Guides & Recipes

Ben's Original Spicy Cantonese Sauce
15-Minute Cantonese-Style Chicken & Rice
A sticky, takeaway-style chicken and rice bowl in 15 minutes flat — no wok skills required, just a good sauce, a hot pan, and rice that's ready before the chicken... Read more...
Bird's Custard Powder
Old-Fashioned Bread & Butter Pudding (With a Marmalade Twist)
Buttered bread, a thin layer of Chivers marmalade instead of jam, and a custard-soaked bake that turns golden in the oven — a proper British teatime pudding, step by step. Read more...
Ambrosia Devon Custard
The Ultimate English Trifle (Ready in 20 Minutes)
Jam-soaked sponge, cold custard and cream in a glass bowl — the classic English trifle, ready in about 20 minutes with a couple of honest shortcuts. Read more...
Golden Peacock Tikka Masala Sauce
Chicken Tikka Masala: Britain's Favourite Curry, Made at Home
The takeaway favourite made at home in one pan — browned chicken simmered in Golden Peacock Tikka Masala Sauce, served over basmati rice. Read more...
Reine Dijon Strong Mustard
French Pantry Essentials: Real Dijon Mustard and How the French Drink Sirop
Reine Dijon mustard done properly, plus sirop — the fruit-syrup drink in every French kitchen that most other expats have never tried. Read more...
Colman's Horseradish Sauce
British Sunday Roast: The Right Sauce for Every Meat
Beef, lamb, and pork each get a different classic British sauce — here's which is which, why it works, and how to get the gravy right too. Read more...
McDougalls Plain Flour for Yorkshire puddings
The Only Yorkshire Pudding Recipe You'll Ever Need
Tall, crisp, golden Yorkshire puddings using McDougalls Plain Flour — the 4-ingredient batter, the exact oven trick that makes them rise, and the classic mistakes that stop them puffing up. Read more...
Colman's English Mustard
How to Build a Proper British Ploughman's Platter
No cooking required — just good assembly. Here's how to put together a proper Ploughman's platter with Colman's mustard and Chivers marmalade. Read more...
Coconut curry ingredients
5-Ingredient Coconut Curry You Can Make Tonight
A genuinely easy weeknight curry using Amoy Coconut Milk, Ben's Original Creamy Curry Sauce and Ben's Original Rice — ready in about 20 minutes. Read more...
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German & Dutch Treats: Pfanni, Pfanner, Daelmans and Conimex
From Bavarian potato dumplings to Dutch stroopwafels — the German and Dutch brands that bring central European comfort food to your table in Spain. Read more...
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Italian Pantry Essentials: Napolina and Maretti Explained
Napolina pasta and tomato purees, Maretti bruschette crackers — the two brands that make an Italian-style kitchen possible anywhere in Spain. Read more...
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A Taste of Ireland: The Story Behind Our Irish Collection
McDonnell's curry sauce, Bolands biscuits, Magners cider and Chivers marmalade — the Irish brands expats ask for most, and the stories behind them. Read more...
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The Ultimate British Food Guide: What's Really in Our UK Collection
Colman's, Tunnock's, McDougalls, Thompsons Tea — where each iconic British brand actually comes from, and why they're staples of any proper British pantry in Spain. Read more...