Food & Drink

Baked & Spiced Pink Lady Apples with Pink Peppercorns
6 December 2011

Recipe - Baked & Spiced Apples with Pink Peppercorns
Baked & Spiced Pink Lady Apples with Pink Peppercorns Serves 4 Ingredients: 4 Pink Lady apples, unpeeled 100g currants 50g dried cranberries 1tbsp pink peppercorns 50g soft brown sugar 50g mixed candied peel ...

Brussel's Sprout & Chopin Potato Croquettes
6 December 2011

Recipe - Brussel Sprout's & Chopin Potato Croquettes
Brussel's Sprout & Chopin Potato Croquettes Serves 4Prep time 20 minutes (plus chilling time)Cooking times 10 minutes Ingredients: 200g Brussels sprouts trimmed & sliced 500g Chopin potatoes cooked & crushed 1 egg, beaten50g plain ...

Comfort Cauliflower and Cheese Soup with Sesame Croutons
6 December 2011

Recipe - Comfort Cauliflower and Cheese Soup with Sesame Croutons
Comfort Cauliflower and Cheese Soup with Sesame Croutons This is such a simple recipe for making a thoroughly warming, comforting soup. On a hot summer’s day, however, you can serve it ...

Roast Swede Wedges with Parmesan
6 December 2011

Recipe - Roast Swede Wedges with Parmesan
Roast Swede Wedges with Parmesan Serves 4Preparation time: 5 minutesCooking time: 35 minutes Ingredient's: 800g swede, peeled and cut into slim wedges1 tbsp oilSmall bunch thyme leaves, picked50g grated parmesanBlack pepper Method: Heat the oven ...

Shallot, Chunky Steak and Mushroom Pie
6 December 2011

Recipe - Shallot, Chunky Steak and Mushroom Pie
Shallot, Chunky Steak and Mushroom Pie Serves 4  Preparation time: 45 minutesCooking time: 2 hours Ingredient's: For the pastry:110g butter280g plain flour1 ½ large eggs, beaten 8 shallots40g butter500g shoulder steak, trimmed and cut ...

Crispy Shallot and Basil Fritters
5 December 2011

Recipe - Crispy Shallot and Basil Fritters
Andrew Nutter’s Crispy Shallot and Basil Fritters Makes 30 balls or 6 portionsPreparation time: 20 minutesCooking time: 5 minutes Ingredient's: for the honey shallot relish:1 tbsp olive oil10 shallots, peeled and finely sliced2 ...

Recipe - Beetroot, Goat's Cheese and Hazelnut Tart
5 December 2011

Recipe - Beetroot, Goat's Cheese and Hazelnut Tart
Diana Henry's Beetroot, Goat's Cheese and Hazelnut Tart Diana says: "Beetroot and goat’s cheese are a wonderful pairing, the sweetness of the beetroot is great against the tanginess of the cheese.  ...

Beetroot Risotto with Lancashire Cheese
5 December 2011

Recipe - Beetroot Risotto with Lancashire Cheese
Diana Henry’s Beetroot Risotto with Lancashire Cheese Diana says: "You can serve this as you would any risotto - with grated pecorino or parmesan on the side - but I like ...

Potato Pikelets, Smoked Salmon & Creme Fraiche with Shallot Sauce
5 December 2011

Recipe - Potato Pikelets, Smoked Salmon & Creme Fraiche with Shallot Sauce
Potato Pikelets, Smoked Salmon & Creme Fraiche with Shallot Sauce Serves 4Preparation time: 15 minutesCooking time: 50 minutes Ingredients: For the sauce:100ml extra virgin olive oil50g shallots, finely diced or in rings1 lemon, ...

Shallot and Potato Rosti with Duck and Crispy Shallots
5 December 2011

Recipe - Shallot and Potato Rosti with Duck and Crispy Shallots
Shallot and Potato Rosti with Gressingham Duck and Crispy Shallots Makes 25-30 canapés  Preparation time: 15 minutesCooking time: 30 minutes Ingredients: For the potato rosti:500g potato, shredded and squeezed4 shallots, peeled and grated2 ...

And let's not forget the centre piece - the Turkey
5 December 2011

Christmas food round up
Christmas is just around the corner, it's time to get serious and think about the food and drink - if you haven't already. If you have, we applaud you because ...

