Red Velvet Pancakes with White Chocolate Chips Ingredients  256g – Flour 10g – Baking powder 5g – Bicarbonate of soda 5g – Salt 75g – Caster sugar 40g – Unsweetened cocoa powder 2 large eggs 360ml – Buttermilk 125ml – Sour cream A few drops of red food colouring 4 drops of Vanilla essence [...]

Christmas Stuffing  2 Small Onions – finely chopped 500grms Breadcrumbs 100grms Butter 2tbsp Mixed Herbs 2tbsp Thyme Salt & Pepper to taste Method: -Melt the butter slowly, over a low heat so that it won’t burn. -Add the finely chopped onions and sweat until the onions are soft and transparent (approx 10mins). -Next add the [...]

Chocolate orange cupcakes Preparation time 5 mins, cooking time 20 mins . Oven temp: 170degrees Ingredients: For sponge mix: 100g self raising flour, 140g castor sugar,40g room temp. butter, 20g cocoa powder 120mls milk, 1 egg, 1 teasp orange flavouring For topping: 250g icing sugar , 80g soft butter , 3 tabsps milk , 1 [...]

    Cooking Time: 20-25 minutes. Serves: 8-12 biscuits. Ingredients: 125g flour 25g cornflour 50g caster sugar 100g hard butter Caster sugar to sprinkle  100g cooking chocolate Cinnamon to taste (Optional) Steps:   1.Preheat oven to 180°C/170°f/Gas mark 4. 2.Grease baking tray if non-stick. 3.In a bowl sieve flour and cornflour,add caster sugar.(and cinnamon if [...]

Christmas Fruit & Nut Rum Truffles I tried this recipe for the first time last year and love it. It looks more complicated than it is; the secret is to have your ingredients prepped before you start. There are some fabulous truffle cases out there to make it the perfect festive offering.  This quantity will make 12 truffles. If you [...]

left over cold turkey large tin campbells mushroom soup mushrooms onion garlic pinch of ginger one tablespoon of curry sauce Saute mushrooms onion and garlic first. Chop up turkey. Heat soup and add ginger and curry sauce then add all other ingredients. Serve with either mashed potatoes or rice and enjoy.

Cannon of Lamb cooked two ways with leeks, fresh herbs & cous cous Ingredients Cous Cous 1 onion, finely chopped 2 cloves of garlic 200ml or 7fl oz stock 200g or 7 oz of cous cous 1 roasted red pepper, pureed 1 pepper, diced   Ratatouille 1 Red pepper 1 Green pepper 1 Yellow pepper 2 [...]

1 Clonakilty black pudding ( approx 250g) Cranberry sauce – 175 g fresh cranberries, grated zest of an orange, 4 tabls water, sugar to taste and some port(optional) 5 sheets of filo pastry Fresh herbs eg: chives, parsley, corriander 1 tablespoon veg oil Tomatoe relish Butter Preparation Defrost pastry if frozen either overnight in fridege [...]

6 eggs 2 + ½ cups of whipping cream 2 cups of whole milk 1 cup of caster sugar 1/2 cup of brandy 1/2 cup of dark rum 1/2 teaspoon of vanilla extract 1/2 teaspoon of ground fresh nutmeg   Pre-chill all ingredients. In a medium bowl, beat the eggs together until they’re very frothy. [...]

Ingredients 1 g rubbed sage 10 g salt 1 g dried thyme 1 (16 pound) whole turkey, neck and giblets removed 55 g butter 80 ml orange juice 105 g orange marmalade 8 ml honey 1 orange, peeled, sectioned, and cut into bite-size pieces Directions Preheat an oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). [...]