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Lime marinated chicken wings with avocado dip

Easy
1) In a blender, puree until smooth the jalapeno pepper, garlic, vegetable oil, tomato puree, salt, honey and lime juice. Pour marinade over the chicken. Add the lime zest and toss to coat. Cover with clingfim and refrigerate overnight. 2) Prehe
Prep Time
15 mins
Cook Time
10 mins
Serves
6

Pineapple upside down biscuits

Easy
1) Preheat the oven to 200C/Gas 6. Grease ten cups of a muffin pan. 2) Strain the tin of crushed pineapple, reserving the juice. Combine the pineapple, sugar and butter, and mix well. Divide the pineapple mixture between the muffin cups. 3) Place a
Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
15 mins
Serves
10

Individual lemon meringue pies

Medium
1) Preheat oven at 160C/Gas 3. 2) In medium bowl, combine milk, lemon juice, and zest; blend in egg yolks. Divide among the mini pie crusts. Bake for 10 to 12 minutes until the filling is just set, it can still be wobbly in the center when shaken.
Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
15 mins
Serves
6

Chocolate dippity doughnuts

Easy
1) Preheat oil in a deep-fryer to about 180 to 190 degrees C. 2) Form dough into doughnuts and poke a hole through them. Drop them into hot grease and brown them on both sides until they were done about 2 minutes on each side. Don't forget to flip o
Prep Time
20 mins
Cook Time
20 mins
Serves
3

Orange coffee cake

Easy
For the cake:1) Preheat the oven to 180 degrees C/Gas 4. Butter a 23-cm round cake pan. 2) Separate the biscuit dough into 8 biscuits. Place 1 biscuit in the center of the pan. Cut the remaining biscuits in half, forming 14 half-circles. Arrange the
Prep Time
15 mins
Cook Time
20 mins
Serves
4

Fried mini Cubans

Easy
1) Pour the oil into a large cast iron skillet about 1.25-cm up the sides and heat to about 180 degrees C. 2) Form and roll biscuit dough into 12.5 cm rounds. Dip your fingers in the egg wash and wipe around the edge of the bottom biscuit to enable
Prep Time
180 mins
Cook Time
20 mins
Serves
4

Buffalo style grilled French-cut chicken breasts with blue cheese sauce and jicama and watermelon salad

Medium
For the chicken:1) Preheat the griddle to medium; make sure the griddle is ready for cooking over indirect heat. 2) Melt butter in medium saucepan over medium heat. Add the garlic and cook for 1 minute. Whisk in the 2 tbsps chilli powder and heat for
Prep Time
35 mins
Cook Time
15 mins
Serves
4

Crab benedict

Easy
For the crab benedict: 1) In a large bowl, whisk together the worcestershire sauce, mayonnaise, hot sauce, lemon, parsley, and salt and pepper. Gently fold in the crab and peppers. When mixing the crab and peppers, be careful not to break up the cra
Prep Time
20 mins
Cook Time
15 mins
Serves
4

Deep-fried savoury chicken pies

Easy
1) Add about 5cm of oil to a heavy-bottomed pot or deep-fryer and heat to 175C. 2) Form and roll out the biscuit dough into 8 circles, measuring 12 1/2cm in diameter each. Moisten edges with water or double cream. Add Rodney's chicken filling to
Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
25 mins
Serves
-

Christmas Smoothie

Easy
Blitz ingredients in blender, pour into glass and garnish with crushed biscuits and cinnamon. Serve with mince pies…
Prep Time
5 mins
Cook Time
-
Serves
2

Blueberry Syrup for Pancakes

Easy
1) Put the syrup and blueberries into a pan and bring to the boil. 2) Let bubble for 2 to 3 minutes, and then pour into a jug and bring to the breakfast table with the hot pancakes.
Prep Time
-
Cook Time
5 mins
Serves
-

Mini Marshmallow Flower

Put the chewy candy in the center of the cupcake. Snip the marshmallows in half diagonally, and press the cut sides into the nonpareils. Arrange them in a petal pattern around the candy. Get the Basic Vanilla Cupcake Re
Prep Time
-
Cook Time
-
Serves
1

