Archive For May 2024
7-Minute Icing or frosting is a forgiving, snowy-white icing that will hold its shape for a long time without slumping. Yes, it does demand 7 minutes of beating, so an electric hand-whisk at the very least is essential. The ingredients are inexpensive and you will likely have them to hand; the corn syrup or liquid…
We all have those little plastic graters with a single slicing blade. The blade was never very sharp even when it was new and now the gadget lurks at the back of the drawer, not even used for grating. The traditional metal box grater gets more use as at least it has convincing grating capacity…
From BBC Food Make a Cosmopolitan and make like a Manhattan socialite with this classy cocktail. Chill the glasses in the freezer beforehand for an ice-cold tipple à la Sex and the City. Ingredients 35ml/1½fl oz vodka 15ml/½fl oz orange liqueur squeeze fresh lime juice 25ml/1fl oz cranberry juice twist orange peel, to garnish Method…
From BBC Food Beaten egg white gives Antony Worrall Thompson’s rhubarb-blushed fruit fool mouth-watering billowy peaks. Ingredients 350g/12oz rhubarb 55g/2oz caster sugar 1 orange, juice only water 150ml/¼ pint cream, whipped 1 egg white, beaten until peaked Method Place the rhubarb, sugar, orange juice and enough water to cover the rhubarb in…
Our friends at Tastemade know how to spread cheer with delicious cocktails. This Blackberry Prosecco is ideal for your next celebration. Serves 2 Ingredients 8 blackberries ½ lime, juiced 50ml chambord 1 handful ice cubes 200ml prosecco 2 sprigs rosemary Total time required 5 mins Preparation time: 5 mins Instructions In a cocktail shaker or…
What can be more evocative of England than afternoon tea! We have water-coloured dreams of cottage gardens, or rolling lawns with summer strollers heading for a table laden with scones and jam. The alternative vision is of a Victorian drawing room bathed in the golden and flickering light of an open fire; but still that…
Rennes Market, in the Place des Lices, is there every Saturday, and is considered to be the second- or third-largest in France, depending on whom you are speaking to. It starts in the morning around 7.30 although there is not the full complement of nearly 300 stalls and vendors till an hour or so later….
From Morrisons A classic cocktail with a retro screw and a cherry on top. Ingredients 50ml Warninks Advocaat a dash of lime lemonade to top up glacé cherry Method Pour all of the ingredients into an ice-filled glass and stir. Serve garnished with a glacé cherry. 0.9 units per glass*
This is a lovely fried rice recipe that can be as smart or as economic as your budget will allow. This is a basic suggestion which takes advantage of chicken thigh meat, but one could use chicken breast meat or pork tenderloin. One could replace the prawns with smoked ham. The green beans could be…
From Sainsbury’s “This is pretty much an assembly job, but like a retro trifle, it pushes all the feel-good buttons.” Serves: 10recipe Preparation time: 20 Minutes Cooking time: 10 Minutes Ingredients 1⁄3rd x 350g pack gingerbread dough by Sainsbury’s ½ x 200g pack Taste the Difference Italian Savoiardi sponge fingers 100ml sherry 8…
At last the summer is here. We don’t have guaranteed good weather in the UK so when we have warm days we want to make the best of them. There is nothing better than a barbecue of burgers on those weekends when the weather cooperates. Sure, it’s a casual meal but one with meat as…
I had never been a great Chinese food aficionado. I didn’t know enough about the subject to make informed choices when confronted by a Chinese restaurant menu. So much of it seemed to be rather mild, although pleasant and with diversity of texture, and so often attractively presented. There were, however, those dishes that did…