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[ "Mix yeast and white sugar in the warm milk.", "Place the flour, salt, butter, caster sugar and egg in a food processor with a dough hook attachment.", "Add in the warm milk yeast mixture and turn the processor on for 2 minutes until the flour mixture forms into a soft dough.", "Turn the dough out into a bowl, cover and leave in a warm until the dough doubles in size, about 30 minutes.", "Meanwhile, prepare the filling by heating butter, brown sugar, spice, fruits, apricots and water in a pan.", "Stir until the sugar and butter are melted.", "Roll out the dough into a 15x30cm rectangle.", "Spread with apricot jam and then cover with the fruit filling mixture.", "Roll up the dough like a Swiss roll.", "Cut into 3cm slices.", "Arrange the slices in an 18cm cake tin.", "Cover and leave to rise in a warm place for 15 to 20 minutes.", "Preheat the oven to 230 C / Gas 8.", "Bake until golden, about 20 minutes.", "Leave to cool.", "Drizzle with icing and serve.", "( See picture )" ]

[ "Heat the ghee in a large frying pan over medium heat.", "Add the onions and saute until lightly browned.", "Add the ginger and garlic;", "saute for a further 2 to 3 minutes, until fragrant.", "Add the lamb, increase heat to medium high, and cook for 10 minutes.", "Stir occasionally so the onion mixture does not burn.", "Add coriander, chilli powder, turmeric, cumin seeds, garam masala, yoghurt and salt.", "Reduce heat to medium and simmer for 15 minutes.", "Add the spinach to the pan, and reduce heat to low.", "Simmer until the spinach has wilted and the lamb is tender.", "Ensure most of the liquid has evaporated.", "Serve immediately, with an additional tablespoon of ghee for added richness, if desired." ]

[ "Put all the ingredients for the dough except for the semolina into a breadmaker in the order listed.", "Switch it on to the pizza setting and wait for it to finish (about 45 minutes, depending on the model).", "Prepare your toppings as you wait for the dough to finish.", "For the sauce, crush or very finely slice the garlic and add to the sieved tomatoes and oil.", "Alternately you can blitz all the ingredients in a mini blender.", "10 minutes before the dough is done, turn your oven on as hot as it will go and allow it to heat up fully.", "When the bread maker is finished, tip the dough onto a well floured surface and divide it into 3 parts for 40cm pizzas or 4 for 30cm pizzas.", "Roll out as thinly as possible.", "Sprinkle the base with semolina and flip onto your tray.", "Trim off any overhangs with a sharp knife.", "Repeat with the other dough balls.", "At this point you can also freeze the unrolled dough balls for future use.", "Just put some olive oil in a bag and spread it around on the inside, then store the dough ball in the sealed bag in the freezer.", "Defrost thoroughly before using.", "Add 2 tablespoons of the sauce to a 12 inch pizza and 3 to a 15 inch pizza.", "Do NOT be tempted to add more or the base will go limp and soggy!", "Next add 50 to 60g of grated mozzarella.", "Again, go easy on the cheese to stop the oil from making the base soggy.", "Add your toppings but DO N'T OVERLOAD the pizza!", "I like to add peppers and Parma ham or smoked chorizo slices.", "Top with a handful of grated Cheddar for that golden brown toasted cheese colour.", "Cook in the oven until the cheese is melted and golden, 5 to 8 minutes." ]

[ "For the stuffing, put the dried porcini mushrooms in a heatproof bowl, cover with boiling water and leave to soak for 20 minutes or until soft.", "Drain and finely chop the mushrooms, then set aside.", "Heat the 2 tbsp of oil for the stuffing in a large frying pan over a moderate heat.", "Add the onion and garlic and cook gently, stirring frequently, for 5 minutes, until golden brown.", "Add the chestnut mushrooms and fry for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally, then stir in the chopped porcini mushrooms and the remaining stuffing ingredients.", "Season to taste, then set aside to cool slightly.", "Meanwhile, lay the beef slices between sheets of greaseproof paper or cling film and bash out as thinly as possible using a rolling pin.", "Place side by side on a board.", "Divide the stuffing equally among them, then roll up each slice around the stuffing and secure in place with wooden cocktail sticks.", "Lightly brush the beef olives all over with a little olive oil, then roll them in the crushed peppercorns on a plate.", "Wipe out the pan.", "Heat the remaining oil in the frying pan, add the beef olives and fry them on a moderate heat to brown them all over.", "Remove from the pan using a draining spoon and set aside.", "Add the onion and celery to the oil remaining in the pan and gently cook for about 5 minutes until softened.", "Add the potatoes, carrots and tomatoes and stir around for a couple of minutes, then return the beef olives to the pan.", "( If your frying pan is not big enough, transfer the vegetables and beef olives to a large flameproof casserole.", ")", "Pour in the beef stock and sherry and add the bay leaf.", "Slowly bring to the boil, then reduce the heat to low, cover and simmer for 20 minutes until the meat and vegetables are tender.", "Lift out the beef olives using a draining spoon and keep warm.", "Boil the liquid in the pan on a high heat to reduce to the desired consistency.", "Season to taste.", "Put the beef olives back into the pan and serve sprinkled with parsley." ]

[ "Heat 2 tablespoons butter and 2 tablespoons of olive oil in a large skillet over medium high heat.", "Dredge chicken breasts in the flour, season each side of the chicken breasts with lemon-pepper seasoning.", "Place the chicken breasts in the skillet.", "Cook for about 5-8 minutes on each side or until cooked throughout and no longer pink inside.", "Remove from the skillet and set aside on a plate.", "Turn the heat to medium low.", "Add broth, juice from lemons, heavy cream and capers.", "Bring sauce to a boil, reduce heat to medium low.", "Test the sauce and season with salt and pepper as needed.", "Allow the sauce to cook and bubble for about 3 minutes.", "Return chicken breasts back to cream mixture.", "Cover and cook on medium low for 15 minutes or until chicken breasts are cooked through.", "While chicken breasts are cooking, make pasta according to package directions.", "Serve chicken with sauce over cooked pasta." ]

[ "For the stuffing, put the dried porcini mushrooms in a heatproof bowl, cover with boiling water and leave to soak for 20 minutes or until soft.", "Drain and finely chop the mushrooms, then set aside.", "Heat the 2 tbsp of oil for the stuffing in a large frying pan over a moderate heat.", "Add the onion and garlic and cook gently, stirring frequently, for 5 minutes, until golden brown.", "Add the chestnut mushrooms and fry for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally, then stir in the chopped porcini mushrooms and the remaining stuffing ingredients.", "Season to taste, then set aside to cool slightly.", "Meanwhile, lay the beef slices between sheets of greaseproof paper or cling film and bash out as thinly as possible using a rolling pin.", "Place side by side on a board.", "Divide the stuffing equally among them, then roll up each slice around the stuffing and secure in place with wooden cocktail sticks.", "Lightly brush the beef olives all over with a little olive oil, then roll them in the crushed peppercorns on a plate.", "Wipe out the pan.", "Heat the remaining oil in the frying pan, add the beef olives and fry them on a moderate heat to brown them all over.", "Remove from the pan using a draining spoon and set aside.", "Add the onion and celery to the oil remaining in the pan and gently cook for about 5 minutes until softened.", "Add the potatoes, carrots and tomatoes and stir around for a couple of minutes, then return the beef olives to the pan.", "( If your frying pan is not big enough, transfer the vegetables and beef olives to a large flameproof casserole.", ")", "Pour in the beef stock and sherry and add the bay leaf.", "Slowly bring to the boil, then reduce the heat to low, cover and simmer for 20 minutes until the meat and vegetables are tender.", "Lift out the beef olives using a draining spoon and keep warm.", "Boil the liquid in the pan on a high heat to reduce to the desired consistency.", "Season to taste.", "Put the beef olives back into the pan and serve sprinkled with parsley." ]

[ "Preheat the oven to 200 C / Gas 6.", "In a shallow baking dish, combine the olive oil, orange zest, orange juice, salt, pepper and crushed chillies.", "Rinse the fish fillets and pat them dry.", "Place them into the baking dish and turn to coat with the seasonings.", "Bake for 10 to 12 minutes in the preheated oven, until fish can be flaked with a fork.", "While the fish cooks, combine the mango, onion, avocado, tomatoes, lime zest and juice, chilli, ginger, coriander and sea salt in a glass bowl.", "Stir to blend and set aside at room temperature until fish has finished cooking.", "Place fish fillets on a plate and spoon the salsa over them to serve." ]

[ "Heat oil in frying pan over medium high heat.", "Cut chicken fillets into pieces.", "Cook chicken in hot oil, being careful not to put too much in the pan at once, so that they brown evenly.", "When chicken pieces are browned, remove from pan and add the onion.", "Cook onion until soft.", "Thinly slice carrots and celery.", "Add to the onion in pan and cook for 5 minutes before returning the chicken to the pan.", "Add the curry paste and chilli flakes and mix well to distribute the spices throughout the pan mixture.", "Add drained bamboo shoots.", "Finally, add the coconut milk.", "Stir into mixture, reduce heat to low and simmer about 30 minutes, until carrots and celery are tender." ]

[ "Preheat the oven to 180 C / Gas 4.", "Line a large loaf tin with a liner.", "Alternatively you can grease with unsalted butter and line with baking paper, but a liner will produce far better results.", "Sift the flour, baking powder, sugar and cornflour into a large mixing bowl and beat with an electric hand whisk until evenly mixed.", "Add the butter, eggs, lemon zest and the 3 1/2 tablespoons lemon juice.", "Whisk again until fully combined and smooth.", "Pour the mixture into the pre-lined load tin and level the top with a spatula or the back of a spoon.", "Make the drizzle by stirring the caster sugar and the 5 tablespoons lemon juice together in a jug.", "Prick the surface of the cooled loaf all over with a fork.", "Pour the drizzle over the loaf and allow for it to set (once set, the drizzle will be hard) before removing the loaf from the tin and serving.", "Enjoy! : )" ]

[ "Make the marinade by mixing together the sugar, salt, soy sauce and cornflour slurry.", "Mix in the pork, let marinate for 15 minutes.", "Meanwhile, blanch the cabbage and carrots in boiling water for 3 minutes.", "Rinse under cold water to cool.", "In a small bowl, mix together the hoisin sauce, oyster sauce, sugar and shaoxing wine to make the sauce.", "Set aside.", "In a large frying pan, heat 1 tablespoon oil over high heat.", "Stir-fry the pork until done, 4-5 minutes.", "Set aside.", "Heat the same frying pan with 1 tablespoon oil over high heat.", "Stir-fry the garlic and shallots until fragrant, 3-4 minutes.", "Stir in the onion and salt, cook until soft, 3-4 minutes.", "Stir in the cabbage, carrots, water chestnuts, green pepper, pork and sauce.", "Heat through for about 2-3 minutes.", "Serve." ]

[ "Preheat the oven to 180 C / Gas 4.", "Line baking trays with baking parchment.", "Heat and melt the margarine in a saucepan.", "Sift together the self-raising flour and the wholemeal flour in a bowl.", "Add the bran from the wholemeal flour back to the flours mixture.", "Add the margarine and orange flower water to the mixture and stir well.", "Next, add all the remaining kwarezimal ingredients to the flour mixture.", "Knead into a stiff dough.", "Form the dough into shapes (approximately 14cm long, 7cm wide and 2cm thick).", "Place on the prepared baking trays.", "Bake in the preheated oven until slightly golden brown, some 20 minutes.", "While still hot, spread with Malta honey and press on chopped, unsalted pistachio nuts or chopped roasted almonds or hazel nuts.", "When cold, kwarezimal is cut into oblong shapes and served with tea or coffee." ]

