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    © 2015 by Fay Dashper-Hughes. 

     

    Where some of the recipes on this website might have started out as recipes from published chefs, I have amended them and developed them to my taste. Where they remain materially similar to the original recipe I have endeavoured to make sure that the original recipe was already freely available, and I always credit the source. No infringement of intellectual property rights is intended.

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    Victoria Sponge (preparation time 25 minutes, 40 minutes baking time)

    November 14, 2011

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    Ma Dashper

     

     

    Ingredients:

     

    • 350g butter
    • 350g caster sugar
    • 6 large eggs
    • 350g self raising flour
    • 8 drops vanilla extract
    • Jam to finish (usually strawberry, but I used home made plum jam)

     

    Here is an extra tip for you:

    I like to keep vanilla pods in my caster sugar jar.  This gi...

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    Pear Ice Cream (makes about 500ml, preparation time 1 hour plus freezing time)

    February 15, 2011

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    Ma Dashper

     

     

    Ingredients:

    • 1 lemon, juiced
    • 3 ripe pears, peeled, cored and roughly chopped
    • 3 tablespoons of marsala
    • 1/2 teaspoon of vanilla paste
    • 285ml double cream
    • 4 large egg yolks
    • 170g caster sugar

     

     

     

    Here’s what you do:

    Step 1 - Pour the lemon juice into a saucepan with...

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    Chocolate and hazelnut meringue roulade (preparation time 40 minutes, 30 minutes baking time)

    November 13, 2010

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    Ma Dashper

     

     

     

    Ingredients:

    • 4 large egg whites
    • 225g caster sugar
    • 110g hazelnuts
    • 1 pint cream
    • 200g dark chocolate

     

    Here are some extra tips for you:

    I like to keep vanilla pods in my caster sugar jar.  This gives the sugar a nice gentle vanilla flavour.  The pods last for years...

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    Lemon sorbet (preparation time 20 minutes plus stirring time)

    November 11, 2010

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    Ma Dashper

     

     

     

    Ingredients:

     

    • 3 large lemons
    • 250g granulated sugar
    • 250 ml tonic water
    • 1 egg white
    • 15 - 30 ml gin (optional, but worth it)

     

     

    Here’s what you do:

    Step 1 - Scrub the lemons and then strip the zest from them and squeeze the juice out.

     

    Step 2 - Put the lemon juice an...

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    Poached pear and chocolate tart (serves 8, preparation time 1 hour 30 minutes, cooking time 50 minutes)

    March 15, 2010

     

     

     

    Ingredients:

    Tart base:

    • 150g plain flour with extra for rolling
    • 1 level tablespoon of cocoa powder (I like the Green & Black’s one)
    • 50g icing sugar
    • 1 large egg

     

    Pear poaching

    • 250 ml of white wine from a carton (you can use red wine of you prefer, but it doesn’t...
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