Nonpareil Flowers

Easy
Pipe 3 thin lines of chocolate across the cupcake with stem ends touching. Arrange the nonpareils on the stems. Cut the fish into 2 leaves, and arrange at the base of the stems. Get the Basic Vanilla Cupcake Recipe
Prep Time
-
Cook Time
-
Serves
1

Gummy Petal Flower

Put the raspberry candy in the center of the cupcake. Put 8 fish, heads up, in a petal pattern around the raspberry. Put the remaining 13 fish in a petal pattern around the first set. Get the Basic Vanilla Cupcake Recip
Prep Time
-
Cook Time
-
Serves
1

Pistachio Flowers

Easy
Arrange the pistachios in 3 flower shapes on the cupcake, using 6 pistachios per flower.Snip 3 little rounds from the dried fruit and put a piece in the center of each flower. Get the Basic Vanilla Cupcake Recipe
Prep Time
-
Cook Time
-
Serves
1

Mango Noodle Salad

Easy
In a large bowl, toss together salad ingredients, set aside. Whisk together the dressing ingredients. Taste and adjust flavours if desired. Dress salad just before serving. Perfect served with Soft Shell Chilli Crabs.
Prep Time
5 mins
Cook Time
-
Serves
4

Pomegranate and Cucumber Salad

Easy
1. Combine all the ingredients for the dressing in a small mixing bowl. 2. Mix and set aside. 3. To make the salad toss together all the ingredients and just before serving pour over the dressing and fold through. 4. Serve on a flat servi
Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
-
Serves
-

Chocolate Almond Flower

Put the almonds in a petal pattern slightly off center on the cupcake. Put the gumball in the center of the almonds.Cut the jelly candy into 2 thin strips and arrange as vines between 2 almonds. Cut the fish in half and put one half next to the vines
Prep Time
-
Cook Time
-
Serves
1

Marshmallow Chick Flower Decoration

Snip the chicks horizontally, starting at the heads, into 1/8-inch-thick petals. You should have about 8 petals of varying sizes.Arrange 4 petals at 12, 3, 6 and 9 o'clock around the cupcake. Put the remaining 4 petals on top and between them. Put th
Prep Time
-
Cook Time
-
Serves
1

Sparkly Dot Flower

Cut the red gumdrops in half diagonally and press the cut sides into the sanding sugar. Arrange in a petal pattern slightly off center on the cupcake, with the narrower end toward the center. Put the yellow gumdrop wide-end up in the center.Cut the g
Prep Time
-
Cook Time
-
Serves
1

Patatas A Lo Pobre

Easy
1. Mix together the potatoes, onion, pepper, vinegar, herbs and the seasoning in a mixing bowl. 2. Heat the olive oil in a non-stick large frying pan over a medium/low heat and add the onion potato mixture. 3. Cook for around 20 minutes turning
Prep Time
5 mins
Cook Time
20 mins
Serves
-

Mint Mustard Gravy

Easy
Take a pan with which you roasted your meat (such as Slow Roast Lamb). Spoon off excess fat. Put the roasting pan (from the Slow Roast Lamb) onto hob and bring to a rapid boil. Add the mustard, mint leaves and some crème fraiche, and some honey fo
Prep Time
5 mins
Cook Time
5 mins
Serves
4

Roasted Sweet Potatoes

Easy
Preheat the oven to 180°C. Place cut sweet potatoes into a large bowl. In a wok, or saute pan, toast the cumin and Sichuan peppercorns for one to two minutes until fragrant. Transfer to mortar and pestle or spice grinder and grind. Sprin
Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
30 mins
Serves
4

Fruity Gum Flower

Easy
Put the chewy candy drop in the center of the cupcake. Put the gum pieces around it in a petal pattern.If necessary, snip the green jelly candy into a piece about 2 inches long. Put it on the cupcake next to the candy drop and between 2 petals-it sho
Prep Time
-
Cook Time
-
Serves
1

Lemon-Infused Water

Easy
Place 2 thinly sliced lemons in a pitcher. For still infused water, add 2 quarts of water. For sparkling water, add 1 quart of seltzer during prep and a second quart just before serving. Refrigerate 2 to 4 hours to allow the lemons to infuse. Stir we
Prep Time
5 mins
Cook Time
-
Serves
-