[ "Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to the boil.", "Boil the potatoes until tender.", "After the potatoes have been cooking for 5 minutes, place the cod in a frying pan over low heat;", "cook for 5 to 7 minutes per side.", "Meanwhile, prepare the sauce.", "Melt the margarine in a saucepan, then add the flour to create a thick paste.", "Gradually add the milk, stirring constantly to reduce any lump formation.", "Add just enough milk to form the correct pouring consistency.", "Stir in the parsley, salt, pepper and lemon juice.", "Once the potatoes are cooked, drain and add 1 tablespoon margarine and milk.", "Mash well.", "Add salt, pepper and finely chopped garlic, stir to combine.", "To serve, spread the mash on a plate flat.", "Lie cod on top, then pour parsley sauce all over." ]

[ "Preheat oven to 180 C / Gas mark 4.", "In a large pot over medium high heat, heat the olive oil and quickly brown the beef pieces on all sides.", "Place the onion, green pepper, celery and carrots into the pot and fry for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally.", "Remove from the heat.", "In a mixing bowl, combine the honey, lemon juice, mustard, ketchup, water, salt and pepper.", "Mix thoroughly.", "Transfer the meat and vegetables to a 2 litre casserole.", "Pour the ketchup mixture over the meat and vegetables.", "Bake in a preheated oven for 2 to 2 1/2 hours or until meat is tender." ]

[ "Fill a large pot with lightly salted water and bring to a rolling boil over high heat.", "Once the water is boiling, stir in the Chinese noodles, and return to the boil.", "Cook the noodles uncovered, stirring occasionally, until cooked through, but still firm to the bite, about 5 minutes.", "Drain well.", "Whisk together the 3 tablespoons soy sauce, 180ml sweet chilli sauce, 1/2 teaspoon garlic granules, the ground ginger and the sesame oil in a large bowl; add the noodles and toss to coat; set aside.", "Whisk together the 120ml soy sauce and 1/2 teaspoon garlic granules in a large bowl; add the pork and stir to coat.", "Allow to marinate for 5 minutes.", "Heat the cooking oil in a wok or a large, deep frying pan over medium-high heat.", "Add the pork, onions, and crushed chilli flakes to the oil; cook until the pork is browned completely.", "Stir in 3 tablespoons sweet chilli sauce, cabbage, celery, carrots and peppers; cook and stir until vegetables are completely heated, about 5 minutes.", "Whisk together the cornflour and water and add to the stir fry, stirring until the mixture thickens.", "Serve the stir-fry over the noodles." ]

[ "Preheat oven to 180 C / Gas 4.", "Grease a baking dish.", "Set aside.", "Toss bread with melted butter and place half of them in prepared baking dish.", "Sprinkle with pecans.", "Top with remaining buttered bread cubes.", "In a large bowl, beat eggs, 100g sugar, vanilla, almond extract and salt.", "Heat milk and coffee liqueur in a small saucepan, then whisk into egg mixture.", "Pour mixture over bread.", "Press gently, to moisten the bread cubes.", "Let stand 30 minutes.", "Press bread cubes down again.", "Combine remaining sugar and cinnamon in a bowl.", "Sprinkle mixture all over.", "Set aside.", "Bring dark brown soft sugar, butter and golden syrup to the boil in a large pan.", "Stir until smooth.", "Boil for 1 minute.", "Pour over moistened bread cubes.", "Place baking dish in a larger baking tin.", "Pour some boiling water in the large pan halfway up the side of the smaller baking dish.", "Bake for 45 to 50 minutes or until golden.", "Serve warm." ]

[ "Toss the cabbage and carrots with salt together in a colander set over medium bowl.", "Let it stand until cabbage wilts, at least 1 hour and up to 4 hours.", "Dump the wilted cabbage and carrots into the bowl.", "Rinse thoroughly in cold water (ice water if serving slaw immediately).", "Pour the vegetables back into the colander, pressing (but not squeezing) on them to drain.", "Pat dry with kitchen paper.", "( Can be stored in a zipper-lock bag and refrigerated overnight.", ")", "Pour the cabbage and carrots back again into bowl.", "Add the onion, mayonnaise and vinegar; toss to coat.", "Season with pepper.", "Cover and refrigerate until ready to serve." ]

[ "Put the apple chunks into a pan, add three quarters of the sugar, the cinnamon stick or clove and cover.", "Allow to stew gently for half an hour, stirring occasionally with a wooden spoon.", "Keep checking as they can easily burn at the beginning.", "Check that the fruit is cooked by mashing it a bit with a wooden spoon.", "The apples should be soft but not puréed.", "Put the apples into the serving dish and allow to cool.", "Set the temperature of the oven to 150 C / gas 2.", "Mix the flour, remaining sugar and the butter with your fingers in a bowl until it becomes like a breadcrumb consistency.", "Cover the stewed apples with the crumble topping, without pressing down.", "Bake for approximately 30 minutes or until the crumble is golden brown and crunchy.", "Spoon a helping of crumble into a dish and serve with cream or ice cream." ]

[ "Boil the potatoes until tender.", "If you prefer, you can slice them rather than halve them.", "In the meantime, prepare the marinade with the remaining ingredients.", "Just mix it all together in a bowl.", "Add potatoes once they have cooled.", "Give it a good, but gentle, stir!", "Guten Appetit!" ]

[ "Preheat the oven to 200 C / Gas 6.", "Line a large baking tray with baking parchment.", "Gently sweat the onions off in a frying pan with some oil until they turn translucent, about 6-8 minutes.", "Sprinkle in the chilli powder and mix.", "Add the turmeric, cumin, ginger, coriander and stir well.", "Remove from the heat.", "Place the chickpea flour, salt, coriander, cumin into a medium bowl and mix well.", "Add the onions and tomato puree into a bowl and mix.", "Add a little bit of water to get the correct consistency, it should be wet and easy to stir, but not sloppy.", "Drizzle some oil onto the prepared tray, place 2 tablespoons of the onion mix onto the tray for each bhaji, flatten slightly with the back of the spoon.", "Bake on the middle shelf of the oven for 20-25 minutes, drizzle a little oil on top of the bhajis and bake for an additional 25 minutes or until golden brown.", "Serve hot, enjoy!" ]

[ "Get all your ingredients together, always quicker and more fun if you are not rooting around for ingredients after you have started.", "Note: I missed the ketchup from the photo: )", "Add the oil to a large frying pan and brown the pork shoulder on all sides.", "The oil can be a bit spitty but I think it was worth it for the extra flavour.", "While the pork is browning chop your onion and crush the garlic.", "In a large pan add the vinegar, stock, sugar, Worcestershire sauce, thyme, mustard, ketchup, garlic, thyme and cinnamon (basically everything except the onion and pork) and warm up and simmer for 2 to 3 minutes.", "Watch your nose, a sniff of all that boiling vinegar will wake you up!", "Scatter the onions around the bottom of the slow cooker and place the pork on top of them.", "Pour over the broth.", "Place the lid on, turn the slow cooker onto its highest setting and cook for a minimum of 6 hours.", "Basically you can leave it in there for 8 to 10 hours if you want so you can do this on a work day in the morning and come home to yummy pulled pork.", "You will know the pork is ready because it will start falling apart when you prod it with a fork.", "Take the pork out of the slow cooker and leave it to stand for 10 to 20 minutes.", "Strain the stock to get all the lumps out.", "Skim as much of the fat of the top of the stock as you can and place to one side.", "With two forks shred up the pork.", "Remove any lumps of fat you find, and of course any bones.", "Add the shredded pork back into the slow cooker and add 1 to 2 cups of the stock and mix it in.", "The pork should soak all the stock up, don't add so much that it is sitting in stock.", "Place the lid back on and let it all warm through again, about 20 minutes.", "To build the sandwich I add a slice of smoked cheese at the bottom, then a good pile of pulled pork and finished off with a big blob of coleslaw.", "I also added a good slosh of chilli sauce to mine.", "We eat our sandwiches with chips and salad." ]

[ "In a bowl, combine wholemeal flour, oats and baking powder.", "In a second bowl, beat eggs and combine with milk, pumpkin puree, yoghurt, vanilla extract, sugar and salt.", "Add wet ingredients to dry, being careful not to overmix the batter.", "Fold in walnuts.", "Heat a lightly oiled frying pan over medium-high heat.", "Pour in about 4 tablespoons of batter for each pancake.", "Bubbles will start to form in the pancakes.", "Cook until the edges of the pancakes start to look dry and a bubble popped near the edge holds its shape.", "Flip the pancakes over and continue cooking until the other side is golden brown.", "Repeat with remaining batter, adding more oil to the pan if necessary.", "Stack the pancakes on a plate and keep warm until serving." ]

[ "Preheat oven to 180 C / Gas 4.", "Grease a 20x30cm baking dish.", "In a large bowl, cream together 200g sugar and 110g of softened butter until smooth.", "Beat in eggs one at a time, then stir in the chocolate sauce.", "Stir in the flour until just blended.", "Spread the brownie mixture evenly into the prepared dish.", "Bake for 25 to 30 minutes in the preheated oven, or until top springs back when lightly touched.", "Cool completely in the dish.", "In a small bowl, beat the icing sugar, 110g butter and creme de menthe until smooth.", "Spread evenly over the cooled brownies, then chill until set.", "In a small bowl over simmering water, or in the microwave, melt the remaining 90g of butter and the chocolate, stirring occasionally until smooth.", "Allow to cool slightly, then spread over the top of the mint layer.", "Cover, and chill for at least 1 hour before cutting into squares." ]

[ "For the pico de gallo: In a small bowl, combine tomatoes, onion, lime juice, coriander, fresh chilli, salt and pepper.", "Set aside.", "In a large frying pan, heat 1 tablespoon olive oil.", "Add chicken and saute until cooked through and juices run clear.", "Remove chicken from pan and set aside.", "Put the remaining 1 tablespoon of olive oil in the hot pan and saute the sliced onion and green pepper until tender.", "Stir in the minced garlic and saute until the aroma is strong.", "Mix in half of the pico de gallo and chicken breast meat.", "Set aside; keep warm.", "In a clean, heavy frying pan, heat one flour tortilla.", "Spread 4 tablespoons of the grated cheese on the tortilla and top with 1/2 the chicken mixture.", "Sprinkle another 4 tablespoons cheese over the chicken and top with another tortilla.", "When bottom tortilla is lightly brown and cheese has started to melt, flip quesadilla and cook on the opposite side.", "Remove the quesadilla from the frying pan and cut into quarters.", "Repeat with the remaining ingredients.", "Serve quesadillas with soured cream and remaining pico de gallo." ]

[ "In a large pan bring chicken stock to the boil.", "Pour in white wine and continue to boil for 3 minutes, then lower the heat to to the lowest setting.", "Cook mushrooms in a frying pan with butter until soft.", "Once soft, remove from heat and set aside.", "Heat olive oil in a pan over low heat and cook onion for 2 to 3 minutes, or until soft.", "Add rice and stir, then add a ladleful of hot chicken and wine stock.", "Mix well and continue gradually adding stock, taking care to mix well so that the rice does not stick to the pan.", "Continue until all of the stock has been added and the rice is firm but tender.", "Drain any excess juices from the mushrooms, then add the mushrooms to the risotto along with the Parmesan.", "Stir to combine, then season to taste with salt and pepper.", "Serve straightaway with extra grated Parmesan, if desired." ]

