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[ "Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to the boil.", "Add pasta and cook for 8 minutes.", "In a large non-stick pan, melt all the cheeses and mix them with the milk.", "Add the cream and stir well.", "Season to taste.", "Toss the pasta with the cheese sauce, stir thoroughly.", "Serve hot." ]

[ "Add the oil to a frying pan on medium heat.", "Add the onions and fry for 5 minutes.", "Add the garlic and the chicken and fry until sealed all over, about 5 minutes.", "Stir in the white wine and allow this to boil and reduce to half the amount.", "Add the water and bring to the boil, then reduce to a simmer.", "Add the cream and cream cheese and stir well until combined to make a sauce.", "Then add the tarragon, Italian herbs, salt and pepper and stir.", "Allow this to simmer slowly for 15 to 20 minutes stirring occasionally.", "If it gets too thick, add a small amount of water.", "Have a pan of boiling salted water ready towards the end of the cooking for the pasta.", "When the chicken is almost ready, add the fresh pasta to the boiling water and cook for 3 minutes.", "Drain and serve the pasta into bowls, add the chicken and sauce." ]

[ "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." ]

[ "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." ]

[ "Preheat oven to 180 C / Gas 4.", "To make the meatloaf: Mix together the beef, milk, egg, stock granules, ground pepper, paprika, chilli powder, onion and tomato ketchup.", "When well incorporated, mix in the breadcrumbs.", "Place meat mixture into a loaf tin and cover with foil.", "Bake in preheated oven for 1 hour.", "Meanwhile, make the glaze.", "Stir together the tomato ketchup, caster sugar, stock granules, water, paprika and chilli powder.", "Remove foil from the meatloaf, pour over the glaze and bake for an additional 10-20 minutes.", "Remove from the oven, let stand for at least 5 minutes.", "Slice into hearty portions and serve." ]

[ "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!" ]

[ "Heat olive oil in a large saucepan over medium-high heat.", "Stir in onions and garlic, cook until the onion has softened and turned translucent.", "Pour in tomatoes, chickpeas and water; season with paprika, chilli flakes, salt, and pepper.", "Stir in carrots and potatoes, then place chicken thighs skin-side up on top of the vegetables.", "Bring to a boil over high heat, then reduce heat to medium, cover and simmer until the chicken is tender, about 25 minutes.", "Preheat oven to 200 degrees C / gas mark 6.", "Remove chicken from the stew and set aside.", "Stir in the chorizo slices, then pour the stew into a baking dish.", "Place the chicken thighs on top, skin-side up.", "Bake in preheated oven until the stew has thickened and the chicken skin is crispy, about 15 minutes." ]

[ "Preheat the oven to 180 degrees C (gas mark 4).", "Grease and flour a 23x33cm baking tin.", "In a large bowl, beat together eggs, oil, caster sugar and 2 teaspoons vanilla.", "Mix in flour, bicarbonate of soda, baking powder, salt and cinnamon.", "Stir in carrots and fold in pecans.", "Pour into the prepared tin.", "Bake in the preheated oven for 40 to 50 minutes or until a skewer inserted into the centre of the cake comes out clean.", "Let cool in pan for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack and cool completely.", "To Make topping: In a medium bowl, combine butter, cream cheese, icing sugar and 1 teaspoon vanilla.", "Beat until the mixture is smooth and creamy.", "Stir in chopped pecans.", "Spread over the top of cake when it has cooled." ]

[ "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." ]

[ "Pour the chicken stock into a large saucepan, add the lemongrass, ginger, chillies and garlic and bring to the boil.", "Add the chicken, reduce the heat and simmer for about 15 minutes until the chicken is cooked.", "Lift out the chicken, using a draining spoon, put onto a chopping board and allow to cool.", "Leave the pan of stock on the heat.", "Break the noodles into the hot stock, then add the baby sweetcorn, mushrooms, soy sauce and coconut milk.", "Bring the pan back to simmering temperature, then cook for 3 minutes.", "Meanwhile cut the chicken into fine shreds.", "Stir the chicken into the soup with the lime zest and juice and the pak choi and simmer gently for 2 minutes until the pak choi has wilted.", "Ladle into 4 soup bowls and scatter with spring onions and coriander leaves to garnish." ]