Italian hot fudge sundae

Easy
1) Bring 165ml of cream and espresso to a simmer in a heavy medium saucepan. Remove from the heat. Add the chocolate and stir until the chocolate melts and the sauce is smooth. 2) Beat the remaining 250ml of cream, adding icing sugar one tablespoon a
Prep Time
15 mins
Cook Time
5 mins
Serves
6

Mulled Cider

Medium
Heat up all the ingredients, including the boozy mincemeat, together in a large saucepan. Do not bring to the boil – just a gentle heat. Leave for one hour for the flavours to infuse and then reheat to just below boiling and serve. Lotte’s tips
Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
15 mins
Serves
-

Homemade Instant Pancake Mix and Blueberry Syrup

Easy
Mix together the flour, baking powder, bicarbonate of soda, salt and sugar. Store in a jar until you're ready to make your pancakes. For each 150g pancake mix, add 1 egg, 1 240ml milk, and 1 tablespoon melted butter. Do not overmix. Heat a
Prep Time
15 mins
Cook Time
5 mins
Serves
-

Funnel cakes

Easy
1) Combine milk, egg, and vanilla in a large bowl. 2) In a separate bowl, combine flour, salt, bicarbonate of soda, and sugar and gradually add to wet ingredients. 3) Beat with a mixer until a smooth batter forms. Fold in melted butter. 4) Pour
Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
10 mins
Serves
6

Milk Chocolate and Raspberry Puddings

Easy
1) Heat the cream in a saucepan until just before boiling point. Remove from the heat. 2) Add the chopped chocolate and framboise liqueur to the cream. Stir the mixture very gently until all of the chocolate has melted. 3) Pour into small ramek
Prep Time
20 mins
Cook Time
5 mins
Serves
2

Large Marshmallow Flower

Easy
Snip off top-to-bottom slices all around the marshmallows, leaving a sticky core (which you can eat)-each wedge will have a sticky inside and a powdery outside. You should have about 15 petals.Press the sticky sides into the blue sanding sugar. Arran
Prep Time
-
Cook Time
-
Serves
1

Sosaties (South African Kebabs)

Easy
1. First, prick meat right through. Cut the steaks lengthwise and across three times so each steak yields eight pieces. 2. Now cut the apricots in half lengthwise and cube the peppers and onions to the same size as the meat cubes and apricots.
Prep Time
5 mins
Cook Time
10 mins
Serves
8

Mel’s Marvellous Malt Loaf

Easy
In a large sauce pan, put dried fruit, butter and water and bring to boil, lower to simmer and leave simmering for 10 minutes. Remove from the heat and allow to cool. When cooled, Mix in beaten eggs, malt extract, sugar and salt. Fold in the flour
Prep Time
20 mins
Cook Time
60 mins
Serves
10

No Butter Ginger Cake

Easy
Grease and line a 7-inch round cake tin. Pre heat oven to 170°C/Gas mark 3. Place all the ingredients in a bowl and beat together, pour the cake mixture into the prepared tin and bake in the middle of oven for approximately 1 hour 45 minutes o
Prep Time
15 mins
Cook Time
110 mins
Serves
8

Chocolate-Glazed Petits Fours

Medium
Get the Rich Chocolate Mousse Cake recipe. Cut the cake layer into 2-bite rounds using a 1 ½-inch round cookie cutter (straight-sided) and place these on a cooling rack resting over a parchment-lined baking tray, and so there is a 2-inch gap betwe
Prep Time
-
Cook Time
-
Serves
14

Dairy-Free Banana Cupcakes

Easy
Sift the flour and baking powder into a bowl and stir in the sugar. Make a well in the centre of the dry ingredients. Combine the orange juice, sunflower oil and vanilla extract in a jug. Pour the liquid ingredients into the dry ingredients and fol
Prep Time
15 mins
Cook Time
15 mins
Serves
12

Golden Gate Chilli Ribs

Easy
Have the butcher cut rib rack in half through the bone. Cut each half into separate single ribs. In a large bowl, mix together the ingredients for the marinade. Add the ribs and marinate for as long as possible, overnight is best. Preheat oven
Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
45 mins
Serves
4

White Chocolate and Raspberry Mousse

Easy
Melt the chocolate and set aside to cool. Whip the cream to soft peaks and set aside. Place the egg whites in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the whisk attachment. Whisk on high speed until they hold firm peaks and with the whisk still on h
Prep Time
25 mins
Cook Time
5 mins
Serves
4

