Recipes
Cook Your Way to a Stress-Free Christmas
Cook Your Way to a Stress-Free Christmas By Sarah Sinclair ‘Tis the season to be jolly, but it’s also one of the most stressful times of the year. If the thought of having to orchestrate the perfect Christmas dinner for your nearest and dearest is filling you with an impending sense of dread, it’s time […]
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Make The Perfect Christmas Turkey
Perfect Christmas Turkey If all you want for Christmas is a lovely moist bird then look no further as here’s how to get the perfect Christmas turkey. Ingredients: 100g softened butter 2 teaspoon sea salt 2 teaspoon ground black pepper 5kg turkey 3 large halved onions Method: Christmas Eve: Mix the salt, pepper and butter […]
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Cumbrian Lamb and Aubergine Pasta
Agnello e Melenzane con Pasta – Cumbrian Lamb and Aubergine Pasta This beautiful anglo-italian fusion serves four and only takes about 20/25 minutes for a really tasty meaty pasta. Ingredients: 300g minced Cumbrian lamb, ½ small onion (diced), 2 garlic cloves (crushed), 1 fresh chilli pepper (diced), 2 sprigs fresh rosemary (chopped), ½ tsp salt, […]
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Sticky Christmas Cinnamon Buns
Sticky Christmas Cinnamon Buns Is there anything more inviting than the smell of cinnamon? I think not. These sticky buns stuffed with cinnamon butter are perfect for the Christmas season – stack them up into the shape of a Christmas tree before popping in the oven for that extra festive flourish. You Will Need: […]
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Spooky Cocktail Concoctions
Spooky Cocktail Concoctions With the Halloween season fast approaching here are some of the spookiest serves we could think of. These blood curdling cocktails are perfect for your party. Brain Hemorrhage To freak out your friends why not serve them a shot that looks like a medical emergency. Firstly fill a shot glass to a […]
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Epic Hot Chocolate for cold winter nights
Epic Hot Chocolate By Jamie Oliver This recipe, by Jamie Oliver, is perfection on a cold winter night. Luxurious, silky smooth hot chocolate topped with all the traditional trimmings will be just what you want when the weather takes a turn for the worse. This makes a big batch of mix meaning you’ll have plenty […]
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Flavours from the Wild – Garlic Butter & Elderflower Cordial
Flavours from the Wild – Wild Garlic Butter There’s an unmistakable perfume of wild garlic in the air throughout the countryside during the spring months. This easy to recognise leaf is all over the woodland floors and can be used for countless recipes. I always knock up a quick batch of wild garlic butter for use […]
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Toasty Thai Pumpkin Soup
Toasty Thai Pumpkin Soup The nights are closing in, the air feeling brisker, we are undoubtedly encroaching further and further into autumn. Pumpkins have long been associated with the change in the seasons; the flickering lanterns are as much a part of the season as fallen leaves or blazing bonfires. This is a warming pumpkin […]
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Blackcurrant Jam
Are you lucky enough to have a glut of blackcurrants? Try making this luscious blackcurrant jam for all your family and friends with this simple recipe. Ingredients 300g/10½oz fresh blackcurrants 300g/10½oz granulated or caster sugar 1 small lemon, juice only Method Pick all the stalks from the blackcurrants, place the fruit in a saucepan, cover with 250ml/9fl oz […]
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Summer Pimm’s Popsicle
Ingredients 8 ounces sparkling lemonade 3 ounces minty simple syrup, see note 2 ounces Pimm’s no.1 liqueur 2 strawberries 1 small seedless cucumber 1 mandarin orange Method Stir the lemonade, simple syrup, and Pimm’s together in a measuring cup with a spout; let sit while you prepare the fruit (helps calm the fizz a bit […]
