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Mussel chowder recipe

Here’s a lovely winter warmer of a soup that manages to be both elegant and affordable at the same time. It’s good enough to serve at a mid-week dinner party as a main course, with a chunky salad and some crusty bread on the side. Ingredients 1 tbsp olive oil 1 onion, peeled & chopped [...]

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Figgy pudding vodka recipe

Here’s that other recipe I promised you – the very Christmassy figgy pudding vodka infusion. There are quite a few ‘christmas pudding’ vodka recipes out there, but I wanted to try one made with figs as the main ingredient as I think they have a more interesting flavour. Here’s a quick picture of the infusion, [...]

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Home made gingerbread liqueur recipe

Every year I always try to make up an infusion or two for the holiday season. Last year it was a lovely bottle of sloe gin, and this year I’m doing a couple of different ones: gingerbread liqueur or schnapps, and a figgy pudding vodka. Since I’m making two separate infusions this time, I wanted [...]

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Review: M Kitchen chilled desserts

I like cake and I don’t care who knows it. So when I was invited to try the new chilled puds from Morrisons’ M  Kitchen and M Bistro ranges I was hardly going to say no, was I? The stand-out dessert is their Great British Cheesecake, currently on offer for £3.00, and giving you six [...]

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