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[ "Pre-heat the oven to 170 C / Gas 3.", "It's important to brown the sausages first in a large frying pan to get some flavour going (use a little olive oil in the pan to get them going).", "Once the sausages are browned all over place in a casserole dish.", "Now to prep the vegetables; finely slice the onions, finely chop the garlic and cut the potatoes, carrots and leeks into roughly the same larger cuts.", "I would cut to 1 inch in length pieces as we don't want them to breakdown too much in the stew.", "Add all the vegetables to the same frying pan and get a little colour on them.", "Again, once browned add to the casserole dish - deglaze the pan with a little stock (or white wine if you have) and also add to the casserole dish.", "Season the mixture well with salt and pepper and add two bay leaves - then pour over 750ml of hot chicken stock and place in the oven with a lid on for 1 hour and 15 minutes.", "We can now make the parsley dumplings.", "Grab a large bowl and sift in 9oz of plain flour then add 2 teaspoons of baking powder, 1 teaspoon of salt and the finely chopped parsley.", "Make a well in the centre of the dry mix and gradually add some milk until the mixture forms into a dough consistency.", "This mixture will make around 14 to 16 teaspoon sized dumplings - roll out the dumplings in your hands with a little flour to avoid sticking.", "After the casserole has been in the oven for 1 hour and 15 minutes, take out and turn the oven up to 200C.", "Add the dumplings, put back in the oven and cook for a further 30 minutes with the lid on.", "After 30 minutes remove the lid, turn the oven up to 220C and cook for 10 to 15 minutes so you get some colour on the dumplings that have risen to the top." ]

[ "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 mark 4.", "Remove and discard the skin from the chicken.", "Combine the garlic and ginger and rub over the chicken.", "Place the chicken in a 23x33cm (9x13 in) baking dish and set aside.", "Meanwhile, place the coriander, cumin, chilli and lemon juice in a blender and purée until smooth, adding some water if necessary.", "Set this aside for later.", "In a separate small bowl, combine the cashews with the cream.", "Mix well and pour over the chicken, then cover the baking dish with aluminium foil.", "Bake chicken in preheated oven for 30 minutes, or until chicken releases its juices.", "Then bake, uncovered, for 15 more minutes, allowing the liquid in the dish to thicken slightly to a sauce.", "Remove from oven and combine the sauce in the dish with the reserved coriander mixture.", "Mix this well and serve over the chicken." ]

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

[ "Heat the oil in a large heavy frying pan over medium heat.", "Saut辿 onions until they start to brown.", "Add chicken pieces, and fry until lightly browned on the outside.", "Pour in the water, and bring to the boil.", "Reduce heat to low, and simmer for about 30 minutes, adding more water if necessary to keep the mixture from drying out.", "Preheat the oven to 160 C / Gas mark 3.", "Combine the walnuts and pomegranate juice in the container of a blender or food processor.", "Process into a pur辿e.", "This can be done in small batches if necessary.", "Add this mixture to the simmering chicken mixture.", "Season with cardamom, cinnamon, saffron powder and salt.", "Stir in the cubed squash.", "Transfer the entire mixture to a 23x33cm (9x13 in) baking dish.", "Bake loosely covered for 2 1/2 hours in the preheated oven.", "Serve with white rice." ]

[ "Preheat the oven to 180 C / Gas mark 4.", "In a large bowl, cream together the butter and sugar until smooth.", "Beat in the eggs one at a time, then stir in the vanilla.", "Combine the flour, cocoa, bicarbonate of soda and salt; stir into the creamed mixture.", "Fold in the white chocolate chips.", "Drop by rounded teaspoonfuls onto ungreased baking trays.", "Bake for 8 to 10 minutes in the preheated oven, until cookies are set.", "Allow cookies to cool on baking tray for 5 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely." ]

