Raisins recipes

Sweet Onion Tarts

Red Cabbage in Port and Red Wine

A sweet and sour, spicy red cabbage dish, with the added crunch of walnuts.

Red Cabbage in Port and Red Wine

Fragrant Rice with Mango Puree

Nuts, dried fruit, cardamom and rosewater make this Indian-style rice pudding a real treat.

Fragrant Rice with Mango Puree

Panettone

This popular Italian cake is perfect for the festive season.

Panettone

Banana and Gingerbread Slices

Very quick to make and deliciously moist due to the addition of bananas.

Banana and Gingerbread Slices

Rum and Raisin Truffles

Fruit salad

A medley of colourful fresh fruits, full of natural sweetness and refreshed with real orange juice, makes an enjoyably light end to a meal.

Fruit salad

Golden Ginger Compote

Warm, spicy and full of sun-ripened ingredients- this is the perfect Christmas dessert.

Golden Ginger Compote

Crunchy Apple and Almond Flan

Stuffed Breasts of Lamb

A tasty and extremely economical dish of Syrian origin, stuffed lambs' breasts are roasted and finished in an apricot sauce.

Stuffed Breasts of Lamb

Potato and cilantro Samosas

Saffron Pilaf with Raisins and Nuts

Mulled Claret

This mull is a blend of claret, cider and orange juice. It can be varied to suit the occasion by increasing or decreasing the proportion of fruit juice.

Mulled Claret

Apple Couscous Pudding

This unusual mixture makes a delicious family pudding with a rich fruity flavour, but virtually no fat.

Apple Couscous Pudding

Smoked Trout Pilaff

Smoked trout might seem an unusual partner for rice, but this is a winning combination with an original Indian-influenced flavour that will be well appreciated at Christmas time.

Smoked Trout Pilaff

Raspberries with Oats

Crunchy muesli with raisins and almonds makes a substantial partner for soft, sweet raspberries.

Raspberries with Oats

Curried vegetables with cucumber sauce

Yoghurt is often served plain as foil to searing curries in the Middle East and Asia. It is especially refreshing when, as in this dish, it is combined with cucumber to make an Indian-style 'raita'.

Curried vegetables with cucumber sauce

Indonesian Fish Curry

Apple and raisin crisp

The acidity of apples and bite of cinnamon are sweetened by raisins under a top layer of crunchy whole wheat breadcrumbs and brown sugar.

Apple and raisin crisp

Mushroom and Mixed Nut Roast

Sweet Potato and Carrot Salad

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

Eggless Christmas Cake

Red Praline Torte

praline is a delicious crunchy caramel and nut mixture. It doesn't matter whether you use filberts or almonds - or even a mixture of the two, if you prefer.

Red Praline Torte

Kidney Bean and Vegetable Gratin

Raisins, chillies and fresh herbs add interesting flavours to a rich, warming casserole of rice, vegetables and beans, topped with grilled Parmesan cheese and served with cooling Greek yoghurt.

Kidney Bean and Vegetable Gratin

Cinnamon Apple Gateau

Make this lovely cake for an autumn celebration.

Cinnamon Apple Gateau

Fennel and Herb Coleslaw

Serve this delicious vegetarian salad as an accompaniment, or turn it into a main meal with the addition of some low fat cottage cheese and thick slices of crisp red-skinned apples.

Fennel and Herb Coleslaw

Pear and raisin Teabread

This is an ideal teabread to make when pears are plentiful - an excellent use for windfalls.

Pear and raisin Teabread

Sultana and Couscous Pudding

Apple Cakes

Peanut Butter, Fig and Raisin Sandwiches

Panforte

Apple Noodle Pudding

Brown Rice Savoury

Nutty and slightly chewy, brown rice makes a filling supper dish when combined with fish, fruit and nuts.

Ohio Steamed Pudding

Jiffy Tuna Surprise

When you are short of time and ideas, this family supper can he made from store cupboard ingredients. Serve with rice or noodles.

Prune and Apple Meringue

Meringue is a wonderfully quick and economical way of producing a glamorous-looking dessert. If your numbers increase unexpectedly, it is also an excellent way of eking out a small quantity of fruit.

Chocolate Munchies

Arabian Eggplant

Brown Rice Salad with Fruit

An Oriental-style dressing gives this colourful rice salad extra piquancy.

Apple Tapioca Pudding

Apple Yogurt Fool

Lamb and Apricot Polo

Raisin Bran Muffins

Spotted Dick

Spicy Red Cabbage with Apples

Sweet and Sour Onions

Boston Brown Bread

Grumble Pie

Chicken Liver Mousse

This mousse makes an elegant yet easy first course. The onion marmalade make a delicious accompaniment, along with a salad of chicory or other hitter leaves.

Rich Rice Pudding

This pudding comes from the Lake District in the north of England where a rich pudding of this sort was popular in the farmhouses and in the homes of the iron ore miners. Soaking the rice in milk overnight makes the pudding very rich.

French Apple Cheesecake