Jackie Mansfield

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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: 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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Recipe: Chocolate Grand Marnier Prune Truffles
Chocolate and prunes were made for each other so if you get cracking right away, you and whoever you share them with will be enjoying these incredibly scrumptious treats for Christmas – they also make a wonderful gift. They’re not … Continue reading
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Recipe – Pumpkin & Fresh Cranberry Bread
Yes – another recipe using pumpkin. Well, it is that time of year and now that fresh cranberries are available, I’ll be making this regularly until supplies run out. You can also use frozen cranberries so you may want to … Continue reading
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Recipe: Pumpkin Grand Marnier Cheesecake with a Polenta Crust & Cranberry Caramel Syrup
As cheesecakes go, this is surprisingly light. For one thing, I make it with reduced fat cream cheese (Neufchatel) and there’s a lot of pumpkin in the filling. It makes a luscious alternative to the usual pumpkin pie and the … Continue reading
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Recipe: Grilled Mango
This is more alchemy than recipe. I wanted to do something different with a load of mangoes that I’d ripened in a brown paper bag. I love mangoes and when I saw them in City Market for $1 each, I … Continue reading
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Recipe: Chocolate Zabaglione Trifle
And now for something completely sweet… This is a gorgeous dessert that combines foamy, light zabaglione with dark chocolate and espresso, creating a sublime melt-in-the-mouth combination of flavors. What’s really good here is that you can eat it at the … Continue reading
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Recipe: Chocolate Hazelnut Crunch Bars
I firmly believe that all desserts should involve chocolate, fruit, or both. Is there any other type? Even if it contains just a shred of citrus zest? Anyway, I digress; this has to be the easiest treat to whip up … Continue reading
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Recipe – Fresh Mango with a Ginger & Mint Syrup
The best mangoes I ever ate grew on a tree in my garden in Florida but that was long ago and far away. Fortunately, Mexican mangoes are plentiful (and enormous) right now and are just about as perfect and juicy … Continue reading
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