Winter

  • 1 Christmas cocktail
    Dish type: Drink Currant and prosecco cocktail Ingredients: 1 ½ tsp (6g) Truvia® calorie-free sweetener spoonable, plus more for garnish 2 Tbsp unsweetened black currant juice ½...

  • 2 Pavlova With Chestnut Mousse, Candied Orange and Chestnuts
    Dish type: Dessert Serves: 6-10 Preparation Time: 2 hours 30 mins Cooking Time: 35-45 mins   Ingredients: 4 large egg whites 175g caster sugar 75g icing sugar The orange zest and chestnuts...

  • 3 Winter spired brik pastry pie
    Dish type: Main meal Serves: 4 Preparation time: 5 minutes Cooking time: 20 minutes Ingredients 200g Yorkshire Fettle cheese 2 bags of washed spinach 20g butter ¼teaspoon cinnamon ½...

  • 4 Parsnip and sweet potato soup
    Dish Type: Starter Serves: 4-6 Preparation time: 10 minutes Cooking time: 20 minutes approx Ingredients 5 sweet potatoes peeled and chopped 8 parsnips 2 onions peeled and chopped 1 large leek...

  • 5 Christmas Pudding Chutney
    Preparation and cooking time: 15 minutes Ingredients 100g Fox’s Christmas Pudding, crumbled 1 tsp olive oil 1 red onion, sliced 1 stick of celery, sliced 1 clove of garlic, crushed ½ tsp...

  • 6 Pink Lady Apple and Mincemeat Tarts
    Dish type: Dessert Preparation and cooking time: 40 minutes plus chilling Serves 12 Ingredients 1 x 375 g pack ready rolled sweet shortcrust pastry 200g mincemeat 1 Pink Lady Apple, cored and finely...

  • 7 Roast Loin of Lamb baked in Bread
    Dish type: Main course Preparation and cooking time: 1 hour, 30 minutes Serves: 8 Ingredients Bread Dough 1.5kg organic plain flour 750ml cold water A good pinch of organic sea salt Lamb 2 x 400g portions...

  • 8 Deliciously festive puddings for Christmas
    The festive season is upon us, and whether for a dinner party or a cosy night in, there's nothing better at this time of year than a spot of indulgent baking. When the cold sets in and the...

  • 9 Pear & Ginger Bread & Butter Pudding
    Dish type: Dessert Serves 4-6 Preparation and cooking time: 40 minutes Ingredients 2 ripe dessert pears (200g each), peeled, cored and cut into thick slices 400g of unsliced white farmhouse bread, roughly...

  • 10 Seitan and corn saute with cilantro and lime
    Isa Chandra from Post Punk Kitchen shares her recipe. Her latest book, "Isa Does It", is available now. Dish type: Main meal Serves: 4 Cooking and preparation time: 25 minutes Ingredients:...

  • 11 Paneer Arancinis with raita
    Dhruv Baker from MasterChef shares his recipe. Ingredients 1 pouch Tilda British Curry Rice 1 tbsp oil 1 shallot, finely chopped ½ red chilli, finely chopped A thumb of ginger 1 clove garlic...

  • 12 Grilled halloumi burger with falafel
    Dish Type: Main Meal Cooking and preparation time: 30 minutes Serves: 4 Ingredients: 2 x 400g tins chickpeas, Drained 2 teaspoon ground cumin 1 teaspoon ground coriander 2 garlic cloves Small...

  • 13 Beany banger bake
    Ingredients (Serves 4) 1 tbsp vegetable oil 300g/11oz chorizo-style pork chipolata sausages, each made into 2 small ones by pinching in the middle, twisting and then cutting 1 onion, peeled...

  • 14 Sausage and cider hot pot
    Ingredients (Serves 4) ½ butternut squash, peeled, deseeded and thinly sliced 2 large waxy potatoes, peeled and thinly sliced 1 large turnip, peeled and thinly sliced 1 tbsp...

  • 15 Lentil and onion soup
    Ingredients (serves 4) 4 tbsp olive oil 6 onions (about 900g/2lb in total), peeled and finely sliced Salt and freshly ground black pepper 150g/5oz Puy lentils 3 tsp finely chopped...

  • 16 Caramel rice pudding
    Ingredients (Serves 4) 55g sugar 30g arborio rice 420ml whole milk 205ml evaporated milk (not condensed) pinch of sea salt To serve prunes soaked in a mixture of earl grey...

  • 17 Ingredient of the week: Jerusalem artichoke
    This knobbly fellow’s only relation to the more common artichoke is in name – the two are distinct and unrelated. There are a fair few stories about why the Jerusalem artichoke is named...

  • 18 Rumba sausage bake
    Ingredients (Serves 4) 450g/1lb spicy sausages, for example pork and chilli 1 large Spanish onion, peeled and cut into 4 thick slices 1 large beefsteak tomato, cut in half 1 red pepper,...

  • 19 Wholegrain goodness
    While the days get colder and we’re firmly into hat and scarf weather, warming comfort foods are a must. If you need a kick-start in the morning, something to keep you going through a long afternoon...

  • 20 Fabulous 80-page winter entertaining special free with this week's HELLO!
    As the festive season approaches and the nights draw in, HELLO! magazine has just the thing to banish the blues - a fabulous 80-page, recipe-packed guide to winter entertaining. And it's absolutely free...

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