Caramelised Oranges
A wonderfully attractive light and refreshing dessert. It is so easy to produce and can be prepared 2 - 3 days in advance and kept chilled. The flavours develop over time. Delicious served with good quality ice-cream.
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Grilled Tropical Fruit
The fruit is this recipe is enhanced with a sweet and spicy butter coating added before grilling which keeps it moist and gives a delicious finish to the dessert. Grilled Tropical Fruit can be served on its own or is especially good served with ice-cream and brandy snap basket.
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Marinated Brie and Goats Cheese
An extremely unusual but delightful way to serve cheese. You'll definitely want to give it a try!
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Easter Hot Cross Buns
Hot Cross Buns are synonomous with Easter. This simple, traditional recipe for hot cross buns is much tastier and fresher than th shop bought ones! Try it out - you'll be surprised just how easy it is!
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Citrus Cheesecake with Tropical Fruit
A tangy refreshing easy to make dessert which would be a perfect ending to a spicy meal. Very light and summery! Note: This will feed 8 people but 4 hungry people could get through it! It will not freeze or keep well unfortunately but is best made several hours ahead so there is no last minute fuss factor!
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Nutty Spiced Sienna Slices
An intriguing combination of nuts, figs and spices with a hint of orange. A soft, but crunchy texture, dusted with cinnamon and icing sugar. These slices can be prepared at least 48 hours in advance and will keep in an airtight container for another 2 days, at least!!
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Fresh Fruit Salad
A refreshing and colourful medley of fresh fruit served with a few sprigs of chopped mint to round off an Indian meal.
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Baklava
A delicious sweet nutty dish with wonderful flaky filo pastry. Bought filo pastry makes this a fairly easy dish to prepare at home. Its well worth the effort. It can be made the day before and freezes well too.
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Clafoutis aux Cerise
An interesting combination of cherries and batter. Easy to prepare but works best for no less than 6 people. Add 15 mins onto prep time if using fresh cherries.
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Summer Fruit Chocolate Roulade
This always looks impressive and is much easier to make than you think! There is no flour in the cake so it is very light. The addition of the summer fruit makes a lovely combination of flavours - youll find this one a real winner! The entire recipe servings are for 8 people as its not worth making for any less.
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Treacle Toffee
Fantastic for keeping the children quiet as this is a hard but chewy toffee. A must for Bonfire Night and cold winter days! Makes 800g [13/4 lbs]
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Pumpkin Pie
A typical autumn dessert - the pumpkin gives very little taste and acts as a filler really. This dessert is wonderful for using any pumpkin that has been discarded when making lanterns and faces for Halloween!
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Summer Fruit Almond Cake
A quick to make cake which is really moist and fruity. It packs up well for a picnic or is suitable for a pudding anytime - served warm with some good quality ice-cream. Left overs (if there are any!) will freeze well.
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Gooseberry Crumble Cake
An excellent cake for using up a glut of fruit. It also works well with rhubarb apricots plums and apples. It freezes well (I freeze it in slices). It is also good as a pudding served with custard or ice-cream.
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Caramel Pecan and Chocolate Cheesecake
This must be one of the easiest cheesecakes to make! It is a baked cheesecake which means that there is no worrying about the gelatine. Best made early on the day that it is eaten or even better the day before. You can freeze any leftovers - if there are any!
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Yorkshire Parkin
Traditionally eaten on Bonfire Night! Best made several days ahead to allow the flavours to mature but it can be frozen (just cut it into squares first).
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Devils Food Cake
A deep dark moist and rich chocolate cake smothered in a chocolate fudge icing. This one is decorated with spooky sweets for eating at your Halloween Party - but leave off the sweets to enjoy a decadent piece of cake at any special occasion.
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Figs in Red Wine with Liqueur Cream
An utterly delicious way to serve healthy figs - well at least the figs are healthy! Easy to prepare and great for entertaining as it can be made in advance and served cold or reheated in a microwave to serve hot. The addition of the liqueur cream completes this sweet indulgent dessert.
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Banana and Baileys Creme Brulee
A traditional dessert enjoyed on any occasion. Rich and indulgent - a sure winner!
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Shortbread Hearts
A delicious light short biscuit flashed with rich organic plain chocolate. This recipe makes about 20 biscuits.
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Chocolate Mousse
A very rich indulgent dessert. It should be made up to 48 hours in advance to enable the flavours and texture to mature.
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Flirtacious Figs
A fruity cheesy little number just dripping lightly in a complimentry flavoured dressing all sitting cosily on a bed of mixed leaves. The dressing can be prepared in advance and kept chilled and the remainder of the recipe can be put together in less than 5 minutes. A dream!
