Tag: ginger
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Medlar ‘fruit cheese’
I love a good cookery challenge so, when my friend Gylda asked me if I’d like some medlar fruit from her orchard, I jumped at the chance. Most foods are best thrown away when they start to rot, but not medlars. To be eaten or processed in any way the fruit needs to be partially…
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Celebration cake
Sometimes, you want to make a special cake that everyone wants to be the first to taste. This is one of those cakes. I’ve made it for my daughter’s birthday party and as a dessert cake for a friend’s wedding and it’s gone down a storm on both occasions. The sponge and the Italian meringue…
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Goan-style beef curry
I normally make curry sauces thickened with yoghurt but this delicious Goan-style beef curry is made primarily with rich beef stock and coconut (toddy) vinegar. Chunks of beef are braised in the spiced stock and reduced to a dark, silky sauce that has a pleasant background heat from black pepper and whole dried Kashmiri chillies.…
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Pigeon Cottage Kitchen 