Category: Christmas
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Pigeon Cottage Xmas party cold table – all the recipes!
The first Saturday before Christmas is always Pigeon Cottage party time – a house packed with friends, family, neighbours, good food, lots of chatter and laughter, the odd glass of wine or three, the team quiz and, for the late-night party animals, the infamous Kümmel Club! I’m always being asked for the recipes so here…
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Almond and pistachio cantuccini
Fortunately, I have plenty of time for baking these days so I’m making these delicious cantuccini biscuits to wrap in pretty cellophane bags and give away as presents. You can buy these from Italian deli shops but these are soooooo much nicer – delicious dipped in a strong cup of coffee or some Vin Santo…
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Parmesan shortbreads
A couple of years ago, I was at a friend’s Christmas party and her daughter offered us some of her homemade Parmesan shortbread biscuits to go with our drinks. They were so addictively delicious, I confess that I probably ate more than my fair share. Determined to make some myself, I tracked down a couple…
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