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Vague Spaghetti Bolagnaise Recipe
By HappyChappy11
Mum doesn't follow a recipe for this as she knows how to make it off by heart
- olive oil
- 2 large or 4 small onions
- 2-3 carrots
- 3 garlic cloves
- at least 1kg minced beef
- seasoning
- worcester sauce
- basil
- oregano
- double concentrate tomato puree
- 2x400g cartons chopped tomatoes
- 2 beef stock cubes
- several mushrooms
- spaghetti
Kinder Bueno Cake
By Laurapackham
The best Kinder Bueno cheesecake in 5 easy steps! A perfect cake to impress at birthdays and special occasions
- 300g biscuits (digestive is best)
- 150g butter not margarine
- 350mls of fresh whipped cream
- 450g philadelphia cheese
- 150g icing sugar (sifted)
- 5 - 6 Kinder Bueno chocolate bars
Guacamole sandwich
By Vineetha Sush, Ruchi
A healthy sandwich with a yummy guacamole filling
- For Guacamole
- Avacado - 2
- Red onion - 1 small ( finely chopped )
- Tomato - 1/2 ( finely chopped )
- Lemon juice - 1 tbs
- Salt
- Pepper
- Coriander leaves - (finely chopped )
- For sandwich
- Bread - 6 slices
- Butter ( to spread )
Apple Cake with Butterscotch Sauce
By Teawitherika, Tea with Erika
Easy to make and deliciously good to eat! Makes for a moist and dense cake that keeps you coming for seconds, third...
- CAKE
- 420g (3 cups) all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 300ml (1 ¼ cups) vegetable oil
- 400g (2 cups) granulated sugar
- 3 large eggs
- 4 small red apples, peeled, cored and cut into 1cm (½-inch) dice
- BUTTERSCOTCH SAUCE
- 60g (¼ cup) unsalted butter
- 110g (½ cup) muscovado sugar
- 125ml (½ cup) double cream
- ½ teaspoon flaky sea salt (or ¼ teaspoon regular salt), plus more to taste
- ½ teaspoon vanilla paste
Nonna's Apple Pie
By eobertelli
This is my grandma’s recipe for apple pie that I have been using for years and no other recipe beats it in my opi...
- 75g butter
- 150g caster sugar
- 300 g plain flour
- grated rind from one lemon
- 1 egg
- 1/2 packet of lievito vanigliato (vanilla baking powder, or 2 tsp baking powder and a dribble of vanilla essence)
- 5 apples
- sugar and cinnamon for sprinkling
Apple and Blackberry Crumble Cake
By bakegood
Blackberry studded sponge topped with a layer of apples and oat-y crumble
- For the crumble topping:
- 60g plain flour
- 30g rolled oats
- 70g light brown sugar
- ½ tsp ginger
- ¼ tsp freshly grated nutmeg
- ½ tsp cinnamon
- For the sponge:
- 3 apples
- A squeeze of lemon juice
- 60g unsalted butter, at room temperature
- 50g caster sugar
- 50g light brown sugar
- 1 egg
- ½ tsp vanilla extract
- 140g plain flour
- 1tsp baking powder
- ¼ tsp salt
- 80ml whole milk
- 100g blackberries, cut in half
Chilly paneer
By Vineetha Sush, Ruchi
Indian cottage cheese prepared in Indo- chinese style
- For marinade and frying
- Paneer/ Indian cottage cheese - 250 gm
- Plain flour - 4 tbs
- Cornflour - 2 tbs
- Ginger garlic paste - 1 1/2 tsp
- Salt
- Pepper - 1/2 tsp
- Water - 1/4-1/2 cup
- Oil for shallow frying
- For sauce
- Onion - 2 medium ( cubed )
- Capsicum/ pepper - 1
- Green chillies - 2( cut diagnoly )
- Minced ginger - 1 tsp
- Minced garlic - 1tsp
- Tomato sauce/ tomato ketchup - 3 tbs
- Soya sauce - 2 tbs
- Chilly garlic sauce - 2 tbs
- Salt
- Cornflour - 1 tbs
- Water - 3 tbs
Fondant Holly's
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By Simm, Sims cake recipes
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Vanilla Cookies Dipped In Chocolate - Little Hearts
By agrawal.shweta.n, Merry Tummy
I find cookies are the easiest bakes that one can opt for
- For Cookies
- 1 cup softened butter
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 tablespoon pure vanilla extract
- 2 cups self rising flour
- For Chocolate Layer
- 200 grams of dark chocolate
- 1 tablespoon butter
- Some sprinkles (optional)
Fondant Roses
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By Simm, Sims cake recipes
How to make fondant roses
- Fondant
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How to make the perfect pizza dough
- To make 1 large family pizza (6 people):
- 20 g of fresh baker's yeast,
- 15 ml water (at room temperature),
- 250 g of white bread flour (or if you can find fine Italian flour ‘00’ it’s even better),
- 5 cl of olive oil,
- 1 tsp salt.
