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Indian Curry Christmas Pie
By wendymcc
Family recipe for vegetarians at Xmas
- FOR PASTRY BASES (makes 2)
- 1Lb (16oz) Plain Flour
- 8oz Butter or Margarine
- Large pinch of Salt
- 1/4 Cup of Water
- (Baking beans, Greaseproof paper, Cling film and 2 Pie dishes).
- FOR PIE FILLING (makes 2)
- 1/2 Onion
- 2 Carrots
- 3 Potatoes
- 5 Cauliflower Florets
- 5 Mushrooms (cut into 20 slices in total)
- 100g Green Beans
- 2 Cloves of Garlic
- 2 Tsp's Mild Korma Curry Powder
- Salt to taste
- Oil to fry
- Grated Cheese and sliced tomatoes (to assemble pie)
Rudolph's Treat
By HappyChappy11
Hosting a dinner party? Stuck for a good starter idea? Look no further
- 4 small carrots
- 1 bar of chocolate
Spiced Cupcakes
By diddledumplings
Perfect for Winter
- For the Cupcakes
- 175g (6 oz) Self Raising Flour
- 175g (6 oz) Butter
- 175g (6 oz) Caster Sugar
- 3 Eggs
- ½ tsp Cinnamon
- ½ tsp Nutmeg
- ½ tsp Mixed Spice
- Juice of 1 Clementine
- 12 tsp of Mincemeat
- For the Frosting
- 125g (4 oz) Butter
- 125g (4 oz) White Shortening (Trex)
- 450g (1lb) Icing Sugar
- Splash of Brandy (to taste)
- Fondant holly leaves and berries to decorate.
Christmas Yule Log Cake
By Penny H, Cupcakes, Cake and Passion
The Yule Log is an iconic cake which is often made at Christmas? But why? Where on earth did someone get the idea
- For the Sponge:
- 115g/ 3 Eggs
- 70g water
- 100g plain flour
- 6g baking powder
- 150g caster sugar
- 2 g salt
- 25g flour
- 25g cocoa powder
- For the Icing:
- 375g/ about 6 egg whites
- 250g Caster Sugar for egg whites
- 375g caster sugar
- 250g butter diced
- 300g icing sugar
- 250g Chocolate (I used milk chocolate)
Christmas Cake
By Paule
Soak the raisins for 15 mins in hot Christmas tea then drain them
- 200 gr flour + baking powder
- 100 gr of caster sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 glass of milk
- 1 cup of oil
- 50 grams of nuts
- 50 gr of hazelnuts
- 50 gr raisins
Pork roast in red wine sauce
By Elsa12
Brown the meat in half the butter, turning on all sides
- 800 gr of roast pork
- 2 onions medium
- 3 carrots
- 2 clove of garlic
- 1 bouquet garni
- 2 tablespoons wine vinegar
- 1/2 bottle of red wine
- 2 tbsp cornstarch
- 50g butter
- salt / pepper
Bread Sauce
By meadows
Heat the milk in a pan with the onion (whole, studded with cloves) , when the onion is tender either discard or ble...
- 300ml milk
- Salt, Cayenne Pepper, Pepper
- 2 tbls butter
- 2 tbls cornflour
- 1 tsp mustard powder
- 5 - 10 tbls fresh bread crumbs
- Onion (optional)
- a few Cloves (optional)
- Cream (optional)
Apple and vanilla pie
By Babouchka Croquant-Fondant-Gourmand
Place the pastry in the flan tin
- 1 ready-made puff pastry
- 500g apple sauce
- 4 apples
- 75g butter
- 90g sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 40g flour
- 2 large eggs
Vanilla Sea Salt
By meadows
These great recipes in a Mason Jar are perfect gifts for Christmas!
- ½ cup sea salt
- 2 Vanilla pods split lengthwise and scraped (seeds reserved)
- Mason Jar
Fondant Holly's
Approved byThe Chef
By Simm, Sims cake recipes
How to make the Christmas Holly Toppers!
- Cake to decorate
- Fondant - Red, Green
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Aussie Boomerang Shortbread Bicuits
- 225g butter
- 100g icing sugar
- 225g self-raising flour
- 100g cornflour
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Sparkling vanilla Christmas cookies
- 140g icing sugar, sieved
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 egg yolk
- 250g butter, cut into small cubes
- 375g plain flour, sieved
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Christmas pudding
- 150g flour
- 150g breadcrumbs
- 200g butter
- 150g of brown sugar
- 150ml of milk
- 4 eggs
- 500g raisins, soaked and drained (Smyrna, Corinth and Malaya)
- 300g candied fruit (cherries and lemon zest, grapefruit and orange)
- 12 chopped prunes
- 60g chopped almonds
- 1/2 grated nutmeg
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon ginger
- 1 pinch of salt
- 1 sachet of baking powder
- cognac or brandy
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Easy home-made foie gras in a...
- - 1 duck liver (foie gras), raw, 700g
- - Salt, pepper, nutmeg powdered
- - cling film
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Pheasant cooked in a nettle sauce
- 1 whole pheasant
- a bunch of nettles
- a pint of water
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Approved byThe Chef Mulled Wine
- 1 Bottle Red Wine
- 2 Tablespoons Caster Sugar
- 1/2 Glass Orange Juice
- 1 Cinnamon Stick
- 1 Nutmeg (halved)
- 8 Cloves
- 8 Allspice Berries (also known as Whole Pimento)
- 1 Thumb Ginger
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Shortbread Biscuits
- As of shortbread recipe on previous page
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Perfect Tea Biscuits: Shortbread...
- 250g Plain Flour
- 175 Butter
- 75 Caster Sugar
- Granulated Sugar to dust
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Roast turkey with baked apples
- 500g fine pork stuffing,
- 1 tin of truffle peels,
- 1 turkey 3 to 4kg,
- 30g of fat (oil or butter),
- Salt & pepper
- 24 golden delicious apples,
- 1 lemon,
- 25 ml calvados,
- 50 ml creme fraiche,
- 1 bunch watercress.
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Strawberry Santas
- 20 medium-large strawberries, hulled for a flat base
- 100g Philadelphia Light cream cheese (Note: other brands of cream cheese can be too runny for this recipe; this is the one we've found works best.)
- 4-6 tsp icing sugar, to taste
- 40 mini dark-choc bits or chocolate chips
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Christmas Cake
- Round 17.5cm/7in Round 20cm/8in Round 22.5cm/9in
- Square 15cm/6in Square 17.5cm/7in Square 20cm/8in
- gram gram gram
- Currants 100 150 200
- Sultanas 100 150 200
- Raisins 150 225 275
- GlaceCherries 50 75 100
- Mixed cut peel 50 75 100
- Mix chopped nuts 50 75 100
- Lemon rind (5ml/tsp) 1 1.5 2
- Brandy(15 ml/tbsp) 1.5 2 2.5
- Plain flour 125 200 250
- Mixed spice(5ml/tsp) 1 1.5 1.75
- Ground Almonds 25 50 60
- Soft brown sugar 100 175 225
- Butter 100 175 225
- Black treacle(15ml/tbsp.)1 1 1.5
- Eggs 3 4 5
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