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Chocolate Fondue
A very rich indulgent mega dipping treat. It is VITAL to use 70% cocoa solids chocolate for maximum flavour delivery. Extremely easy to make and great fun to share.
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Coconut Custard
If you enjoy coconut ice and custard this will be your dream dessert. Refreshing and would be ideal with a fruit puree in the base. Can be prepared at least 24hrs in advance and kept chilled.
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Iced Strawberry Margarita Pie
A very easy dessert which tastes great. Very convenient as it is made ahead and served from the freezer therefore it needs no last minute preparation. This recipe serves 8 people easily but there will be no waste if you have fewer guests - you can just keep it in the freezer. Chances are there won't be any left no matter how many guests you have!
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Zabaglione
A delicious creamy sweet dessert made with Italian Marsala wine. Traditionally served warm with almond biscuits but can be made in advance combined with whipped cream and chilled for up to 3 hours before serving. Very quick and easy to make. Spectacular to taste!
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Pears in White Wine
A wonderfully light and refreshing dessert. It's very attractive with scrummy syrup.
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Cassata Gateau
An impressive looking dessert which is much easier to make than it looks. It is a simple home made ice-cream sandwiched between two layers of cake. You make it ahead and serve it straight from the freezer with a squiggle of blackcurrant coulis. This recipe will serve 8 people but if you have fewer guests just keep the left overs in the freezer for another day! Caution - this recipe contains raw egg therefore we suggest caution if you are at risk.
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Nectarines with Almond Biscuits
This tastes much better than it looks! The distinctive amaretti flavour blends beautifully with the soft delicate fruit. It can be prepared well in advance and baked just before serving with creme fraiche or Greek yoghurt.
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Fresh Fruit and Honey Jellies
A fantastically refreshing light and fruity dessert. A great talking point as it looks delightful and is so easy to produce. It should be made the day before as it takes 6 - 8 hours to set.
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Raspberry and Orange Mousse
A light refreshing mouth-watering mousse which can be prepared the day before in individual portions or made in one large bowl to share.
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Profiteroles Au Chocolate
A mouth-watering traditional well recognised dessert lovingly covered in chocolate sauce. Ive been making this recipe for years they are fairly simple and gives a positive WOW when served. If you have a go we guarantee you'll make them again.
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Exotic Fruit Salad
A very special fruit salad made from exotic and colourful fruits soaked in a cinnamon sugar syrup with Triple Sec. Wonderful served with Jackfruit ice-cream.
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Jackfruit and Coconut Ice Cream with Jackfruit and Mango Coulis
This delicious ice-cream will make the perfect ending to any Thai meal. The coulis is optional but enhances the fruit in the ice-cream. It really is not worth making the ice-cream for less than 4 people.
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Tropical Fruit Pancakes
These Thai pancakes are made from coconut milk and filled with an exotic selection of tropical fruits. We have used Jackfruit Lychees and Mango in this recipe but you can use other fruits such as Paw Paw Physalis Passion Fruit Banana and Pineapple instead.
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Mango and Banana in Coconut Pancakes
A hot dessert, which can be partly made in advance and then fairly quickly finished off. It is fairly sweet, so you may like to serve it with something like creme fraiche. The quantity of batter makes enought for 8 pancakes, so if you are serving fewer people, just freeze the remainder for another day.
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Pecan Pie
This well known South American dessert is now enjoyed worldwide. It is very delicious and very easy to make. This recipe makes enough for 8 portions if made in a large flan tin, or 6 if made in individual tins, as shown in the photograph.
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Chocolate Pecan Pie
A fantastic combination of pastry chocolate and nuts served as an amazingly sweet tart. Fairly lengthy to prepare but well worth the effort!
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Ginger Syllabub
A sheer indulgent dessert! Ginger Syllabub is very simple to make but essential to serve with really crispy ginger biscuits. I have to admit that I like to crumble my ginger biscuit into the syllabub as I spoon down the glass!
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Caribbean Syllabub
A quick and easy dessert which can be partly prepared ahead and then completed shortly before serving. Caribbean Syllabub is quite creamy but the tanginess of the lime cuts through the richness.
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Duckanoo
There are endless variations of this traditional recipe - very similiar to a coconut rock bun. The quantities in all the servings makes 16 buns.
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Tobago Nutty Fruit Salad
A delicious fruit and crunchy nut salad which will complete any meal. Any leftovers from this Toabgo Nutty Fruit Salad are great for a breakfast topping along with natural thick yoghurt!
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