Category: Recipes
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Mum and Dad fruit cake
I have a confession to make. I’m not a big fan of the cupcake and it is highly unlikely that you’ll ever find a cupcake recipe on my website. I appreciate that cupcakes are lovely to look at and if someone brought me one from say, The Hummingbird Bakery, I’d eat it. What I really…
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Tarte Belle Helene
Truth be told, in the interest of my expanding waistline, I don’t make desserts unless I have visitors these days. Last week, I had a house full so I made two French classics – delicious little ‘pots au citron’ and, as I had pears to use up, this delicious pear and chocolate tarte. Both were…
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The famous Chinese pork!
Several years ago, we happened upon this fabulous Rick Stein recipe and we have served it many, many times since. It’s a Chinese spiced roast belly of pork with crackling to die for, served with plain basmati rice, steamed pak choi and an oyster sauce based ‘gravy’ (all recipes below). Everyone who eats it absolutely…
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