[ "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." ]

[ "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." ]

[ "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." ]

[ "Preheat oven to 180 C / Gas 4.", "Grease and flour two 23cm cake tins.", "Use the first set of ingredients to make the cake.", "In a medium bowl, stir together the sugar, flour, cocoa, bicarb, baking powder and salt.", "Add the eggs, milk, oil and vanilla, mix for 3 minutes with an electric mixer.", "Stir in the boiling water by hand.", "Pour evenly into the two prepared tins.", "Bake the cakes for 30 to 35 minutes in the preheated oven, until a skewer inserted comes out clean.", "Cool for 10 minutes before removing cakes from tins to cool completely.", "To make the icing, use the second set of ingredients.", "Cream butter until light and fluffy.", "Stir in the cocoa and icing sugar alternately with the milk and vanilla.", "Beat to a spreading consistency.", "Split the layers of cooled cake horizontally, cover the top of each layer with icing, then stack them onto a serving plate.", "Ice the outside of the cake." ]

[ "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." ]

[ "In a large bowl, whisk together eggs, sugar, vegetable oil, aniseed oil and whisky until well blended.", "Gradually stir in flour until fully incorporated.", "Cover, and refrigerate overnight.", "Preheat a pizzelle iron, and coat lightly with oil.", "Drop tablespoons of batter onto the centre of the patterns.", "Close the lid, and cook until steam no longer comes out, about 1 1/2 minutes.", "Check, and adjust cooking time if necessary.", "Carefully remove biscuits, cool and store in an airtight tin at room temperature." ]

[ "Preheat the oven to 170 C / Gas mark 3.", "Grease baking trays or line with parchment.", "Sift together the flour, bicarb and salt; set aside.", "In a medium bowl, cream together the melted butter, brown sugar and caster sugar until well blended.", "Beat in the vanilla, egg and egg yolk until light and creamy.", "Mix in the sifted ingredients until just blended.", "Stir in the chocolate chips by hand using a wooden spoon.", "Drop cookie dough onto the prepared baking trays, with each cookie around 4 tablespoons of dough (for smaller cookies, drop 1 rounded tablespoonful and adjust baking time as necessary).", "Do not flatten the dough.", "Cookies should be about 8cm apart.", "Bake for 15 to 17 minutes in the preheated oven, or until the edges are lightly toasted.", "Cool on baking trays for a few minutes before transferring to wire racks to cool completely." ]

[ "Place the potatoes in a pan of water.", "Bring to the boil and cook till tender.", "Meanwhile, add the carrots to a small pan.", "Add water to just cover the carrots.", "Bring to the boil and cook till tender.", "Do not drain the water.", "Add the onion with a little oil to a large deep pan over medium high heat.", "Once soft add the mince and fry until browned.", "Remove from heat and crumble in the stock cubes;", "stir well.", "Sprinkle over the flour and stir well until there are no lumps of flour.", "Add peas and the carrots along with the water they were cooked in to the beef mixture.", "Stir well, season with black pepper and return to the heat on a gentle simmer for 5 to 10 minutes.", "Drain the potatoes and mash with milk and butter.", "In a deep baking dish place the meat mixture and smooth out.", "Top with the mashed potato and level out with a fork.", "Sprinkle over the grated cheese.", "Bake in a preheated 200 C / Gas 6 oven for 15 to 20 minutes, or until the cheese is golden brown." ]

[ "Place the potatoes in a pan of water.", "Bring to the boil and cook till tender.", "Meanwhile, add the carrots to a small pan.", "Add water to just cover the carrots.", "Bring to the boil and cook till tender.", "Do not drain the water.", "Add the onion with a little oil to a large deep pan over medium high heat.", "Once soft add the mince and fry until browned.", "Remove from heat and crumble in the stock cubes;", "stir well.", "Sprinkle over the flour and stir well until there are no lumps of flour.", "Add peas and the carrots along with the water they were cooked in to the beef mixture.", "Stir well, season with black pepper and return to the heat on a gentle simmer for 5 to 10 minutes.", "Drain the potatoes and mash with milk and butter.", "In a deep baking dish place the meat mixture and smooth out.", "Top with the mashed potato and level out with a fork.", "Sprinkle over the grated cheese.", "Bake in a preheated 200 C / Gas 6 oven for 15 to 20 minutes, or until the cheese is golden brown." ]