Easy Custard Ice Cream

Easy
First make the infusion by bringing the milk, cream, nutmeg and vanilla to the simmer covering with cling film, letting it infuse for 20 minutes. Beat the egg yolks, sugar together and soak the gelatine in very cold water. Bring the milk and crea
Prep Time
60 mins
Cook Time
-
Serves
4

Steamed pomfret fish

Easy
Find out more about Makansutra's Steamed Pomfret Fish. 1) Clean and wash the fish. Score fish on both sides from head to tail as if to fillet and de-bone it but do not cut through. Set aside for steaming. 2) Place the fish on a steaming plate. Stic
Prep Time
5 mins
Cook Time
25 mins
Serves
4

Mexican mini-pizzas

Easy
1) Cook the chorizo in a medium-size frying-pan over medium heat. Drain on paper towels. 2) Preheat the oven to 190°C. 3) Put the dough out onto a well-floured surface. Divide the dough into four equal pieces. Roll into 10cm circles, using a
Prep Time
25 mins
Cook Time
37 mins
Serves
4

Rhubarb Ice Cream

Easy
First make the rhubarb puree by taking the rhubarb, water and Grenadine and place in a microwave proof bowl, covered. Cook this in a microwave on high for 3 1/2 minutes. When cooked, blend until smooth. Now bring the cream to a simmer, add the puree
Prep Time
20 mins
Cook Time
5 mins
Serves
4

Peanut Butter Pretzel Truffles

Easy
To make the truffles finely chop the chocolate and place in a medium heatproof bowl along with the peanut butter. Place the cream, light brown sugar and sea salt into a medium saucepan and set over medium heat and bring to the boil. Pour the cream o
Prep Time
60 mins
Cook Time
10 mins
Serves
20

Sweet Potato Cakes

Easy
Heat oil in frying pan until smoking, then add cumin seeds and fennel seeds. When they begin to crackle add the red chilli powder, garam masala, ginger/garlic paste and fresh red chilies. Stir for one to two minutes. Then add the spinach and stir u
Prep Time
40 mins
Cook Time
10 mins
Serves
10

Baked Sprouted Mung Bean Samosas

Medium
Heat the oil in a large, non-stick pan and add the cumin seeds and asafoetida. Immediately add the chopped onion, chillies, ginger and turmeric powder. Cook for around five minutes on a medium heat, stirring often. Add the sprouted mung beans and co
Prep Time
40 mins
Cook Time
20 mins
Serves
15

Broccoli and Dill Raita Coleslaw

Easy
1) Make the ginger-garlic paste. Throw the garlic, ginger and vegetable oil in a mini-food processor and let it go until it forms a semi-smooth paste. There will still be tiny little pieces in there, but overall it should resemble a paste. 2) Save w
Prep Time
15 mins
Cook Time
-
Serves
6

Mini Croissants

Medium
Divide the croissant dough into 3 pieces and roll each out into a rectangle 12-inches by 4-inches. Cut each into 12 triangles (for the salted caramel pecan, you can do pain au chocolate style cuts), and score and fill with each of the 3 combinations,
Prep Time
30 mins
Cook Time
15 mins
Serves
36

Nyonya vegetable stew (Nyonya chap chye)

Medium
Find out more about Makansutra's Nyonya Vegetable Stew. 1) Combine all of the ingredients for the paste in a food processor and blend. Set aside. 2) In a braising pot, heat oil and fry paste for about 3-4 minutes or until fragrant. Add the prawns
Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
25 mins
Serves
6

Mussels in a Spicy Tomato and Tamarind Sauce

Easy
Dry roast the fennel seeds, black peppercorns and coriander seeds, then grind in coffee grinder. Heat the oil in a sauce pan and add the onions, sauté to soften. Now toss in the ginger and garlic and lightly sauté to cook through. Add the dry roast
Prep Time
-
Cook Time
-
Serves
4

Beef with Broccoli

Easy
1. In a bowl, mix together the soy sauce, cornstarch, sherry, brown sugar, ginger and garlic. Pour half the liquid over the sliced meat in a bowl and toss with your hands. Reserve the other half of the liquid and set aside. 2. Heat the oil in a he
Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
5 mins
Serves
4