[ "Mix salt and pepper, lemon salt, paprika, crushed hazelnuts and nigella seeds (the latter can be replaced with black sesame seeds).", "Brush a little olive oil (or if you prefer, rapeseed oil or avocado oil) over your tuna steak.", "Coat tuna in the mixture of spices and nuts.", "Heat up a frying pan, and when particularly hot, sear the tuna steak on both sides.", "Once it is about 3mm \"white-edged\" (but still pink in the centre), take the tuna off the pan, let rest, and then slice thinly before adding to the salad.", "Parboil the green beans and the broccolini so that they are vivid green colour and still crisp to bite.", "Drain well.", "Boil the eggs, peel and cut in half once cooled;", "arrange with the beans, broccolini and the olives, add tuna in between (as per photo).", "For dressing: combine the Vegeta®", ", garlic, lemon, lime and orange juice, chopped spring onions, wholegrain mustard, olive oil and chilli flakes (if using), and mix well.", "Pour the dressing over the arranged salad on the serving plate." ]

[ "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 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 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." ]

[ "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." ]

[ "Preheat oven to 180 C / Gas mark 4.", "Cream together the butter, caster sugar and brown sugar until smooth.", "Beat in the eggs one at a time, then stir in the vanilla.", "Dissolve bicarbonate of soda in hot water.", "Add to batter along with salt.", "Stir in flour, chocolate chips and nuts.", "Drop by large spoonfuls onto ungreased baking trays.", "Bake for about 10 minutes in the preheated oven, or until edges are nicely browned." ]

[ "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." ]

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

[ "Preheat oven to 180 C / Gas 4.", "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." ]

[ "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!" ]

[ "Add chocolate to a large microwaveable bowl.", "Place in the microwave and melt using 20 second intervals, stirring until smooth.", "Once chocolate is melted, add rice cereal and mix to coat.", "Tip into a greased rectagular glass dish and pat down till flat and level.", "Whip up Angel Delight, following the instructions on the packet.", "Place on top of the chocolate crispy layer in the dish, then place in the fridge.", "Whip up Dream Topping, following the instructions on the packet.", "Spoon on top of the set Angel Delight layer, then return to the fridge to chill till 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." ]

[ "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." ]

[ "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.", "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." ]

[ "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." ]

[ "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!" ]

[ "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." ]

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

[ "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 190 C / Gas mark 5.", "Arrange almonds in a single layer on a baking tray.", "Bake 5 minutes, stirring occasionally, until fragrant and lightly toasted.", "In a small bowl, mix red wine vinegar, balsamic vinegar, olive oil, mustard, tarragon, salt and pepper.", "In a medium bowl, toss the red wine vinegar mixture with the spinach and mangos.", "Top with the toasted almonds to serve." ]

[ "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." ]

[ "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." ]

[ "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.", "Place bacon in a large, deep frying pan.", "Cook over medium high heat until evenly brown.", "Drain, crumble and set aside.", "In a large pot with boiling salted water, cook pasta until al dente.", "Drain.", "In a medium frying pan, saute the chopped onion and garlic.", "Take off heat and add chopped cooked bacon and set aside.", "To make the sauce, in a medium saucepan melt the butter over low heat.", "Once melted, add the flour and stir constantly for 2 minutes.", "Gradually add milk and continue stirring until thickened.", "Stir in 2/3 of the grated Cheddar cheese and stir until melted.", "Combine cooked pasta, sauteed vegetables and sauce.", "Pour into a 2 litre baking dish.", "Sprinkle over remaining Cheddar cheese.", "Bake uncovered in preheated oven until cheese on top is melted and brown, 15 to 20 minutes.", "Serve warm." ]

[ "Thickly slice the potatoes and place in a pan.", "Cover with boiling water from the kettle, return to the boil and simmer for 15 minutes or until the potatoes are just tender.", "While the potatoes cook, remove the skin from the mackerel and discard.", "Break the flesh into bite sized pieces and place in a large bowl.", "Halve the cucumber and use a teaspoon to scoop out the seeds.", "Finely chop the cucumber flesh and add to the bowl.", "Add the lemon zest and juice and chives to the bowl and mix well.", "Drain the potatoes in a colander, then add to the bowl and mix everything together.", "Season to taste." ]

[ "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 180 C / Gas 4.", "Butter a 20cm square cake tin.", "Prepare the topping: In a large bowl, combine flour, oats, the 120g brown sugar, nutmeg, and crystallized ginger.", "Cut in cold butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.", "Set aside.", "Toss the mango with the lime juice.", "Combine the 45g sugar and flour, and toss with fruit.", "Taste and adjust sweetness if desired.", "Spread fruit in the prepared tin.", "Sprinkle topping evenly over fruit.", "Bake in preheated oven until the fruit is bubbling and the topping is crisp and lightly browned, about 45 minutes.", "Serve warm." ]

