Oh I Love This Retro Pudding :) Bakewell Tart – Still a favourite….

Bakewell Tart 8 ozs. Short crust pastry Jam – use lemon curd as alternative ½ 1b butter ¼ 1b sugar 3 yolks of eggs 1 white of egg Almond essence – or to make special add Amaretto liquer. 1 – 2 ozs. Ground almonds  Method Line a greased sandwich tin

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By Nola

Gourmet Food Network Now accepted at iTunes – Listen Now!

We have just been accepted on iTunes for our new Radio Podcast Gourmet Food Network.  This will feature anything to do with food but you should all know me by now that I will aim to make it really interesting and applicable to your business or if you just love

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Lucky Dip Gloven Oven Gloves – You choose the size we choose the colour £25.00

My husband gave me this idea as we have sold out of most sizes and need to re-stock so for £25.00 you choose the size and we choose the colour! Sizes Small£25.00 GBP Medium£25.00 GBP Large£25.00 GBP XL£25.00 GBP Choose Size – We Choose Colour

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Learn How to Brine the Right Way

Brining foods in a saltwater mixture before you cook them adds flavor, tenderness, and reduces cooking times. Brining meats is an age-old process of food preservation. Heavy concentrations of salt preserved meats were taken on long ocean voyages and military campaigns before the advent of refrigeration. Today, brining has a

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Semolina Pudding

  Cooking time 5-15 mins Serves 4 4 ½tbs semolina 2 tbs sugar 1 ½ pt milk pinch of salt cinnamon if liked   Mix the semolina, sugar, and salt with a little of the cold milk.  Boil the rest and pour it on to the blended mixture.  Return to

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Home Made Retro Tomato Sauce

61bs tomatoes.¾ oz. salt.½ ib. sugar.¼ oz. paprika pepper. ½ pt. spiced vinegar.        This recipe always reminds me of the film with Doris Day and Rock Hudson – You can also add chillies to this recipe to make it more spicy.  This is a great way of

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The Perfect Cucumber Sandwich

The traditional cucumber sandwich is composed of paper-thin slices of cucumber placed between two thin slices of crustless, lightly buttered white (or wheat in some cases) bread. As the thinness of the bread is a point of pride in the kitchen, a dense-textured white Pullman loaf is cut with a wide-bladed knife, which guides the cut; daylight should pass

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