Raspberry Lemon Thumbprint Cookies

Easy
Preheat the oven to 180deg;C / gas mark 4. Lightly butter two large baking sheets. In a small bowl, combine the jam and Chambord. Stir to combine. In a medium bowl, combine the plain flour, baking powder, and salt and whisk to blend. In a la
Prep Time
15 mins
Cook Time
20 mins
Serves
-

Raspberry Cheesecake Brownies

Easy
Preheat the oven to 180°C. Line a 23cmx33cm brownie pan with parchment paper, leaving roughly a 5cm overhang, to help remove the brownies later. Sift the flour, cocoa powder and salt together into a bowl and set aside. In a medium pan set over m
Prep Time
30 mins
Cook Time
40 mins
Serves
8

Fish and chips

Medium
1) Heat 8cm of the oil in a deep fryer to 165C. Alternatively, use a deep heavy skillet. 2) Peel the potatoes and cut them into chips (that is, fries) about the size of your index finger. Put the potatoes in a fryer basket and lower into the oil. Fr
Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
30 mins
Serves
4

Vietnamese Fresh Prawn Summer Rolls

Medium
Most large supermarkets now stock oriental ingredients, such as rice paper wrappers. Keep them as a store-cupboard ingredient as they are great for a last minute starter or snack – all you do is soak them in hot water and fill with your favourite ing
Prep Time
-
Cook Time
-
Serves
4

Potted Stilton with Apple

Easy
One year, as usual I had the ubiquitous leftover Stilton cheese sitting in my larder. You know what it’s like – you buy too much in the pre-Christmas shopping fest and then you’re left with the stinky stuff and no real desire to eat it. I hate waste
Prep Time
-
Cook Time
-
Serves
4

Tandoori Lamb Chops with Raita Dunk

Using a sharp heavy knife, cut between every bone to form chops about 3/4" thick. Place Napoleon® Tandoori Injector Sauce, chopped fresh mint, olive oil and lime juice into a medium bowl and whisk to combine. Place chops into a sealable plastic bag,
Prep Time
-
Cook Time
-
Serves
-

Sichuan-Style Crispy Shrimp with Garden Salad

Easy
In a large bowl, mix the egg and cornstarch to make a batter. Set to one side. Heat a wok over high heat and add the peanut oil for frying, fill a third of the way up the sides of the wok. Heat to 180°C or until a cube of bread dropped in turn
Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
20 mins
Serves
4

Sweet and sour duck

Easy
1) Remove the skin from the duck breasts and cut the duck into thin slices. Put the slices into a bowl with some salt, white pepper, the rice wine or sherry and the potato flour or cornflour and mix well. 2) Heat a wok over a high heat and add 200ml
Prep Time
5 mins
Cook Time
10 mins
Serves
2

Chocolate Beetroot Cake

Easy
Grease and line the bases of two 18cm (7") sandwich tins with baking paper. Pre-heat the oven to 190°C (fan 180°C). Using a food processor, blend the eggs, sugars and oil together until thick and creamy. Remove to a large mixing bowl. Chop the bee
Prep Time
20 mins
Cook Time
35 mins
Serves
8

Soft-Shell Chilli Crabs

Easy
Prepare the crab by cutting away the face (this can taste bitter), slicing just behind the eyes. Next lift the flap on the underside of the crab and cut this off. Loosen the top “shell” of the body and remove the gills. Rinse the crabs well. Mix
Prep Time
5 mins
Cook Time
5 mins
Serves
4

Crab and Coconut Samosas

Easy
Heat one tablespoon of the oil in a heavy-based frying pan. Fry the mustard seeds, curry leaves, ground turmeric and ginger, stirring often, for one to two minutes, until fragrant. Add the crab meat, salt, chillies, lime zest and coriander mixing w
Prep Time
40 mins
Cook Time
15 mins
Serves
24

Pakoras

Medium
First, make your Masala Paste Take the coriander, spinach, fenugreek and onions and place in a large bowl. Sprinkle the salt over these ingredients. Place a small plate on top of these ingredients with a heavy object like a pestle and mortar
Prep Time
-
Cook Time
-
Serves
-