[ "Preheat oven to 180 C / Gas 4.", "Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to the boil.", "Cook pasta in boiling water for 8 to 10 minutes, or until al dente; drain.", "Bring 125ml water to the boil in a saucepan, and cook the spinach 4 to 6 minutes, until tender.", "Place the cooked pasta in a medium bowl.", "In a small bowl, whisk together the eggs and oil.", "Toss the pasta with the cooked spinach, egg mixture and breadcrumbs.", "Cover the bottom of a 22x33cm baking dish with 1/3 of the pasta sauce.", "Pour half of the pasta mixture into the baking dish, and cover with another 1/3 of the pasta sauce.", "Sprinkle with 1/2 of the Cheddar and 1/2 of the mozzarella.", "Layer with remaining pasta mixture, and top with remaining sauce.", "Sprinkle with the rest of the Cheddar and mozzarella cheeses.", "Bake 45 minutes in the preheated oven, or until bubbly and lightly browned." ]

[ "Break the biscuits into small pieces with your hands.", "Do not crumble as you would do for a cheesecake, but just break apart into smallish pieces.", "Place in a bowl with cocoa powder, egg, melted butter and sugar.", "Mix all ingredients to get a wet but stiff mixture.", "Then add the chocolate hazelnut spread and stir well.", "Cut a large rectangular piece of baking parchment.", "Transfer the mixture onto the paper and shape it as a log with your hands.", "Fold the paper and wrap around the log, twisting at each end.", "Place the chocolate salami in the fridge for at least 5 hours, or for 2 hours in the freezer, before slicing and serving." ]

[ "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 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." ]

[ "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." ]

[ "Soak chana dal for 4 hours.", "Drain and wash dal and add to pan of boiling water.", "Be careful not to overcook the dal, but it does need to be soft;", "10 minutes should be enough time.", "While this boils, prepare the remaining ingredients.", "Drain the now soft (not mushy) dal and blend.", "This should give you a consistency of couscous.", "Combine all the ingredients together.", "If you have a burger press, this would be ideal, if not, place a large tablespoon's worth of mixture onto some cling film and press into a small patty.", "Heat a heavy bottomed frying pan with some oil and cook a few of the fritters on a medium heat until golden.", "These will absorb the oil in the pan, but that is fine." ]

[ "Start out with your lamb at or near room temperature as this will help to ensure a more even cook throughout.", "Preheat the oven to 200 C / Gas 6.", "Line a baking tray or roasting tin with aluminium foil.", "In a bowl, combine 3 tablespoons oil with the the rosemary, garlic and 2 tablespoons mint sauce.", "Mix well then rub evenly over the racks of lamb.", "Season generously.", "Heat the remainder of the oil in a large frying pan over high heat.", "Place lamb in frying pan when the oil is very hot.", "Brown well on all sides, about 5 to 8 minutes in total.", "Remove from heat and immediately transfer lamb to prepared roasting tin.", "Brush the remainder of the mint sauce over the top of the rack and sprinkle with fresh mint and parsley.", "Roast in the preheated oven for 20 to 25 minutes for medium, cook in increments of 10 minutes for a more well done lamb.", "Remove from the oven, transfer to a plate and let rest 10 minutes before slicing." ]

[ "Preheat the oven to 180 degrees C (gas mark 4).", "Grease and flour a 23x33cm baking tin.", "In a large bowl, beat together eggs, oil, caster sugar and 2 teaspoons vanilla.", "Mix in flour, bicarbonate of soda, baking powder, salt and cinnamon.", "Stir in carrots and fold in pecans.", "Pour into the prepared tin.", "Bake in the preheated oven for 40 to 50 minutes or until a skewer inserted into the centre of the cake comes out clean.", "Let cool in pan for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack and cool completely.", "To Make topping: In a medium bowl, combine butter, cream cheese, icing sugar and 1 teaspoon vanilla.", "Beat until the mixture is smooth and creamy.", "Stir in chopped pecans.", "Spread over the top of cake when it has cooled." ]

