Frangipane Mincemeat and Apple Slice
This fabulous festive slice is made up of a layer of crispy, buttery, homemade pastry, topped with spicy mincemeat, fresh grated apple and finished with a layer of moist, nutty, light frangipane.
Ginger and Dark Chocolate Brown Butter Cookies
These Ginger and Dark Chocolate Brown Butter Cookies are a celebration of the timeless and classic, festive flavour combination of dark chocolate and ginger. Browning the butter, takes these cookies up a notch by deepening the flavours…
Baked Pears with Marsala Wine and Cinnamon
Soft, melt in the mouth pears baked with cinnamon in Marsala wine and sweetened with Muscovado sugar. Serve with crème fraîche, fresh cream or vanilla ice cream and you have an outstanding winter dessert which you can…
Slow Cooker Christmas Mincemeat
Christmas is just not Christmas without mince pies and, generally speaking, the better the mincemeat the better the mince pies! This wonderfully easy homemade mincemeat is quick to prepare and is easily cooked in the slow cooker.…
Christmas Spice Mix
Christmas Spice Mix is a delectable and comforting combination of cinnamon, cloves, ginger, allspice, coriander, cardamom, powdered anise, nutmeg and mace; not only does it taste divine, but the whole house will smell amazingly of Christmas when…
Bread Sauce
This buttery, creamy sauce, primarily made from bread and milk, but infused with flavours from onion, cloves, bay and nutmeg, is an absolute classic accompaniment for roast turkey or goose and a must at Christmas. I neither…
White Chocolate, Cranberry and Orange Christmas Muffins
Orange infused light and fluffy muffins studded with white chocolate with a burst of delicious cranberry sauce in the centre. As these muffins bake, the festive aromas will waft through the house; what a delicious way to…
Christmas Chutney with Pears, Cranberry, Ginger and Cinnamon
Pears, Apples and Cranberries come together with cinnamon, cloves and ginger to make a delectable chutney ideal for use at home or to give as a gift. Bursting with the flavours of Christmas and with a hint…
Frangipane Mincemeat Shortbread Squares
Crispy, buttery shortbread, covered with your favourite Christmas mincemeat and topped with a moist, soft frangipane loaded with almonds and hints of vanilla. Each bite of these delectable squares, exploding with the flavours of Christmas, will melt…
Christmas Pudding
I have tried out a few recipes for Christmas pudding, but from the moment I found this one, I have made no other. We have had the same pudding for 25 years! It is a recipe from…