[ "Preheat oven to 180 C / Gas 4.", "Grease a baking dish.", "Set aside.", "Toss bread with melted butter and place half of them in prepared baking dish.", "Sprinkle with pecans.", "Top with remaining buttered bread cubes.", "In a large bowl, beat eggs, 100g sugar, vanilla, almond extract and salt.", "Heat milk and coffee liqueur in a small saucepan, then whisk into egg mixture.", "Pour mixture over bread.", "Press gently, to moisten the bread cubes.", "Let stand 30 minutes.", "Press bread cubes down again.", "Combine remaining sugar and cinnamon in a bowl.", "Sprinkle mixture all over.", "Set aside.", "Bring dark brown soft sugar, butter and golden syrup to the boil in a large pan.", "Stir until smooth.", "Boil for 1 minute.", "Pour over moistened bread cubes.", "Place baking dish in a larger baking tin.", "Pour some boiling water in the large pan halfway up the side of the smaller baking dish.", "Bake for 45 to 50 minutes or until golden.", "Serve warm." ]

[ "Preheat oven to 160 C / Gas 2.", "Line a muffin tin with paper cases.", "Mix the cornflour, plain flour, baking powder, sugar and salt in large bowl with a spatula.", "Stir in butter cubes until they are well coated with the flour.", "Whisk eggs, milk and vanilla extract together in a tall container, such as a large measuring jug.", "Pour one-third of the egg-milk mixture into the flour mixture and stir with the spatula.", "Add the remaining egg-milk mixture in thirds, and stir with the spatula until well combined.", "The batter will be very lumpy and the butter might remain together.", "Fill the muffin cups 2/3 full with the batter and bake in the preheated oven for about 17-20 minutes.", "After 10 minutes turn around the muffin tray so that the cakes bake evenly.", "Use a skewer to test if the muffins are done in the middle - when the skewer comes out clean, they are ready.", "Leave the muffins for 10 minutes in the tray and then cool completely on a wire cake rack.", "For the buttercream: Beat the butter for 2-3 minutes until fluffy.", "Mix in the milk and vanilla extract alternately with the icing sugar and then mix at low speed into the butter until the cream is light and fluffy.", "If the buttercream is too thin, add more icing sugar a teaspoon at a time.", "Spread the buttercream over the cooled muffins with a knife.", "If desired, decorate with grated chocolate, dragees or even hundreds and thousands." ]

[ "Place the water, olive oil, salt, oregano, bread flour and yeast in the bread machine pan in the order recommended by the manufacturer.", "Select the dough cycle.", "Meanwhile, to make the filling, squeeze out excess water from broccoli.", "In a large frying pan, cook the broccoli and garlic with the olive oil.", "Stir in all the different cheeses.", "Once bread cycle has finished, remove dough from machine and roll out to a 20cm circle.", "Spread filling on one half of the circle leaving a border around it for closing.", "Close the calzone by folding the unfilled side on top of the filled side.", "Crimp the edges closed with your fingers or a fork.", "Place on a lightly greased baking tray.", "Let rise in a warm area for 30 minutes.", "Preheat oven to 260 degrees C.", "Brush top lightly with olive oil.", "Bake for 20 to 30 minutes, or until golden brown." ]

[ "Pound steak as thin as possible, around 5mm thick.", "Drizzle or brush with 1 tablespoon of olive oil, then sprinkle with a thin layer of breadcrumbs.", "Layer the prosciutto over the crumbs, sprinkle with remaining breadcrumbs and chopped hard-boiled eggs.", "Roll the meat up into a tight roll and secure with kitchen twine.", "Heat 2 tablespoons of olive oil in a large saucepan or stock pot over medium-high heat.", "Sear the outside of the roast on all sides.", "Pour passata over the roast and reduce heat to medium-low.", "Cover and simmer for 2 to 3 hours, stirring occasionally.", "Remove meat from the sauce to a serving plate and let stand for 15 minutes.", "Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to the boil.", "Add spaghetti and cook until tender, about 7 minutes.", "Drain.", "Carve the meat into slices about 1.25cm thick.", "Serve with spaghetti and sauce." ]

[ "Bring water to the boil in a pan.", "Add anchovies, mirin and soy sauce.", "Adjust the taste of the broth with more mirin and soy sauce if you like.", "Bring back to the boil over medium heat;", "slowly pour in beaten eggs.", "Mix fish and egg together.", "Once eggs starts firming up, sprinkle over scallions, and cook to your liking." ]

[ "Preheat the oven to 160 C / Gas 2/3.", "Place the peaches in the bottom of an ovenproof baking dish.", "Measure the juice from the peach tin and add milk up to 400ml.", "Melt margarine in a small saucepan over a medium heat until melted then add the flour and stir until its all combined.", "Remove pan from heat and add the milk and peach juice a bit at a time, beating well until all combined and return pan to heat.", "Stir regularly so that it doesn't curdle.", "Place egg whites in a bowl and add yolks to the heating pan and mix well.", "Once sauce has thickened place over peach slices and leave to cool.", "Make meringue by whisking egg whites till nice and fluffy.", "To ensure it is ready place bowl upside down if meringue stays stuck at the bottom of the bowl and doesn't move it's ready to continue with the next step if not carry on whisking.", "Add caster sugar gradually whilst whisking until all combined.", "The meringue should be lovely and white.", "Pour over the cooled custard.", "Place in the oven and cook for about 15 minutes or until golden brown.", "Leave to cool and serve!" ]

[ "Cut the meat, across the grain, into 5cm wide pieces, and then cut each piece into wafer-thin strips.", "Place in a small bowl with the cornflour and five-spice powder.", "Mix together well to coat the meat.", "Cut the carrot and leek into 5cm lengths, then cut each piece into fine matchsticks.", "Put all the prepared vegetables together in a bowl.", "Soak the noodles in a bowl of lightly salted, boiling water for 3 minutes.", "Drain and refresh in cold water, then drain again.", "Combine the soy sauce, sherry and 2 tbsp water in a small jug or bowl.", "Place a wok or a large frying pan over a high heat.", "When hot, add 1 tbsp of the oil, then when it is just smoking, toss in the meat and stir-fry for 2-3 minutes until cooked through.", "Remove with a draining spoon.", "Add the remaining oil with the garlic, ginger and chilli.", "Stir-fry for 30 seconds, then add the vegetables and toss these around for another 30 seconds.", "Stir in the soy sauce mixture and as soon as the liquid is bubbling, mix in the drained noodles and finally the meat.", "Serve immediately, with extra soy sauce to sprinkle." ]

[ "Blend the onions, garlic, ginger and chilli in a blender or liquidiser, or chop very finely.", "Cut each thigh into 4 pieces, heat the oil in a large frying pan and add the chicken.", "Cook over a high heat until evenly browned.", "Remove from pan and place in slow cooker.", "Add the butter to the pan and when melted add the onion mixture.", "Cook over moderate heat for 3 minutes.", "Add all the spices and cook for a further minute.", "Mix in chicken stock, sugar and salt.", "Bring to the boil and then transfer to slow cooker pouring over chicken.", "Cover and cook for 5 - 7 hours on Low (or 3 hours on high).", "Add the cream and ground up nuts.", "Serve with rice and naan bread." ]

[ "Lay two rashers of bacon across the bottom of a large pot.", "Cover with a layer of cabbage.", "Sprinkle a light dusting of flour and a pinch of caraway seeds.", "Season with a little salt and pepper.", "Repeat layering as many times as possible until you run out of room.", "Fill the pot with enough water to come about 3/4 up the side.", "Bring to the boil and cook for about 45 minutes or until the cabbage is soft, stirring occasionally.", "Let cool slightly, then stir in the vinegar and sugar.", "Use your own judgment.", "Add sugar carefully to taste.", "The idea is to strike a balance between the sweet and the sour and therein lies the trick." ]

[ "Place the chicken, carrots, celery and onion in a large soup pot; cover with cold water.", "Heat and simmer, uncovered, until the chicken meat falls off of the bones (skim off foam every so often).", "Take everything out of the pot; sieve the stock.", "Pick the meat off of the bones and chop the carrots, celery and onion.", "Season with salt and pepper to taste.", "Return the chicken, carrots, celery and onion to the pot, stir together, and serve." ]

[ "In a pot melt the butter, add the flour and then pour the milk stirring constantly to avoid lumps.", "Season with salt and a little nutmeg then bring to boil", "cook for only a couple of minutes.", "Set aside.", "Heat a pan and sauté chopped carrot, onion and celery in a little olive oil.", "Add the mixed minced beef and/or pork and a bay leaf; stir.", "Once the meat has reached a brown colour, pour in the wine and let it reduce.", "Add the tomato puree", ",", "cover with water and let cook for at least 30 minutes.", "Season with salt and pepper, remove the bay leaf and set aside.", "Clean the mushrooms, slice them finely and cook in a non-stick pan over medium heat.", "Set aside.", "Grease a baking dish with a little bit of butter.", "Spoon a layer of béchamel, then Bolognese sauce over the bottom of the dish.", "Top the first layer with lasagne sheets, then cover it with some sliced mushrooms and sprinkle with grated Parmesan.", "Repeat this procedure 5 times, altering layers of Bolognese sauce, lasagne, mushrooms and béchamel.", "Make sure to leave enough béchamel sauce to cover the top layer completely.", "Bake in a preheated oven at 220 C for 25-30 minutes.", "Let the lasagne rest for ten minutes before serving." ]

[ "Grease two 23cm round cake tins.", "Preheat oven to 180 C / Gas 4.", "Make a paste with the cocoa and food colouring.", "Set aside.", "Combine the buttermilk, salt and 1 teaspoon vanilla.", "Set aside.", "In a large bowl, cream together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy.", "Beat in the eggs one at a time, then stir in the cocoa mixture.", "Beat in the buttermilk mixture alternately with the flour, mixing each time.", "Stir together bicarbonate of soda and vinegar, then gently fold this into the cake mixture.", "Pour the mixture evenly into the 2 cake tins.", "Bake in the preheated oven for 30 minutes, or until a skewer inserted into the centre of the cake comes out clean.", "Allow to cool completely before frosting.", "Refrigerate until ready to serve.", "To make icing: In a saucepan, combine the milk and flour.", "Cook over low heat, stirring constantly, until mixture thickens.", "Set aside to cool completely.", "Cream together butter, 200g sugar and 1 teaspoon vanilla until light and fluffy, then stir in the cooled milk and flour mixture, beating until icing reaches spreading consistency.", "Decorate as much or as little as you like!" ]

[ "In a large resealable freezer bag, combine the teriyaki sauce, oil, garlic and pepper.", "Place the tuna in the bag.", "Seal the bag with as little air in it as possible.", "Give the bag a good shake to coat the tuna fillets.", "Marinate for 30 minutes in the fridge.", "Meanwhile, preheat the barbecue for high heat and lightly oil the cooking grate.", "Remove tuna from marinade, and place on barbecue.", "Cook to desired doneness." ]

[ "Preheat the oven to 200 C / gas 6.", "Once pork joint is cleaned, rub salt into the skin of the pork to help create a crisp crackling.", "Put the thyme on the base of a roasting tin with the pork on top; roast for 45 minutes.", "Parboil the parsnips for 5 minutes, adding them to the roasting tin when the 45 minutes is up, making sure you cover them in some of the pork's cooking juices.", "Roast for a further 45 minutes.", "Remove pork and parsnips from oven and leave to rest for 10 minutes.", "Remove thyme from roasting tray along with any excess fat.", "Add cider to the meat juices, and boil for 2-3 minutes.", "Stir in the cream, heat through but do not boil.", "Slice the pork loin and serve with the parsnips and cider cream.", "Enjoy!" ]