[ "Preheat oven to 180 C / Gas 4.", "To make the meatloaf: Mix together the beef, milk, egg, stock granules, ground pepper, paprika, chilli powder, onion and tomato ketchup.", "When well incorporated, mix in the breadcrumbs.", "Place meat mixture into a loaf tin and cover with foil.", "Bake in preheated oven for 1 hour.", "Meanwhile, make the glaze.", "Stir together the tomato ketchup, caster sugar, stock granules, water, paprika and chilli powder.", "Remove foil from the meatloaf, pour over the glaze and bake for an additional 10-20 minutes.", "Remove from the oven, let stand for at least 5 minutes.", "Slice into hearty portions and serve." ]

[ "Preheat the oven to 180 C / Gas 4.", "Grease and line two 18cm (7 in) cake tins with baking parchment.", "Cream the butter and the sugar together in a bowl until pale and fluffy.", "Beat in the eggs, one at a time, and stir in the vanilla.", "Fold in the flour using a large metal spoon, adding a little milk if necessary, to create a mixture with a soft dropping consistency.", "Divide the mixture between the cake tins and gently spread out with a spatula.", "Bake for 20-25 minutes, or until golden-brown on top and a skewer inserted into the middle comes out clean.", "Remove from the oven and set aside for 5 minutes, then remove from the tin and peel off the paper.", "Place onto a wire rack.", "For the filling: place butter in a bowl and beat for 5 minutes, till very pale and fluffy.", "Add the icing sugar whilst beating.", "Continue till smooth.", "After cake has cooled, sandwich together with buttercream and jam." ]

[ "Heat the oil in a saucepan.", "Add the onion and cook over medium heat for a couple of minutes.", "Add the aubergine and cook for a further 5 minutes.", "Add the garlic, tomatoes, vinegar, seasoning and sugar.", "Stir well.", "You may need to adjust vinegar/sugar to suit personal taste.", "Simmer for 40 minutes over low heat.", "Remove and bring to room temperature before serving.", "Its even better if chilled and served the next day at room temperature.", "Keeps for a few days in the fridge." ]

[ "Steep the saffron in 125ml boiling water.", "In a frying pan that can be tightly covered, melt the butter over medium-high heat.", "Stir in the rice and salt.", "Cook, stirring constantly, until the rice begins to absorb the butter and becomes opaque, but do not brown the rice.", "Quickly pour in the remaining boiling water along with the saffron water.", "Cover immediately, reduce heat to low, and cook 20 minutes, or until all of the liquid is absorbed.", "For best results, do not remove the lid while the rice is cooking." ]

[ "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." ]

[ "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." ]

[ "Heat oven to 180 C / Gas 4.", "Break the chocolate into squares and melt it with the butter in a bowl over a saucepan of hot water.", "Take off the heat and leave to cool.", "Whisk the egg, egg yolk and sugar with an electric mixer until well mixed.", "Butter 2 ramekins, about 75mm in diameter.", "Dust well with the cocoa powder, then shake off any excess.", "Whisk the cooled chocolate mixture into the eggs and sugar mixture.", "Sift the flour over the mixture, then fold in.", "Divide between the 2 ramekins.", "Bake for 15 minutes in the preheated oven.", "Run a knife around the edge of each cake and turn out onto plates." ]

[ "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." ]

[ "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." ]

[ "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." ]

[ "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." ]

[ "Cook the pasta in a large saucepan of lightly salted boiling water for 10-12 minutes.", "Drain well in a colander.", "Place the pasta in a large mixing bowl and toss well with the olive oil.", "Drain the tuna and use a fork to roughly break it into flakes.", "Put the tuna into a blender or food processor.", "Add the lemon juice to taste, capers or wine vinegar, and mayonnaise and blend together until smooth and creamy.", "Add to the pasta and stir together until all the ingredients are evenly mixed.", "De-seed the pepper and then finely dice.", "Finely dice the cucumber without removing the skin.", "Add the pepper, cucumber and sweetcorn to the pasta and toss together.", "Spoon into a serving dish.", "Remove the shell from the hard-boiled eggs and cut into quarters.", "Arrange the wedges decoratively over the salad, then serve." ]