Vegetable Curry

Easy
First, make your Masala Paste 1. Add the oil to a frying pan on medium heat. 2. Add the onions and sauté for 5 minutes. 3. Add the masala paste – 1 tbsp for mild, 2 tbsp for medium and 3 tbsp for a hot curry. 4. Continue frying for 2 minu
Prep Time
-
Cook Time
20 mins
Serves
-

Slow Roast Lamb

Medium
1. Preheat the oven to 140°C. 2. Put the lamb in a roasting or baking dish and make incisions on the top of the lamb leg (small cuts) all over the meat with a sharp knife. 3. Stuff the sliced garlic with some of the thyme and rosemary sprigs into
Prep Time
20 mins
Cook Time
270 mins
Serves
6

Warm Apple and Date Chutney

Easy
This isn’t the sort of chutney that you have to keep for 6 weeks before you can eat it. It’s instant chutney. It doesn’t have the same proportion of vinegar and sugar that normal chutney has (which are the main preserving ingredients) and therefore i
Prep Time
15 mins
Cook Time
20 mins
Serves
4

Chicken Masala Curry

Medium
First, make your Masala Paste 1. Marinate the chicken in the yoghurt, lemon, red chilli powder and turmeric. Leave in a bowl in the fridge to marinate overnight. 2. Add the oil to a frying pan on medium heat. 3. Add the onions and sauté for
Prep Time
-
Cook Time
45 mins
Serves
-

Lemon shortbreads

Easy
1) Preheat the oven to 150°C/ gas mark 2. 2) Cream together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Mix in the lemon zest and essence. 3) Sift in the flour and roughly combine. Using your hands, bring the mixture together to form a dough.
Prep Time
35 mins
Cook Time
12 mins
Serves
8

Rajasthani Lamb Curry

Easy
First combine together all the ingredients for the yoghurt mixture and set aside. Using a large heavy-bottomed pan, heat three tablespoons of the ghee/oil over a medium-high heat until hot. Add the cloves, green and black cardamom pods, bay leaves a
Prep Time
15 mins
Cook Time
70 mins
Serves
4

Raw Fish Salad (Ho Wan Yue Sang)

Medium
Find out more about Makansutra's Raw Fish Salad. 1. Use a fine mandolin to shred the carrot and radish into long strips. Run the vegetables under a cold water bath for 10 minutes. Remove from water and use a salad spinner to remove excess moisture.
Prep Time
20 mins
Cook Time
-
Serves
-

Chicken Liver Pâté with Apple and Date Chutney

Easy
Melt 50g of the butter in a large, non-stick frying pan. Add the onion and half the garlic and cook gently for ten minutes. Add the chicken livers and bacon to the pan and fry them for five minutes. Now add the red wine, herbs and rest of the g
Prep Time
15 mins
Cook Time
35 mins
Serves
4

Cheeky Chocolate Pink Cupcakes

Easy
Mix the cocoa and bicarbonate of soda with the boiling water and leave to cool. In a large bowl, whisk the eggs and sugar together. Add the oil and whisk again. Then add the flour and cocoa, mixing thoroughly after each addition. Pour into cupcake
Prep Time
-
Cook Time
20 mins
Serves
18

Veal Escalopes with a Parmesan Breadcrumb

Easy
1. Mix together the breadcrumbs, Parmesan, cayenne pepper and thyme in a wide flat dish. 2. Beat the eggs roughly in a medium sized mixing bowl and season with salt which breaks down the egg yolks. Transfer onto a small serving dish. 3. Sieve t
Prep Time
25 mins
Cook Time
10 mins
Serves
4

Chocolate Cupcakes with Flaming Strawberries

Hard
To make the cupcakes: 1. Preheat oven to 175°C. 2. Line muffin tin with cupcake papers and set aside. 3. Sift together cocoa, flour, sugar, baking soda, baking powder and salt into a large bowl. Add eggs, water, cream, oil and vanilla. Mix wit
Prep Time
70 mins
Cook Time
20 mins
Serves
20

Salted Caramel Brownies

Easy
For the filling place the sugar into a medium saucepan and melt over medium heat until dark brown in colour, stopping before it starts to smoke. Remove from the heat and carefully pour in the salt and half the cream. The mixture will bubble violently
Prep Time
40 mins
Cook Time
40 mins
Serves
8

