Lentil & Ham Soup is made with carrots, courgettes and a hint of curry to give a hearty, winter warming soup. Perfect for using up leftover glazed Christmas ham and stock! This soup came about after Christmas one year when the fridge was heaving with leftover stock and roasted gammon (or ham as it’s known…
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Easy Christmas Jam
Easy Christmas Jam is a cranberry and apple jam, flavoured with orange and mixed spice (without pectin). Enjoy this wonderful jam at tea time as a spread or like cranberry sauce along with roast turkey. Making Easy Christmas Jam couldn’t be quicker or simpler as there is no muslin bag needed to be filled up…
Stuffed Turkey Breast Steaks in Blankets
Stuffed Turkey Breast Steaks in Blankets serve 2 upwards so perfect for a small scale Christmas celebration! Turkey breast steaks are stuffed with sausage meat flavoured with orange zest and parsley, then wrapped in bacon and finished off with fronds of rosemary. Small Scale Christmas Dinner At this time of year it’s expected that most…
Risalamande (Danish Rice Pudding) with Cherry Sauce
Traditional Risalamande (Danish Rice Pudding) with Cherry Sauce is a creamy and delicious rice pudding laced with sherry and almonds, served with a sweet, warm cherry sauce. The History of Risalamande Risalamande finds it origins in the French Ris à l’amande and has been served on Christmas Eve in Denmark since around 1900. A Personal…
Foolproof Rich Chocolate Mousse – with step-by-step video!
Foolproof Rich Chocolate Mousse is intensely chocolatey, fluffy and decadently delicious! Made with just 4 ingredients your guests will never know how easy this was to make! Foolproof Rich Chocolate Mouse is for people who don’t have the careful hand and eye that Nigel Slater speaks about when making chocolate mousse. I don’t like recipes…
Easy Cranberry Curd including Power Blender Option
Easy Cranberry Curd is a beautifully fruity and festive preserve, perfect for gifting or just enjoying as a spread at breakfast or tea-time! Also makes a great addition to desserts and bakes! It’s cranberry season so when I came across a punnet of these red jewels for 50 pence last week my mind went from…
Cheat’s Danish Apple Cake (Gammeldags Æblekage) + video tutorial
Cheat’s Danish Apple Cake (Gammeldags Æblekage) – layers of stewed apple & oaty biscuit crumbs topped with whipped cream & grated dark chocolate. My twist on a Danish classic! Today I’m sharing my Cheat’s Danish Apple Cake (Gammeldags Æblekage) and step-by-step video tutorial with you. As autumn is just around the corner my mind wonders…
Spiced Prune Traybake
Spiced Prune Traybake Do you have a forgotten about tin of prunes in your cupboard? Well I did and hence I came up with this recipe for Spiced Prune Traybake which was inspired by this recipe for Peach, Tea & White Chocolate Traybake from Recipes from a Normal Mum! As a kid and beyond tinned…
Brie & Cranberry Tear & Share Wreath – a great buffet centrepiece!
Brie & Cranberry Tear & Share Wreath I recently decided I wanted to make a Brie & Cranberry puff pastry centrepiece. After toying with a few ideas which would have involved wasting some of the pastry I came up with this Brie & Cranberry Tear & Share Wreath which doesn’t waste a scrap! A sheet…
Nut Roast (vegan & gluten-free)
In association with The Vegetarian Society Simple to make and delicious hot or cold this Vegan Nut Roast (vegan & gluten free) is the classic main course for a veggie Christmas. Today I’m bringing you a festive Nut Roast from The Vegetarian Society Cookery School. I was thrilled when The Vegetarian Society got in contact with…