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Plum cobbler
 Mellow dessert plums, their juice thickened by ground almonds, are baked beneath thick rounds of low-fat scone pastry in this warming family pudding for autumn days. |
 Plum cobbler |
Poppy Seed Rolls
Pile these soft rolls in a basket and serve them for breakfast or with dinner. |
 Poppy Seed Rolls |
Panettone
This popular Italian cake is perfect for the festive season. |
 Panettone |
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 |
Granary Baps
These make excellent picnic fare, filled with cottage cheese, tuna, salad and low fat mayonnaise. They are also very good served warm with soup. |
 Granary Baps |
Crusty breads and rolls
Large or small, plaited, plain or cottage-style, floured, glazed or sprinkled with seeds or oats, homemade crusty loaves and rolls are welcome at any meal from family breakfast to festive dinner party. |
 Crusty breads and rolls |
Cocktail Biscuits
Tiny savoury biscuits are always a welcome treat. Experiment with different flavours and shapes and make a batch of biscuits to give as gifts. |
 Cocktail Biscuits |
Oatmeal Bread
A healthy bread, with a delightfully crumbly texture due to the inclusion of rolled oats. |
 Oatmeal Bread |
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 |
Irish Soda bread
This country bread, raised with Baking soda instead of yeast, is quick to make and at its soft, crumbly best when it is freshly baked. |
 Irish Soda bread |
Caraway Knots
These egg-glazed caraway knots are put into boiling water to make them rise. |
 Caraway Knots |
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 |
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 |
Tomato Breadsticks
 Once you've tried this simple recipe you'll never buy manufactured breadsticks again. Serve as a snack, or with aperitifs and a dip at the beginning of a meal. |
 Tomato Breadsticks |
Olive and Oregano Bread
This is an excellent accompaniment to all salads and is particularly good served warm. |
 Olive and Oregano Bread |
Caraway Bread Sticks
Ideal to nibble with drinks, these can be made with all sorts of other seeds - try cumin seeds, poppy seeds or celery seeds. |
 Caraway Bread Sticks |
Bean and Mushroom Burgers
Hungry children will love to tuck into these hearty, lightly spiced vegetarian burgers, made with wholesome ingredients and served with pitta bread, salad and a sweet red onion relish. |
 Bean and Mushroom Burgers |
Whole Wheat Muffins
These soft, light little cakes of bread were once so popular that muffin men sold them warm in city streets. Now they are an all-too-rare treat, still most enjoyable warm from the oven, either just as they are or torn open and spread with a sweet or savoury filling. |
 Whole Wheat Muffins |
Walnut Bread
Delicious at any time of day, this bread may be eaten plain or topped with some low fat cream cheese. |
 Walnut Bread |
Orange Wheat Loaf
Perfect just with butter as a breakfast or tea bread and lovely for banana sandwiches. |
 Orange Wheat Loaf |
Rosemary and Sea Salt Focaccia
Focaccia is an Italian flat bread made with olive oil. Here it is given added flavour with rosemary and coarse sea salt. |
 Rosemary and Sea Salt Focaccia |
Cheese and onion bread
A light-textured loaf flavoured with onion, cheese, mustard and oregano is given a crisp, savoury crust with a sprinkling of Parmesan. |
 Cheese and onion bread |
Vegetable Gnocchi
This delicious vegetarian main course can be assembled well ahead of time- always a bonus at Christmas. |
 Vegetable Gnocchi |
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 |
Saffron Foccacia
A dazzling yellow bread with a distinctive flavour. |
 Saffron Foccacia |
Cheeselets
These crispy cheese biscuits are irresistible, and will disappear in moments. |
 Cheeselets |
Pumpkin Gnocchi
Gnocchi is an Italian pasta dumpling usually made from potatoes; in this special recipe, pumpkin is added, too. A chanterelle sauce provides both richness and flavour. |
 Pumpkin Gnocchi |
Cottage cheese and basil quiche
Cottage cheese gives a beautifully light texture to this quiche, while pungent fresh basil creates an irresistible aroma. |
 Cottage cheese and basil quiche |
Swedish Sultana Bread
A lightly sweetened fruit bread that is delicious served warm. It is also excellent toasted and topped with low fat spread. |
 Swedish Sultana Bread |
Stollen
This authentic German Christmas bread will keep in an airtight container for up to a week; it also freezes well. The quantities are sufficient to make two stollen - one to keep and one to give away. |
 Stollen |
Olive and tomato focaccia
This Italian bread, Genoa's version of the southern pizza, is full of the savoury tang of olives and the intense fruitiness of sun-dried tomatoes. Eat it newly baked, with cottage cheese or a salad, or pack it up to give a Mediterranean favour to a picnic. |
 Olive and tomato focaccia |
Vegetarian Christmas Pie
A sophisticated mushroom flan with a cheese-souffle topping. Serve hot with cranberry relish and Brussels sprouts with chestnuts and carrots. |
 Vegetarian Christmas Pie |
Rye Bread
Rye bread is popular in northern Europe and makes an excellent base for open sandwiches - add a low fat topping of your choice. |
 Rye Bread |
Pretzels with cumin seeds
Cumin gives its distinctive spicy edge to these glossy-topped loose knots of bread. |
 Pretzels with cumin seeds |
Wild Mushroom Tart
The flavour of wild mushrooms makes this tart really rich: use as wide a variety of mushrooms as you can get hold of for added flavour. |
 Wild Mushroom Tart |
Pizza with three pepper topping
A combination of brown and white flours produces a plump, puffy pizza base with a nutty, wholesome flavour. Red, yellow and green pepper rings make a colourful and intricate topping to stud with savoury
pieces of olive. A thick, spicy tomato sau |
 Pizza with three pepper topping |
Pastry Wrapped Chorizo Puffs
These flaky pastry puffs, filled with spicy Chorizo sausage and grated cheese, make a perfect accompaniment to a glass of sherry or cold beer at an informal Christmas party. |
 Pastry Wrapped Chorizo Puffs |
Roquefort tartlets
These can be made in shallow tartlet tins to serve hot as a first course. You could also make them in tiny cocktail tins, to serve warm as bite-size snacks with a drink before a meal. |
 Roquefort tartlets |
Turkey and Cranberry Pie
The cranberries add a tart layer to this turkey pie. Cranberry sauce can be used if fresh cranberries are not available. The pie freezes well and is an ideal dish to prepare in advance. |
 Turkey and Cranberry Pie |
Tomato and Basil Tart
This mouthwatering savoury tart will be very popular at buffet parties, and vegetarians will love it, too. It is a very simple tart to make, with rich shortcrust pastry, topped with slices of mozzarella cheese and tomatoes and enriched with olive oil and basil leaves. |
 Tomato and Basil Tart |
Rough Puff Pastry
Rough puff pastry isn't too time-consuming to make and gives excellent results. It has the buttery flakiness of puff pastry, although it won't rise as much. |
Pate Brisee
This tart pastry is an enriched smooth, pliable dough, which is rolled out thinly and used for savoury tarts. |
Fish Croquettes
Croquettes are a classic way of presenting leftovers in a new and attractive form. Season generously for success. |
Puff Pastry
This is the richest of all pastries, and requires patience, practice and very light handling. If possible, it should be made the day before it is to be used. It is not practical to make less than a 1 pound flour weight quantity. |
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