Recipes

Make these rich dark chocolate puddings earlier in the day then just cook for 10 minutes while you clear the table. Serve with a drizzle of warm cinnamon spiced chocolate sauce and complete with a scoop of vanilla ice cream – then sit back and bask in the compliments. Serves 4 Prep: 20 minutes Cook: 10 minutes Ingredients Puddings Little …

Another healthy recipe courtesy of seasonal berries. Enjoy x This couscous recipe serves 4 people. Preparation time: 25 minutes Cooking time: 10 minutes Ingredients 4 mackerel, heads removed, cleaned, about 200 g (7 oz) each Little salt and freshly ground black pepper 200 g (7 oz) couscous 150 g (5 oz) chilled cooked beetroot in natural juices, drained, diced 400 …

This delightful cheese tarts recipe from Seasonal Berries is super tasty and appropriately tagged ‘Be my Valentine’ Super quick and easy to put together, simply unroll readymade puff pastry and cut into heart shapes with a knife. You don’t even need a special cutter, just draw a heart shape that is about 12cm (5 inches) long and the same wide …

I was at renowned chef Rosemary Shrager’s cooking school recently and this was one of the recipes we tried. It was so easy to make and the bread turned out really well. This California Prune and Wheaten Bread takes about half an hour to make once you have all the ingredients. Enjoy x Ingredients 360g wholemeal, stoneground, medium or coarse …

A really light and fresh mixed grain salad from seasonal berries made with blueberries and maple roasted baby carrots and new potatoes. Packed with energising wholegrains and vitamin boosting blueberries this easy salad will help revitalise and boost your immune system. Sticky glazed baby carrots and knobbly baby anya potatoes have been roasted with maple syrup, fennel and pumpkin seeds, …

  Marinading bavette steak with blackberry vinegar adds a fab almost gamey taste and if you haven’t tried this cut before, you’ll be wowed by the price at around half that of sirloin or rib eye steak. Serves 4 Prep: 20 minutes Marinade: overnight Cook: 3-6 minutes Ingredients 2 x 250g (9oz) Bavette beef steaks 6 tablespoons blackberry vinegar, see …

Splash out this winter with succulent Mullet with Parma Ham and Fish Soup, created by Gianni Tarroni. Ingredients 10 mullets, preferably red Parma Ham Chopped celery, carrot and onion 2 spoons tomato paste Sage Tabasco sauce White wine, vinegar Olive oil Lemon juice Salt, pepper Toasted bread Method Wash and scale the mullets, and if possible leave the head attached …

  Cook up a storm with this winter warmer – a Parmigiano Reggiano and chicken puttanesca pasta that is sure to be a family dinner time favourite. This fantastic recipes serves Serves 4-6 people Ingredients 300g dried pasta bows 3 chicken breasts, cubed 1 tbsp olive oil 1 large red onion, sliced 3 garlic cloves, crushed ½ red chilli, deseeded and …

These delicious muffins will definitely fill a hole. Packed with bran and chunks of Pink Lady apple, it’s like an apple crumble in a cake. Serves: 12 Preparation time: 20 minutes Cooking time: 20 minutes, plus cooling Ingredients For the muffins 1 Pink Lady apple, cored 200g self raising flour, sieved 50g oatbran ½ tsp baking powder 175g caster sugar …

Dark green leaves of the sea are loaded with such a broad spectrum of nutrients that are not readily available from land vegetables. One of the most delicious ways to introduce sea vegetables into your diet is to create tasty dressings. The variety of vegetables and the light citrus-y dressing make this wakame salad flavourful and easy for people to …