[ "Cream butter and sugar.", "Beat in egg and milk.", "Lightly sift in flour, baking powder and salt, and fold in with a metal spoon.", "Combine topping ingredients in a separate bowl.", "Grease and base line a 23cm (9 \") square cake tin with baking parchment.", "Spread half thin layer of the cake mix in the bottom.", "Spread with just over half the topping mix.", "Spoon over the rest of the cake mix and spread evenly with a fork.", "Scatter over the remaining topping and press down very lightly.", "Bake at 190 C / Gas 5 for about 30 minutes." ]

[ "Allow toasted bread to sit overnight and go hard.", "For the cranberry sauce: In a large pan, add together cranberries, sugar and water.", "Mix together on a medium high heat and let simmer until the desired consistency is achieved.", "Remember it will thicken as it chills.", "Do not let boil as it will become tart.", "Remove from heat and let cool (or make up to 1 week ahead of time).", "Press stale bread with a rolling pin, until crumbs are formed.", "Add crumbs to a large bowl.", "Melt butter over a medium heat.", "Add onions and cook until soft and lightly browned.", "Remove from heat and drain.", "Add chicken stock (little bit at a time) and egg to bread crumbs and mix.", "Mixture should be moist but not sloppy.", "( If mixture is too dry add a little bit of water.", ") Add onion, sage, salt and pepper.", "Roll mixture into small balls (1/2 \" across max) and place in fridge to set for 1 hour, or until firm.", "( If you want your stuffing crunchy, at this point put your stuffing balls into a medium oven for 5 to 10 minutes, until balls have browned instead of refrigerating.", ")", "Mix together turkey mince and OXO® cube in bowl.", "Carefully roll stuffing balls in turkey until fully covered.", "You will find your own way of doing it, but I like to take a small amount of turkey, flatten it in the palm of my hand and wrap around the stuffing ball.", "Once balls are entirely covered in turkey, place in freezer for 30mins (fridge for an hour or so) until set.", "Pre-heat oven to 180 C / Gas 4.", "Once set place meatballs on lightly greased tray and cook until meatballs are golden brown, around 30 minutes.", "Serve the turkey stuffing meatballs with the cooled cranberry sauce for dipping.", "Enjoy and feel Christmasy!" ]

[ "Preheat the oven to 160C (325F, gas mark 3).", "Heat the oil in a flameproof casserole, add the pork and fry, stirring frequently, for 5 minutes or until browned on all sides.", "Add the celery and onion and fry gently for about 10 minutes or until softened.", "Pour in the cider or apple juice and add the bay leaf.", "Season with salt and pepper to taste.", "Bring to the boil, then cover the casserole and transfer to the oven.", "Cook for 1 1/4 hours or until the pork is tender.", "About 40 minutes before the pork is ready, put the rice in an ovenproof dish and pour over the boiling stock.", "Stir well, then cover and put into the oven to cook with the pork.", "About 25 minutes before the end of the cooking time, quarter and core the apples but do not peel them.", "Slice the quarters thickly, then add to the pork and continue cooking.", "Meanwhile, heat a small frying pan over a moderate heat, add the walnuts and cook, stirring, until lightly toasted.", "When the pork is tender, stir in the walnuts and taste for seasoning.", "Garnish with the chopped celery leaves and serve hot, with the rice." ]

[ "Place shredded chicken in a bowl.", "Whisk honey, lime juice, chilli powder and garlic together in a bowl;", "pour over chicken and toss to coat.", "Marinate chicken in the fridge for at least 30 minutes.", "Preheat oven to 180 C / Gas 4.", "Mix enchilada sauce and cream together in a shallow bowl.", "Dip 1 tortilla in enchilada sauce mixture and place in the bottom of a large baking dish.", "Repeat with one or two more tortillas until bottom of dish is covered.", "Spread 1/2 the chicken mixture over tortilla layer.", "Sprinkle 1/3 of the grated cheese over chicken layer.", "Dip more tortillas in enchilada sauce mixture and arrange over grated cheese layer.", "Spoon 2 to 3 spoonful enchilada sauce mixture over tortilla layer.", "Repeat layering with remaining chicken and 1/3 of the cheese, ending with a layer of tortillas.", "Pour any remaining enchilada sauce mixture over tortillas and sprinkle the remaining cheese on top.", "Bake in the preheated oven until heated through and cheese is melted and golden, about 30 minutes." ]

[ "add a dash of olive oil to a frying pan let it heat for a while then place all four fillets in the pan its best to leave them for 5 to 10 mins on one side then flip over to get the best flavours", "while the chicken is cooking get other frying pan out and add the scoop of butter let it melt then add the chopped mushrooms then crush or finley chop the garlic and put in with the mushrooms (do not drain of the butter that is the garlic sauce )", "then finely chop the potatoes but not to thin or they will turn to crisps put all of them in the oven for 30 mins", "put all the food on each plate and serve!" ]

[ "Wrap tofu with a piece of kitchen paper and microwave it for one minute on high.", "Let cool, then squeeze the paper and drain excess water from the tofu very well.", "Combine tofu and mince in a large bowl.", "Add all other ingredients, except for the oil.", "Get your hands dirty!", "Mix them really well.", "Heat a frying pan over medium heat with oil.", "Divide the mixture in four, and form four round patties.", "Add the burgers to the heated frying pan, and put a lid on.", "Cook for 5 minutes, flip them over.", "Cook 3 minutes more, with a lid.", "To check the doneness, press one of the patties with a spatula, and if you see clear juice coming out, it's done.", "While the burgers are cooking, roll up shiso leaves and cut them into very thin strips.", "Put next three ingredients into a microwavable bowl, and heat up the mixture for 1 minute on high.", "To serve, pour the mixture over the burgers and put shiso leaves on top." ]

[ "Preheat oven to 170 C / Gas 3.", "Sift together twice: flour, baking powder and salt.", "Pour back into sieve.", "In a large mixing bowl beat egg yolks and whole egg with an electric mixer until thick and lemon coloured (about 5 minutes).", "Gradually add sugar, beating after each addition.", "This should take about 10 minutes.", "Fold orange zest, orange juice and lemon extract into the egg mixture.", "Sift in dry ingredients and fold gently.", "Do not stir or beat.", "Add boiling water from the kettle and fold in quickly, just until liquid is blended.", "Pour cake mixture into an ungreased 25cm tube cake tin.", "Bake at 170 C / Gas 3 for 60 to 65 minutes.", "Turn cake over in tin on a wire rack and let cake hang for 1 hour or until cool.", "Loosen cake sides from tin with a spatula and shake loose.", "Dust top lightly with icine sugar or ice with Orange Buttercream Icing." ]

[ "Wash and slice the curly endive.", "Soak in water until ready to use.", "Warm the stock in a saucepan over medium heat.", "Heat 4 tablespoons oil in a saucepan over medium heat;", "add garlic, celery and carrot.", "Cook and stir for a few minutes, until vegetables begin to soften.", "Add the curly endive, scooping it up directly from the water so some water is included.", "Season with salt;", "cover and cook over medium heat until the curly endive is completed wilted.", "Add half of the stock and continue to simmer for 15 minutes.", "Pour in remaining stock and rice;", "bring to the boil and cook rice for 12 to 15 minutes, or until al dente (with a bite).", "Season to taste;", "divide into 4 bowls and drizzle some extra virgin olive oil on top.", "Serve with grated Parmesan cheese." ]

[ "For the pico de gallo: In a small bowl, combine tomatoes, onion, lime juice, coriander, fresh chilli, salt and pepper.", "Set aside.", "In a large frying pan, heat 1 tablespoon olive oil.", "Add chicken and saute until cooked through and juices run clear.", "Remove chicken from pan and set aside.", "Put the remaining 1 tablespoon of olive oil in the hot pan and saute the sliced onion and green pepper until tender.", "Stir in the minced garlic and saute until the aroma is strong.", "Mix in half of the pico de gallo and chicken breast meat.", "Set aside; keep warm.", "In a clean, heavy frying pan, heat one flour tortilla.", "Spread 4 tablespoons of the grated cheese on the tortilla and top with 1/2 the chicken mixture.", "Sprinkle another 4 tablespoons cheese over the chicken and top with another tortilla.", "When bottom tortilla is lightly brown and cheese has started to melt, flip quesadilla and cook on the opposite side.", "Remove the quesadilla from the frying pan and cut into quarters.", "Repeat with the remaining ingredients.", "Serve quesadillas with soured cream and remaining pico de gallo." ]

[ "Put the beef in a bowl with the garlic, bay leaves, juniper berries and thyme.", "Pour over the wine, then cover and leave to marinate in the fridge for 8 hours or overnight.", "The next day, preheat the oven to 160 C (325F, gas mark 3).", "Put the button onions in a bowl and pour over enough boiling water to cover.", "Leave for 2 minutes, then drain.", "When cool enough to handle, peel off the skins.", "Set the onions aside.", "Remove the beef from the marinade and pat dry on kitchen paper.", "Heat the oil in a large flameproof casserole over a moderately high heat.", "Add the beef and brown on all sides.", "Do this in batches, if necessary, so the pan is not overcrowded.", "Remove the beef from the casserole and set aside on a plate.", "Add the onions to the casserole and cook gently for 3-4 minutes or until lightly coloured all over.", "Add the barley and cook for 1 minute, stirring, then return the beef and any beefy juices to the casserole.", "Pour in the stock and bring to a simmer.", "Strain the marinade into the casserole, and add the bay leaves and sprig of thyme.", "Season with salt and pepper to taste.", "Cover with a tight-fitting lid, transfer to the oven and braise for 45 minutes.", "Add the carrots, celery and swede, and stir to mix.", "Cover again and braise for a further 1-1¼ hours or until the beef, barley and vegetables are tender.", "Remove the bay leaves and thyme stalk before serving." ]

[ "Preheat oven to 180 C / Gas 4.", "In a medium bowl, cream together the sugar and butter.", "Stir in the coconut essence and eggs.", "Combine the flour, baking powder and salt, stir into the creamed mixture.", "Finally, fold in the coconut and walnuts.", "Divide dough into 2 pieces.", "Roll each piece out into a log about 25cm long.", "Place them on an unprepared baking tray and flatten them until they are about 7.5cm wide.", "Bake for 30 to 35 minutes in the preheated oven, until firm.", "Cool on baking tray for 10 to 15 minutes.", "Slice the logs crosswise into 1.25cm wide slices.", "Place slices cut side down onto the baking tray.", "Return to the oven for an additional 15 minutes, until crisp and light brown.", "Cool and store in an airtight container." ]

[ "Preheat the oven to approx 200 C / Gas 6.", "Chop the onion, bacon, mushroom and chorizo.", "Shallow fry in oil for 5 to 10 minutes until soft.", "Lightly butter 6 slices of bread and the remove crusts.", "Gently press butter side down into 6 individual mini-loaf tins or muffin tin to make six surprises.", "Spoon one tablespoon of cr竪me fra樽che into each unit and divide the fried onion mixture between the six units.", "Carefully break an egg in each unit.", "Season to taste.", "Lightly butter the remaining slices of bread and remove crusts.", "Cut to fit 6 lids for each unit, butter side up.", "Seal by gently pressing down and tucking bread into sides.", "Bake in centre of hot oven for 10 to 15 minutes.", "Longer if you prefer your egg yolks cooked through rather than runny.", "Remove from oven.", "Place plate on top on top of loaf and flip over (invert) to remove cooked surprise.", "This may need a gentle tap with a wooden spoon.", "Don't worry if it leaks a bit.", "Just serve it hot and enjoy!" ]

