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Mulled wine

Posted by on Dec 4, 2009 in Drink, Recipes, Wine | 8 comments

Well, ‘tis the season and all that! A winter favourite, guaranteed to put you in a festive mood. Just double or treble the quantities below if you’ve got loads of guests who need warming up.

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Chicken Korma

Posted by on Nov 24, 2009 in Food Porn, Main courses, Recipes | 1 comment

It's National Curry Week so what better way to celebrate than share my recipe for one of the most loved curries there is? Chicken Korma has a nice deep spicy flavour, but because of the yoghurt tends to be nice and mild which is probably why it's loved so much - you could of course add more chilli!

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Grannie Messenger’s Mincemeat

Posted by on Nov 1, 2009 in Baking, Desserts, Recipes | 0 comments

Family Christmas's always meant home made mincemeat and stirring to make a wish. The great day was 23rd October for both the pudding and the mincemeat. This is my grandmother's recipe and possibly her mother and grandmother's before her. As the luxury mincemeats now include cherries, that is an optional extra that I have indulged in.

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Amy’s Handa Island Banana Cake

Posted by on Sep 9, 2009 in Baking, Desserts, Food Porn, Recipes | 2 comments

Perfect recipe for slightly manky bananas that need to be used up. Can be finished with butter icing (icing sugar and butter);dulce de leche is even better, which can be shop bought or made by heating condensed milk until it caramelises.

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Kat’s Carrot Cake

Posted by on Sep 9, 2009 in Baking, Recipes | 0 comments

Kat's recipe for a delicious carrot cake, which she's been making since she was a kid, so it's foolproof!

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The easiest and freshest dessert

Posted by on Sep 4, 2009 in Desserts, Recipes | 1 comment

I'm somewhat of a disastrous baker, and therefore tend to avoid preparing desserts. BUT, I came back from Italy inspired, and managed to produce one lovely pudding yesterday evening.

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