[ "Combine mung beans, carrot, pomegranate, coriander, coconut and chilli paste in a mixing bowl and mix thoroughly.", "Just before serving add lemon juice and salt.", "Optional: heat 2 teaspoons of olive oil in a small pan.", "Add mustard seeds and asafoetida.", "Heat till seeds pop.", "Pour on the salad and stir well." ]

[ "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." ]

[ "Preheat oven to 190 C / Gas mark 5.", "Lightly grease a baking dish.", "Mix together the sugar and cinnamon.", "Butter 5 slices of bread, cut in half.", "Layer the bread in the dish adding a handful of sultanas and the sugar mix as you go, covering each slice.", "Mix the milk and eggs together and whisk.", "Pour over the bread and leave to absorb for 10 minutes.", "Bake in the oven for 35 to 45 minutes, until the pudding is set and browned." ]

[ "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." ]

[ "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 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!" ]

[ "Preheat oven to 180 C / Gas 4.", "Grease an 8\"x12\" baking tin.", "Melt butter over low heat or in microwave.", "Add cocoa and stir until well blended and smooth;", "set aside.", "Beat eggs and sugar until light and fluffy.", "Stir in vanilla.", "Sift flour over top and fold in gently.", "Fold in melted butter mixture.", "Fold in chopped chocolate and nuts.", "Tip into the prepared tin.", "Bake in the preheated oven till centre tests done with a skewer, about 30 to 40 minutes." ]

[ "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." ]

[ "To prepare the mussels, scrape off anything living on the outside of the shells, and pull out the dark hairs (the beard) coming out of the side of the shells.", "Soak them in cold water while doing so.", "The shells are usually closed when you buy them.", "Do not panic if they open under water!", "Any shells that do not close when you tap them have to be thrown out.", "This part may be done a couple of hours ahead of time if the mussels are stored in a cool place.", "Set the cleaned mussels aside.", "In a large heavy-bottomed pot, combine the carrot, onion, celery, bay leaf, peppercorns, lemon slices and white wine.", "Bring to the boil over high heat, and add 1/3 of the cleaned mussels.", "Cover the pan, and cook shaking every minute or so to help the mussels cook evenly.", "When all of the mussels are open, remove from the pan using a slotted spoon, and start enjoying your meal.", "Continue to cook remaining mussels in the same liquid." ]

[ "Heat oven to 180 C / Gas 4.", "Break the chocolate into squares and melt it with the butter in a bowl over a saucepan of hot water.", "Take off the heat and leave to cool.", "Whisk the egg, egg yolk and sugar with an electric mixer until well mixed.", "Butter 2 ramekins, about 75mm in diameter.", "Dust well with the cocoa powder, then shake off any excess.", "Whisk the cooled chocolate mixture into the eggs and sugar mixture.", "Sift the flour over the mixture, then fold in.", "Divide between the 2 ramekins.", "Bake for 15 minutes in the preheated oven.", "Run a knife around the edge of each cake and turn out onto plates." ]

[ "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." ]

[ "To prepare the mussels, scrape off anything living on the outside of the shells, and pull out the dark hairs (the beard) coming out of the side of the shells.", "Soak them in cold water while doing so.", "The shells are usually closed when you buy them.", "Do not panic if they open under water!", "Any shells that do not close when you tap them have to be thrown out.", "This part may be done a couple of hours ahead of time if the mussels are stored in a cool place.", "Set the cleaned mussels aside.", "In a large heavy-bottomed pot, combine the carrot, onion, celery, bay leaf, peppercorns, lemon slices and white wine.", "Bring to the boil over high heat, and add 1/3 of the cleaned mussels.", "Cover the pan, and cook shaking every minute or so to help the mussels cook evenly.", "When all of the mussels are open, remove from the pan using a slotted spoon, and start enjoying your meal.", "Continue to cook remaining mussels in the same liquid." ]

[ "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!" ]

