Jane Hornby in the Sunday Times magazine Dish

The Sunday Times picks Jane Hornby’s dishes for its classic weekend menu

The paper's Dish magazine reproduced her Mexican huevos rancheros, tarragon chicken and profiteroles recipes

There are few meals more traditionally British than the Sunday lunch; and the Sunday Times’s food supplement, Dish, is something of a bellwether, when it comes to the country’s culinary tastes.

 

Jane Hornby by Steve Joyce
Jane Hornby by Steve Joyce

So, we’re delighted to see Jane Hornby’s dishes included in the February edition of Dish. The supplement devoted six pages to dishes from her new book Simple & Classic, designating Jane’s huevos rancheros (Mexican spiced beans with eggs), roast chicken with tarragon sauce and profiteroles as its classic Sunday menu. 

 

Roast chicken with tarragon sauce by Jane Hornby from Simple & Classic
Roast chicken with tarragon sauce by Jane Hornby from Simple & Classic

These are hardly the most traditional of choices, but the Sunday Times was clearly won over by Hornby’s easy, failure proof guidance, her culinary nounce and her great taste.

 

Jane Hornby in The Sunday Times magazine Dish
Jane Hornby in The Sunday Times magazine Dish

The paper designated the tarragon chicken dish its “showstopping weekend recipe”, and Dish’s editor Lisa Markwell, encouraged readers to tag images of their attempts at this and the other two dish with the Sunday Times’ Instagram handle @sundaytimesfood. 

 

Simple & Classic by Jane Hornby
Simple & Classic by Jane Hornby

Missed the paper? Then you can get these recipes and 120 others in Jane’s new book Simple & Classic - a newly curated collection of the very best of Jane Hornby's recipes from What to Cook & How to Cook It, Fresh & Easy, and What to Bake & How to Bake It.

The beauty of Hornby's recipes is how easy they are to perfect – with detailed step-by-step shots and beautiful images of the finished dishes, this is destined to be the most useful cookbook on the shelf. Buy your copy here.