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Christmas Cranberry Bombe
 This is a light alternative to Christmas pudding that is still very festive. |
 Christmas Cranberry Bombe |
Mixed berry ice cream
Blending a selection of summer berries and yoghurt before, during and after freezing creates a deliciously fresh, smooth, soft ice cream. |
 Mixed berry ice cream |
Creamed Chicken Livers
 This savoury mixture is an unusual may of preparing chicken livers; serve it on toast for a brunch or supper snack, or with boiled rice and tomatoes for a main dish. |
 Creamed Chicken Livers |
Cool Cucumber Soup
This is a great soup to make on a steamy summer's day since it requires no cooking at all. Just assemble the ingredients and mix them together, then it is ready to eat and enjoy. |
 Cool Cucumber Soup |
Onion and Feta Cheese Flan
The flan case for this recipe is quickly made using a scone-style dough, and the subtle flavour of fresh thyme makes an ideal accompaniment to the thick, creamy texture of the Greek cheese filling. |
 Onion and Feta Cheese Flan |
Cold Raspberry Soup
This recipe really does need fresh raspberries as both canned and frozen raspberries have sugar or heavy syrup in with them and would make the soup too sweet. |
 Cold Raspberry Soup |
Pineapple mint yoghurt drink
The coolest, palest shade of cream and a heady scent promise smooth and fruity refreshment, a promise that is fulfilled when you taste pineapple-mint yoghurt drink. |
 Pineapple mint yoghurt drink |
Chestnut Brandy Cream
Chestnut puree fortified with brandy is whipped up into a treat with heavy cream and chocolate. |
 Chestnut Brandy Cream |
Mini Leek and Onion Tartlets 2
The savoury filling in these tartlets is traditional to France where many types of quiche are popular. Baking in individual tins makes for easier serving and looks attractive on the buffet table. |
 Mini Leek and Onion Tartlets 2 |
Crabmeat Pie
This rich crabmeat pie is flavoured with fennel and is delicious hot or cold. |
 Crabmeat Pie |
Flambeed Pineapple and Bananas
The sunny flavour of two of the best-loved tropical fruits is enhanced by the potent sweetness of hot rum for an easy, aromatic dessert, cooled with whipped cream or ice cream. |
 Flambeed Pineapple and Bananas |
Hot Sausages and Cheese Dip
Serve celery and carrot sticks or chunks of cucumber with super Hot sausages and cheese dip. |
 Hot Sausages and Cheese Dip |
Amaretto Mousses with Chocolate Sauce
These little desserts are extremely rich and derive their flavour from Amaretto, an almond-flavoured liqueur, and amaretti, little almond-flavoured biscuits. |
 Amaretto Mousses with Chocolate Sauce |
New England Corn Chowder
Substantial and warming, this soup was inspired by a traditional recipe from New England which makes good use of the local sweetcorn, while cream and potatoes add to its rich texture. |
 New England Corn Chowder |
Fish Gougere
Fish gougere is made from cheese-flavoured choux pastry. Quicker and easier to do than you might imagine, it makes an interesting light dish.
