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Chicken & Leek Terrine

Admittedly, guiltily at that, I have had the book this recipe comes from for a number of years and not cooked one single recipe from it’s pages. I bought it when I discovered how much I liked Stovies,...

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The One Stop Hot Shop Fire Breathers Hot Chilli Pickle

I first heard of the One Stop Hot Shop at an agricultural show me and the Mrs were at a wee while ago now, I can’t remember which one off hand but it will have been in the Yorkshire area. Anyway I...

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Musa Aberdeen

I’ve been lucky in the fact that I’ve recently had the chance to spend a couple of nights in Aberdeen and so I thought I’d visit Musa on Exchange Street in the merchant quarter of Old Aberdeen. Set in...

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Mocha Rum Soufflé

A recipe I just thought I’d have a go at for a dafty one night as they don’t take very long to make, around 30 minutes, and I was impressed so I thought I’d share it with everyone. Also a big thanks to...

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Venison Wellington

I thought I’d share this recipe which I found on the Guardian website, which you can view by clicking here, because it’s what I’ll be cooking for families Christmas dinner. I’ve had a little practice...

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Vanilla Cheesecake with Blackberry Sauce

So here we are at the beginning 2012, I trust everyone out there had a smashing Christmas and New Year. Since January is dubbed as the most depressing month of the year I thought I’d try and spread...

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Chewy Meringue with Whipped Cream & Raspberries

These meringues are surprisingly easy to make and there’s a million and one things you can put on top of one, however, raspberries and whipped cream are always going to work really well. Ingredients 2...

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Heston’s Perfect Mash

Heston Blumenthal’s latest TV series How to Cook Like Heston was, for me, a bit of a revelation. As you lot well know I like to do my thing in the kitchen and cook things I’ve never cooked before and...

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Whistle Stop Tour Edinburgh

As many of you will be aware I’ve been in Falkirk on a training course for the past couple of days. As Edinburgh is only a short train journey away from Falkirk and I’ve never really had a proper look...

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Festive Food & Drink

With Christmas fast approaching, most people are hunting for the perfect gifts, bargain decorations and festive wrapping paper. Personally I have far more important things to consider, like sorting the...

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Mushroom Sauce

This is a great sauce for when you’re in a bit of a hurry or you need something to add a bit moisture to your dish. It’s dead simple and tasty and will go with a multitude of things like chicken or...

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Hairy Bikers Salmon & Leek Gratin – Hairy Bikers Perfect Pies

The other day I was making a fish pie for tea form the the Hairy Bikers Perfect Pies book but due to it being a school night I was reluctant to open a bottle of white wine of the few hundred...

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Chocolate Truffles

This is a dead simple yet effective recipe that’s sure to impress anyone who tastes the finished truffles. I made a batch up to give to family as Christmas presents and they went down an absolute...

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Teacakes (Chocolate ones)

After seeing these chocolate teacakes on The Great British Bake Off last year I knew right then and there I’d be making some as soon as I could find somewhere that sold hemi-spherical silicone moulds...

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Easy Hot Sauce

The beauty about this sauce is its simplicity. You can make it as hot as you like varying the amount and/or variety of chilli peppers used. I like mine hot so I’m adding a rehydrated dried naga bhut...

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Lemon Drizzle Cake

Everybody loves a good cake and this simple, yet classic cake is one of my personal favourites. It’s simple to make, it keeps quite well, for a sponge cake, and it tastes amazing! All that’s missing...

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Crème Brûlée

Another French classic that I’m starting to get to grips with and one that requires a little bit of effort putting in to get it right. Get it right though and it’s dynamite on a plate but get it wrong...

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Salmon Fennel Tomato Bake

The Mrs had never eaten fennel before and when it appeared in our weekly veg box she was a little intrigued as to how it would taste and what we would cook it with. A look through my copy of Larousse...

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Beer glazed pork loin

My inspiration for this was St Patrick’s Day so a dark beer was definitely the order of the day. Not an Irish stout in this case but a dry hopped London Porter I brewed a little while ago. I would have...

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Tips for a Perfect Roast Dinner

Everyone loves a good home cooked roast dinner, in my opinion there’s nothing better, but to achieve the perfect roast there are a few things you need to remember. The roast is a British institution,...

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