Monthly Archives: January 2012

Recipe – Spiced Fig Loaf

This fig loaf is so robustly healthy, so low in fat and so good for you that you might want to do what I do, which is to slather it in butter. Not the prettiest slice of cake but incredibly … Continue reading

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Recipe: Roasted Winter Vegetables with Chestnuts & Stilton

Here’s something tasty that’s a great accompaniment for roast beef or pork and is unusual enough to make your vegetarian guests smile. Roasting root vegetables with *chestnuts then tossing them in a lime dressing with a little crumbled Stilton cheese … Continue reading

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Recipe: Champagne Chicken with Wild Mushrooms & Tarragon

It may seem a little over the top to pop open a bottle of bubbly just to use 1 and 1/4 cups (300ml) of it for poaching chicken breast, so I recommend inviting a friend or two over to help … Continue reading

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Recipe: Rosemary, Lemon & Black Pepper Cookies

These may not be much to look at but they are the most impossibly delicious, fragrant, delicate little cookies and the addition of black pepper creates a lingering warmth. You can always reduce the amount of black pepper if you’re … Continue reading

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Recipe: Chocolate Hazelnut Torte

Just in case you haven’t eaten enough dessert over the past two weeks, here’s another of those wonderful flourless chocolate confections – the combination of toasted hazelnuts and chocolate creates an absolutely heavenly cake with just the right amount of … Continue reading

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