Beef

Milk, offal and a zippy white wine – find out how these ingredients make a lip-smacking bolognese, and with no spaghetti in sightDouble up and keep this waiting for you in the freezer, it’s the ideal defrost dinner.

Slow-cooked until pull-apart tender, beef brisket makes a great alternative to mince in this beer-braised chilli

Made with meltingly tender brisket instead of mince, this rich, smoky beef chilli is perfect bowl food for Bonfire Night or cold winter evenings

This meltingly tender spiced brisket is slow cooked in the oven first for ultimate ease, then flashed on the barbecue to add that distinctive char and smoky quality that only cooking over coals can deliver. Serve with succotash, a traditional Southern side made with sweetcorn, broad beans, herbs and crispy bacon

This stew – often considered the national dish of Jamaica – is a must-try if you love meltingly tender meat packed with the classic seasonings of the Caribbean. Serve with white rice, or Jamaican-style rice and peas

A rich, east European-inspired stew made with meltingly tender beef brisket and beetroot. Delicious served on a bed of wholegrain rice mixed with spring onions and grated carrot, or ladled over tagliatelle that has been tossed with salted butter and toasted poppy seeds

This twist on Cornish pasties uses puff pastry instead of the traditional shortcrust.

Not to be confused with the Italian ragu, which is a meat-based pasta sauce, this hearty, slow-cooked French-style stew is great for freezer-friendly batch cooking