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Two Fat Ladies

About the show

A tantalising blend of cookery and comic exploits, the award-winning Two Fat Ladies present traditional cooking and hearty meals for a generation tired of faddy diets and supermarket blandness Jennifer Patterson and Clarissa Dickson-Wright tour Britain on their Triumph Thunderbird, in their quest to rediscover the delights of traditional home cooking using the freshest ingredients.

As English as roast beef, richer than suet pudding, camper than sherry trifle, with a kick like Somerset cider they are united by their enthusiasms, prejudices and their unshakeable belief in their own culinary expertise.


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  • Bobbie11
    10 months ago

    Please try www.cookingchanneltv.com to find the Two Fat Ladies' receipts.

  • Clemencia
    11 months ago

    I saw a program once in which they made a terrine with duck breasts and pickled chestnuts (I think - it was a long time ago). The baking pan - loaf-shaped - was lined with strips of bacon and the bacon was wrapped around to cover the whole. I tried a variation using chicken breasts and a different sweet-&-sour pickle, since no chestnut pickle was to be found in my country. It came out delicious. I would love to have the original recipe. Any help would be most appreciated. Love the two fat ladies!

  • Karyl
    December 2010

    There was a recipe I saw the Ladies make a few years ago for a Summer Pudding made with berries. Any idea where I can get my hands on the recipe?

  • Karen
    September 2010

    I just re-watched this episide! She (Jennifer) lined a baking dish with buttered spinach. She then made a bechamel sauce and added some smoked haddock and some other white fish that was poached. She folded that into the white sauce (with some anchovie ketchup). I added some capers and grated onion into my white sauce and a dash of nutmeg. Then she placed some prawns on top of the fish layer and topped with mashed potatoes. The thing about this recipe is you can alter accordin to your taste. It was superb!

  • Nick Sower
    August 2010

    From the BBC, Two Fat Ladies: Beef Stroganoff 1. Filet of Beef: Cut into narrow strips. 2. To a hot pan, add 2 oz of butter and "a drop of olive oil." i. Add chopped mushrooms and (yellow) onions; saute. ii. Add sea salt and ground black pepper. 3. "The Little Mixture:" i. 1-Teaspoon of Sugar. ii. 1-Teaspoon (heaping) Dry Mustard. iii. "A slop of port;" approximately 0.5 (125 ml) to 1 (250 ml) cup. iv. Stir to combine and then add to the mushroom and onions. 4. Saute Beef in Butter: i. Fry each strip individually; do not crowd the pan. ii. The thin strips will cook quickly; don't brown or they will turn to leather. iii. Add cooked beef to the mushroom and onion saute as you proceed. 5. Add approximately one-pint of sour cream to the mixture and serve immediately. Yummy!

    • Malra
      January 2011

      Thank you so much for posting this. I saw the episode last night, picked up the ingredients based on my memory, and then realized I couldn't remember a few things like "The Little Mixture."

  • carolyn
    July 2010

    they had a cookbook available at time program was aired in US. can't find it anywhere now.

  • Wally
    March 2010

    All you need to do is watch the programmes carefully and take note of how much of each ingredient they use- well it works for everything but the pastry & cake recipes. I was successful.

  • Julia Magrath
    March 2010

    I've been looking for a recipe that was in a magazine (can't remember which one) years ago for "Noodles with Chili Beef". It was a quick, easy, one-pan Asian inspired recipe they did for this magazine article. Our family loved it but I've lost the recipe and can't find it anywhere.

  • Scotty
    December 2009

    Looking for a reciepe that the Two fate ladies did but cannot find it anywhere, for a tomatoe soup with Vodka???? any help would be nice if not to let me know i didn't imagine this and they did do it...

  • Myriam
    September 2009

    Found this, hope it helps. http://www.bigoven.com/two+fat+ladies_recipes

  • Norma
    September 2009

    Looking for the recipe with apples and sponge over the top. Any body can help?

  • Jan
    September 2009

    Looking for recipe from saturday kitchen for spatchcock chicken with mustard & breadcrumb topping - got a couple of their books but not in them.

    • Doc
      October 2010

      Here's that recipe: http://www.cookingchanneltv.com/recipes/mustard-devilled-chicken-recipe/index.html Here's 83 of their other recipes: http://www.cookingchanneltv.com/two-fat-ladies/recipes/index.html

  • Elizabeth Williams
    September 2009

    No link to reciipes. Help, how do I find recipe for boerf stroganoff

  • Neil
    July 2009

    Same problem as everyone else - seen some great cooking from Jennifer & Clarissa on BBC Saturday Kitchen but cant find recipes

  • Hannah
    May 2009

    Love the look of the dessert, would like to find the recipe...

  • Gita
    April 2009

    Can we have the recipes online please. Fantastic dishes................Love it.. Thanks Gita

  • teresa
    April 2009

    Can we please have a link to the recipes they are so good.

  • kristine Lozanovski

    Love the show but cannot find recipes, very frustrating

  • sydswan
    December 2008

    Theres no link to find a recipe. Ihave been trying for ages. not good

    • tamsin63
      April 2009

      I was looking for their fish pie recipe and eventually typed 'two fat ladies fish pie recipe' into google and had some success. Hope you do to

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