Gougere is cheese-flavoured choux pastry, unusual, with a luxury touch, but very cheap to make. Combined with the fish it makes a delicious light lunch dish. |
 Fish Gougere |
Goat's Cheese Souffle
This recipe works equally well with strong blue cheeses such as Roquefort. |
 Goat's Cheese Souffle |
Anchovy Eggs Mornay
Anchovy eggs mornay are an interesting new way of serving eggs in cheese sauce. |
 Anchovy Eggs Mornay |
Eggs Soubise
Hard eggs coated in a creamy onion sauce are an original and economical starter for a dinner party. |
 Eggs Soubise |
Chunky Fish Soup
Chunks of firm fish stay attractively whole in this beautifully simple soup. Herbs, tomatoes and wine add extra flavour and a warm, inviting colour, while a modest addition of cream gives it richness. |
 Chunky Fish Soup |
Ginger and Chocolate Mascarpone
A wickedly rich confection of dark chocolate, rum and creamy Italian cheese, studded with sweet ginger. |
 Ginger and Chocolate Mascarpone |
Raspberry Vacherin
Meringue rounds filled with orange-flavoured low fat fromage frais and fresh raspberries make this a perfect dinner party dessert. |
 Raspberry Vacherin |
Creamy Spinach Puree
Creme fraiche, the thick French soured cream, or béchamel sauce usually gives this spinach recipe its creamy richness, but try this quick, light alternative. |
 Creamy Spinach Puree |
Salmon Steaks With Sorrel Sauce
Salmon and sorrel are a traditional combination - the sharp flavour of the sorrel balances the richness of the fish. If sorrel is not available, use finely chopped watercress instead. |
 Salmon Steaks With Sorrel Sauce |
Minted chicken soup
A fresh, minty prickle infuses this cream of chicken soup, which is light yet crammed with tender shreds of chicken. Lemon rind and juice highlight the refreshing favour. |
 Minted chicken soup |
Peach and Raspberry Croustades
Golden peaches, nestling among rich red raspberries on a bed of featherlight pastry, bring the sweetness of summer to the table. |
 Peach and Raspberry Croustades |
Sacher Squares
The original Sacher Torte was a two-layered dense chocolate cake separated by apricot spread and covered with smooth chocolate. Created by Franz Sacher, chief pastrycook to the Austrian statesman Metternich during the Congress of Vienna (1814 - 15), the cake was later the subject of a protracted argument between some of Sacher's descendants and Vienna's famous Demel patisserie as to whether in its true form it had two layers or was just a cake spread with spread and iced. |
 Sacher Squares |
Vegetable Primavera
The secret of this dish lies in the light cooking of a mixture of fine spring vegetables, which gives them a crisp texture and fresh flavour, and contrasts agreeably with the stuffed pasta. |
 Vegetable Primavera |
Frosted Plum Tricorns
These decorative frosted plum tricorns, filled with cream are the sort of parcels all your family will be only too pleased to unwrap. Economical and not difficult to make, they look very luxurious. |
 Frosted Plum Tricorns |
Ginger Trifle
This is a good way to use up leftover cake, whether plain, chocolate or gingerbread. |
 Ginger Trifle |
Chicken with Morels
Morels are among the most tasty dried mushrooms and, although expensive, a little goes a long way. |
 Chicken with Morels |
French Beans with Bacon and Cream
This baked vegetable accompaniment is rich and full of flavour. It would taste particularly good served alongside any number of chicken dishes. |
 French Beans with Bacon and Cream |
Brandy Alexander
A warming digestif, made from a blend of creme de cacao, brandy and heavy cream, that can be served at the end of the meal with coffee. |
 Brandy Alexander |
Baked Custard with Burnt Sugar
You can add a little liqueur to this dessert if you like, but it is equally delicious without it. |
 Baked Custard with Burnt Sugar |
Carrot Cake
It is an old 18th century idea to use a cheap readily-available vegetable, instead of expensive dried fruit. |
 Carrot Cake |
Roquefort and Cucumber Mousse
This refreshingly cool mousse makes a perfect starter to prepare ahead and store in the fridge. The delicate taste and elegant appearance mean that this mousse would make a great addition to any buffet supper or party menu. |
 Roquefort and Cucumber Mousse |
Chilled cream of tomato soup
Enriched with natural yoghurt and chilled to a refreshing degree, this smooth tomato soup is easy to prepare and makes a perfect start to a summer dinner party. |
 Chilled cream of tomato soup |
Butterfly Cup Cakes
Decorate these butterfly cup cakes with buttercream, using a piping bag with star nozzle. Stand the bag in a jar to fill it. |
 Butterfly Cup Cakes |
Stuffed radishes
 Meaty prawns are flavoured with a subtle infusion of herbs, spices and vegetables while they cook, and then given a hot cayenne dressing; pretty radishes opened like tulips and filled with a spicy cream cheese stuffing, make eye-catching party appetisers. |
 Stuffed radishes |
Kipper Cream
Kipper cream can be served with hot toast or small savoury biscuits for cocktail canapes. |
 Kipper Cream |
Zucchini and carrot quiche
The extra care needed to make the case and filling are amply rewarded by this quiche with its delicately flavoured filling set in a crisp, light crust of rice. |
 Zucchini and carrot quiche |
Brandied Egg Nog
This frothy blend of eggs, milk and spirits definitely comes into the nightcap category of drinks. |
 Brandied Egg Nog |
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