Roasted Garlic and Rosemary Focaccia

As part of the Kendal Food Festival, the Aga shop is hosting a bring and bake competition. I've never been in a food competition before but decided to give it a go. As I live so close to the shop I though my recipe for roasted garlic and rosemary focaccia would be...

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Chicken and Bacon Club Sandwich

I love a club sandwich but it shouldn't be just for hotels or fancy take away pack lunches. Sure you can used already cooked and sliced chicken but your missing a trick with have the chicken still warm and juices flowing. The method below is how I usually roast a...

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Chinese New Year

There's loads of Chinese cook books out there, but quite often they're based on Hong Kong and Taiwanese cuisine which can be totally different and as authentic Chinese as fortune cookies and the Mandarin in Iron Man 3. Every Grain of Rice is a little...

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Salted Caramel Chocolate Pots

Being Valentine's day and me being a great boyfriend I wanted to cook something special. I was "umming and ahhing" about some sort of chocolate mouse, when my friend suggested salted caramel chocolate pots recipe that he made for New Year and was making again for...

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Negroni

50ml Campari 50ml Sweet vermouth (Rosso) 50ml Gin Ice Orange peel Soda water (optional) I first had this cocktail along with its less alcoholic older brother the Americano in a hotel bar in Geneva. It's bitter cocktail perfect before a meal, but try and have only one...

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Rich Tuna Bake

I first made this at university for my flat mates, it soon became one of my go to meals for comfort food. One of the reasons why its so good it's very easy to adjust the ingredients to suit your own tastes. It's very rich with the cream cheese, so if you want to tone...

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