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Liver and Goji Berry Soup

Posted by on Sep 15, 2010 in Appetisers, Main courses, Recipes, Snacks | 5 comments

Liver and Goji Berry Soup is a perfect tonic for the body. It has many nutritional benefits and it tastes delicious too. Very simple to make, with the trick being the slow cooking time.

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Spicy, Aromatic Braised Lamb Shanks

Posted by on Sep 14, 2010 in Food Porn, Main courses, Recipes | 0 comments

This recipe is made with Young's London Gold Beer and cooked for around 3 hours. The result is a tasty dish with melt in the mouth lamb and gentle warming spices

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Lamb Rogan Josh

Posted by on Aug 10, 2010 in Main courses, Recipes | 1 comment

An easy to make at home recipe for Lamb Rogan Josh - A delicious rich and not too spicy curry. You could add more chilli powder to suit your taste.

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Jules and Stephen’s Seared Tuna

Posted by on Apr 27, 2010 in Appetisers, Recipes | 0 comments

A recipe for seared tuna - An Oriental recipe that makes a great starter and can be made well in advance of a dinner party.

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Prawn & Pineapple Curry

Posted by on Apr 7, 2010 in Main courses, Recipes | 0 comments

A recipe for Simple Prawn and Pineapple Curry - It takes about 30 minutes to make and contains no onions! Don't think that it doesn't taste great though. It's got a real chilli kick that's mellowed out by the juicy pineapple and creamy coconut sauce. Great served with white or brown rice.

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Roast Rabbit in a Chinese style marinade

Posted by on Feb 10, 2010 in Main courses, Recipes | 0 comments

A recipe for roast rabbit in a Chinese style marindade of honey, spices and ginger. This works equally well with pork and is great with stir fried and steamed vegetables.

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Chicken and noodle soup

Posted by on Jan 14, 2010 in Appetisers, Food Porn, Main courses, Recipes | 2 comments

This recipe for Chicken and noodle soup is strongly influenced by my love of Japanese, Chinese and Thai cookery. It contains some strong individual flavours like ginger, lemongrass, garlic and chilli. Combined them with the honey and sherry though and you've got a delicious and light soup. It'll warm you through and leave you feeling cleansed and satisfied. Just what's needed to lift the Winter blues and start the year in the best way possible.

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Pork wonton soup

Posted by on Dec 5, 2009 in Appetisers, Food Porn, Main courses, Recipes | 2 comments

This is turning out to be one of my all time favourite soups. It has an amazingly fresh flavour and smell and leaves you feeling good. I put this down to the ingredients and their positive effects - honey, ginger, lemon, garlic and I suppose you could count sherry too, right? It's just like a natural cold remedy. The recipe includes making your own wonton wrappers, filling and the soup.

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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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