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From Sainsbury’s Serves: 4 Preparation time: 15 Minutes Cooking time: 25 Minutes Ingredients 1 butternut squash 1 onion garlic 1 tablespoon olive oil 1 head cauliflower 500g jar Sainsbury’s tikka masala cooking sauce 2 x 410g tins red kidney beans 1kg long grain rice 28g pack coriander Method Peel, core and slice…
From Sainsbury’s A traditional recipe, great served simply or decorated for a celebration. Serves: makes 1 cake 8 inches, 20cm Preparation time: 15 Minutes Cooking time: 25 Minutes Ingredients 175g margarine 175g caster sugar 3 medium size eggs, beaten 175g self-raising flour, sieved Strawberry jam or buttercream or lemon curd Icing sugar to…
From Sainsbury’s Serves: 10 Preparation time: 20 Minutes Cooking time: 20 Minutes Ingredients 175g butter, softened, plus butter for greasing 175g unrefined golden caster sugar 3 medium eggs, beaten 150g self-raising flour, sifted 25g cocoa powder 165g chocolate butter cream icing 165g vanilla butter cream icing Method Preheat the oven to 180°C,…
From BBC Food Decorate Dan Lepard’s rich carrot cupcakes with mini-chocolate Easter eggs at Easter time, or top with sugar-paste carrots for the rest of the year. Ingredients 275g/9¾oz caster sugar 200ml/7fl oz sunflower oil 4 medium free-range eggs 300g grated carrot, a little more or less is fine up to 150g/5½oz nuts…
From Sainsbury’s A rich creamy dessert flavoured with vanilla seeds and lemon zest. Serves: 4 Preparation time: 15 Minutes Cooling Time: 240 Ingredients 568ml carton double cream 1 vanilla pod, seeds removed and reserved Zest and peel of 1 lemon 40g unrefined golden caster sugar 2 teaspoons powdered gelatine 2 tablespoons cold…
From Sainsbury’s A rich dessert of chocolate and cream. Serves: 8 Preparation time: 15 Minutes Cooking time: 30 Minutes Cooling Time: 15 Minutes Ingredients 250g Taste the Difference dark chocolate (minimum 50% cocoa solids), broken up 6 Sainsbury’s medium free-range eggs, separated 160g Sainsbury’s Fairtrade golden caster sugar 150ml double cream 1 teaspoon…
From BBC Food The smooth, creamy liqueur gives this celebration cheesecake the wow factor. Top with grated chocolate and a dusting of cocoa. Ingredients 100g/3½oz butter 250g/8¾oz digestive biscuits, crushed 600g/1lb 5oz Philadelphia cream cheese 25ml/1fl oz Baileys 100ml/3½oz icing sugar 300ml/10½oz double cream, whipped 100g/3½oz grated chocolate To garnish 200ml/7¼oz double…
From BBC Food Battenburg cake is a true classic for afternoon tea. The Hairy Bikers’ recipe makes it foolproof. Ingredients For the cake 175g/6oz softened butter, plus extra for greasing 175g/6oz golden caster sugar 3 free-range eggs 175g/6oz self-raising flour ½ tsp vanilla extract red food colouring paste For the covering 6…
From BBC Food The combination of vanilla and strawberry makes this jam perfect for using in desserts. It’s also lovely spread on fresh warm scones or spooned into yoghurt at breakfast. You’ll need a jam thermometer for this recipe. Ingredients 325g/11½oz (about 2) very hard pears 500g/1lb 2oz firm strawberries, hulled 400g/14oz granulated or…
by Chrissie Walker These truffles are delicious and a bit different from the usual dark chocolate truffles for after a fine dinner. A tray of both would be rather smart, though. For Christmas a garnish of dried cranberries would be beautiful, for Easter perhaps top with an edible violet. Ingredients: 300ml double cream 300g…
From Delia Smith This is best of all made with wild brambles, which seem to have twice as much flavour as the cultivated kind. If you want a larger pie to serve eight people, use a 3 pint (1.75 litre) pie dish and a pie funnel, and double all the ingredients. Serves 4…
We might think that Japanese curry is a new invention. Perhaps Japanese tourists discovered the recipe for curry on recent trips to the Subcontinent. But, no! It’s a tradition adopted from the British Navy and has been popular for a century or so. If one visits Japan and has the opportunity to stroll around a…
From Whole Foods Market Serves 12 Here’s some game day strategy for you! Add nutrient variety and subtract cost by substituting peas for some of the avocado. Green Pea Guacamole tastes great, and just like traditional guacamole, you can keep it on the healthy side by serving this smooth and tangy dip with fresh,…
From BBC Food This traditional trifle recipe couldn’t be easier, use ready-made custard and sponge to save time. Ingredients 1 packet trifle sponges, broken into 5cm/2in pieces ½ packet of amaretti biscuits or 150g/5oz macaroons or ratafias 150ml/5fl oz sweet sherry 1 tbsp cognac 4 tbsp blackberry or raspberry jam 450g/1 lb fresh…
(Enough jelly to garnish four servings) Sauce your pancakes by making a golden syrup jelly. People fear jellying but don’t worry. Jellies are straightforward to make and people smile when they have jelly and pancakes on the same plate. Ingredients: 250 ml Lyle’s Golden Syrup 250 ml water 5 leaves of gelatine Method:…
The colours of sakura blossoms are everywhere – even in London. It’s Spring – the grey skies are leaving us and the trees welcome these warmer days with pastel pink. There is a cherry blossom, or sakura, season which travels across Japan. It starts on the islands of Okinawa in the far south west in…
From BBC Food A recipe for Pimms that will last beyond the summer. This easy pound cake enjoys a side order of boozy berries. Ingredients For the Pimms-soaked fruits 250ml/9fl oz Pimms or similar fruit ‘cup’ 1 vanilla pod, split 250g/9oz caster sugar 200g/7oz strawberries, hulled 3 kiwi fruit, peeled and thickly sliced…
A sophisticated cocktail bursting with Christmas cheer to keep you warm in winter. Pear juice, lemon and prosecco is combined in perfect proportion and served in a cinnamon-sugar rimmed glass to add a sense of occasion. Use your favourite fizz in this recipe, such as champagne or English sparkling wine for this Pear & Cinnamon…
From BBC Food This is a crumble of dreams. This is nothing short of alchemy: you take the vilest, crunchiest supermarket strawberries, top them with an almondy, buttery rubble, bake and turn them on a cold day into the taste of English summer. Naturally, serve with lashings of cream: I regard this is as…
From BBC Food Stir the essential flavours of an English summertime into this delicious, verdant risotto. Ingredients 250g/10oz broad beans 50g/2oz butter 3 tbsp olive oil 1 tbsp chopped fresh mint leaves 1 onion, finely chopped 2 garlic cloves, crushed 3-4 sprigs fresh thyme 1 long strip lemon zest 1 bay leaf 150g/5oz…