[ "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 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." ]

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

[ "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!" ]

[ "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." ]

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

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

[ "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 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." ]

[ "Place chicken carcass (and any leftover skin and meat and other bones) in a large pot and cover with cold water.", "Add bay leaf and bring to the boil.", "Reduce heat and simmer 60 to 90 minutes.", "Remove from heat, cool slightly and strain.", "Remove chicken meat from carcass and chop into bite-size pieces.", "In a large saucepan over medium heat, melt butter.", "Cook onion and shallots in butter until translucent.", "Pour in strained stock and chicken meat and stir in stock, parsley, salt, pepper, potatoes and sweetcorn.", "Simmer 15 minutes, until potatoes are cooked and sweetcorn is tender.", "Remove from heat and stir in cream." ]

[ "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 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 oven to 180 C / Gas 4.", "Place bacon in a large, deep frying pan.", "Cook over medium high heat until evenly brown.", "Drain, crumble and set aside.", "In a large pot with boiling salted water, cook pasta until al dente.", "Drain.", "In a medium frying pan, saute the chopped onion and garlic.", "Take off heat and add chopped cooked bacon and set aside.", "To make the sauce, in a medium saucepan melt the butter over low heat.", "Once melted, add the flour and stir constantly for 2 minutes.", "Gradually add milk and continue stirring until thickened.", "Stir in 2/3 of the grated Cheddar cheese and stir until melted.", "Combine cooked pasta, sauteed vegetables and sauce.", "Pour into a 2 litre baking dish.", "Sprinkle over remaining Cheddar cheese.", "Bake uncovered in preheated oven until cheese on top is melted and brown, 15 to 20 minutes.", "Serve warm." ]

[ "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." ]

[ "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." ]

[ "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." ]

[ "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.", "Bring a saucepan of lightly salted water to the boil over a high heat.", "Add the pasta and cook until al dente.", "Drain.", "Meanwhile, in an ovenproof baking dish mix the tuna, sweetcorn, onion, garlic, chilli, mayo and cream cheese.", "Mix but keep fairly chunky.", "Add drained pasta and eggs.", "Mix, taste and add any further seasoning if desired.", "Sprinkle some grated cheese on top.", "Bake in the preheated oven for 20 minutes or until piping hot and the cheese has melted." ]

[ "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." ]

[ "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 oven to 180 C / Gas 4.", "Place bacon in a large, deep frying pan.", "Cook over medium high heat until evenly brown.", "Drain, crumble and set aside.", "In a large pot with boiling salted water, cook pasta until al dente.", "Drain.", "In a medium frying pan, saute the chopped onion and garlic.", "Take off heat and add chopped cooked bacon and set aside.", "To make the sauce, in a medium saucepan melt the butter over low heat.", "Once melted, add the flour and stir constantly for 2 minutes.", "Gradually add milk and continue stirring until thickened.", "Stir in 2/3 of the grated Cheddar cheese and stir until melted.", "Combine cooked pasta, sauteed vegetables and sauce.", "Pour into a 2 litre baking dish.", "Sprinkle over remaining Cheddar cheese.", "Bake uncovered in preheated oven until cheese on top is melted and brown, 15 to 20 minutes.", "Serve warm." ]

[ "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!" ]

[ "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." ]

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

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

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

[ "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 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." ]

[ "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 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." ]

[ "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." ]

[ "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." ]

[ "Brown the diced chicken breasts in a little butter and oil in a large frying pan or wok.", "When the chicken is just cooked, set aside.", "In the same pan sweat the onion and mushrooms till softened, add the garlic and then set aside with the chicken.", "Deglaze the pan with a little of the wine, remove from the heat, and add half of the cream.", "Return the pan to a low heat and reduce the cream at a gentle simmer.", "Once the cream is starting to thicken, return the other ingredients to the pan, and continue to simmer gently, gradually adding the remaining cream and wine till the consistency and flavour is to your liking.", "There is no \"Right\" or \"Wrong\" result, just keep tasting!", "Add a little salt to develop the flavour, and taste again!", "Add black pepper to suit yourself.", "I always adjust this as I go along;", "it's all in the taste.", "if yIu think it needs more garlic or wine, then add some!", "Serve on a bed of fluffy rice, maybe with some garlic bread.", "Enjoy." ]

