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Chilli beef with a cornbread crust
View recipe: Chilli beef with a cornbread crustI often make chilli once the weather chills down, usually I serve it with rice or flatbreads. This time, I made a cornbread crust and baked it on top of the chilli; it’s a bit like a cornbread cobbler. It makes such a great sharing dish with a bottle of tabasco or hot sauce and…
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First birthday cake
View recipe: First birthday cakeI 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
View recipe: Peach and apricot filo pie with frangipaneAges 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…









