Cherry Mince Pies
From Sainsbury’s Mince pies topped with meringue and marachino cherries Serves: 12 Preparation time: 20 Minutes Cooking time: 23 Minutes Ingredients 125g shortcrust...
Fantastico – Modern Italian Food by Gino D’Acampo – review
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”...
Hakushika Sake Blossom Cocktail
Hakushika offer another delicious and simple cocktail – Sake Blossom. Perfect for the end of winter and early spring. Glass: Glass goblet Garnish: Improvise Ingredients:...
Christmas Lebkuchen – recipe
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...
Fizzy Mulled Cranberry Juice – Jamie Oliver
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...
Carob Chip Cookies
From Sainsbury’s Sweet biscuits with a chocolate topping. Serves: makes 20 Preparation time: 15 Minutes Cooking time: 20 Minutes Ingredients 75g margarine 50g...
Onikoroshi Honjozo Sake – drinks review
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...
Teacher’s Hot Toddy
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...
White Chocolate Brownies (blondies)
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...
Donner & Spritzen
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....
Delicious Christmas Cake
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:...