Twelve-Spice Biscuits with Spiced Mascarpone Cream – recipe
These delightful Twelve-Spice Biscuits are an ideal accompaniment to a nice cup of tea on winter afternoons, but they are also key to this rich...
Cosmopolitan
From BBC Food Make like a Manhattan socialite with this classy cocktail. Chill the glasses in the freezer beforehand for an ice-cold tipple à...
Spiced Chocolate Pecan Pie
From Sainsbury’s A chocolate pud as featured in Sainsbury’s Magazine. Serves: 8 Preparation time: 20 Minutes Cooking time: 60 Minutes Ingredients 1 x 375g...
Spiced Pear Bread and Butter Pudding
From Sainsbury’s Sweet pears sandwiched between slices of bread, covered in creamy homemade custard and baked to perfection. Serves: 8 Preparation time: 35...
Dashi – the Cornerstone of Japanese Cuisine
Japan Centre has the essentials. Oh, Japan Centre has dashi – fantastic! Um, what is dashi? My dear reader may not have come across this...
Flavoursome festive dishes to take your Christmas leftovers to the next level
Ultimate Peperami Christmas sandwich Serves 2 | 10 minutes This speedy comforting snack has everything you want from a sandwich – melty cheese, scrumptious stuffing,...
Cherry Mince Pies
From Sainsbury’s Mince pies topped with meringue and marachino cherries Serves: 12 Preparation time: 20 Minutes Cooking time: 23 Minutes Ingredients 125g shortcrust...
Boozy Christmas Pudding
From Sainsbury’s A pudding that’s jam packed with fruit and liquor and full of rich festive flavour. Serves: 8 Preparation time: 30 Minutes...
Blondies Kitchen Mince Pie Cookie Cups
Enhancing a tradition. Hark! What’s that I hear? It’s the jingle of bells and the red nosing of reindeer. It will soon be Christmas and...
Miso Harissa
Mellow warmth. Belazu jars have long been recognisable on good supermarket shelves. They have Rose Harissa and vegan Ve Du Ya (See my review here)...
Ginger Bakers Makes Christmas
Sweet Treats for the Festive Season. Well, that came around quick! Christmas will soon be here and we need to think about making and giving...
New European Baking
99 Recipes for Breads, Brioches and Pastries. It’s been a good couple of years for baking. The outside world has gone mad, but we have...
The Hairy Bikers’ Brilliant Bakes
Sweet and Savoury Treats. Baking has really taken off. The Lockdown gave people time to have a go at kitchen pursuits, and they realised they...
The Divine Chunky Chocolate Gift Set
The Feel-Good Factor. It will soon be the season for gift-giving. One might contemplate a grand piano for Jimmy, a racehorse for Sue, or a...
Haynes Candied Jalapeños and More
The Power of Sweet Heat. Charity Haynes founded Haynes Gourmet in the UK back in 2017 with her husband Robert and Dad, also called Robert....
Blondies Kitchen
Cookies like homemade. Who doesn’t love a good cookie? But how many of us have either the time or the inclination to find the kitchen...
Ve-Du-Ya – the Vegan Alternative
No-guilt ’Nduja from Belazu. Ve-Du-Ya won’t be a familiar name, but find it on a supermarket shelf and it will likely look like a favourite...
Superzeros
No-guilt breakfasts. Breakfast is said to be the most important meal of the day. It sets us up for a morning of exercise, commute and...
DIY Beeswax Wraps
The Natural Food Protector. We are all thinking more about waste these days. We think we can’t do much alone, but every little bit helps....
A Taste of the Med with Merchant Gourmet
Simple Summer Flavours. The sun is shining, and we look forward to tasty meals. Merchant Gourmet has a new pouch to enjoy and it’s bursting...