Bay leaf recipes

bay leaf
No Mediterranean or Italian dish is complete without a flavoursome bay leaf or two. Add these big, shiny leaves at the start of the cooking process to slowly infuse the dish with their robust aroma.

Shop Cooks' Ingredients Bay Leaf

The best leek & potato soup
Vegetable pastitsio
Blue cheese & butter bean salad with blackberry vinaigrette
Confit garlic spread
Greek-style lamb with radish & mint tzatziki
Salami ragù
5 out of 5 stars(1)
Sailor's clams (almejas a la marinera)
5 out of 5 stars(1)
Butterflied leg of lamb with aubergine, roast tomatoes, mint, honey & preserved lemon relish
Charred rib-eye steak with guacasalsa
3.5 out of 5 stars(3)
Puy lentils with smoked haddock & watercress
5 out of 5 stars(1)
Pescado a la Veracruzana
4.5 out of 5 stars(8)
The best seafood chowder
5 out of 5 stars(4)
Roast beef top rump with beefy roasties & anchovy hollandaise
Roast beef topside with tomatoes, garlic & Madeira
The best pot roast beef
5 out of 5 stars(1)
Egg biryani
Buttery tomato chickpeas & orecchiette
5 out of 5 stars(1)
Whisky peppercorn sauce
3.5 out of 5 stars(3)
Lemon drizzle cake with bay leaf syrup
Pork & cider with winter squash and pearl barley
5 out of 5 stars(1)
The best minestrone soup
5 out of 5 stars(5)
Sausage, shallot & lentil one-pot
4.5 out of 5 stars(16)
Mushroom Bourguignon
3.5 out of 5 stars(3)
Roast beef with date & tamarind
5 out of 5 stars(1)
Spiced whole chicken with herby rice
5 out of 5 stars(1)
Roast beef with port & blackberry sauce
Shahi paneer
5 out of 5 stars(6)
Chicken with sauerkraut, bacon & apples
Lemony one-pan chicken & rice (tavuk kapama)
5 out of 5 stars(9)
Griddled harissa halloumi with lentil, pomegranate, courgette & mint
5 out of 5 stars(3)
Steak à l’échalote
4.5 out of 5 stars(10)
Braised fennel with goat's cheese
5 out of 5 stars(1)
Roast baby tomatoes & chickpeas with bay and garlic
5 out of 5 stars(2)
Peach melba tatin
5 out of 5 stars(3)
Lamb with apricots & ginger
5 out of 5 stars(5)
Garlicky white beans, leeks & cod
4.5 out of 5 stars(7)
Slow-roast lamb shoulder with beer & carrots
4.5 out of 5 stars(9)
Potatoes dauphinoise
4.5 out of 5 stars(9)
Braised Puy lentils & red cabbage
4 out of 5 stars(2)
The best beef Bourguignon
5 out of 5 stars(9)
Chipotle black beans with hake
5 out of 5 stars(2)
Chicory gratin
2.5 out of 5 stars(3)
Indian-spiced lamb shoulder
5 out of 5 stars(4)
The best... veggie cottage pie
5 out of 5 stars(11)
French onion soup
4 out of 5 stars(1)
Braised chicory with orange, thyme & honey
4.5 out of 5 stars(3)
Baked swede & Cheddar pudding
4 out of 5 stars(10)
The best mulled wine
Pork chops with crackling, cider-braised red cabbage & salad onion butter
5 out of 5 stars(1)
Chocolate & cherry yule log
5 out of 5 stars(1)
Sausages with lentils & pickled grapes
Adraki chicken
3.5 out of 5 stars(6)
Vermont baked beans
5 out of 5 stars(6)
Red cabbage & celeriac gratin

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The best leek & potato soup

Vegetable pastitsio

Blue cheese & butter bean salad with blackberry vinaigrette

Confit garlic spread

Greek-style lamb with radish & mint tzatziki

Salami ragù

Sailor's clams (almejas a la marinera)

Butterflied leg of lamb with aubergine, roast tomatoes, mint, honey & preserved lemon relish

Charred rib-eye steak with guacasalsa

Puy lentils with smoked haddock & watercress

Pescado a la Veracruzana

The best seafood chowder

Roast beef top rump with beefy roasties & anchovy hollandaise

Roast beef topside with tomatoes, garlic & Madeira

The best pot roast beef

Egg biryani

Buttery tomato chickpeas & orecchiette

Whisky peppercorn sauce

Lemon drizzle cake with bay leaf syrup

Pork & cider with winter squash and pearl barley

The best minestrone soup

Sausage, shallot & lentil one-pot

Mushroom Bourguignon

Roast beef with date & tamarind

Spiced whole chicken with herby rice

Roast beef with port & blackberry sauce

Shahi paneer

Chicken with sauerkraut, bacon & apples

Lemony one-pan chicken & rice (tavuk kapama)

Griddled harissa halloumi with lentil, pomegranate, courgette & mint

Steak à l’échalote

Braised fennel with goat's cheese

Roast baby tomatoes & chickpeas with bay and garlic

Peach melba tatin

Lamb with apricots & ginger

Garlicky white beans, leeks & cod

Slow-roast lamb shoulder with beer & carrots

Potatoes dauphinoise

Braised Puy lentils & red cabbage

The best beef Bourguignon

Chipotle black beans with hake

Chicory gratin

Indian-spiced lamb shoulder

The best... veggie cottage pie

French onion soup

Braised chicory with orange, thyme & honey

Baked swede & Cheddar pudding

The best mulled wine

Pork chops with crackling, cider-braised red cabbage & salad onion butter

Chocolate & cherry yule log

Sausages with lentils & pickled grapes

Adraki chicken

Vermont baked beans

Red cabbage & celeriac gratin