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

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

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

[ "In a medium saucepan, Stir together the butter, dark brown soft sugar and golden syrup over medium heat until dissolved.", "Pour into a large mixing bowl and let cool for 5 minutes.", "Stir the egg and vanilla into the melted mixture until smooth.", "Sieve together the flour, bicarbonate of soda, cinnamon, ginger and cloves;", "stir into the wet mixture.", "Cover and chill dough for a few hours or overnight.", "Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).", "On a lightly floured surface, roll out dough to 5mm thickness.", "Cut into bear shapes with a cookie cutter and place onto an unprepared baking tray.", "Bake for 10 to 15 minutes in the preheated oven, biscuits should be firm." ]

[ "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." ]

[ "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." ]

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

[ "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!" ]

[ "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." ]

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

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

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

[ "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." ]

[ "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." ]

[ "Grease and line a 2lb loaf tin.", "Melt butter, sugar and vanilla in a saucepan over a medium heat.", "Remove from heat and add the mashed bananas, mix well.", "Add the egg, mix well.", "Stir in the flour and the milk.", "Pour into the prepared tin, sprinkle with a tablespoon of demerara sugar to give a crunch topping if liked.", "Bake at 170 C / Fan 150 C / Gas 3 for 35 minutes, or until a skewer comes out clean.", "Leave to cool and enjoy!" ]

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

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

[ "Preheat oven to 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." ]

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

[ "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." ]

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

[ "Preheat 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." ]

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

[ "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." ]

[ "Roughly slice white and red onions and garlic, put into a bowl, add mixed herbs, Cumin, Coriander, Mustard, Tomato puree and Worcestershire sauce - mix together and fry in a pan containing the Sunflower or Olive oil for about 5 minutes - put back into bowl and leave to one side.", "Par boil potatoes and carrots for 10 minutes.", "Cook the sausages under a grill or in a frying pan until almost cooked.", "Cut Sausages in half.", "Add all ingredients into a large casserole dish with lid.", "Add stock to casserole dish and stir the concoction together.", "Place covered dish in oven at Gas Mark 5 (375 degrees Fahrenheit/190 degrees Centigrade) for about 2 hours (removing every half hour to stir).", "Eat and enjoy - remember the rule of doing someone elses recipe is to experiment to your own tastes.", "you will notice there is no added salt and pepper to this dish - this leaves it up to the individual to adjust it for their tastes." ]

[ "Melt the margarine in a large saucepan over a medium heat.", "Add the onion, leek and celery and cook until the onion is soft, about 6 to 8 minutes.", "Sprinkle in the flour and cook over a gentle heat until it reaches a sandy texture.", "Gradually pour in the stock, stirring continuously to avoid any flour lumps.", "Simmer for 30 to 45 minutes until the vegetables are tender.", "Blend the soup to a desired consistency using a food processor or handheld liquidiser then return to the heat and bring to the boil.", "Stir through the milk, add the chicken and season.", "( Add the chicken before blending the soup if you want a smoother result.", ") Once heated through, ladle into warmed bowls and serve." ]

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

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

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

[ "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 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." ]

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

[ "Preheat 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." ]

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

[ "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." ]

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

[ "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 )" ]

[ "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." ]

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

[ "Preheat the oven to 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 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." ]

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

[ "Place 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." ]

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

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

[ "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." ]

[ "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." ]

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

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

[ "Heat olive oil in a large frying pan over medium heat.", "Add onions, leek and garlic and cook, stirring until the onions are transparent.", "Add minced beef and cook until about halfway done.", "Season with cumin, cardamom, salt and pepper.", "Mix well and continue cooking until beef has browned.", "In a small dish or cup, mix together the flour and water to make a thin paste.", "Using one wrapper at a time, fold into the shape of a cone.", "Fill the cone with the meat mixture, close the top and seal with the paste.", "Repeat until wrappers or filling are used up.", "Heat the oil to 170 degrees C in a deep fat fryer or deep heavy pot.", "There should be enough oil to submerge the sambusa.", "Fry the sambusa a few at a time until golden brown.", "Remove carefully to drain on kitchen towels." ]

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

[ "Preheat oven to 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." ]

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

[ "Preheat 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." ]

[ "In a small bowl, combine flour, stock, sugar and soy sauce.", "Stir until sugar and flour are dissolved.", "In a large frying pan or wok over high heat, stir fry steak 2 to 4 minutes, or until browned.", "Stir in stock mixture, ginger, garlic and broccoli.", "Bring to the boil, then reduce heat.", "Simmer 5 to 10 minutes, or until sauce thickens." ]

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

[ "Cut open the sausages, take out the meat and discard the casings.", "Add the onion, sage and stuffing mix.", "Line a loaf tin with the bacon.", "Add some of the sausage mixture to the tin.", "Add a layer of walnuts then repeat layers, ending with the sausage mixture.", "Fold the bacon over the top of the mixture.", "Bake in a preheated 180 C / Gas 4 oven for 20 to 30 minutes along with your roast dinner or Christmas dinner.", "Enjoy!" ]

