Category: Recipes
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First birthday cake
I don’t really make fancy cakes but you have to make an exception when it’s your grandson’s first birthday! I had to make it the day before so I did a lot of research to find a sponge recipe that would still be moist the following day and I wanted to try a different kind…
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Peach and apricot filo pie with frangipane
Ages ago, Rick Stein made a fresh peach pie with filo pastry in one of his Long Weekend programmes but the recipe wasn’t published in the accompanying book and I’ve always wanted to make it. Anyway, this is my version of the pie but with the addition of a frangipane base and I used tinned…
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Shaved fennel, cucumber and celery salad
I love a salad that has crunch, different textures and sweet and sour flavours so this ticks all of the boxes for me. You will need a mandolin so that you can slice the fennel really, really thinly and just a sharp knife to slice the onion, cucumber and celery. You’ll need to prep the…
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