Recipes
Explore Melanie May’s original recipes inspired by her travels. Each dish captures global flavours in easy-to-follow recipes, perfect for home cooks looking to bring a taste of the world to their kitchens.
Vegan Overnight Oats Recipe: Healthy and Hearty
A brilliant breakfast packed with protein, fibre, and flavour.
How to Make the Perfect Hot Chocolate at Home
This creamy hot chocolate recipe is a closely guarded secret.
Best Homemade Pizza Recipe Step-by-step
Homemade pizza recipe – no pizza stone, no pizza oven, no problem.
Pavlova Recipe – Step-By-Step Summer Dessert
Easy pavlova recipe for a light and fluffy showstopper dessert.
Easy Flapjack Recipe – Chewy and Buttery
This quick and easy recipe makes chewy and buttery flapjacks.
Spice Cake Recipe from Grenada in the Caribbean
This quick and easy spice cake recipe is bursting with Caribbean flavour.
No-knead Bread Recipe – Baked in a Casserole Dish
No-knead bread recipe that you bake in a Dutch oven or casserole dish.
Focaccia Recipe – How to Make Homemade Bread
A simply delicious recipe that you can adapt to add different toppings.
Easy White Bread Recipe – Loaf, Bloomer or Rolls
A classic white bread recipe for perfectly baked homemade bread.
Recipe: Scallops with Chorizo and Pea Purée
A delicious dish of sweet pea puree, spicy chorizo and silky scallops.
Recipe: Hot Chocolate Mini Cheesecake Cute Cups
Mini cheesecake bites that look like cute cups of hot chocolate.
Recipe: Easy Whipped Honey Butter – Sweet, salty, scrumptious
Sweet, creamy, addictive and delicious on almost everything.
Recipe: Traditional Light & Fluffy Scones
My quick, easy and fool proof recipe for light and fluffy scones.
Recipe: Pumpkin Soup in a Pumpkin Shell
A showstopper creamy pumpkin soup served in a pumpkin shell.
Recipe: Fluffy American Pancakes with Bacon
Fluffy, foolproof and inspired by my trip to San Francisco.
Recipe: Spicy Indian Tomato Salad – Fresh & Flavourful
Bursting with flavour and heat and contrasting textures.
Recipe: Spanish Gambas al Ajillo Tapas
Prawns in garlic and chilli olive oil inspired by my time in Madrid.
Recipe: Caramel Sauce Chocolate Cake
Easy chocolate cake with salted caramel and chocolate frosting.
Recipe: Silky Smooth Salted Caramel Sauce
Salted caramel sauce made with agave or with golden syrup.
Recipe: Lemon and Yoghurt Cake with Sultanas
This recipe makes a delicate, lemon yogurt cake with sweet sultanas.
Recipe: Zesty Lemon Yoghurt Scones with a Citrus Glaze
Fluffy, lemon and yoghurt scones with a tangy citrus glaze.
Recipe: Glazed Lemon Ricotta Cookies
Soft-baked lemon and ricotta cookies with a zesty citrus glaze.
Recipe: Pastiera Napoletana Crostata – Italian Easter Cake
My recipe for traditional Italian Easter cake Pastiera Napoletana.
Recipe: Blueberry & Apple Crumble Pudding
A soft sponge pudding with stewed fruit and a crunchy topping.
Recipe: Mississippi Mud Chocolate Cake
My Mississippi mud cake is a rich, chocolatey American classic.