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

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

[ "Brown stewing beef in vegetable oil over medium heat until juices become a rich brown colour.", "Add 500ml water and simmer whilst preparing the vegetables.", "In a large stock pot, melt margarine over medium heat.", "Saute carrots, onion, garlic, celery and mushrooms.", "Add beef, 1.5 litres water, stock cubes and barley to vegetable mixture.", "Cook until barley is soft.", "Adjust liquid and seasoning as desired.", "Remove from heat and stir in soured cream.", "Serve immediately." ]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

[ "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." ]

[ "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.", "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 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." ]

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

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

[ "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." ]

[ "Heat olive oil in a large frying pan over medium heat.", "Add onions, leek and garlic and cook, stirring until the onions are transparent.", "Add minced beef and cook until about halfway done.", "Season with cumin, cardamom, salt and pepper.", "Mix well and continue cooking until beef has browned.", "In a small dish or cup, mix together the flour and water to make a thin paste.", "Using one wrapper at a time, fold into the shape of a cone.", "Fill the cone with the meat mixture, close the top and seal with the paste.", "Repeat until wrappers or filling are used up.", "Heat the oil to 170 degrees C in a deep fat fryer or deep heavy pot.", "There should be enough oil to submerge the sambusa.", "Fry the sambusa a few at a time until golden brown.", "Remove carefully to drain on kitchen towels." ]

[ "Melt the margarine in a large saucepan over a medium heat.", "Add the onion, leek and celery and cook until the onion is soft, about 6 to 8 minutes.", "Sprinkle in the flour and cook over a gentle heat until it reaches a sandy texture.", "Gradually pour in the stock, stirring continuously to avoid any flour lumps.", "Simmer for 30 to 45 minutes until the vegetables are tender.", "Blend the soup to a desired consistency using a food processor or handheld liquidiser then return to the heat and bring to the boil.", "Stir through the milk, add the chicken and season.", "( Add the chicken before blending the soup if you want a smoother result.", ") Once heated through, ladle into warmed bowls and serve." ]

[ "Melt the chocolate flavour cake covering, either in the microwave or by placing in a bowl over a saucepan of simmering water.", "Be careful not to over-cook this or crystals will begin to form.", "Add the crumbs and flavourings to the melted cake covering and mix thoroughly.", "Leave to cool slightly.", "Shape the mixture into small balls.", "Sprinkle the coverings of your choice onto saucers and roll the balls in the coverings.", "If you want to drizzle with melted cake covering, melt as per the truffles.", "Place the uncovered truffles onto a wire rack and dip a teaspoon into the meted cake covering and drizzle over the truffles (this could also be done using a piping bag).", "Chill for 30 minutes and store in an airtight container." ]

[ "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." ]

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

[ "Sift the flour and salt into a mixing bowl.", "Break the eggs into a bowl and then add to flour.", "Pour in half of the milk and whisk briskly.", "Add the remaining milk and whisk until the batter is smooth.", "Heat an 8 inch pan over a low heat.", "Add a small knob of butter and swirl the pan to coat the bottom.", "Use a ladel to spoon the pancake batter into the pan, then tilt the pan to spread the mixture out evenly.", "As it sets, shake the pan to see if the pancake is loose, then flip it over with a palette knife.", "Cook the other side for 30 seconds -then shake again to see if it's loose.", "Slide onto a warm plate, sprinkle over some sugar and a squeeze of lemon juice - then eat immediately!", "Cook the rest of the pancakes, one at a time but remember to melt a small knob of butter before adding the batter." ]

[ "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." ]

[ "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." ]

[ "Bring a large saucepan of water to the boil with a pinch of salt; cook and drain the pasta according to the instructions on the packet.", "Heat olive oil in a pan; add chicken and cook until browned on all sides.", "Stir in sliced mushrooms and spring onions.", "Add the garlic, and season to your taste with salt and pepper.", "Stir in pesto and soured cream; allow to heat through and come to a simmer.", "Reduce heat, stir in cooked pasta.", "Serve with grated Parmesan cheese." ]

[ "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." ]

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

[ "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." ]

[ "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." ]

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

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

[ "Melt the margarine in a large saucepan over a medium heat.", "Add the onion, leek and celery and cook until the onion is soft, about 6 to 8 minutes.", "Sprinkle in the flour and cook over a gentle heat until it reaches a sandy texture.", "Gradually pour in the stock, stirring continuously to avoid any flour lumps.", "Simmer for 30 to 45 minutes until the vegetables are tender.", "Blend the soup to a desired consistency using a food processor or handheld liquidiser then return to the heat and bring to the boil.", "Stir through the milk, add the chicken and season.", "( Add the chicken before blending the soup if you want a smoother result.", ") Once heated through, ladle into warmed bowls and serve." ]

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

[ "Preheat 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." ]

[ "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." ]

[ "Melt the butter in a large saucepan over medium heat.", "Fry the onion in butter until soft, about 5 minutes.", "Add the parsnips, garlic and curry powder, and fry for a couple of minutes to release the flavours.", "Boil the water in the kettle and mix with stock cube in a separate jug.", "Add to pan and stir well.", "Simmer for 15 mins until parsnips are soft and easy to break with a wooden spoon.", "Take off the heat and blend with hand mixer or food processor.", "Stir in the cream and warm through.", "Season to taste and garnish with the chilli flakes or paprika." ]