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My aunt’s churros recipe - great for Pancake day & beyond

You will not believe how easy it is to make churros! My aunt Tete taught me a few Christmases ago and I can tell you she makes the best churros I have ever tasted! As always the simplest recipes are the hardest to get right but ever since we learnt we keep trying and almost get there! So, although she says the recipe must be very exact in terms of measuring, as every Spanish cook I know…
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Pancake day recipe: Pancake Rapids

Here is an amazing recipe for Pancake Rapids. Get creative while making a yummy pancake this Shrove Tuesday. Ingredients Crepe pancakes (see recipe below) Lyle’s Squeezy Chocolate Syrup Lyle’s Golden Syrup Strawberries Yoghurt Blue food colouring Equipment: Frying pan Spatula Foil Method: 1. Make up crepe pancake mix as per instructions. Add Lyle’s Chocolate Syrup to the mix and…
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3D PANCAKE PLAY THIS PANCAKE DAY - FIRST RECIPE: Desert island (21st February 2012 is Pancake Day)

If you think the annual pancake toss is flipping boring, then we’ll show you a new way to play on Pancake Day by creating a new series of edible three-dimensional ‘panscapes’ that turn the humble pancake into an edible art form that you can enjoy simply and easily at home. Leading experimental food experts Polly Betton and Andrew Stellitano have built a series of beautiful 3D landscapes…
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Traffic Light Pasta

Cars and little trucks feature amongst the shapes in Pazzielle, so I thought a traffic light theme might be quite fun. Involving children in the cooking process not only teaches the a valuable life skill, but it also encourages them to want to eat the food they have helped to make, so for this recipe you can all get cracking on the job of de-seeding and cubing the tomatoes. To make this more…
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Chocolate chunk nut cookies - Recipe donated by Celia Brooks to Lumos, charity founded by Harry Potter author JK Rowling

Chocolate chunk nut cookies **Recipe donated by Celia Brooks** to LUMOS, charity founded by Harry Potter author JK Rowling. Ingredients 125g / 5 oz. / 1 cup plain flour ½ tsp. baking powder ½ tsp. fine sea salt 125g / 5 oz. / 1 ¼ stick butter, softened 100g / 4 oz. / ¾ cup packed soft brown sugar 1 tsp. pure vanilla essence 1 organic egg 200g / 8 oz. plain chocolate (30-70% cocoa solids…
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Fresh tomato sauce with SunBlush tomatoes - exclusive recipe by Annabel Karmel

Fresh tomato sauce with SunBlush tomatoes- exclusive recipe by Annabel Karmel taken from her new book ‘Annabel Karmel’s Top 100 Meals in Minutes’ (available to buy from 25th August 2011). Makes 4 portions 1 tbsp olive oil 1 small onion, finely chopped 1 large clove garlic, crushed 450g (1lb) ripe tomates, chopped pinch salt ¼ tsp balsamic vinegar 250g (9 oz) small penne pasta 50g…
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Lemon cupcakes - exclusive recipe by Annabel Karmel

Children love to help pipe the icing on cupcakes, so get them involved to make these yummy Lemon cupcakes – exclusive recipe by Annabel Karmel taken from her new book ‘Annabel Karmel’s Top 100 Meals in Minutes’. Suitable for freezing Ingredients Makes 12 lemon cupcakes -110g unsalted butter at room temperature -200g cater sugar -2 large eggs -150g self raising flour…
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Cherubs Chowder - exclusive recipe by Annabel Karmel

Cherubs Chowder – exclusive recipe by Annabel Karmel taken from her new book ‘Annabel Karmel’s Top 100 Meals in Minutes’ (available to buy from 25th August 2011). Suitable for freezing Suitable from 6 months Makes 6 portions Fats from dairy produce such as butter, cheese yoghurt and milk are fine for babies and they provide vitamins A and D. It is not just good to give…
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In a Flash Strawberry Philly Tart

Amazing summer recipe and quick to prepare. Servings: 8 Times Prep time: 15 minutes Cook time: 20 minutes Chill time: 30 minutes Ingredients 1 ready prepared 20 cm sweet pastry case 4 tbsp redcurrant jelly or raspberry jam 250 g Philadelphia Original 100 ml Greek yogurt 40 g icing sugar 1/2 tsp vanilla extract 250 g fresh strawberries, hulled and halved Instructions 1. Pop the…
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Carrot, pecan and orange muffins - Light a Birthday Candle for Lumos **Recipe by Peter Gordon**

Carrot, pecan and orange muffins – Light a Birthday Candle for Lumos **Recipe donated by Peter Gordon** to charity founded by Harry Potter author JK Rowling. Carrot, Pecan and Orange Muffins Ingredients 2 carrots, peeled and gratedthe finely grated zest from 1 orange 2 Tablespoons poppy seeds 100g toasted pecan halves 100g light brown sugar (use some for sprinkling) 1 egg + 1…
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