A bit of an English tradition, not everyone will like them but we find them quite enjoyable 🙂 Ingredients and Quantities UK USA Regular, plain, all purpose flour 350 grams 12 oz Cooking Margarine 90 grams 3 oz Lard (butter can substitute) 90 grams 3 oz Sweet Mincemeat (fruit/apples) 450 grams 1 lb Salt A […]
Christmas Pudding
Every Christmas we make one (ok, more like three) and they’re really tasty. All we can say is that they are yummy though if you don’t like Christmas Pudding or haven’t tried it then perhaps get a shop-bought one first before you go any further. Ingredients and Quantities UK USA Sultanas (UK) / Golden Raisins […]
Chocolate Brownies
These are very tasty and take very little in terms of preparation time Ingredients 275g softened margarine 375g caster sugar 4 eggs 75g cocoa powder 100g self raising flour 100g plain chocolate chopped into small pieces (can be shattered using a mallet if preferred) Method make sure that the plain chocolate is in small pieces […]
French Onion Soup
A simple but very tasty recipe for French Onion Soup* Ingredients 3 Medium onions 1 1/2 pint of Vegetable stock (~800ml) 2 teaspoons plain flour a pinch of caster sugar salt & pepper 2 0z butter (approx 60g) Method slice the onions and sweat in butter for approximately 20 minutes or until brown (use a […]
Barbados Cream
Nick’s personal favourite and a general crowd pleaser. Part-healthy, part-very-much-not! Ingredients and Quantities UK USA Cooked/tinned drained fruit chunks; damsons, plums, dark fruit looks best, but peaches work 200 grams 1 cupful Natural plain yogurt, the “solid” set variety 500 grams 16 ozs Heavy whipping cream 500 grams 1½ pints Fine crystalline raw sugar (pale […]