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

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

[ "Preheat oven to 180 degrees C.", "Lightly grease a loaf tin.", "Press the brown sugar in the bottom of the tin and spread the ketchup over the sugar.", "In a mixing bowl, mix thoroughly all remaining ingredients and shape into a loaf.", "Place on top of the ketchup.", "Bake in preheated oven for 1 hour or until juices are clear." ]

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

[ "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." ]

[ "Pre-heat the oven to 170 C / Gas 3.", "It's important to brown the sausages first in a large frying pan to get some flavour going (use a little olive oil in the pan to get them going).", "Once the sausages are browned all over place in a casserole dish.", "Now to prep the vegetables; finely slice the onions, finely chop the garlic and cut the potatoes, carrots and leeks into roughly the same larger cuts.", "I would cut to 1 inch in length pieces as we don't want them to breakdown too much in the stew.", "Add all the vegetables to the same frying pan and get a little colour on them.", "Again, once browned add to the casserole dish - deglaze the pan with a little stock (or white wine if you have) and also add to the casserole dish.", "Season the mixture well with salt and pepper and add two bay leaves - then pour over 750ml of hot chicken stock and place in the oven with a lid on for 1 hour and 15 minutes.", "We can now make the parsley dumplings.", "Grab a large bowl and sift in 9oz of plain flour then add 2 teaspoons of baking powder, 1 teaspoon of salt and the finely chopped parsley.", "Make a well in the centre of the dry mix and gradually add some milk until the mixture forms into a dough consistency.", "This mixture will make around 14 to 16 teaspoon sized dumplings - roll out the dumplings in your hands with a little flour to avoid sticking.", "After the casserole has been in the oven for 1 hour and 15 minutes, take out and turn the oven up to 200C.", "Add the dumplings, put back in the oven and cook for a further 30 minutes with the lid on.", "After 30 minutes remove the lid, turn the oven up to 220C and cook for 10 to 15 minutes so you get some colour on the dumplings that have risen to the top." ]

[ "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." ]

[ "Cut open the vanilla bean from top to bottom and scrape out the seeds.", "Beat together 90ml of the milk, cornflour and egg yolks.", "Bring the remaining milk, whipped cream, vanilla seeds, scraped vanilla bean, sugar and salt to the boil in a pan.", "Beat in the cornflour mixture with a whisk, bring to the boil again and remove from the heat.", "Allow to cool slightly." ]

[ "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." ]

[ "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." ]

[ "Brown the diced chicken breasts in a little butter and oil in a large frying pan or wok.", "When the chicken is just cooked, set aside.", "In the same pan sweat the onion and mushrooms till softened, add the garlic and then set aside with the chicken.", "Deglaze the pan with a little of the wine, remove from the heat, and add half of the cream.", "Return the pan to a low heat and reduce the cream at a gentle simmer.", "Once the cream is starting to thicken, return the other ingredients to the pan, and continue to simmer gently, gradually adding the remaining cream and wine till the consistency and flavour is to your liking.", "There is no \"Right\" or \"Wrong\" result, just keep tasting!", "Add a little salt to develop the flavour, and taste again!", "Add black pepper to suit yourself.", "I always adjust this as I go along;", "it's all in the taste.", "if yIu think it needs more garlic or wine, then add some!", "Serve on a bed of fluffy rice, maybe with some garlic bread.", "Enjoy." ]

[ "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 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." ]

[ "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." ]

[ "Warm the olive oil in a frying pan over a medium heat.", "Add the salmon fillet and cook skin side down for 8 to 10 minutes, then flip over and cook for just a few minutes to get a nice golden brown on top.", "Flip back to skin side down and continue to cook until the fish is an even pink colour throughout and the flesh flakes easily with a fork.", "The time this takes will depend on the thickness of the salmon fillet.", "Meanwhile, make the sauce.", "Melt the butter in a small saucepan over a medium heat then add the thyme.", "Cook and stir for 1 minute then pour in the port, lemon juice and seasoning.", "Stir for 4 to 6 minutes.", "Just prior to serving stir through the cream and capers, if using.", "Place the salmon fillet on a warm plate and pour the lemon cream sauce over.", "Serve immediately." ]