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Banana Loaf
- 3 very ripe bananas
- 170g (6oz) (just) melted butter
- 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda in 1tbsp water
- 170g (6oz) brown sugar
- 1 egg (room temperature)
- 255-285g (9 oz-10oz) plain flour
- 1 tsp. cinnamon
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Foolproof Tarte-Tatin
- - 4-6 apples - depending on size of pan
- - 100g sugar
- - 6 small knobs butter
- - 1 fresh vanilla pod
- - 1 sheet puff pastry
- - A generous swig of calvados, armagnac or brandy
- - creme fraiche to serve
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How to make pefect American...
- 230 g plain flour (or self raising flour)
- 1-2 tsp baking powder (if you are using plain flour)
- 1 pinch of salt
- 300 ml milk
- 2 large eggs (free range)
- 35 grams melted butter
- 1/2 tsp of vanilla extract
- Sunflower oil
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Bash
- 4 peeled large potatoes
- hand full of spinach
- hand-full of kale
- hand-full of baby tomatoes
- 1 onion
- 2 cloves of garlic
- herbs of your choice
- salt and pepper
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Mint & Apple Chutney
- 5 SMALL APPLES (PEELED)
- 1 ONION (PEELED)
- 200G MINT
- 1 CHILLI
- 2TSP SALT
- 2 TSP LEMON JUICE
- coriander to taste
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The Perfect Apple and Pork Curry
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 4 Pork Chops trimmed / boneless
- 1 Small onion sliced thin
- 1 Clove Garlic minced
- 1 Tart Cooking Apple
- 1 Small Sweet Red Pepper
- 1/2 cup Chicken Stock
- 1 teaspoon Cornstarch
- 1 teaspoon Curry powder
- 1/2 teaspoon Ground cumin
- 1/2 teaspoon Cinnamon
- Salt
- Black Pepper freshly ground
- Parsley Chopped, or Coriander
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How to caramelise onions
- 6 small onions or 3 large (red or brown)
- 1-2 tsp sugar
- water
- olive oil
- 1-2 tbs balsamic vinegar (optional)
- 1 pinch salt
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Easy Macarons
- 1 cup (100g) icing sugar
- 1 cup ground almonds
- 2 medium egg whites
- Pinch of salt
- 1/4 (55g) cup caster sugar
- Ffilling:
- 1 1/2 cups softened unsalted butter
- 2/3 cup (75g) icing sugar
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The Only Way to Fry a Mushroom
- Enough button mushrooms to fill you up
- Two cloves of garlic
- Sea salt
- Olive Oil
- Soy sauce
- Balsamic vinegar
- A toasted item to serve them on
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Cinnamon Shortbread
- 6 oz plain flour
- 4 oz unsalted butter, room temperature and cubed
- 2 oz light brown sugar
- 3/4 tablespoon ground cinnamon
- granulated sugar for dusting
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Perfect Pastry Recipe
- 8oz plain flour
- 6oz butter
- 1tbsp caster sugar
- 1 egg yolk
- 3 tbsp cold water (if needed)
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