Recipes

Recent recipes have all had a festive theme in tune with Christmas and New Year just round the corner but today, I had the hankering for good old fashion comfort food and this Linguine alla Parmigiana is just that. It’s an easy pasta recipe that depends on fine ingredients to make it taste so special. Enjoy! Ingredients 100g (4oz) Parmigiano …

Christmas Parma Ham Salad Jewelled with Pomegranate, Mint, Toasted almonds and White Stilton. Serves 4 as a starter or 2 as a main. Ingredients 2 large handfuls mixed green leaves 120g White Stilton 20g toasted almond flakes 1 handful mint leaves, torn Seeds from 1 pomegranate 4 slices Parma Ham Dressing: Zest and juice of 1 lime ½ tsp runny …

Fill Kilner jars with this delicious chutney and tie with a pretty ribbon and tag for the perfect foodie Christmas gift. This fantastic chutney recipe from Billington’s makes around 500ml. takes 15mins to prepare and 1 hour 15 minutes to cook. Ingredients 300g Billington’s Unrefined Molasses Sugar 100ml Red wine vinegar 200ml Cranberry juice 550g Plums, stoned and roughly chopped …

Fantastic vegetarian recipe, perfect for party season courtesy of Waitrose. Preparation time:15 minutes Cooking time:10 minutes Makes: 16 Ingredients 25g trimmed kale, finely shredded leaves 50g blanched hazelnuts, toasted 1 pink grapefruit, peeled and segmented ½ Perfectly Ripe Avocado, peeled and stoned 16 individual chicory leaves (from about 2 large heads of chicory – 1 white, 1 red) For the …

A fantastic recipe by Karen Tack and Alan Richardson, authors Hello, Cupcake! to put you in a festive mood. The recipe makes nine cup cakes. The great thing about making a cup cake wreath is that you can make it as large or as small as you like. Just remember to have plenty of Jelly Belly® jelly beans on hand! …

Gnocchi with Duck Ragù Recipe Here’s another recipe from TOZI bar and restaurant head Chef Maurilio Molteni. For the gnocchi: 1 kilo Désirée potatoes 250g plain flour 1 egg 40g grated parmesan Salt For the duck ragù: 4 duck legs 2 onions 4 carrots 4 celery sticks 2 bay leaves and a sprig of sage 30g tomato puree 1 bottle of Pinot …

Tsingtao Beer battered prawns recipe: A fantastic prawn recipe created by TV chef Ching-He Huang – ideal served with drinks when friends pop over. This makes for an indulgent dish. It can be served as an appetiser or as a main. Juicy Tiger prawns are coated in a Tsingtao Beer batter, deep-fried until golden and then laced in a fruity …

Smoked duck recipe with a festive twist by TOZI bar and restaurant head Chef Maurilio Molteni. Ingredients 1 smoked duck breast thinly sliced 1 pomegranate 30 g Pecorino Toscano shaved 25ml cabernet sauvignon vinegar 50 ml Extra Virgin olive oil 50g lambs lettuce 50g wild rocket Salt & pepper Method: Cut the pomegranate in a half, extract the juice from …

Orange & Butterscotch Pudding Recipe: Between now and Christmas, there’ll be tons of delicious festive recipes coming your way. This yummy pudding recipe is courtesy of Mitchell Beazley from the book ‘The Good Table’. Enjoy! Ingredients 2 small unwaxed oranges 225g butter, plus extra for greasing 125g dark muscovado sugar 100g caster sugar 265g self-raising flour 4 large free-range eggs …

Delicious blackberry jam recipe – ideal for a breakfast treat. Recipe makes: 6 jars Preparation time: 30 minutes Cooking time: 30 minutes Ingredients 1 kg (2¼lb) blackberries, picked over and any leaves discarded 1 kg (2¼lb) cooking apples, quartered, cored, peeled 300 ml (½pint) water 1.5 kg (3 lb 2 oz) granulated sugar 1 lemon, juice only Small knob of …