Retro recipes

Treat someone to a classic steak with Diane sauce for supper and impress with your flambé skills. For the ultimate luxury, we’ve gone for fillet steak

Make devilled eggs to serve at a Boxing Day buffet. They're filled with mustard, spring onions, mayo, yogurt and a pinch of cayenne. Top with chives, if you like

Impress your guests with this chocolate and cherry layered cream cake. Our easy Black Forest gateau is a revamped version of a retro classic.

Follow our step-by-step guide to this retro frozen dessert of vanilla ice cream wrapped in a light sponge cake, with homemade strawberry jam

Make a classic coronation chicken filling to serve with jacket potatoes or in sandwiches and salads. It's an excellent way to use up leftover chicken after a roast

Be transported back to your childhood with this classic pud. It's a guaranteed crowd-pleaser topped with fresh cream and chocolate shavings

Serve this easy meatloaf made with pork, prosciutto and parmesan hot or cold. It's ideal for supper, picnics or to pack in lunchboxes

Serve this comforting classic made with chipolata sausages and a simple batter – it’s easy enough that kids can help make it.

This classic French recipe is a fine way to elevate the humble pancake into a smart pudding

End dinner on a retro note with this Manchester tart recipe. It's easy enough to make midweek, and with a pastry base and custard filling, it's also super-comforting

Award-winning writer, Fiona Beckett, shares her recipe for this classic 1970s dessert

Our easy blancmange uses only a handful of thrifty ingredients. This retro, milky dessert is infused with lemon and can be topped with juicy fresh berries.

This classic retro starter packed with juicy prawns will never go out of fashion

Use our foolproof recipe for vol-au-vents with retro puff pastry cases, then pack them high with savoury fillings for a party canapé

Whip up this speedy classic no-cook pud in next to no time

Gordon Ramsay's version of the classic steak dish – a showstopping centrepiece on a special occasion

Make this retro dessert for a festive get-together. With ice cream, fluffy meringue and sponge cake, it's a showstopper – and it's easier to make than it looks

Layer fish with lemon cream cheese and a gravadlax dressing of brandy, dill and mustard for a sensational centrepiece

Learn the secret to tender beef in our next-level beef stroganoff. We’ve given the flavour a boost with porcini powder to give the dish the wow factor

A wholesome, wintry salad that makes the perfect side dish to ham or a pork pie

Gordon Ramsay celebrates Pancake Day in his own inimitable style – with some very posh pancakes

Enjoy our next level version of scotch eggs. Forget service station versions – with some tweaks, we've transformed them into one of the finest portable foods

This classic British recipe by Elaine Paige uses suet pastry, lean stewing steak and a rich, thick stout gravy. Serve with creamy mash and fresh greens

Steam a traditional fruity sponge pudding with suet, citrus zest and currants then serve in thick slices with hot custard