
Pub Mains
Beer-Battered Fish and Chips That Stay Crisp
For crisp beer-battered fish and chips, rinse cut potatoes to remove surface starch, dry them thoroughly, fry once at 325°F (165°C), then finish at 375°F…
A good pub main should feel generous without turning the home kitchen into a six-burner endurance event. We organise the method around make-ahead work, heat management, and the moment dinner actually needs to land. Every meat or fish recipe separates safe minimum temperature from texture, gives visual cues, and treats raw-food separation as part of cooking rather than a footnote with tiny spectacles.

For crisp beer-battered fish and chips, rinse cut potatoes to remove surface starch, dry them thoroughly, fry once at 325°F (165°C), then finish at 375°F…

For a stout-braised beef pie with crisp pastry, brown 2 pounds (900 g) beef chuck, soften onions and carrots, add flour, then braise with 12 ounces (355…