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A dollop of basil pesto adds piquancy to this classic meatball dish.

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Comforting, sweet and trending: The 20 most popular recipes of May

This month, the recipes that captured your kitchens included hearty mince and sausage dishes, the comforting familiarity of classic cakes, and riffs on TikTok trends.

20 recipes
The TikTok-famous beef bowl gets a glow-up.

1. Katrina Meynink’s TikTok bowl (plus three other ways with mince)

  • Katrina Meynink
Top with cream cheese or a dusting of icing sugar.
EASY

2. Helen Goh’s carrot and ground hazelnut cake with cream cheese icing

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Helen Goh
This big-flavoured chicken dish cooks in one pan, making the clean-up a breeze.
EASY

3. Sarah Pound’s one-pan Mediterranean chicken with red peppers and olives

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Sarah Pound
Spicy stir-fried mashed potato and fennel is loosely based on colcannon.

4. Rosheen Kaul’s spicy stir-fried mashed potato and fennel

  • Rosheen Kaul
Adam Liaw masterclass recipe: Vietnamese chicken salad.
EASY

5. Adam Liaw’s Vietnamese poached chicken salad

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
Bombay cheese toast.

6. Bombay cheese toast

  • Mehak Kansal
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Banh xeo from Viet Kieu.

7. Thi Le’s banh xeo (crispy Vietnamese crepes)

  • Thi Le
Eggs Benedict, made easy.

8. Speedy eggs Benedict

  • Amelia Wasiliev
Butter chicken ‘bolognese’.
EASY

9. Adam Liaw’s butter chicken ‘bolognese’

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Adam Liaw
A dollop of basil pesto adds piquancy to this classic meatball dish.

10. Thomas Straker’s meatballs with basil pesto

  • Thomas Straker

11. Danielle Alvarez’s tomato, sausage and lentil soup with basil pistou

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Danielle Alvarez
Bill Granger’s sweetcorn fritters.
EASY

12. Bill Granger’s sweetcorn fritters with Tex-Mex sides

  • < 30 mins
  • Bill Granger
Serve with a greek salad on the side.
EASY

13. Julia Busuttil Nishimura’s tiropita (Greek cheese pie)

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Julia Busuttil Nishimura
An easy midweek pasta dish that riffs on the flavours of Turkish manti dumplings.
EASY

14. TikTok-famous manti-style lamb pasta

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Jessica Brook
Potato and root vegetable tray bake.
EASY

15. Adam Liaw’s potato and root vegetable tray bake

  • 2 hrs +
  • Adam Liaw
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Apple and banana loaf.
EASY

16. Adam Liaw’s apple and banana loaf

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Adam Liaw
Baltic rissoles.
EASY

17. Adam Liaw’s Baltic rissoles

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Adam Liaw
Top with icing sugar or treat yourself to the penuche icing.
EASY

18. Banana and pear loaf with fudgy caramel icing

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Helen Goh
Sticky pomegranate and cous cous chicken tray bake.
EASY

19. Sticky pomegranate and cous cous chicken tray bake

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Jessica Brook
This fragrant fish curry is a winner when you need a midweek curry fix.
EASY

20. Hot and sour fish curry

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Jessica Brook

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