[ "Saute onion in butter until translucent.", "Add ham, stir for 2-3 minutes.", "Stir in rice and toss until heated through.", "Add ketchup and toss.", "Season with salt and pepper and transfer to a plate.", "In a bowl, beat together eggs with salt and pepper.", "Heat a pan with butter.", "Pour egg into the pan and swirl to cover the base of the pan.", "Cook until slightly runny in the middle.", "Carefully turn the omelette out onto the rice.", "At this point, you can cut the omelette in half to let some runny egg seep into the rice.", "Decorate the top with ketchup and enjoy." ]

[ "Preheat oven to 190 C / Gas mark 5.", "Halve all peppers, remove seeds and peel garlic.", "Place peppers cut side up in shallow baking dish.", "Place one garlic clove in each half and squeeze lemon juice generously over peppers.", "Roast for 1 hour.", "Meanwhile pour vegetable stock into a 2 litre saucepan and add fennel seeds.", "Bring to the boil, cover and simmer.", "When peppers are done, remove from oven and set aside to cool.", "When cool enough to touch, peel skin from peppers.", "Sieve fennel seeds from stock and return to the boil.", "Add thyme and simmer 15 minutes, reducing amount of stock.", "Cut a large slice from each pepper and dice.", "Set aside for garnish.", "In a blender, process remaining peppers, garlic and 7 tablespoons stock just long enough to chop the peppers, but not purée them; you want to see the different colours.", "Pour the blended peppers into the stock and stir well.", "Add black pepper to taste, then add diced peppers for garnish, and enjoy.", "Do not boil or cook any longer as the colours will fade." ]

[ "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 190 C / Gas 5.", "Place prepared joint in roasting tin, and season with salt, garlic granules and pepper.", "Add more or less seasoning to taste.", "Roast in oven for 60 minutes (20 minutes per 450g).", "Remove from oven, cover loosely with aluminium foil, and let rest for 15 to 20 minutes." ]

[ "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 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." ]

[ "Preheat oven to 180 C / Gas 4.", "Grease and flour two 23cm cake tins.", "Use the first set of ingredients to make the cake.", "In a medium bowl, stir together the sugar, flour, cocoa, bicarb, baking powder and salt.", "Add the eggs, milk, oil and vanilla, mix for 3 minutes with an electric mixer.", "Stir in the boiling water by hand.", "Pour evenly into the two prepared tins.", "Bake the cakes for 30 to 35 minutes in the preheated oven, until a skewer inserted comes out clean.", "Cool for 10 minutes before removing cakes from tins to cool completely.", "To make the icing, use the second set of ingredients.", "Cream butter until light and fluffy.", "Stir in the cocoa and icing sugar alternately with the milk and vanilla.", "Beat to a spreading consistency.", "Split the layers of cooled cake horizontally, cover the top of each layer with icing, then stack them onto a serving plate.", "Ice the outside of the cake." ]

[ "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 oven to 180 C / Gas 4.", "Grease one 23x33cm or similar sized baking dish.", "Reserve 125g sponge cake mix.", "In a large bowl, combine the remaining dry cake mix with 1 egg and 110g melted butter.", "Mix well and then pat into prepared dish.", "In a large bowl, mix together the pumpkin puree, 3 eggs, 100g caster sugar, dark brown soft sugar and cinnamon.", "Pour over sponge cake base.", "In a small bowl, combine reserved 125g sponge cake mix, 100g sugar and 50g softened butter.", "Crumble over pumpkin filling.", "Sprinkle nuts evenly over the top.", "Bake in preheated oven for 40 to 45 minutes." ]

[ "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!" ]

[ "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." ]

[ "Preheat oven to 180 C / Gas 4.", "To make the meatloaf: Mix together the beef, milk, egg, stock granules, ground pepper, paprika, chilli powder, onion and tomato ketchup.", "When well incorporated, mix in the breadcrumbs.", "Place meat mixture into a loaf tin and cover with foil.", "Bake in preheated oven for 1 hour.", "Meanwhile, make the glaze.", "Stir together the tomato ketchup, caster sugar, stock granules, water, paprika and chilli powder.", "Remove foil from the meatloaf, pour over the glaze and bake for an additional 10-20 minutes.", "Remove from the oven, let stand for at least 5 minutes.", "Slice into hearty portions and serve." ]

