African

This traditional meat pie is known as ‘goulash’ in Egypt – but is very different from the Hungarian stew!

Spicy, tender and juicy, serve this pull-apart lamb with rice or flatbreads for mopping up all the juices

Maybe the most popular dish in West Africa, this recipe for rice infused in a rich tomato-pepper broth is unifying and dividing all at once, with everyone claiming their take on it as the definitive version. Ours takes the best flavours with the addition of charring the peppers in the recipe before puréeing, to help add a smokiness to this jollof ‘party’ rice. If you’d rather keep it more traditional, skip the roasting and just use raw peppers instead

Yassa is a Senegalese dish which can be cooked not only with chicken but also lamb and fish

Semo is a dumpling made from semolina, and it’s the perfect accompaniment for this West African soup

This northern Nigerian dish, also known as miyan geda and tuwo shinkafa, is a rich, hearty, spicy stew