St David's Day recipes

1. Welsh cakes

   Welsh cakes are as old as the hills and sweet simplicity itself. Rustle them up in minutes with the barest minimum of storecupboard ingredients and enjoy warm with butter, jam and, of course, a nice cuppa.

   Recipes for Welsh cakes

   • Welsh cakes
   • Grandmother's Welsh cakes
   • Welsh cakes with roasted apricots and Welsh cake ice cream

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2. Springing a leek

   A symbol of Welsh pride, leeks also herald Spring. Celebrate the best of the season on St David’s Day by making leeks the centre of your meal, or by serving them alongside hearty roast lamb.

   Recipes using leek

   • Glamorgan sausages with red onion and chilli relish
   • Pan-fried turbot with champagne sauce, leeks and sprouts
   • Coquilles Saint Jacques with asparagus, leek and fennel

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3. On yer bike

   The Hairy Bikers travelled the length and breadth of Britain in their series about regional cookery. In Gwynedd, they cooked Welsh lamb, Lobscouse casserole and wild duck breasts with sloe gin foam.

   Recipes from 12. Gwynedd

   • Trio of Welsh lamb with three-root vegetable mash and buttered kale
   • Lobscouse casserole
   • Breasts of wild duck, warm duck brawn and a smoked duck croquette

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