[ "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!" ]

[ "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." ]

[ "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." ]

[ "Place potatoes into large pot and fill with enough water to cover.", "Bring to the boil and cook until tender, about 20 minutes.", "Drain well.", "Return to very low heat and allow the potatoes to dry out for a few minutes.", "( It helps if you place a clean tea towel over the potatoes to absorb any remaining moisture. )", "Meanwhile, heat the milk and spring onions gently in a saucepan until warm.", "Mash the potatoes, salt and butter together until smooth.", "Stir in the milk and spring onion until evenly mixed.", "Season with freshly ground black pepper.", "Serve piping hot in bowls.", "Set out some extra butter for individuals to add to their servings." ]

[ "Preheat 180 C / Gas 4.", "Line a cupcake tin with paper cases.", "Mix the sugar and butter together till light and creamy.", "Add the eggs bit by bit.", "Then add flour.", "Stir well and add in the vanilla.", "( If the mixture is too thick, you can add a bit of milk.", ")", "Put them into the oven for 15 or 20 minutes, or till a skewer inserted in the centre comes out clean.", "When it is baked sprinkle some icing sugar and top with sliced strawberries, if desired." ]

[ "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 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! : )" ]

[ "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." ]

[ "Add the oil to a frying pan on medium heat.", "Add the onions and fry for 5 minutes.", "Add the garlic and the chicken and fry until sealed all over, about 5 minutes.", "Stir in the white wine and allow this to boil and reduce to half the amount.", "Add the water and bring to the boil, then reduce to a simmer.", "Add the cream and cream cheese and stir well until combined to make a sauce.", "Then add the tarragon, Italian herbs, salt and pepper and stir.", "Allow this to simmer slowly for 15 to 20 minutes stirring occasionally.", "If it gets too thick, add a small amount of water.", "Have a pan of boiling salted water ready towards the end of the cooking for the pasta.", "When the chicken is almost ready, add the fresh pasta to the boiling water and cook for 3 minutes.", "Drain and serve the pasta into bowls, add the chicken and sauce." ]

[ "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!" ]

[ "Place the potatoes in a pan of water.", "Bring to the boil and cook till tender.", "Meanwhile, add the carrots to a small pan.", "Add water to just cover the carrots.", "Bring to the boil and cook till tender.", "Do not drain the water.", "Add the onion with a little oil to a large deep pan over medium high heat.", "Once soft add the mince and fry until browned.", "Remove from heat and crumble in the stock cubes;", "stir well.", "Sprinkle over the flour and stir well until there are no lumps of flour.", "Add peas and the carrots along with the water they were cooked in to the beef mixture.", "Stir well, season with black pepper and return to the heat on a gentle simmer for 5 to 10 minutes.", "Drain the potatoes and mash with milk and butter.", "In a deep baking dish place the meat mixture and smooth out.", "Top with the mashed potato and level out with a fork.", "Sprinkle over the grated cheese.", "Bake in a preheated 200 C / Gas 6 oven for 15 to 20 minutes, or until the cheese is golden brown." ]

[ "Preheat the oven to 200 C / Gas 6.", "You can either peel the potato or not - it's up to you!", "Either way, wash the potato and cut in half widthways.", "Face the cut side down and slice thickly to make wedges.", "Choose a seasoning such as paprika, garlic salt, mixed herbs, or curry powder.", "Pour the seasoning into a bowl, and coat the potato wedges lightly.", "Place them on a baking tray and drizzle lightly with oil.", "Bake in the preheated oven until brown and crispy on the outside and fluffy in the middle, about 30 minutes, depending on your oven." ]

[ "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 (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." ]

[ "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 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." ]

[ "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!" ]

[ "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 oven to 180 C / Gas 4.", "Lightly grease a 23cm pie dish with margarine.", "Fill 2/3 of the dish with sliced apples.", "Sprinkle with cinnamon and 1 teaspoon sugar.", "In a medium bowl, mix 200g sugar with the melted margarine.", "Stir in pecans, flour, egg and salt.", "Mix well.", "Spread mixture over the apples.", "Bake in preheated oven for 65 minutes, or until golden brown." ]

