Ingredients:

• 100g per person Type 00 Farina flour (usually available at delis and some supermarkets
• 1 egg per person
• 1 teaspoon of olive oil per person
• pinch of saffron
• smallest scale semolina for dusting

Here’s what you do:

Step 1 - Place the flour on a work...

Ingredients:

• 6 large parsnips;
• 1 small onion, finely chopped;
• 1 tablespoon of olive oil and more for roasting;
• 1 litre vegetable stock;
• 2 cloves of garlic;
• leaves from 1 sprig of thyme;
• 200ml creme fraiche;
• seasoning; and
• 1/2 teaspoon of garam massala (optio...

Ingredients:

• 2kg Seville oranges
• 2 litres of water
• 1.5kg preserving sugar
• 500g dark muscavado sugar

Here’s what you do:

Step 1 - Place the 2 litres of water in a large pan and add the squeezed juice from the oranges using a sieve to reserve any pips and pith.

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Ingredients:

• 170g flour
• 110g soft brown sugar
• 1 level tsp bicarbonate of soda
• 60g butter softened
• 2 heaped tsps ground ginger
• 1 rounded tbsp ginger syrup
• 25g glace ginger
• 1 egg beaten

Here’s what you do:

Step 1 - Place the dry ingredients into a mixing bowl,...

Ingredients:

• 200  g smoked bacon lardons
• 1 onion finely chopped
• 2 garlic cloves crushed
• 2 celery stalk finely chopped
• 2 carrots finely chopped
• 2 tomatoes chopped
• 200g green lentils
• 1.5 litres of stock/bouillon
• 100g orzo pasta
• 25g parsley chopped finely

Opt...

Ingredients:

• 125g golden caster sugar
• 225g unsalted butter softened
• 300g plain flour plus extra for dusting
• 50g rice flour
• 1-3 tbsp lavender depending on how strong you want the flavour

Here’s what you do:

Step 1 - Line two large baking trays with parchment pap...

I have made this recipe two ways, once as a mash and once as a puree.  Both work well and it really depends on the consistency that you require.

Ingredients:

• 225g potatoes
• 450g celeriac
• 1 clove of garlic
• 25g butter
• 75ml creme fraiche
• seasoning

Optional Extras:

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I made this for Christmas dinner in 2010 for the first time and it came out perfectly.  I am not a mushroom fan and think that the recipe would work equally well without the mushroom duxelles as long as you ensure that you smear enough pate around the venison. 

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Ingredients for the curry paste:

• 1 teaspoon garam masala
• 1 teaspoon chilli powder
• 1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper
• 1 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1 teaspoon ground coriander
• 1 teaspoon cumin
• 1 teaspoon fenugreek
• 1 teaspoon turmeric
• juice of two lemons

Ingredients for...

Ingredients for the curry paste:

- 2 tbsp vegetable oil

- 2 tbsp coriander seeds

- 2 tbsp fenugreek seeds

- 1 tbsp mustard seeds

- 1 tsp cumin seeds

- ½ tsp fennel seeds

- 1 tsp black peppercorns

- 1 cinnamon stick, broken into pieces

- 5 cloves

- 1 tbsp ground turmeric

For t...