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

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

[ "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." ]

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

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

[ "Preheat the oven to 200 C / Gas 6.", "Get an ovenproof dish and line with tin foil.", "Generously season the chicken with salt and pepper and place in the in dish.", "Pour in the chicken stock, cream and gravy granules (or cornflour if using).", "Cover with tin foil.", "Bake in the preheated oven until the chicken is no longer pink in the centre and the sauce has thickened, about 30 minutes.", "Remove from the oven and serve." ]

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

[ "Preheat the oven to 180 C / Gas 4.", "Bring a saucepan of lightly salted water to the boil over a high heat.", "Add the pasta and cook until al dente.", "Drain.", "Meanwhile, in an ovenproof baking dish mix the tuna, sweetcorn, onion, garlic, chilli, mayo and cream cheese.", "Mix but keep fairly chunky.", "Add drained pasta and eggs.", "Mix, taste and add any further seasoning if desired.", "Sprinkle some grated cheese on top.", "Bake in the preheated oven for 20 minutes or until piping hot and the cheese has melted." ]

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

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

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

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

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

[ "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." ]

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

[ "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." ]

[ "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!" ]

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

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

[ "Preheat 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." ]

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

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

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

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

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

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

[ "Preheat the oven to 180 C / Gas 4.", "Lightly grease a 20x30cm tin.", "In a large bowl, mix sugar, flour, bicarb, salt and cocoa.", "Add water, vegetable oil, vinegar and vanilla.", "Beat by hand until smooth.", "Pour into the prepared tin.", "Bake at 180 C / Gas 4 for 40 minutes, or until skewer inserted into centre of cake comes out clean." ]

[ "Whisk together eggs and fish sauce.", "Add pork mince and break apart with a fork.", "Heat oil in a large frying pan or wok over medium high heat.", "Once hot, pour in the egg mixture and reduce heat to medium.", "Stir briefly, then let cook till the bottom is browned.", "Flip and cook the other side till browned." ]

[ "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." ]

[ "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." ]

[ "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." ]

[ "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." ]

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

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

[ "Preheat the oven to 180 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." ]

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

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

[ "Preheat 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." ]

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

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

[ "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!" ]

[ "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." ]

[ "Bring water to the boil in a large pot.", "Place beef shin in, and simmer 1 1/2 hours.", "Let cool overnight.", "Remove meat from pot, trim off gristle and cut meat into medium sized pieces; set aside.", "Skim fat from surface of stock, or strain through a fine sieve.", "Return stock to heat, and bring to the boil.", "Add onions, carrots and swede.", "Season with salt and pepper.", "Simmer for 1 hour.", "Add potatoes, and simmer until tender, 15 to 20 minutes.", "Stir in the leeks, cabbage, parsley and reserved meat.", "Simmer 10 minutes, or until cabbage is tender." ]

[ "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." ]

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

[ "Preheat oven to 200 C / Gas 6.", "Mix together olive oil, salt, pepper, garlic, chillies and vinegar in a large baking dish.", "Swirl the tomatoes in the mixture to coat, then arrange cut side up.", "Sprinkle the tomatoes with a little sugar and bake in preheated oven for 1 hour.", "Puree everything together and pass through a sieve.", "Pour into sterilised jars until needed." ]

[ "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." ]

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

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

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

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

[ "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." ]

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

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

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

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

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

[ "Preheat the oven to 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." ]

[ "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." ]

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

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

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

[ "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 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." ]

[ "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!" ]

[ "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." ]

[ "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." ]

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

[ "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 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." ]

[ "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 )" ]

[ "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 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." ]

[ "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!" ]

[ "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." ]

[ "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." ]

[ "Boil the pasta in water with a teaspoon of salt until it is soft to the touch and fluffy.", "You can add a drop of oil to stop it from sticking to the pan.", "Drain the pasta and combine with the pasta sauce straight from the jar.", "Give it mix, making sure all the pasta is covered in sauce.", "Pour the pasta into a casserole dish and add the grated cheese on top.", "Bake in the oven for about 10 to 15 minutes until the cheese melts and has a bit of a golden crust." ]

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

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

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

[ "Place lime juice, olive oil, garlic, salt and cayenne pepper in a small jar.", "Cover with lid, and shake until ingredients are well mixed.", "In a salad bowl, combine beans, corn, avocado, pepper, tomatoes, spring onions and coriander.", "Shake lime dressing again, and pour over the salad.", "Stir salad to coat vegetables and beans with dressing, and serve." ]

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

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

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

[ "Preheat the oven to 200°C (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." ]

[ "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." ]

[ "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!" ]

[ "Cook the potatoes in a saucepan of lightly salted, boiling water for 10 minutes.", "Drain and set aside.", "Meanwhile, heat the oil in a large heavy-based saucepan, add the onion and fry gently for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally.", "Add the garlic and curry paste and cook for a further 2 minutes, stirring all the time.", "Add the creamed coconut and stir until it has melted, then add the tomatoes with their juice.", "Simmer uncovered for 2-3 minutes until the mixture resembles a fairly thick paste.", "Add the carrots, cauliflower florets and stock, bring to the boil, then cover and simmer for 15 minutes.", "Add the beans and potatoes and cook for a further 8 minutes.", "Stir in the prawns and simmer for 2-3 minutes or until they turn pink (simply heat through for 1-2 minutes if using cooked).", "Season to taste, stir in the chopped coriander and serve straight away." ]

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

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

[ "Preheat 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." ]

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

[ "Heat 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." ]

[ "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." ]