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Christmas and Wine....what's better than that?

  • 1 Bottle Red Wine
  • 2 Tablespoons Caster Sugar
  • 1/2 Glass Orange Juice
  • 1 Cinnamon Stick
  • 1 Nutmeg (halved)
  • 8 Cloves
  • 8 Allspice Berries (also known as Whole Pimento)
  • 1 Thumb Ginger
4.2/5 (13 Votes)

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Mix all fruit, peel, nuts and lemon rind with brandy and leave overnight

  • Round 17.5cm/7in Round 20cm/8in Round 22.5cm/9in
  • Square 15cm/6in Square 17.5cm/7in Square 20cm/8in
  • gram gram gram
  • Currants 100 150 200
  • Sultanas 100 150 200
  • Raisins 150 225 275
  • GlaceCherries 50 75 100
  • Mixed cut peel 50 75 100
  • Mix chopped nuts 50 75 100
  • Lemon rind (5ml/tsp) 1 1.5 2
  • Brandy(15 ml/tbsp) 1.5 2 2.5
  • Plain flour 125 200 250
  • Mixed spice(5ml/tsp) 1 1.5 1.75
  • Ground Almonds 25 50 60
  • Soft brown sugar 100 175 225
  • Butter 100 175 225
  • Black treacle(15ml/tbsp.)1 1 1.5
  • Eggs 3 4 5
4/5 (25 Votes)

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A Lovely treat. That makes a fantastic present!

  • 200g Sugar
  • 120ml Milk
  • 3TBSP Golden Syrup
  • 25g Butter
  • 2TBSP Lemon Juice (Better if fresh)
4/5 (27 Votes)

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Nothing says Christmas more than good fruits and a warming tart

  • -Pastry-
  • 240g Plain Flour
  • 120g Butter
  • 2 Eggs
  • 20g Sugar
  • -Filling-
  • 300g Peeled and cored apples, chopped into cubes
  • 300g Plums chopped into cubes
  • 300g Caster Sugar
  • 4 Tablespoons Cinnamon
  • 4 Tablespoons Ginger
  • 1 Teaspoon Almond Essence
  • 2-3 shots of a Christmas Alcohol (i.e. Rum)
  • -Topping-
  • 150g Butter
  • 150g Oats
  • 75g Caster Sugar
  • -Finish-
  • Icing sugar to dust
2.8/5 (127 Votes)

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Mix the first six ingredients together forming a ball

  • 2 Large packages of cream cheese
  • 1/3 Cup chopped onion
  • 1 Green pepper
  • 1-8oz Can crushed pineapple
  • 2 Teaspoons seasoned salt
  • 1 Cup finely chopped nuts
2.9/5 (126 Votes)

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A family recipe from Great Nanna Lottie

  • 3/4 lb flour
  • 1/2 lb butter
  • 1/2 lb caster sugar
  • 1 lb currants
  • 1/2 sultanas
  • 1/2 lb mixed peel
  • 4 oz ground almonds
  • 4 eggs
  • 1/4 tsp. bi-carbonate of soda
  • a little milk
  • 1/4 tsp. spice or nutmeg
  • 1 tbsp. golden syrup
  • FOR THE ICING
  • 10 oz icing sugar
  • cold water (about 2 tbsp.)
  • vanilla flavouring
  • crystallised rose leaves
0/5 (0 Votes)

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