[ "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!" ]

[ "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!" ]

[ "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!" ]

[ "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 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!" ]

[ "Prepare couscous according to package directions, using chicken stock for liquid.", "Drain and set aside.", "In a large frying pan combine the wine, oil, half the lime juice, 1 teaspoon cumin and garlic; mix all together and add chicken.", "Simmer over low heat until all liquid has evaporated and chicken juices run clear, 5 to 7 minutes.", "Remove chicken from frying pan and mix in a large bowl with remaining lime juice, remaining 1/2 teaspoon cumin, green pepper, red pepper, yellow pepper, spring onion and couscous.", "Garnish with a few black olives per serving." ]

[ "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 oven to 180 C / Gas 4.", "Lightly grease a 23cm pie dish with margarine.", "Fill 2/3 of the dish with sliced apples.", "Sprinkle with cinnamon and 1 teaspoon sugar.", "In a medium bowl, mix 200g sugar with the melted margarine.", "Stir in pecans, flour, egg and salt.", "Mix well.", "Spread mixture over the apples.", "Bake in preheated oven for 65 minutes, or until golden brown." ]

[ "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 oven to 180 C / Gas 4.", "Grease and flour two 23cm cake tins.", "Use the first set of ingredients to make the cake.", "In a medium bowl, stir together the sugar, flour, cocoa, bicarb, baking powder and salt.", "Add the eggs, milk, oil and vanilla, mix for 3 minutes with an electric mixer.", "Stir in the boiling water by hand.", "Pour evenly into the two prepared tins.", "Bake the cakes for 30 to 35 minutes in the preheated oven, until a skewer inserted comes out clean.", "Cool for 10 minutes before removing cakes from tins to cool completely.", "To make the icing, use the second set of ingredients.", "Cream butter until light and fluffy.", "Stir in the cocoa and icing sugar alternately with the milk and vanilla.", "Beat to a spreading consistency.", "Split the layers of cooled cake horizontally, cover the top of each layer with icing, then stack them onto a serving plate.", "Ice the outside of the cake." ]

[ "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." ]

[ "Place the potatoes in a pan of water.", "Bring to the boil and cook till tender.", "Meanwhile, add the carrots to a small pan.", "Add water to just cover the carrots.", "Bring to the boil and cook till tender.", "Do not drain the water.", "Add the onion with a little oil to a large deep pan over medium high heat.", "Once soft add the mince and fry until browned.", "Remove from heat and crumble in the stock cubes;", "stir well.", "Sprinkle over the flour and stir well until there are no lumps of flour.", "Add peas and the carrots along with the water they were cooked in to the beef mixture.", "Stir well, season with black pepper and return to the heat on a gentle simmer for 5 to 10 minutes.", "Drain the potatoes and mash with milk and butter.", "In a deep baking dish place the meat mixture and smooth out.", "Top with the mashed potato and level out with a fork.", "Sprinkle over the grated cheese.", "Bake in a preheated 200 C / Gas 6 oven for 15 to 20 minutes, or until the cheese is golden brown." ]

[ "Preheat oven to 180 C / Gas mark 4.", "In a large bowl, stir together the icing sugar, cocoa, flour and salt until well blended.", "Cut in the butter until lumps are no larger than peas.", "Add eggs and vanilla; mix until a stiff dough forms.", "It may take a minute to come together.", "On a lightly floured surface, roll out dough to .5cm thickness and cut into desired shapes using biscuit cutters.", "If the dough is too sticky, chill for a little bit.", "Place biscuits 5cm apart onto an ungreased baking tray.", "Bake for 8 to 10 minutes in the preheated oven, or until the surface appears dry.", "Allow biscuits to cool for a couple minutes on the baking tray before removing to wire racks to cool completely.", "When biscuits are completely cool, melt the chocolate over a double boiler or in the microwave.", "Stir frequently until smooth.", "Dip cookies or drizzle with the chocolate and place on greaseproof paper to set." ]

[ "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." ]

[ "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." ]