mrs titley’s chocolate and coffee éclairs recipe These éclairs are the best you’ll ever eat. They are ideal for a big family party – make two-thirds chocolate and one-third coffee – over Christmas or New Year. You can make the cases several da
mini blinis with smoked salmon or roe recipe Using buckwheat flour mixed with plain sharpens the flavour of these blinis. Serve warm.for about 80 blinis 225g plain flour 225g buckwheat flour, sifted 4 teaspoons dried yeast 2 tabl
mince pies with orange pastry recipe I love an orange flavoured pastry with my mince pies, a traditional tasting twist on a classic recipe.makes 15-20 mince piesfor pastry: 75g butter, plus little more for tray 170g plain flo
winter wonder foods to keep you healthy There are some foods we can eat this winter that will genuinely do us good. Two front runners – beetroot and broccoli – we can grow ourselves. Another two – pomegranates and blood o
cranberry and juniper jelly recipe I first ate this in St Petersburg ten years ago and loved its clean and aromatic taste, so I try to make it when cranberries are around every Christmas. It's excellent served with any cold meat or
cranberry tart with hot toffee sauce An excellent Christmas pudding for eating at any time when you have lots of people to feed. It has a good balance of sweet and sour.serves 6for the cranberry tart 500g cranberries, fresh or froze
creamy celeriac soup with chestnuts recipe This soup is very rich and creamy, yet it contains no cream, with almond milk used instead. If the celeriac is organic, remove the minimal amount of peel as the nutrients lie just beneath the skin.
Christmas pudding recipe This recipe, adapted from Constance Spry, makes a pudding with great texture and flavour, including whole almonds and masses of dried fruit. It's the one my mother has always used. Serve with br
Danish glögg recipe This is the best of all spicy, hot red wine recipes to serve at a firework party. It knocks the socks off the usual over-sweet mulled wine or Glühwein. makes about 12 glasses 1 orange, stu
Christmas fruit cake recipe Christmas cake is at its best eaten with a slice of crumbly Lancashire or Stilton cheese. Have it, instead of a pudding, to finish one of your Christmas meals.for a 23cm round or 20cm square cake
Christmas muffins recipe These Christmas muffins are halfway between muffins and scones, deliciously orangey and perfect for a breakfast or tea over Christmas. Christmas muffins are easy to make, so get the children inv
Banbury cakes recipe Containing slightly less sweet mincemeat, these Banbury cakes are brilliantly versatile. They are lovely as a pudding with double cream, or for tea, and absolutely delicious with a lump of crumbly
asolano cocktail recipe In its purest form, this Italian party drink is a shot of Campari topped up by about three times that amount of Prosecco. To avoid getting drunk too quickly, dilute with a splash of blood orange
a show-stopping decorating idea for dressers and mantelpieces Sarah shows us how she likes to decorate dressers and mantelpieces with festive dried flowers and candles. By viewing the video, you agree to a data transmission to Youtube.The data
how to make our everlasting christmas pine garland idea Create a fantastic ‘wow’ moment with a garland sweeping up the bannister, or as a swag on the fireplace, filled with colour and sparkle from lights and baubles. Our everlast
how to make a home-made christmas tree Make this in place of – or as well as – your fir tree this year. Brilliant everlasting branches mixed with the real thing, dripping with ruby-coloured baubles, birds and bells. It's fun an
