Sausage plait recipe
This is either a poor man’s Wellington or a posh sausage roll, depending on how you look at it. It’s certainly good enough for a special meal. The sausage filling is spiked with black pudding, enhanced with a savoury mushroom
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Madeira summer pudding with warm chocolate sauce
I cannot bring myself to eat white soggy bread. With that in mind, I took a little culinary artistic license and used Madeira loaf, which adds sweetness. Ingredients 1 vanilla pod, seeds only (or a few drops of vanilla extract)175g/6oz soft light brown sugar2
Chocolate orange swirl bread
Chocolate and orange work so well together and this sweet bread is no exception. For this recipe you will need a freestanding mixer with a dough hook, a food thermometer, a food processor and a 30x20x6cm/12x8x2½ in baking tray. Preparation time1-2
Pesto and sun-dried tomato palmiers
The folding method is a little tricky on these palmiers, but the fillings are oh so simple. For this recipe, you will need a food processor and a stick blender. Ingredients For the pastry 125g/4½oz plain flour, plus extra for dusting125g/4½oz strong white flour½ tsp salt225g/8oz
Sausage rolls with caramelised red onions
Try out a great combination of flavors to jazz up sausage meat for these truly scrumptious sausage rolls. For the perfect result, invest the time in making your own pastry. (Make two batches – it takes the same amount of
5 fabulous spring destinations
1. Havana, Cuba Havana is famous for its cobbled streets, ancient Chevrolets, and crumbling Spanish colonial buildings. In the 1950s the city was a fashionable haunt of the author and journalist, Ernest Hemingway and today very little has changed. One almost feels
Travel Guide to Belarus
You may know it as Belorussia but that’s passé. Instead, refer to this ex-Soviet country as Belarus, a name that rolls off the tongue as easily as it is to visit these days. This authoritarian destination, dubbed “The last dictatorship in Europe” is
Travel 3 recommended regions in Mallorca
Mallorca, the largest of the Balearic Islands, is one of Spain’s most beloved tourist spots. Tourists are lured by the ever-present sunshine, gorgeous sandy coves and beaches, colonial-style architecture, and plenty of lush landscape that all combine to make the island
7 sensational European destinations for weekend breaks
1. County Mayo, Ireland Escape from the hustle and bustle of city life and spend a weekend in the rugged and wild landscape of County Mayo on the West Coast of Ireland. Despite occupying almost 6,000 square kilometres, Mayo has a
Zimbabwe Travel Guide – 3 unmissable places to visit
The important thing, our guide Norman tells us at the start of our rhino trek, is not to make any sudden or fast movements. These big beasts might weigh a couple of tons but they can go from naught to