[ "Put the chopped oranges in a small saucepan, discarding any pips.", "Add 1 tbsp water, then cover and cook gently for 30 minutes or until the oranges are soft and excess liquid has evaporated.", "Leave to cool.", "Preheat the oven to 180ºC (350ºF, gas mark 4).", "Line the bottom and sides of a 23 cm (9 in) springform cake tin with baking parchment.", "Finely chop the oranges in a food processor or blender, or with a large knife.", "Put the egg whites in a large bowl and whisk until they form stiff peaks.", "Gradually whisk in half the caster sugar, then whisk for 1 minute.", "Using the same whisk, whisk the egg yolks with the remaining caster sugar in another bowl for 2-3 minutes or until pale and quite thick.", "Whisk in the finely chopped oranges, then carefully fold in the ground almonds.", "Stir in 3 spoonfuls of the whisked egg white to loosen the mixture, then gently fold in the remaining whites with a large metal spoon.", "Transfer the mixture to the prepared tin and level the top.", "Sprinkle with the flaked almonds.", "Bake for 50-55 minutes or until the cake is golden and a skewer inserted in the centre comes out clean.", "Check the cake after 20 minutes and again at 30 minutes, and cover lightly with foil if it is browning too quickly.", "Leave the cake to cool in the tin, then turn it out, peel away the lining paper and transfer to a serving plate.", "Dust with icing sugar before serving.", "The cake can be kept in an airtight tin for up to 2 days." ]

[ "Preheat oven to 180 C / Gas 4.", "In a medium bowl, cream together the sugar and butter.", "Stir in the coconut essence and eggs.", "Combine the flour, baking powder and salt, stir into the creamed mixture.", "Finally, fold in the coconut and walnuts.", "Divide dough into 2 pieces.", "Roll each piece out into a log about 25cm long.", "Place them on an unprepared baking tray and flatten them until they are about 7.5cm wide.", "Bake for 30 to 35 minutes in the preheated oven, until firm.", "Cool on baking tray for 10 to 15 minutes.", "Slice the logs crosswise into 1.25cm wide slices.", "Place slices cut side down onto the baking tray.", "Return to the oven for an additional 15 minutes, until crisp and light brown.", "Cool and store in an airtight container." ]

[ "Heat 2 tablespoons butter and 2 tablespoons of olive oil in a large skillet over medium high heat.", "Dredge chicken breasts in the flour, season each side of the chicken breasts with lemon-pepper seasoning.", "Place the chicken breasts in the skillet.", "Cook for about 5-8 minutes on each side or until cooked throughout and no longer pink inside.", "Remove from the skillet and set aside on a plate.", "Turn the heat to medium low.", "Add broth, juice from lemons, heavy cream and capers.", "Bring sauce to a boil, reduce heat to medium low.", "Test the sauce and season with salt and pepper as needed.", "Allow the sauce to cook and bubble for about 3 minutes.", "Return chicken breasts back to cream mixture.", "Cover and cook on medium low for 15 minutes or until chicken breasts are cooked through.", "While chicken breasts are cooking, make pasta according to package directions.", "Serve chicken with sauce over cooked pasta." ]

[ "Place all ingredients in an electric blender and pur辿e until desired consistency.", "Pour into tall glasses and serve immediately." ]

[ "Preheat the oven to 180 degrees C (gas mark 4).", "Line a bun tray with paper or foil cases.", "Sift together the flour, baking powder, bicarbonate of soda, cocoa and salt.", "Set aside.", "In a large bowl, cream together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy.", "Add the eggs one at a time, beating well with each addition, then stir in the vanilla.", "Add the flour mixture alternately with the milk; beat well.", "Fill the paper cups 3/4's full.", "Bake for 15 minutes in the preheated oven, or until a skewer inserted into the cake comes out clean.", "Ice with your favourite icing when cool." ]

[ "Heat 2 tbsp of the oil in a large non-stick frying pan.", "Add the onion and garlic, and cook over a moderate heat for 5 minutes, stirring frequently, until the onion is soft and beginning to brown.", "Add the carrots and courgettes, and fry for a further 10 minutes, stirring, until the vegetables have softened.", "Stir in the ground cumin and coriander, the peanut butter, fresh coriander and seasoning to taste, and mix well.", "Remove the pan from the heat and set aside to cool slightly.", "Mix in the breadcrumbs and egg until thoroughly combined.", "The mixture should bind together well.", "Shape the mixture into 4 thick burgers about 10 cm (4 in) in diameter.", "Wipe out the pan with kitchen paper, then add and heat the remaining 1/2 tbsp of oil.", "Fry the burgers over a low to moderate heat for about 5 minutes on each side, or until they are firm and golden.", "To serve, stir the tomatoes and ketchup together with seasoning to taste.", "Split the burger buns in half horizontally and toast the cut sides.", "Spread 1 tsp mayonnaise, if using, on each bun, then add some lettuce and a burger to each.", "Spread with the tomato mixture and top with the shallot slices.", "Replace the tops of the buns and serve." ]

[ "Combine the onion and the juice of 2 limes in a small bowl;", "allow the onion to soak in the lime juice for at least 1 hour.", "Strain and discard the excess juice.", "Set the onion aside.", "Grind the serrano chillis, juice of 2 limes and salt together in a food processor until no large chunks of pepper remain.", "Add 1 avocado and process until creamy and smooth;", "repeat with remaining avocados.", "Transfer the mixture to a serving bowl;", "fold the onion, coriander and mango into the avocado mixture.", "Serve at room temperature." ]

[ "Preheat oven to 180 C / Gas 4.", "Heat oil in a frying pan over medium-high heat.", "Add onions and mushrooms.", "Saute until browned.", "Stir in carrot.", "Pour in vegetable stock and stir.", "Bring to the boil, then cover and simmer for 8-10 minutes or until carrots are tender.", "Stir in soy sauce and balsamic vinegar.", "Sprinkle in flour and stir in.", "Simmer until sauce has thickened, about 1-2 minutes.", "Remove from heat and stir in thyme.", "Pour the pan contents into a pie dish.", "Cover with a sheet of pastry, trimming off any excess.", "In a small bowl, whisk egg and water to form an egg wash.", "Brush over the pastry.", "Bake in preheated oven for 40 minutes or until pastry is golden and puffy." ]

[ "Grease two 23cm round cake tins.", "Preheat oven to 180 C / Gas 4.", "Make a paste with the cocoa and food colouring.", "Set aside.", "Combine the buttermilk, salt and 1 teaspoon vanilla.", "Set aside.", "In a large bowl, cream together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy.", "Beat in the eggs one at a time, then stir in the cocoa mixture.", "Beat in the buttermilk mixture alternately with the flour, mixing each time.", "Stir together bicarbonate of soda and vinegar, then gently fold this into the cake mixture.", "Pour the mixture evenly into the 2 cake tins.", "Bake in the preheated oven for 30 minutes, or until a skewer inserted into the centre of the cake comes out clean.", "Allow to cool completely before frosting.", "Refrigerate until ready to serve.", "To make icing: In a saucepan, combine the milk and flour.", "Cook over low heat, stirring constantly, until mixture thickens.", "Set aside to cool completely.", "Cream together butter, 200g sugar and 1 teaspoon vanilla until light and fluffy, then stir in the cooled milk and flour mixture, beating until icing reaches spreading consistency.", "Decorate as much or as little as you like!" ]

[ "Lay two rashers of bacon across the bottom of a large pot.", "Cover with a layer of cabbage.", "Sprinkle a light dusting of flour and a pinch of caraway seeds.", "Season with a little salt and pepper.", "Repeat layering as many times as possible until you run out of room.", "Fill the pot with enough water to come about 3/4 up the side.", "Bring to the boil and cook for about 45 minutes or until the cabbage is soft, stirring occasionally.", "Let cool slightly, then stir in the vinegar and sugar.", "Use your own judgment.", "Add sugar carefully to taste.", "The idea is to strike a balance between the sweet and the sour and therein lies the trick." ]

[ "Preheat the oven to 160C (325F, gas mark 3).", "Heat the oil in a flameproof casserole, add the pork and fry, stirring frequently, for 5 minutes or until browned on all sides.", "Add the celery and onion and fry gently for about 10 minutes or until softened.", "Pour in the cider or apple juice and add the bay leaf.", "Season with salt and pepper to taste.", "Bring to the boil, then cover the casserole and transfer to the oven.", "Cook for 1 1/4 hours or until the pork is tender.", "About 40 minutes before the pork is ready, put the rice in an ovenproof dish and pour over the boiling stock.", "Stir well, then cover and put into the oven to cook with the pork.", "About 25 minutes before the end of the cooking time, quarter and core the apples but do not peel them.", "Slice the quarters thickly, then add to the pork and continue cooking.", "Meanwhile, heat a small frying pan over a moderate heat, add the walnuts and cook, stirring, until lightly toasted.", "When the pork is tender, stir in the walnuts and taste for seasoning.", "Garnish with the chopped celery leaves and serve hot, with the rice." ]

[ "Preheat oven to 180 C / Gas 4.", "Grease a 20x30cm baking dish.", "In a large bowl, cream together 200g sugar and 110g of softened butter until smooth.", "Beat in eggs one at a time, then stir in the chocolate sauce.", "Stir in the flour until just blended.", "Spread the brownie mixture evenly into the prepared dish.", "Bake for 25 to 30 minutes in the preheated oven, or until top springs back when lightly touched.", "Cool completely in the dish.", "In a small bowl, beat the icing sugar, 110g butter and creme de menthe until smooth.", "Spread evenly over the cooled brownies, then chill until set.", "In a small bowl over simmering water, or in the microwave, melt the remaining 90g of butter and the chocolate, stirring occasionally until smooth.", "Allow to cool slightly, then spread over the top of the mint layer.", "Cover, and chill for at least 1 hour before cutting into squares." ]

[ "Preheat the oven to 200 C / Gas mark 6.", "Heat the butter and oil in a large pan over medium heat.", "Fry the chops until golden, about 3 minutes per side.", "Transfer to an oven-proof casserole.", "In the same pan, cook the onions and garlic until tender, about 5 minutes.", "Add the thyme, cider, honey, brandy, salt and pepper; transfer to the casserole.", "Fry the apple slices, 1 minute per side, and place in the casserole.", "Bake, covered, in the preheated oven until the pork is cooked through, about 30 minutes.", "Skim off any fat that has risen to the surface; stir in the cream." ]

[ "Wash and slice the curly endive.", "Soak in water until ready to use.", "Warm the stock in a saucepan over medium heat.", "Heat 4 tablespoons oil in a saucepan over medium heat;", "add garlic, celery and carrot.", "Cook and stir for a few minutes, until vegetables begin to soften.", "Add the curly endive, scooping it up directly from the water so some water is included.", "Season with salt;", "cover and cook over medium heat until the curly endive is completed wilted.", "Add half of the stock and continue to simmer for 15 minutes.", "Pour in remaining stock and rice;", "bring to the boil and cook rice for 12 to 15 minutes, or until al dente (with a bite).", "Season to taste;", "divide into 4 bowls and drizzle some extra virgin olive oil on top.", "Serve with grated Parmesan cheese." ]

[ "Place the water, olive oil, salt, oregano, bread flour and yeast in the bread machine pan in the order recommended by the manufacturer.", "Select the dough cycle.", "Meanwhile, to make the filling, squeeze out excess water from broccoli.", "In a large frying pan, cook the broccoli and garlic with the olive oil.", "Stir in all the different cheeses.", "Once bread cycle has finished, remove dough from machine and roll out to a 20cm circle.", "Spread filling on one half of the circle leaving a border around it for closing.", "Close the calzone by folding the unfilled side on top of the filled side.", "Crimp the edges closed with your fingers or a fork.", "Place on a lightly greased baking tray.", "Let rise in a warm area for 30 minutes.", "Preheat oven to 260 degrees C.", "Brush top lightly with olive oil.", "Bake for 20 to 30 minutes, or until golden brown." ]

