How to Cook a Perfect Pot of Rice
Confession time: Years ago, I received a rice cooker as a gift that I’ve used guiltily only when the gift-giver in question comes for dinner. The rest of the time — whether I’m cooking rice to accompany a weekday dinner or as the base for…
10 Brilliant Ways to Use Fruit
Spring and summer are full of bright and fresh flavours, especially in the fruit department. Beautiful berries are calling our name, melons are at their ripest, baskets of juicy peaches and nectarines are readily available, and perfect plums take us well into the fall. That’s probably why it’s…
These No-Bake Chocolate Layered
If there is ever a reason to eat chocolate for breakfast, now is the time. These oatmeal will be your new favourite dessert, snack and morning meal. There’s a bottom layer of oat shortbread cookie, topped with smooth chocolate and almond butter and finished with oat…
Great family dinners for under £1
If there’s one rule to cooking on a shoestring, it’s to be adventurous. Hundreds of ingredients cost just pennies, but you’re unlikely to find them in the fresh or chilled aisles of a supermarket. Turn to frozen, tinned and dried foods. Here, among the packets of…
How to make barbecuing less work
These barbecue secrets can help you relax allowing space during your cook-out to have a chat or get another from the fridge. But if you lovingly tend your barbecue armed with a Dutch oven, temperature probe, plancha plate and fish basket, this article is not for you….
Sausage roll wreath
Preparation time 1-2 hours Cooking time 10 to 30 mins Serves Serves 8 Ingredients For the rough puff pastry 125ml/4fl oz cold water 250g/8oz plain flour 2 tsp lemon juice 100g/3½oz cold butter, into 1cm/½in cubes 50g/1¾ oz cold lard, into 1cm/½in cubes For the filling 300g/10½oz sausage meat 1 tsp salt…
Pesto and sun-dried tomato palmiers
The folding method is a little tricky on these palmiers, but the fillings are oh so simple. For this recipe you will need a food processor and a stick blender. Ingredients For the pastry 125g/4½oz plain flour, plus extra for dusting 125g/4½oz strong white flour ½ tsp salt…
Nigella’s turkey breast with stuffing
Preparation time 30 mins to 1 hour Cooking time over 2 hours Serves Serves 12 You need to go to a butcher to get a whole breast joint and you need to ask for it to be butterflied and boned and make sure the skin…
Stuffed roast turkey breast
Less than 2 hours of roasting makes this roast turkey breast a relatively quick dinner. As well as lemon and thyme, the stuffing features tart dried cranberries, crunchy almonds and sweet leeks. Ingredients For the stuffing 1 tbsp sunflower oil 1 onion, finely chopped 1 leek, trimmed and…
Salmon and herb coulibiac recipe
Preparation time less than 30 mins Cooking time 1 to 2 hours Serves Serves 8 This dish is perfect party food, and great for feeding a crowd. The crisp filo pastry and flavoursome rice make this coulibiac lighter than the traditional Russian dish. Ingredients 500g/1lb…
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Chocolate orange cake
Ingredients75g/2¾oz cocoa powder6 tbsp just-boiled water2 medium oranges, well-scrubbed, finely grated zest and 2 tbsp juice only225g/8oz unsalted butter, cubed and softened, plus extra for greasing225g/8oz caster sugar4 large free-range eggs225g/8oz self-raising flour1 tsp baking powderFor the candied orange zest½ orange, well-scrubbed25g/1oz caster sugarFor the…
Hairy Bikers’ Black Forest gateau
Rich with fruit, chocolate, and cream, this 70s classic still has a place on our tables. This recipe uses dried sour cherries, but you can substitute good-quality bottled ones. Ingredients225g/8oz butter, softened, plus extra for greasing225g/8oz caster sugar160g/5½oz self-raising flour65g/2¼oz cocoa powder½ tsp baking powder4…