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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 … Continue reading

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Belly pork with egg fried rice

To make this delicious supper dish, you will need some leftover roast belly pork from either The famous Chinese pork! or the Garlic roasted belly pork with Florentine lentils. I make no apologies for that because if you haven’t made either of … Continue reading

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Roasted beetroot and goat’s cheese with walnuts

This delicious starter has been on the Pigeon Cottage Christmas menu for many years and never fails to please. If you’ve only ever eaten beetroot swamped in malt vinegar before, be prepared for how oven roasting transforms the flavour into … Continue reading

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My Burns Night Supper Menu

I don’t think you need to have been born a Scot to celebrate Burns Night on January 25th – I’m not from Scotland but I was born on St Andrew’s Day, patron saint of Scotland, so that’s my tenuous link … Continue reading

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