[ "Preheat the oven to 200°C (400°F, gas mark 6).", "Cook the lasagne in boiling water for 3-5 minutes, or according to the packet instructions, until al dente.", "Drain and rinse under cold water.", "Drain on a clean tea-towel, in a single layer, then cut each sheet of lasagne in half lengthways.", "Rinse the spinach and place in a large saucepan.", "Cover and cook over a moderately high heat for 2-3 minutes (the water clinging to the leaves will provide enough moisture).", "Shake the pan occasionally so that the spinach cooks evenly.", "Drain well.", "Use 4 large leaves to line 4 lightly oiled 175 ml (6 fl oz) ramekin dishes.", "Chop the remaining spinach and set aside.", "Lay 2 lasagne strips in each spinach-lined ramekin, overlapping them in a cross shape.", "Leave excess pasta hanging over the edge.", "Mix half the ricotta cheese with the chopped spinach.", "Add half of the beaten egg, the nutmeg and seasoning to taste, and mix thoroughly.", "Cut the salmon into 1 cm (1/2 in) dice and mix with the remaining ricotta cheese and beaten egg.", "Stir in the fennel or dill, grated lime zest and seasoning to taste until thoroughly combined.", "Divide the salmon mixture evenly among the ramekins.", "Cut the remaining 2 strips of pasta across in half and lay a piece in each ramekin, pressing it in neatly on top of the salmon mixture.", "Spoon the spinach mixture into the dishes and fold the overhanging pasta strips over the top.", "Cut out 4 pieces of foil and brush them lightly with oil, then use them to cover the ramekin dishes.", "Place in the oven and bake for 20 minutes.", "Meanwhile, make the herb sauce.", "Melt the butter in a small saucepan.", "Stir in the flour, then gradually stir in the milk and bring to the boil, stirring constantly.", "Stir in the lime juice, herbs, cream and seasoning to taste.", "Remove from the heat.", "Run a flat-bladed knife around the edges of the dishes to loosen the timbales.", "Cover each one with a plate, invert and lift off the dish.", "Pour the herb sauce around, garnish with fennel or dill, if using, and serve." ]

[ "Preheat an oven to 220 C / Gas 7.", "Toss the crabmeat in the butter.", "Set aside until ready to serve.", "Pat steaks dry and season with salt and pepper.", "Heat olive oil in large heavy frying pan over medium-high heat until hot, but not smoking.", "Sear steaks on both sides, about 3 minutes per side.", "Transfer steaks to an oiled baking tin and roast in the middle of the preheated oven until they start to firm and are reddish-pink and juicy in the centre, about 10 minutes.", "An instant-read thermometer inserted into the centre should read 54 degrees C.", "Top each steak with the crabmeat and butter mixture." ]

[ "Preheat oven to 170 C / Gas 3.", "Sift together twice: flour, baking powder and salt.", "Pour back into sieve.", "In a large mixing bowl beat egg yolks and whole egg with an electric mixer until thick and lemon coloured (about 5 minutes).", "Gradually add sugar, beating after each addition.", "This should take about 10 minutes.", "Fold orange zest, orange juice and lemon extract into the egg mixture.", "Sift in dry ingredients and fold gently.", "Do not stir or beat.", "Add boiling water from the kettle and fold in quickly, just until liquid is blended.", "Pour cake mixture into an ungreased 25cm tube cake tin.", "Bake at 170 C / Gas 3 for 60 to 65 minutes.", "Turn cake over in tin on a wire rack and let cake hang for 1 hour or until cool.", "Loosen cake sides from tin with a spatula and shake loose.", "Dust top lightly with icine sugar or ice with Orange Buttercream Icing." ]

[ "Toss the cabbage and carrots with salt together in a colander set over medium bowl.", "Let it stand until cabbage wilts, at least 1 hour and up to 4 hours.", "Dump the wilted cabbage and carrots into the bowl.", "Rinse thoroughly in cold water (ice water if serving slaw immediately).", "Pour the vegetables back into the colander, pressing (but not squeezing) on them to drain.", "Pat dry with kitchen paper.", "( Can be stored in a zipper-lock bag and refrigerated overnight.", ")", "Pour the cabbage and carrots back again into bowl.", "Add the onion, mayonnaise and vinegar; toss to coat.", "Season with pepper.", "Cover and refrigerate until ready to serve." ]

[ "Mix yeast and white sugar in the warm milk.", "Place the flour, salt, butter, caster sugar and egg in a food processor with a dough hook attachment.", "Add in the warm milk yeast mixture and turn the processor on for 2 minutes until the flour mixture forms into a soft dough.", "Turn the dough out into a bowl, cover and leave in a warm until the dough doubles in size, about 30 minutes.", "Meanwhile, prepare the filling by heating butter, brown sugar, spice, fruits, apricots and water in a pan.", "Stir until the sugar and butter are melted.", "Roll out the dough into a 15x30cm rectangle.", "Spread with apricot jam and then cover with the fruit filling mixture.", "Roll up the dough like a Swiss roll.", "Cut into 3cm slices.", "Arrange the slices in an 18cm cake tin.", "Cover and leave to rise in a warm place for 15 to 20 minutes.", "Preheat the oven to 230 C / Gas 8.", "Bake until golden, about 20 minutes.", "Leave to cool.", "Drizzle with icing and serve.", "( See picture )" ]

[ "In a pot melt the butter, add the flour and then pour the milk stirring constantly to avoid lumps.", "Season with salt and a little nutmeg then bring to boil", "cook for only a couple of minutes.", "Set aside.", "Heat a pan and sauté chopped carrot, onion and celery in a little olive oil.", "Add the mixed minced beef and/or pork and a bay leaf; stir.", "Once the meat has reached a brown colour, pour in the wine and let it reduce.", "Add the tomato puree", ",", "cover with water and let cook for at least 30 minutes.", "Season with salt and pepper, remove the bay leaf and set aside.", "Clean the mushrooms, slice them finely and cook in a non-stick pan over medium heat.", "Set aside.", "Grease a baking dish with a little bit of butter.", "Spoon a layer of béchamel, then Bolognese sauce over the bottom of the dish.", "Top the first layer with lasagne sheets, then cover it with some sliced mushrooms and sprinkle with grated Parmesan.", "Repeat this procedure 5 times, altering layers of Bolognese sauce, lasagne, mushrooms and béchamel.", "Make sure to leave enough béchamel sauce to cover the top layer completely.", "Bake in a preheated oven at 220 C for 25-30 minutes.", "Let the lasagne rest for ten minutes before serving." ]

[ "In large mixing bowl, beat egg yolks and sugar with electric mixer until light yellow, about 1 minute.", "Beat in mascarpone, brandy and vanilla until smooth.", "In a separate bowl, beat egg whites until stiff.", "Fold egg whites into mascarpone mixture.", "Dip sponge fingers, one at a time, in cooled coffee and arrange them in a ceramic (32cm) dish.", "Use half the sponge fingers to cover the bottom of the dish.", "Spread half the mascarpone mixture over them and sprinkle some grated chocolate on top.", "Repeat with remaining sponge fingers and marscapone mixture.", "Cover tightly with cling film, chill for 4 hours or overnight.", "Sprinkle remaining grated chocolate on top before serving." ]

[ "Combine the yeast, water and sugar in a large bowl.", "Let stand 10 minutes, till bubbly and frothy.", "Stir in milk, egg, salt and enough flour to make a soft dough (you may not use all of the flour).", "Knead for 6 to 8 minutes on a lightly floured surface, or until smooth.", "Place dough in a well oiled bowl, cover with a damp cloth, and set aside to rise 1 hour, until the dough has doubled in volume.", "Punch down dough, and knead well.", "If you wish to make garlic naan, knead in the minced garlic now.", "Pinch off small handfuls of dough about the size of a golf ball.", "Roll into balls, cover with a cloth and allow to rise until doubled in size, about 30 minutes.", "During the second rising, preheat grill.", "Roll out a ball of dough into an elongated oval.", "Place on an ungreased baking tray and cook under the grill for about 2 minutes or until lightly browned.", "Brush butter on both sides, then return to the grill and cook the other side for another 2 minutes, or until firm and golden.", "Repeat with remaining dough." ]

[ "Preheat oven to 130 C / Gas 1/2 and line a baking tray with baking parchment.", "Beat egg whites until stiff.", "Gradually beat in the sugar until smooth and glossy.", "Fold in vanilla sugar, cocoa and chocolate.", "Use 2 teaspoons to make small heaps of batter on the baking tray.", "Bake in the middle of the preheated oven for about 30 minutes." ]

[ "Allow toasted bread to sit overnight and go hard.", "For the cranberry sauce: In a large pan, add together cranberries, sugar and water.", "Mix together on a medium high heat and let simmer until the desired consistency is achieved.", "Remember it will thicken as it chills.", "Do not let boil as it will become tart.", "Remove from heat and let cool (or make up to 1 week ahead of time).", "Press stale bread with a rolling pin, until crumbs are formed.", "Add crumbs to a large bowl.", "Melt butter over a medium heat.", "Add onions and cook until soft and lightly browned.", "Remove from heat and drain.", "Add chicken stock (little bit at a time) and egg to bread crumbs and mix.", "Mixture should be moist but not sloppy.", "( If mixture is too dry add a little bit of water.", ") Add onion, sage, salt and pepper.", "Roll mixture into small balls (1/2 \" across max) and place in fridge to set for 1 hour, or until firm.", "( If you want your stuffing crunchy, at this point put your stuffing balls into a medium oven for 5 to 10 minutes, until balls have browned instead of refrigerating.", ")", "Mix together turkey mince and OXO® cube in bowl.", "Carefully roll stuffing balls in turkey until fully covered.", "You will find your own way of doing it, but I like to take a small amount of turkey, flatten it in the palm of my hand and wrap around the stuffing ball.", "Once balls are entirely covered in turkey, place in freezer for 30mins (fridge for an hour or so) until set.", "Pre-heat oven to 180 C / Gas 4.", "Once set place meatballs on lightly greased tray and cook until meatballs are golden brown, around 30 minutes.", "Serve the turkey stuffing meatballs with the cooled cranberry sauce for dipping.", "Enjoy and feel Christmasy!" ]

[ "Put the chopped oranges in a small saucepan, discarding any pips.", "Add 1 tbsp water, then cover and cook gently for 30 minutes or until the oranges are soft and excess liquid has evaporated.", "Leave to cool.", "Preheat the oven to 180ºC (350ºF, gas mark 4).", "Line the bottom and sides of a 23 cm (9 in) springform cake tin with baking parchment.", "Finely chop the oranges in a food processor or blender, or with a large knife.", "Put the egg whites in a large bowl and whisk until they form stiff peaks.", "Gradually whisk in half the caster sugar, then whisk for 1 minute.", "Using the same whisk, whisk the egg yolks with the remaining caster sugar in another bowl for 2-3 minutes or until pale and quite thick.", "Whisk in the finely chopped oranges, then carefully fold in the ground almonds.", "Stir in 3 spoonfuls of the whisked egg white to loosen the mixture, then gently fold in the remaining whites with a large metal spoon.", "Transfer the mixture to the prepared tin and level the top.", "Sprinkle with the flaked almonds.", "Bake for 50-55 minutes or until the cake is golden and a skewer inserted in the centre comes out clean.", "Check the cake after 20 minutes and again at 30 minutes, and cover lightly with foil if it is browning too quickly.", "Leave the cake to cool in the tin, then turn it out, peel away the lining paper and transfer to a serving plate.", "Dust with icing sugar before serving.", "The cake can be kept in an airtight tin for up to 2 days." ]

