Sticky Banana and Chocolate Tart – Light a Birthday Candle for Lumos **Recipe** donated by Gino D’Acampo to charity founded by Harry Potter author JK Rowling.
Sticky Banana and Chocolate Tart
Ingredients 50g salted butter 120g golden caster sugar
6 firm large bananas, peeled
100g chocolate chips
250g ready-to-roll puff pastry
Plain flour, for dusting
1 tub good-quality vanilla…
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Chocolate Brownies by Jane Asher – Recipe kindly donated for the Light a BirthdayCandle for Lumos! a charity campaign founded by Harry Potter author JK Rowling.
CHOCOLATE BROWNIES
Ingredients
100g/ 4 oz/ 8 tbsp butter
75 g/ 3 oz/ 2/3 cup plain flour
40 g/ 1 oz/ 1/3 cup cocoa powder
2 medium-sized eggs, lightly beaten
225 g/ 8 oz/ 1 cup caster sugar
Finely grated zest of 1…
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According to Prof Steven Mithen, of Reading University, Neanderthal man communicated via sound songs long before he could speak language. You can bet your life that one of those songs would have been a lullaby.
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A power juice containing vitamin B, potassium and iron. I recently tried this amazing juice at a new cafe’ and restaurant called TIBITS off Regent’s Street where i met Gail Porter for a breakfast interview.
Recipe: for 4 people
Preparation time: 10 minutes
Ingredients:
2 Bananas (peeled: 100-120 g)
1 Lemon (juice: 50 g)
500 ml Water
480 g Carrots
150 g Beetroot, raw
12 Passion…
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