Winter recipes: Our most popular recipes for winter 2024

All hail the pea and ham soup. Something about that marriage of peas and pork makes it the most-wanted dish in our best, most popular winter recipes for Gourmet Traveller readers and cooks. Our version featured a double dose of peas, both fresh and dried, turning the soup a vibrant green hue.

Winter means plenty of inside hibernation and, with it, time – luxurious time! – to spend in the kitchen. That likely explains why our how-to guides on making lemon tarts and Bourke Street Bakery’s famed meat pie from scratch also feature in our most popular winter recipes hit list.

Soups, stews and curries – be it lightning-fast wonton soup, beef Bourguignon or curried lentils – also made the list. Of course, puddings are also popular this time of year, including our lemon delicious pudding and our best-ever bread and butter pudding recipe.

Here are our best winter recipes to cook in 2024, in order of popularity.

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Pea and ham soup

The appeal of this dish with humble origins is nothing new – and with these robust flavours, it’s little wonder.

Ham hock soup

The comfort bowl you need when the temperature starts to dip.

Boeuf Bourguignon

The recipe for the traditional braise of Burgundy may have changed slightly, but one ingredient remains non-negotiable: a bottle of the region’s red wine.

Over-the-top shot of a round white dish with a baked lemon pudding, with a spoonful taken out of the crust to reveal the molten lemon curd inside.

Bethany Finn’s lemon delicious pudding

Don’t forget the cream.

Classic bread and butter pudding, served with a cup of tea for traditional British comfort.

Our best bread and butter pudding recipe

Just what you need on a cold winter’s night, a bowl of luscious bread and butter pudding. Make sure to leave room for seconds.

Eggplant parmigiana

There’s a little labour involved in frying the eggplant slices before layering them, but the result is worth it.

Black Star Pastry strawberry watermelon cake in slices.

Black Star Pastry’s strawberry and watermelon cake

The iconic cake from Black Star Pastry with layers of dacquoise, watermelon and rose-scented cream.

Eton mess

Whether its creation was a happy accident or divine design, this thoroughly English dessert is heaven in a bowl.

A whole lemon tart on a black wire rack being dusted with icing sugar.

How to make a lemon tart

How to achieve that bright, tangy custard and fine, crisp base? Pastry chef Catherine Adams has the answers.

Beef and potato Massaman curry

Have a few hours up your sleeve? There are worse ways to spend them than cooking a big pot of this curry.

Pumpkin ravioli with sage brown butter

A combination that’s a classic for good reason.

Flour and Stone’s lemon dream cake

Recipe for lemon dream cake by Nadine Ingram from Sydney bakery Flour & Stone.

Ultimate mac and cheese

This is comfort food at its best.

Gerard Yaxley’s Persian love cake

With a kiss of nutmeg.

Shepherd’s pie

Arguably one of the most comforting foods around, this simple but satisfying sheperd’s pie is a winner any day of the week.

How to make beef rendang

When it comes to making the ever-popular rendang, patience is indeed a virtue. Persevere and you’ll be richly rewarded with a dish of delicious complexity.

Cheat’s wonton soup

This wonton soup is an express version of the recipe that cuts time, not flavour.

Okonomiyaki with sticky soy pork belly

The best pancake ever.

Bourke Street Bakery’s guide to making the perfect meat pie

From the filling to the pastry, the founders of the Australian and New York bakery powerhouse show how to make the classic pie, step by step.

Coconut-curried lentils

How to turbo-charge the humble lentil with fragrance and spice.

Now check out our best quick and easy winter recipes for midweek cooking.

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