[ "In a small bowl, thoroughly mix the passata and bicarbonate of soda.", "Grease a 25cm bundt or fluted cake ring tin.", "Preheat the oven to 180 C / Gas 4.", "In a mixing bowl, combine flour, sugar, baking powder, spices and salt.", "Mix in passata mixture.", "Stir in eggs, oil, chopped walnuts, sultanas and orange juice.", "Mix well.", "Pour mixture into greased tin.", "Bake for 45 to 55 minutes.", "Cool cake in tin for 15 minutes, and then turn out on serving plate.", "Dust with icing sugar or cover with icing, if you prefer." ]

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

[ "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!" ]

[ "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." ]

[ "Pre-heat the oven to 170 C / Gas 3.", "It's important to brown the sausages first in a large frying pan to get some flavour going (use a little olive oil in the pan to get them going).", "Once the sausages are browned all over place in a casserole dish.", "Now to prep the vegetables; finely slice the onions, finely chop the garlic and cut the potatoes, carrots and leeks into roughly the same larger cuts.", "I would cut to 1 inch in length pieces as we don't want them to breakdown too much in the stew.", "Add all the vegetables to the same frying pan and get a little colour on them.", "Again, once browned add to the casserole dish - deglaze the pan with a little stock (or white wine if you have) and also add to the casserole dish.", "Season the mixture well with salt and pepper and add two bay leaves - then pour over 750ml of hot chicken stock and place in the oven with a lid on for 1 hour and 15 minutes.", "We can now make the parsley dumplings.", "Grab a large bowl and sift in 9oz of plain flour then add 2 teaspoons of baking powder, 1 teaspoon of salt and the finely chopped parsley.", "Make a well in the centre of the dry mix and gradually add some milk until the mixture forms into a dough consistency.", "This mixture will make around 14 to 16 teaspoon sized dumplings - roll out the dumplings in your hands with a little flour to avoid sticking.", "After the casserole has been in the oven for 1 hour and 15 minutes, take out and turn the oven up to 200C.", "Add the dumplings, put back in the oven and cook for a further 30 minutes with the lid on.", "After 30 minutes remove the lid, turn the oven up to 220C and cook for 10 to 15 minutes so you get some colour on the dumplings that have risen to the top." ]

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

[ "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." ]

[ "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." ]

[ "Using a fork, break up the mackerel fillets into large pieces and place in a bowl.", "Add the fromage frais, lemon zest, half of the lemon juice, the peppercorns, chives and parsley.", "Mash all the ingredients together with a fork.", "This will make a coarse-textured pâté.", "For a smooth version, combine the ingredients in a food processor and process.", "Taste the pâté and stir in more lemon juice if necessary.", "Spoon the pâté into 4 ramekins, cover with cling film and chill for 30 minutes.", "Just before serving, top each with a sprig of parsley and serve with lemon wedges." ]

[ "Preheat oven to 180 C / Gas 4.", "Place bacon in a large, deep frying pan.", "Cook over medium high heat until evenly brown.", "Drain, crumble and set aside.", "In a large pot with boiling salted water, cook pasta until al dente.", "Drain.", "In a medium frying pan, saute the chopped onion and garlic.", "Take off heat and add chopped cooked bacon and set aside.", "To make the sauce, in a medium saucepan melt the butter over low heat.", "Once melted, add the flour and stir constantly for 2 minutes.", "Gradually add milk and continue stirring until thickened.", "Stir in 2/3 of the grated Cheddar cheese and stir until melted.", "Combine cooked pasta, sauteed vegetables and sauce.", "Pour into a 2 litre baking dish.", "Sprinkle over remaining Cheddar cheese.", "Bake uncovered in preheated oven until cheese on top is melted and brown, 15 to 20 minutes.", "Serve warm." ]

[ "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 (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." ]

[ "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." ]

[ "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." ]

[ "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." ]