[ "For the stuffing, put the dried porcini mushrooms in a heatproof bowl, cover with boiling water and leave to soak for 20 minutes or until soft.", "Drain and finely chop the mushrooms, then set aside.", "Heat the 2 tbsp of oil for the stuffing in a large frying pan over a moderate heat.", "Add the onion and garlic and cook gently, stirring frequently, for 5 minutes, until golden brown.", "Add the chestnut mushrooms and fry for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally, then stir in the chopped porcini mushrooms and the remaining stuffing ingredients.", "Season to taste, then set aside to cool slightly.", "Meanwhile, lay the beef slices between sheets of greaseproof paper or cling film and bash out as thinly as possible using a rolling pin.", "Place side by side on a board.", "Divide the stuffing equally among them, then roll up each slice around the stuffing and secure in place with wooden cocktail sticks.", "Lightly brush the beef olives all over with a little olive oil, then roll them in the crushed peppercorns on a plate.", "Wipe out the pan.", "Heat the remaining oil in the frying pan, add the beef olives and fry them on a moderate heat to brown them all over.", "Remove from the pan using a draining spoon and set aside.", "Add the onion and celery to the oil remaining in the pan and gently cook for about 5 minutes until softened.", "Add the potatoes, carrots and tomatoes and stir around for a couple of minutes, then return the beef olives to the pan.", "( If your frying pan is not big enough, transfer the vegetables and beef olives to a large flameproof casserole.", ")", "Pour in the beef stock and sherry and add the bay leaf.", "Slowly bring to the boil, then reduce the heat to low, cover and simmer for 20 minutes until the meat and vegetables are tender.", "Lift out the beef olives using a draining spoon and keep warm.", "Boil the liquid in the pan on a high heat to reduce to the desired consistency.", "Season to taste.", "Put the beef olives back into the pan and serve sprinkled with parsley." ]

[ "Preheat the oven to 180 C / Gas 4.", "Line a large loaf tin with a liner.", "Alternatively you can grease with unsalted butter and line with baking paper, but a liner will produce far better results.", "Sift the flour, baking powder, sugar and cornflour into a large mixing bowl and beat with an electric hand whisk until evenly mixed.", "Add the butter, eggs, lemon zest and the 3 1/2 tablespoons lemon juice.", "Whisk again until fully combined and smooth.", "Pour the mixture into the pre-lined load tin and level the top with a spatula or the back of a spoon.", "Make the drizzle by stirring the caster sugar and the 5 tablespoons lemon juice together in a jug.", "Prick the surface of the cooled loaf all over with a fork.", "Pour the drizzle over the loaf and allow for it to set (once set, the drizzle will be hard) before removing the loaf from the tin and serving.", "Enjoy! : )" ]

[ "For the stuffing, put the dried porcini mushrooms in a heatproof bowl, cover with boiling water and leave to soak for 20 minutes or until soft.", "Drain and finely chop the mushrooms, then set aside.", "Heat the 2 tbsp of oil for the stuffing in a large frying pan over a moderate heat.", "Add the onion and garlic and cook gently, stirring frequently, for 5 minutes, until golden brown.", "Add the chestnut mushrooms and fry for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally, then stir in the chopped porcini mushrooms and the remaining stuffing ingredients.", "Season to taste, then set aside to cool slightly.", "Meanwhile, lay the beef slices between sheets of greaseproof paper or cling film and bash out as thinly as possible using a rolling pin.", "Place side by side on a board.", "Divide the stuffing equally among them, then roll up each slice around the stuffing and secure in place with wooden cocktail sticks.", "Lightly brush the beef olives all over with a little olive oil, then roll them in the crushed peppercorns on a plate.", "Wipe out the pan.", "Heat the remaining oil in the frying pan, add the beef olives and fry them on a moderate heat to brown them all over.", "Remove from the pan using a draining spoon and set aside.", "Add the onion and celery to the oil remaining in the pan and gently cook for about 5 minutes until softened.", "Add the potatoes, carrots and tomatoes and stir around for a couple of minutes, then return the beef olives to the pan.", "( If your frying pan is not big enough, transfer the vegetables and beef olives to a large flameproof casserole.", ")", "Pour in the beef stock and sherry and add the bay leaf.", "Slowly bring to the boil, then reduce the heat to low, cover and simmer for 20 minutes until the meat and vegetables are tender.", "Lift out the beef olives using a draining spoon and keep warm.", "Boil the liquid in the pan on a high heat to reduce to the desired consistency.", "Season to taste.", "Put the beef olives back into the pan and serve sprinkled with parsley." ]

[ "Put the beef in a bowl with the garlic, bay leaves, juniper berries and thyme.", "Pour over the wine, then cover and leave to marinate in the fridge for 8 hours or overnight.", "The next day, preheat the oven to 160 C (325F, gas mark 3).", "Put the button onions in a bowl and pour over enough boiling water to cover.", "Leave for 2 minutes, then drain.", "When cool enough to handle, peel off the skins.", "Set the onions aside.", "Remove the beef from the marinade and pat dry on kitchen paper.", "Heat the oil in a large flameproof casserole over a moderately high heat.", "Add the beef and brown on all sides.", "Do this in batches, if necessary, so the pan is not overcrowded.", "Remove the beef from the casserole and set aside on a plate.", "Add the onions to the casserole and cook gently for 3-4 minutes or until lightly coloured all over.", "Add the barley and cook for 1 minute, stirring, then return the beef and any beefy juices to the casserole.", "Pour in the stock and bring to a simmer.", "Strain the marinade into the casserole, and add the bay leaves and sprig of thyme.", "Season with salt and pepper to taste.", "Cover with a tight-fitting lid, transfer to the oven and braise for 45 minutes.", "Add the carrots, celery and swede, and stir to mix.", "Cover again and braise for a further 1-1¼ hours or until the beef, barley and vegetables are tender.", "Remove the bay leaves and thyme stalk before serving." ]

[ "Place shredded chicken in a bowl.", "Whisk honey, lime juice, chilli powder and garlic together in a bowl;", "pour over chicken and toss to coat.", "Marinate chicken in the fridge for at least 30 minutes.", "Preheat oven to 180 C / Gas 4.", "Mix enchilada sauce and cream together in a shallow bowl.", "Dip 1 tortilla in enchilada sauce mixture and place in the bottom of a large baking dish.", "Repeat with one or two more tortillas until bottom of dish is covered.", "Spread 1/2 the chicken mixture over tortilla layer.", "Sprinkle 1/3 of the grated cheese over chicken layer.", "Dip more tortillas in enchilada sauce mixture and arrange over grated cheese layer.", "Spoon 2 to 3 spoonful enchilada sauce mixture over tortilla layer.", "Repeat layering with remaining chicken and 1/3 of the cheese, ending with a layer of tortillas.", "Pour any remaining enchilada sauce mixture over tortillas and sprinkle the remaining cheese on top.", "Bake in the preheated oven until heated through and cheese is melted and golden, about 30 minutes." ]

[ "Heat the ghee in a large frying pan over medium heat.", "Add the onions and saute until lightly browned.", "Add the ginger and garlic;", "saute for a further 2 to 3 minutes, until fragrant.", "Add the lamb, increase heat to medium high, and cook for 10 minutes.", "Stir occasionally so the onion mixture does not burn.", "Add coriander, chilli powder, turmeric, cumin seeds, garam masala, yoghurt and salt.", "Reduce heat to medium and simmer for 15 minutes.", "Add the spinach to the pan, and reduce heat to low.", "Simmer until the spinach has wilted and the lamb is tender.", "Ensure most of the liquid has evaporated.", "Serve immediately, with an additional tablespoon of ghee for added richness, if desired." ]

[ "Place the bread flour, sugar, salt, milk powder, water, butter, and yeast in the pan of the bread machine in the order recommended by the manufacturer.", "Set on Dough cycle; press Start.", "Remove risen dough from the machine, punch down and turn out onto a lightly floured surface.", "Divide the dough into 10 equal pieces, and form into rounds.", "Place the rounds on lightly greased baking trays.", "Cover with a damp cloth, and let rise until doubled in volume, about 40 minutes.", "Meanwhile, preheat oven to 180 C / Gas mark 4.", "In a small bowl, mix together the egg white and 2 tablespoons water; brush lightly onto the baps.", "Bake in the preheated oven for 15 minutes, or until the baps are golden brown." ]

[ "Combine the yeast, water and sugar in a large bowl.", "Let stand 10 minutes, till bubbly and frothy.", "Stir in milk, egg, salt and enough flour to make a soft dough (you may not use all of the flour).", "Knead for 6 to 8 minutes on a lightly floured surface, or until smooth.", "Place dough in a well oiled bowl, cover with a damp cloth, and set aside to rise 1 hour, until the dough has doubled in volume.", "Punch down dough, and knead well.", "If you wish to make garlic naan, knead in the minced garlic now.", "Pinch off small handfuls of dough about the size of a golf ball.", "Roll into balls, cover with a cloth and allow to rise until doubled in size, about 30 minutes.", "During the second rising, preheat grill.", "Roll out a ball of dough into an elongated oval.", "Place on an ungreased baking tray and cook under the grill for about 2 minutes or until lightly browned.", "Brush butter on both sides, then return to the grill and cook the other side for another 2 minutes, or until firm and golden.", "Repeat with remaining dough." ]

[ "Dredge sweetbreads with flour.", "Heat 1/2 the butter in a frying pan over medium heat.", "Add the sweetbreads and cook for 20 minutes or until golden brown.", "Meanwhile, heat the remaining butter in another frying pan.", "Saute the shallots for 5 minutes or until soft.", "Deglaze the pan with port.", "Add mushrooms and creme fraiche.", "Mix well.", "Serve the sweetbreads with mushrooms." ]

[ "Stir together the digestive biscuits, soft brown sugar and melted butter.", "Empty into a 23cm springform cake tin and press out level.", "Leave to chill in the fridge while you make the base.", "( Use a smaller tin if you want a thicker base. )", "Mix together, really well, the mascarpone cheese, cream, condensed milk and lemon zest.", "Slowly add the lemon juice to the mix a wee bit at a time.", "I use an electric mixer and usually spend about 10 minutes mixing these ingredients together.", "I find the longer you mix, the thicker the topping gets in the bowl.", "Pour onto your chilled base, then return to the fridge for a few hours for it to set." ]

[ "Get all your ingredients together, always quicker and more fun if you are not rooting around for ingredients after you have started.", "Note: I missed the ketchup from the photo: )", "Add the oil to a large frying pan and brown the pork shoulder on all sides.", "The oil can be a bit spitty but I think it was worth it for the extra flavour.", "While the pork is browning chop your onion and crush the garlic.", "In a large pan add the vinegar, stock, sugar, Worcestershire sauce, thyme, mustard, ketchup, garlic, thyme and cinnamon (basically everything except the onion and pork) and warm up and simmer for 2 to 3 minutes.", "Watch your nose, a sniff of all that boiling vinegar will wake you up!", "Scatter the onions around the bottom of the slow cooker and place the pork on top of them.", "Pour over the broth.", "Place the lid on, turn the slow cooker onto its highest setting and cook for a minimum of 6 hours.", "Basically you can leave it in there for 8 to 10 hours if you want so you can do this on a work day in the morning and come home to yummy pulled pork.", "You will know the pork is ready because it will start falling apart when you prod it with a fork.", "Take the pork out of the slow cooker and leave it to stand for 10 to 20 minutes.", "Strain the stock to get all the lumps out.", "Skim as much of the fat of the top of the stock as you can and place to one side.", "With two forks shred up the pork.", "Remove any lumps of fat you find, and of course any bones.", "Add the shredded pork back into the slow cooker and add 1 to 2 cups of the stock and mix it in.", "The pork should soak all the stock up, don't add so much that it is sitting in stock.", "Place the lid back on and let it all warm through again, about 20 minutes.", "To build the sandwich I add a slice of smoked cheese at the bottom, then a good pile of pulled pork and finished off with a big blob of coleslaw.", "I also added a good slosh of chilli sauce to mine.", "We eat our sandwiches with chips and salad." ]

