Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays

December 25, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Mizmoe´s Christmas Cake

The Recipe Blog would like to take this opportunity to wish everyone a very merry christmas or Happy Holidays! For those of you celebrating today eat well and don´t consider the diet. Thats what January was invented for! As always you can receive updates from our site by subscribing to our feed or by following us on twitter. We are hoping to dedicate a great deal more time to the site from the New Year, so stay tuned for developments. We hope to encourage some guest posters to pay us a … [Read more...]

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Tropical Fruit Christmas Cake

December 22, 2009 By Leave a Comment
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A few years ago my mother and I were trying to think of a twist on the traditional christmas cake - during the process this is something we played with - using dried tropical fruits finely chopped in place of some of the more traditional fruits. It was a moderate success. This year we tried again, and have improved the recipe marginally. Each time it gets a little better - but here is the current recipe. One point of note, and I stress this to everyone who is making a traditional christmas … [Read more...]

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Winter warming lamb stew

December 18, 2009 By 2 Comments
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Feeling the cold this winter? Are you like thousands of Brits and completely snowed in? If so, then this is most certainly a recipe for you! I love a lamb hotpot when the winters start to really set in. Of course my family have always traditionally served this with Yorkshire Pudding, but these days I find it far too heavy and tend not to combine the two. It is lovely with a great chunk of homemade bread. Incidentally this is also my first entry written with Windows Live Writer. I will let you … [Read more...]

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Mince Pies in Orange Pastry

December 13, 2009 By Leave a Comment
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Following rapidly on from my last post in which I disclosed my own mincemeat recipe I am now going to divulge my personal recipe for mince pies - in orange pastry. Its not unique of course because I´ve had mince pies in orange pastry in a couple of places - but this is my version tailored to my tastes. Now I always make my mincemeat earlier in the year - usually around October. Leaving it a short while helps the flavours to mature. Orange Pastry 8 oz self-raising flour Pinch salt 1 … [Read more...]

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Traditional Mincemeat & Mince Pies

December 13, 2009 By 2 Comments
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My family would make dozens of Mince Pies at Christmas, and we would often give them away as gifts to our friends, family and neighbours. As a result Christmas just would not be Christmas without a mincepie. Obviously my mince pies have evolved a bit since my Grandma´s recipe - she believed in mass production and quality suffered because she´d spread mince pie so thin you could practically see through it!.  I strongly believe in a few less mince pies but packed full with this rich and … [Read more...]

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Mizmoe´s Christmas Cake

December 6, 2009 By 3 Comments
Mizmoe´s Christmas Cake

I realise every daughter says this but my Mum does the best Christmas Cake. Its the most devine thing I have ever tasted, and it wouldn´t be Christmas without it. Served on its own, or with a slice of Wenslydale Cheese... its marvellous. Its uniquely her own because she does a rather unusual thing with the cherries - she puts them in a blender with the brandy and candied peel and whizzes them! It adds the most wonderful flavour to the cake, and it is a tip I would heartily recommend. People … [Read more...]

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