Paula McIntyre’s Hamely Kitchen

Chef Paula McIntyre recreates a selection of mouthwatering dishes, from a Belfast banquet held in 1859 to commemorate the centenary of the birth of Scotland’s most famous bard.

It's Halloween, and Paula has some recipes with a spooky twist to share. On the menu is neep and cider soup, sausage cobbler and a mouthwatering toffee apple pudding.

It's Hogmanay in the Hamely Kitchen. Chef Paula McIntyre is celebrating Auld Year's Nicht with a delicious festive supper. On the menu is a warming bowl of cock-a-leekie soup. Paula doesn't do things by halves, so her version involves poaching a whole chicken, which leaves the meat beautifully tender. As Paula says, if you're harbouring any new year's resolutions, this broth, full of leeks and barley and parsley, will get you off to a great start.

Paula McIntyre cooks up a festive feast in a Hamely Kitchen Christmas special. On the menu are some yuletide spiced biscuits with jewelled centres made from boiled sweets. The recipe is inspired by Paula’s cooking heroine, Florence Irwin, who was a food columnist in the Northern Whig for over 50 years. Paula cooked her first turkey at age 11. Over the years, she has perfected her technique, and she shares her top tips for roasting a turkey to golden, tender perfection.