Recipes with British backgrounds or ingredients
British
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Brownies are probably one of the most popular sweet treats around but I’ve always found them to be the opposite of what I expect and want. They are dry and crumbly when they should be moist and gooey, and dark and bitter when they should be sweet and chocolatey. I…
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It’s funny where recipe inspiration strikes and this one struck in the bath of all places! I’ve been on the fence about lamb for a long time – it’s probably the most expensive meat by weight and yet it almost always seems lacking in flavour, tough and out of kilter…
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I would like you to meet this delicious simple Herby Pea and Feta Pasta – perfect for a mid-week dinner. It’s fresh, herby, luxurious, sweet and creamy all at the same time and can be ready in a little over 30 minutes. The conchiglie pasta shells are perfect because when…
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The actress Hedy Lamarr reportedly said “Because you don’t live near a bakery doesn’t mean you have to go without cheesecake.” Absolutely right – I live near a bakery but they don’t sell cheesecakes so I make my own. Not too often, mind you because it’s not exactly diet food…
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Cheese muffins are one of the first things I learned to bake by myself. Of course, they weren’t anything like these – they were just simple plain muffins with a bit of paprika and some cheddar cheese. To be perfectly honest, I would probably be about 100 stone lighter today…
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My mum used to make sausage rolls for Christmas every year. They were absolutely delicious, but I used to think she was crazy when it was so much easier to buy them – especially when there is SO much else to do for Christmas. That opinion persisted for years (despite…