseroles · Pies and Bakes · Roasts and Sunday Lunch · Christmas, New Year and Burns Night · Curries and Spice · Meat-Free Winter
Soups and Broths
Winter soup recipes are the backbone of the season here: barley, leeks, cabbage, oats and bone broth. More are in my Soup Recipes hub.
- Leek and Potato Soup for a Chilly Day
- Cock-a-Leekie Soup, a Scottish Classic
- Partan Bree, a Traditional Scottish Crab Soup
- Orcadian Oatmeal Soup
- Cabbage Soup with White Cabbage
- Casa Adora Minestrone Soup
- Proper Mulligatawny Soup, Rick Stein and a Fifty-Year Search
- Fiery Chilli Noodle Broth, Spicy Mince Soup for Colds
- Rich Tomato-Roasted Beef Bone Broth for the New Year
Stews and Casseroles
These are my winter warmer recipes: slow, cheap cuts and one-pot suppers that look after themselves. The Slow Cooker and Slow Cooking Recipes hub has plenty more.
- Slow Cooker Spanish Beef Stew, a Winter Warmer
- Slow Cooker Osso Buco
- Slow Cooker Beef Cheeks
- Chicken Casserole with Far Too Much White Wine
- Sausage and Lentil Casserole with Chorizo
- Debbie's Spicy Red Pepper Stew
- Shin of Veal Stew with Chickpeas, for the Days Between Christmas and New Year
Pies and Bakes
Winter dinner recipes that come out of the oven bubbling: pies, hotpots, gratins and the potato dishes that go with everything. See also the Potato Recipes hub.
- Slow Cooker Beef Stew Cottage Pie
- Sweet and Spicy Shepherd's Pie
- Andaluz Lamb Hotpot
- Traditional Welsh Tatws Pum Munud for One
- Scottish Stovies, Agnes Isabella's Monday Plate
- Rumbledethumps, a Scottish Borders Bake
- Boulangère Potatoes
- No-Cream All-in-One Fish Pie
Roasts and Sunday Lunch
A proper roast is a winter ritual, even when you cook for one. Get the gravy right and the rest follows. For more, see Stock and Gravy Recipes.
- Whole Roast Chicken: Temperatures, Timings and My Method
- Roast Chicken Crown with Stuffing and Gravy
- Slow Roast Lamb with Chickpea Mash
- Chuletón for Sunday Lunch with Real Gravy
- British Gravy Recipes, Classic Gravies from Casa Adora
Christmas, New Year and Burns Night
The winter calendar brings its own dishes: Christmas Day cooked for one, the turkey and what to do with it, New Year, Día de Reyes and Burns Night in January. More Scottish favourites are in my Scottish Recipes hub.
- The Casa Adora Stuffed Avocado, a Christmas Day Starter
- Braised Turkey Leg with Barley, Christmas Day for One
- Christmas Day Roasted Guinea Fowl
- How to Avoid a Dry Bird, Roasting a Fattier Christmas Bird
- Poached Turkey Breast for One, Sliced and Sauced
- Turkey Loin with Sausage Meat, Sunblushed Tomatoes and Fennel Stuffing
- Turkey Solomillo Relleno
- Roasted Cherry Tomato Sauce with Garlic-Marinated Turkey Chop
- Turkey Rillettes, a French Bistro Classic Without the Pork
- Turkey Bolognese for One
- Boxing Day Escabeche, a Light, Bright Prawn Starter
- Cooking for One on New Year's Eve
- Día de Reyes Duck Confit for One
- A Burns Night in Cumbria, and Another in Andalucía
- Haggis, Neeps and Tatties
- Clapshot, Orcadian Neeps and Tatties
Curries and Spice
Cold weather calls for heat. These are the curries and lentil dishes I cook most in winter. The full list is in my Curry Recipes hub.
- Slow Cooker Lamb Rogan Josh
- Slow Cooker Beef Curry, Kerala Style with Black Beans
- Andy's Red Lentil Dhal
- Cauliflower Curry with Butter Beans
- Palak Daal, Lentil and Spinach Curry
- Chickpea Khichdi with Fresh Red Chillies and Ginger
Meat-Free Winter
Vegetarian winter recipes and vegan winter recipes that are every bit as warming. Beans, lentils, mushrooms and tofu do the work. More are in my Veggie and Vegan Recipes hub.
- Vegan Goulash with Tofu
- Vegan Mushroom Soup
- Black Bean Soup, My Take on Nigella's Cuban Cure
- Red Lentil and Coconut Soup
- Tomato and Red Lentil Soup
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Footnote
These winter recipes draw on my Soup Recipes, Slow Cooker and Slow Cooking Recipes, Scottish Recipes and Curry Recipes hubs.
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