[ "Heat oil in frying pan over medium high heat.", "Cut chicken fillets into pieces.", "Cook chicken in hot oil, being careful not to put too much in the pan at once, so that they brown evenly.", "When chicken pieces are browned, remove from pan and add the onion.", "Cook onion until soft.", "Thinly slice carrots and celery.", "Add to the onion in pan and cook for 5 minutes before returning the chicken to the pan.", "Add the curry paste and chilli flakes and mix well to distribute the spices throughout the pan mixture.", "Add drained bamboo shoots.", "Finally, add the coconut milk.", "Stir into mixture, reduce heat to low and simmer about 30 minutes, until carrots and celery are tender." ]

[ "Combine the yeast, water and sugar in a large bowl.", "Let stand 10 minutes, till bubbly and frothy.", "Stir in milk, egg, salt and enough flour to make a soft dough (you may not use all of the flour).", "Knead for 6 to 8 minutes on a lightly floured surface, or until smooth.", "Place dough in a well oiled bowl, cover with a damp cloth, and set aside to rise 1 hour, until the dough has doubled in volume.", "Punch down dough, and knead well.", "If you wish to make garlic naan, knead in the minced garlic now.", "Pinch off small handfuls of dough about the size of a golf ball.", "Roll into balls, cover with a cloth and allow to rise until doubled in size, about 30 minutes.", "During the second rising, preheat grill.", "Roll out a ball of dough into an elongated oval.", "Place on an ungreased baking tray and cook under the grill for about 2 minutes or until lightly browned.", "Brush butter on both sides, then return to the grill and cook the other side for another 2 minutes, or until firm and golden.", "Repeat with remaining dough." ]

[ "Preheat the oven to 180 C / Gas 4.", "Line a small shallow baking tray with baking parchment.", "Melt butter and golden syrup together in a pan, over a medium heat, mix well.", "In a large bowl mix together oats, flour, cinnamon and coarsely grated apples.", "You don't have to peel them.", "Pour the syrup mixture into the dry ingredients and mix well.", "Spread the mixture into the baking try and level with the back of a spoon.", "Bake for approximately 20 minutes, until firm and golden brown.", "Cool for 5 to 10 minutes before cutting into pieces, then leave to cool again.", "Store in tin for up to 1 week." ]

[ "Grease two 23cm round cake tins.", "Preheat oven to 180 C / Gas 4.", "Make a paste with the cocoa and food colouring.", "Set aside.", "Combine the buttermilk, salt and 1 teaspoon vanilla.", "Set aside.", "In a large bowl, cream together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy.", "Beat in the eggs one at a time, then stir in the cocoa mixture.", "Beat in the buttermilk mixture alternately with the flour, mixing each time.", "Stir together bicarbonate of soda and vinegar, then gently fold this into the cake mixture.", "Pour the mixture evenly into the 2 cake tins.", "Bake in the preheated oven for 30 minutes, or until a skewer inserted into the centre of the cake comes out clean.", "Allow to cool completely before frosting.", "Refrigerate until ready to serve.", "To make icing: In a saucepan, combine the milk and flour.", "Cook over low heat, stirring constantly, until mixture thickens.", "Set aside to cool completely.", "Cream together butter, 200g sugar and 1 teaspoon vanilla until light and fluffy, then stir in the cooled milk and flour mixture, beating until icing reaches spreading consistency.", "Decorate as much or as little as you like!" ]

[ "Mix yeast and white sugar in the warm milk.", "Place the flour, salt, butter, caster sugar and egg in a food processor with a dough hook attachment.", "Add in the warm milk yeast mixture and turn the processor on for 2 minutes until the flour mixture forms into a soft dough.", "Turn the dough out into a bowl, cover and leave in a warm until the dough doubles in size, about 30 minutes.", "Meanwhile, prepare the filling by heating butter, brown sugar, spice, fruits, apricots and water in a pan.", "Stir until the sugar and butter are melted.", "Roll out the dough into a 15x30cm rectangle.", "Spread with apricot jam and then cover with the fruit filling mixture.", "Roll up the dough like a Swiss roll.", "Cut into 3cm slices.", "Arrange the slices in an 18cm cake tin.", "Cover and leave to rise in a warm place for 15 to 20 minutes.", "Preheat the oven to 230 C / Gas 8.", "Bake until golden, about 20 minutes.", "Leave to cool.", "Drizzle with icing and serve.", "( See picture )" ]

[ "Heat oil in a frying pan and cook garlic for 30 seconds till golden brown.", "Add chorizo and cook until nearly done, then add the mushrooms and finebeans, and saute for a few minutes.", "Add cream and reduce slightly.", "Add cooked pasta and cook until heated through.", "Add salt, pepper and spring onion, then you're done!", "Oh, add cheese if you like on top!" ]

[ "For the pico de gallo: In a small bowl, combine tomatoes, onion, lime juice, coriander, fresh chilli, salt and pepper.", "Set aside.", "In a large frying pan, heat 1 tablespoon olive oil.", "Add chicken and saute until cooked through and juices run clear.", "Remove chicken from pan and set aside.", "Put the remaining 1 tablespoon of olive oil in the hot pan and saute the sliced onion and green pepper until tender.", "Stir in the minced garlic and saute until the aroma is strong.", "Mix in half of the pico de gallo and chicken breast meat.", "Set aside; keep warm.", "In a clean, heavy frying pan, heat one flour tortilla.", "Spread 4 tablespoons of the grated cheese on the tortilla and top with 1/2 the chicken mixture.", "Sprinkle another 4 tablespoons cheese over the chicken and top with another tortilla.", "When bottom tortilla is lightly brown and cheese has started to melt, flip quesadilla and cook on the opposite side.", "Remove the quesadilla from the frying pan and cut into quarters.", "Repeat with the remaining ingredients.", "Serve quesadillas with soured cream and remaining pico de gallo." ]

[ "Finely crush all the digestive biscuits.", "Add, butter, golden syrup and milk chocolate into a pan and place over a low heat.", "Crush apx.", "20 Maltesers and add to pan just before the chocolate melts.", "After a couple of minutes take off the heat and add the finely crushed biscuits, stir well.", "Place into a grease proof lined dish and top with remaining Maltesers, leave to set.", "An hour or two later.", ".", ".", "Eat and enjoy." ]

[ "In large mixing bowl, beat egg yolks and sugar with electric mixer until light yellow, about 1 minute.", "Beat in mascarpone, brandy and vanilla until smooth.", "In a separate bowl, beat egg whites until stiff.", "Fold egg whites into mascarpone mixture.", "Dip sponge fingers, one at a time, in cooled coffee and arrange them in a ceramic (32cm) dish.", "Use half the sponge fingers to cover the bottom of the dish.", "Spread half the mascarpone mixture over them and sprinkle some grated chocolate on top.", "Repeat with remaining sponge fingers and marscapone mixture.", "Cover tightly with cling film, chill for 4 hours or overnight.", "Sprinkle remaining grated chocolate on top before serving." ]

[ "Preheat oven to 160 C / Gas 2.", "Line a muffin tin with paper cases.", "Mix the cornflour, plain flour, baking powder, sugar and salt in large bowl with a spatula.", "Stir in butter cubes until they are well coated with the flour.", "Whisk eggs, milk and vanilla extract together in a tall container, such as a large measuring jug.", "Pour one-third of the egg-milk mixture into the flour mixture and stir with the spatula.", "Add the remaining egg-milk mixture in thirds, and stir with the spatula until well combined.", "The batter will be very lumpy and the butter might remain together.", "Fill the muffin cups 2/3 full with the batter and bake in the preheated oven for about 17-20 minutes.", "After 10 minutes turn around the muffin tray so that the cakes bake evenly.", "Use a skewer to test if the muffins are done in the middle - when the skewer comes out clean, they are ready.", "Leave the muffins for 10 minutes in the tray and then cool completely on a wire cake rack.", "For the buttercream: Beat the butter for 2-3 minutes until fluffy.", "Mix in the milk and vanilla extract alternately with the icing sugar and then mix at low speed into the butter until the cream is light and fluffy.", "If the buttercream is too thin, add more icing sugar a teaspoon at a time.", "Spread the buttercream over the cooled muffins with a knife.", "If desired, decorate with grated chocolate, dragees or even hundreds and thousands." ]

[ "Allow toasted bread to sit overnight and go hard.", "For the cranberry sauce: In a large pan, add together cranberries, sugar and water.", "Mix together on a medium high heat and let simmer until the desired consistency is achieved.", "Remember it will thicken as it chills.", "Do not let boil as it will become tart.", "Remove from heat and let cool (or make up to 1 week ahead of time).", "Press stale bread with a rolling pin, until crumbs are formed.", "Add crumbs to a large bowl.", "Melt butter over a medium heat.", "Add onions and cook until soft and lightly browned.", "Remove from heat and drain.", "Add chicken stock (little bit at a time) and egg to bread crumbs and mix.", "Mixture should be moist but not sloppy.", "( If mixture is too dry add a little bit of water.", ") Add onion, sage, salt and pepper.", "Roll mixture into small balls (1/2 \" across max) and place in fridge to set for 1 hour, or until firm.", "( If you want your stuffing crunchy, at this point put your stuffing balls into a medium oven for 5 to 10 minutes, until balls have browned instead of refrigerating.", ")", "Mix together turkey mince and OXO® cube in bowl.", "Carefully roll stuffing balls in turkey until fully covered.", "You will find your own way of doing it, but I like to take a small amount of turkey, flatten it in the palm of my hand and wrap around the stuffing ball.", "Once balls are entirely covered in turkey, place in freezer for 30mins (fridge for an hour or so) until set.", "Pre-heat oven to 180 C / Gas 4.", "Once set place meatballs on lightly greased tray and cook until meatballs are golden brown, around 30 minutes.", "Serve the turkey stuffing meatballs with the cooled cranberry sauce for dipping.", "Enjoy and feel Christmasy!" ]

[ "Warm a little oil in a wok over a medium heat then add the beef mince and brown, breaking apart with a wooden spoon, until no longer pink.", "Add the carrots, peas, mushrooms and onion and cook and stir for 5 minutes.", "Sprinkle in the gravy granules then pour over the boiling water.", "Bring to a simmer for 1 minute, stirring occasionally.", "Transfer the mince to an ovenproof baking dish.", "Bring a saucepan of water to the boil then add the new potatoes, halving if they are large, and cook for 10 minutes until tender.", "Drain and allow to cool before slicing.", "Preheat the oven to 180 C / Gas 4.", "Top the mince with sliced potatoes and drizzle with olive oil.", "Sprinkle with grated cheese, if using.", "Bake in the preheated oven for approximately 20 minutes until the potatoes are golden brown and the cheese, if using, has melted.", "Remove from the oven and enjoy!" ]

[ "Preheat the oven to 180 C / Gas 4.", "Line a small shallow baking tray with baking parchment.", "Melt butter and golden syrup together in a pan, over a medium heat, mix well.", "In a large bowl mix together oats, flour, cinnamon and coarsely grated apples.", "You don't have to peel them.", "Pour the syrup mixture into the dry ingredients and mix well.", "Spread the mixture into the baking try and level with the back of a spoon.", "Bake for approximately 20 minutes, until firm and golden brown.", "Cool for 5 to 10 minutes before cutting into pieces, then leave to cool again.", "Store in tin for up to 1 week." ]