Archive For December 2022
From Sainsbury’s Mince pies topped with meringue and marachino cherries Serves: 12 Preparation time: 20 Minutes Cooking time: 23 Minutes Ingredients 125g shortcrust pastry 175g mincemeat 60g marachino cherries, drained and quartered 1 teaspoon lemon juice 1 medium size egg white 50g caster sugar Method Roll out the pastry thinly on a…
Fantastico – Modern Italian Food is Gino D’Acampo’s first book and it’s a fine one. The photography is superb, the recipes clear and the “hand-written” type used for the anecdotes before each recipe is very stylish. His comments are conversational and informal, which is the overall feel of this book. This lad makes me smile!…
Hakushika offer another delicious and simple cocktail – Sake Blossom. Perfect for the end of winter and early spring. Glass: Glass goblet Garnish: Improvise Ingredients: ・HAKUSHIKA Sake 30ml ・Nigori sake (HAKUSHIKA Snow Beauty) 40ml ・Rose syrup (Monin rose) 10ml ・Peach liqueur 15ml ・Lemon juice 1tsp Method: (stir & build) Stir all ingredients (except Nigori sake) in a mixing glass with…
This is one of the most quintessentially Christmassy cookies. They are rich, spicy and iconic, being so easily cut and decorated. Here is a version that is simple to make, giving the traditional texture which is somewhere between a cake and a biscuit. It’s a spice biscuit, a gingerbread or a Lebkuchen according to your…
This looks, smells and tastes like Christmas. It’s warming and also a great one for the kids. Serves: 8 Preparation time: 10 Minutes Cooking time: 10 Minutes Ingredients: 1 x 1 litre carton cranberry juice drink by Sainsbury’s 1 cinnamon stick Pinch of ground ginger Juice and zest of 2 limes 4 brown…
From Sainsbury’s Sweet biscuits with a chocolate topping. Serves: makes 20 Preparation time: 15 Minutes Cooking time: 20 Minutes Ingredients 75g margarine 50g muscovado sugar 1 medium egg 125g plain wholemeal flour 1 teaspoon baking powder, sifted 75g unsweetened carob bar, chopped 75g chopped hazelnuts, toasted Method Cream the margarine and sugar…
Founded around 1720 in Takayama Hida in Japan, Oita Shuzo brewery has been producing sake ever since. This is a beautiful region with several noteworthy breweries. It comes alive in winter, which is the sake-brewing season in Japan. In the Edo era sweet sake was more highly esteemed than the dry version. Many dry sakes…
Ingredients: 50ml Teacher’s Whisky 2 teaspoons vanilla sugar Cardamom Cinnamon The juice of 2 wedges of lemon The juice of 1 wedge of orange 37.5ml pressed apple juice Boiling water Method: Add 1 pod of green cardamom, a pinch of cinnamon and 2 teaspoons of vanilla sugar to a heat proof glass and gently press…
From BBC Food Ingredients For the brownies 225g/8oz caster sugar 4 free-range eggs 225g/8oz butter, melted, plus extra for greasing 150g/5½oz plain flour, sifted 225g/8oz white chocolate, chopped 100g/3½oz macadamia nuts, chopped For the frosting 75g/2¾oz butter 175g/6oz icing sugar 1 vanilla pod, split, seeds scraped out with a knife (the pod can…
Guinness, prosecco and Schweppes Soda Water? Not an obvious mix. Then again, you haven’t tried it yet. Refreshingly new. Refreshingly delicious. It’s Donner & Spritzen. 0.38 UK Units Serves 1 Ingredients 50ml Guinness 50ml Schweppes Soda Water 50ml Prosecco 20ml blackcurrant cordial 15ml sloe gin, optional Preparation time: 5 mins Instructions Pour the Schweppes Soda…
From Sainsbury’s Creating this beautiful cake isn’t as hard as you may think. The secret is choosing the right ingredients… Serves: 16 Preparation time: 12 Hours Cooking time: 180 – 210 Minutes Cooling Time: 15 – 60 Minutes Ingredients 100g glace cherries 100g mixed peel 400g currants 100g blanched almonds 225g raisins 225g…