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British Favourites Healthy Soups Starters Vegetarian

Zingy courgette and pea soup

This is a super zingy summer soup using courgettes and peas so it’s super healthy as well as tasty and so easy to make!

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British Desserts Favourites

Raspberry Jelly

You could always buy raspberry jelly but it’s just not the same, try making your own, it’s worth it

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British Main course Pork Starters

Pork belly with minestrone

This is a twist on a classic minestrone using pork belly, its a Jason Atherton recipe and really stunning topped with a poached egg.

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Bread/Cakes British

White bloomer bread recipe

This is a very simple bread recipe to follow to make a white bloomer – don’t do what i do and play with measurements until you get used to things otherwise it might go wrong.

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Beef British Main course

Texan beef brisket

This is an amazing recipe which uses a Texan barbecue recipe but doesn’t require sunny weather, basically its a slow cook beef dish using one of the cheapest cuts, brisket.  It’s also really simple which is an added bonus

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British Chicken Main course

Chicken with summer vegetables

This is a light chicken stew with amazing summer vegetables ideal for a summer lunch.

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British Main course Pork

Slow roast pork (Donnie Brasco Style)

This recipe for slow roast pork and the nickname is stolen from River Cottage meat book, if you like meat and really want to know everything about cooking it then I advise you buy it  Its called Donnie Brasco on the basis that you stick it in the oven and fugeddaboutit

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British Fish Main course

Sea bass with crushed potato

Sea bass is a delicate flavoured fish and needs to be cooked carefully to get the skin crispy, crushed potatoes and salsa verde make a great accompaniment

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British Chicken Main course

Chicken in a cider and cream sauce with broad beans and mushrooms

Serves 4 Cooking time 60 mins Ingredients 4 skinless chicken breast 2 shallots, finely chopped 1 garlic clove, chopped 2 sprigs thyme 1 bay leaf 100 mls dry cider 350ml chicken stock 3 tbsp double cream 150g shelled broad beans 200g chesnut mushrooms 200g baby spinach 25g unsalted butter salt and pepper to taste 2 […]

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Beef British Starters Xmas recipes

Mini Yorkshire Puddings with beef and horseradish

You need lovely little treats and nibbles for all your guests when they pop round at Christmas and what could be better than bite size Yorkshire puddings with beef and horseradish

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British Chicken Main course Xmas recipes

Alternative way to cook the turkey recipe

If you’re worried about dry turkey on Christmas then this is just for you, this recipe uses steam to help cook the turkey and involves nothing more complicated than a big roll of tinfoil

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British Main course Pork

Pork chop with bay salt

Serves 4 Cooking time 30 mins Ingredients 1kg desiree potatoes, peeled and halved Maldon sea salt and pepper 4 pork chops olive oil 1 small handful fresh thyme 1 tsp fennel seeds 10 fresh bay leaves 285ml cider 1 tbsp wholegrain mustard 4 tbsp crème fraiche Method: Preheat oven to 200C. Parboil potatoes in salted […]

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British Fish Main course

Baked salmon with baby potatoes and watercress mayonnaise

Serves 6 Cooking time 1 hour Ingredients 1 tsp fennel seeds 1 tsp sea salt 2 tbsp olive oil 450g baby potatoes, thickly sliced 6 salmon fillets, skinned 6 slices prosciutto 150g good quality mayonnaise 75g natural yogurt juice of half a lemon 40g watercress, finely chopped 1 tbsp capers, roughly chopped 300g cherry tomatoes […]

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British Fish Starters

Prawn cocktail

Serves 4 Cooking time 10 mins Ingredients 1 lemon 250g of cooked small peeled prawns Lemon wedges, to garnish 1/2 iceberg lettuce For the Marie Rose Sauce: 200g fresh mayonnaise 2-3 tbsp tomato ketchup Pinch cayenne pepper Dash Tabasco, to taste Dash Worcestershire sauce, to taste Splash of brandy, to taste Method: To make the […]

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British Cocktails

The Earl Grey cocktail

Serves 1 Prep time 5 mins Ingredients 1 Earl Grey teabag 2 tbsp gin 1 tbsp lemon juice 2 tsp honey champagne lemon zest to garnish (optional) Method: A great summer cocktail as made by Aberdeen mixologist, Alex Garrow! Infuse the teabag in the gin for 1 minute. Discard the teabag. Put the flavoured gin […]