Cocktail
1 December 2011

More Brits Are Reaching For The Cocktails This Christmas
New research released today reveals that most of us will be reaching for a cocktail over the festive season with almost nine out of 10 of us (85 per cent) ...

James Martin
1 December 2011

National Young Chef Champion 2011 Crowned
Charlotte Heath, aged 15 from Stratford-upon-Avon Grammar School for Girls, Warwickshire, has today (2 December 2011) been named the Red Tractor beef and lamb Mmmake it with Mince National Champion ...

Curiously Cinnamon Christmas Reindeer
30 November 2011

Recipe - Curiously Cinnamon Christmas Reindeer
Curiously Cinnamon Christmas Reindeer A yummy festive inspired creation. Cinnamon cereal hand moulded into reindeer head shapes, with crunchy Nesquik antlers, and red raspberry noses. Ingredients: 300g Curiously Cinnamon125g Butter150ml Condensed milk100g Dark ...

Marbled Warm Chocolate Fudge Cake
30 November 2011

Recipe - Marbled Warm Chocolate Fudge Cake
Marbled Warm Chocolate Fudge Cake Portions: 12 Prep time: 25 minutes Cook time: 45 minutes Ingredients: 140 g butter 120 g plain chocolate 170 g caster sugar 100 ml very hot water 140 ...

Winter vegetable tartlets
30 November 2011

Recipe - Winter vegetable tartlets
Winter vegetable tartlets  Portions: 15 Prep time: 20 minutes Cook time:: 20 minutes Ingredients: 500 g butternut squash, peeled and cut into small chunks 350 g baby beetroot, washed and halved and root ...

Loaded Potato Wedges
30 November 2011

Recipe - Loaded Potato Wedges
Loaded Potato Wedges Serves: 4 Prep time: 15 minutes Cook time: 45 minutes Total time: 1 hour Ingredients: 4 large baking potatoes 2 tsp oliveor vegetable oil 120 g Philadelphia Light 8 tbsp ...

Philly Fish Pie
30 November 2011

Recipe - Fish Pie
Philly Fish Pie Overview Portions: 4 Prep time: 25 minutes Cook time:: 15 minutes Ingredients: 600 g potatoes, peeled and cut into pieces 1 dsp olive oil 1 onion, finely chopped 1 tsp ...

Choosing the right wine to accompany a meal is a hard feat for some
29 November 2011

Olly Smith picks his festive wines
What drinks to serve at Christmas is always a challenge. What goes with Christmas dinner? What’s the best fizz to get everyone in the party mood and is it Sherry, ...

Roasted Peppers With Goat's Cheese And Pine Nuts
29 November 2011

Recipe - Roasted Peppers With Goat's Cheese And Pine Nuts
Roasted Peppers With Goat's Cheese And Pine Nuts Fabulous and flavorsome dish of roasted peppers stuffed with mild goat’s cheese, with extra virgin olive oil and toasted pine nuts.  Makes 4 Ingredients: 100g/4oz pine ...

Russian Chuk Chuk
28 November 2011

Recipe - Russian Chuk Chuk
Russian Chuk Chuk Ingredients: 4 Eggs2 tablespoons Sugar100g Icing Sugar 2 teaspoons Butter1/3 teaspoon Salt 60ml Milk500g Plain Flour Vegetable Oil, for frying For the syrup: 1 ½ cups Honey and 4 teaspoons ...

Orange Souffle
28 November 2011

Recipe - Orange Souffle
Orange Soufflé Ingredients: 110g Caster Sugar, plus 1 tablespoon extra45g Butter2 tablespoons Flour250ml Milk½ teaspoon Vanilla Essence4 Egg Yolks2 tablespoons Orange Liqueur (Cointreau or Grand Marnier)5 Egg WhitesSifted Icing Sugar, to dust Method: Preheat ...

Banana Tart Tartin
28 November 2011

Recipe - Banana Tart Tartin
Banana Tart Tartin Ingredients: 160g Caster Sugar160g Butter, in small pieces60ml Dark Rum600g Puff Pastry 4 large, slightly unripe Bananas Method: Saturate the sugar with 60ml of cold water and melt gently. Add the butter ...

A home cooked meal is few and far between for some families
28 November 2011

The Eighties - the last decade for regular home-cooked food
The 1980s may be regarded as the decade that taste forgot – but according to new research, it was the decade when Brits last enjoyed the taste of regular home ...