Crispy roasted chicken with orange and cardamom

Easy
1) Preheat the oven to 260¬C/gas mark 11. Using two sheet trays, line one with a cooling rack and the other with parchment. In a large bowl, toss the potatoes with a little olive oil, the thyme leaves and salt and pepper, to taste. Put the potat
Prep Time
30 mins
Cook Time
30 mins
Serves
4

Fried tortellini with marinara cream sauce

Easy
1) Mix together ricotta cheese, goat cheese, grated Parmesan, 1 egg, black pepper and a pinch of freshly grated nutmeg in a bowl. 2) Lay out the pasta sheets on a lightly floured surface. With a pizza cutter or sharp knife, cut the sheets up to
Prep Time
25 mins
Cook Time
10 mins
Serves
4

Gorgeously Glossy Chocolate Ganache Cupcakes

Easy
Preheat your oven - conventional 180°C, Fan assisted 160°C, Gas mark 5. Beat your butter and sugar together until smooth, creamy and pale white. I should be fluffy in texture. Slowly add your egg into the mix, about an egg's worth at a tim
Prep Time
30 mins
Cook Time
15 mins
Serves
16

Sticky Lemon Curd Cake

Medium
For the sponge: Preheat the oven to 160°C Cream the butter and the sugar until almost white. The minute you think you are done creaming, add on another 5 minutes! This is best done in a free-standing mixer, to avoid a very tired arm! Beat the
Prep Time
20 mins
Cook Time
45 mins
Serves
8

Eden Bun

Easy
Heat the milk gently in a small pan until warm enough to touch with finger. Mix dry ingredients (flour, yeast, salt, sugar and mixed peel) in a large bowl. Make a well in centre and gradually blend in the warmed milk (use a table knife), melted butt
Prep Time
90 mins
Cook Time
15 mins
Serves
10

Khaman (Steamed Savoury Cakes)

Easy
Take a large bowl and sift the chickpea flour and semolina. Add the rest of the ingredients for the Khaman except the bicarbonate of soda. Mix everything together ensuring the salt, sugar and citric acid has dissolved. Taste the batter - make s
Prep Time
30 mins
Cook Time
30 mins
Serves
16

Coconut Cake Doughnuts

Medium
In large bowl, sift together the flour, sugar, baking powder and salt. In a small bowl whisk together the buttermilk, egg, egg yolks, oil and vanilla extract. Make a well in the dry ingredients and pour in the buttermilk mixture, mix together until
Prep Time
80 mins
Cook Time
20 mins
Serves
-

Vegan Sponge Cake

Medium
1. Measure the soya milk into a jug and whisk in the cider vinegar gently with a balloon whisk or a fork. The milk should start to thicken slightly. 2. Sieve the flour, cornflour, baking powder and bicarbonate of soda into a large bowl. Add the suga
Prep Time
30 mins
Cook Time
40 mins
Serves
24

Gravy from Tristan's Mum

Medium
*Cook's Note: For this recipe, you will need the juices from the cooked turkey, see Tristan's recipe or use your own. For a great gravy, it is important first to think about stock for the gravy. Remove the giblets from the turkey and separate the
Prep Time
5 mins
Cook Time
30 mins
Serves
-

Red Velvet Whoopie Pies

Easy
You can bake these whoopies into heart shapes by shaping the dough by hand once placed on the tray. We used the dough to make one obscenely large heart shaped whoopie. 1. Preheat the oven to 180°C/350°F/gas mark 4. Line two baking sheets with bak
Prep Time
20 mins
Cook Time
15 mins
Serves
15

Chocolate and Raspberry Cake

Medium
Preheat the oven to 180°C and line two 8" sandwich cake tins. Beat the butter and sugar in a bowl with an electric hand-whisk or in a mixer. Add the eggs one at a time, ensuring that each egg is totally mixed in before adding the next one. Then
Prep Time
60 mins
Cook Time
25 mins
Serves
10

Savoury Hors D'Oeuvres

Medium
Sesame Cheese Straws Preheat the oven to 375 F and line a baking tray with parchment paper. On a lightly floured surface, roll out the puff pastry to an 8-inch square. Brush the entire surface with eggwash and sprinkle it with the Parmesan and
Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
20 mins
Serves
40

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