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Apple turnovers

Put the Bramley apple, sugar and cinnamon in a small pan with 1 tbsp water. Cover with a lid and simmer over a low heat for 10-15 mins until the apple breaks down and turns into a compote.

Stir in the butter and the Gala apple and cook for a further 5 mins, uncovered, until the Gala apple is just soft but retaining its shape, and any excess water has evaporated to make a thick compote around the Gala chunks. Remove from the heat and leave to cool.

Heat the oven to 220C/200C fan/gas 7. Unravel the Jus-Rol™ Puff Pastry Sheet out on a work surface, and cut into 4 even rectangles. Divide the apple filling to one side of each of the puff pastry rectangles, leaving a 1cm border. Brush the border with milk and fold over the empty side of pastry over the filling and crimp together. Brush with more milk and sprinkle over the sugar. Make a small steam hole in the middle of the turnovers.

Transfer to a parchment-lined baking sheet and bake for 20-25 mins until golden and puffed up. Leave to cool for 10 mins on a wire rack (the filling will be molten when it first comes out the oven) before serving warm with a scoop of vanilla ice cream, or serve at room temperature. Keep for 2 days in an airtight container.

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Christmas morning spiced bread

Sift the flour, salt and cinnamon into a bowl. Stir in the sugar and yeast, then make a well in the centre. Pour the milk into a small pan, add the butter and warm gently until the butter has melted. Pour into the well, then add the beaten eggs. Gradually mix to make a soft, slightly sticky dough. Turn the dough out on to a lightly floured surface and knead vigorously for 5 minutes until smooth. Put the dough into a clean bowl, cover with oiled cling film and leave somewhere warm for 11?2 hours or until the dough has doubled in size. Lightly butter a 900g loaf tin. Punch the air out of the dough and turn it out on to a lightly floured surface again. Knead once more until smooth, then knead in the walnuts and raisins. Divide the dough into three and shape each piece into an oval ball. Drop each ball side by side into the prepared tin and cover loosely with oiled cling film. Leave somewhere warm for 30 minutes until the dough has reached the top of the tin. Meanwhile, preheat the oven to fan 180C/conventional 200C/gas 6. Mix the egg yolk with 1 tbsp of water and brush over the top of the risen loaf. Bake for 20 minutes, covering loosely with a double sheet of foil once it’s nicely browned. Then, lower the temperature to fan 160C/conventional 180C/gas 4 and bake for a further 20 minutes. Turn the loaf out of its tin and tap the base – it will sound hollow if the loaf is done. If it doesn’t, return it to the oven out of its tin and bake for another 5-10 minutes. Cool the loaf on a wire rack. (The loaf can be sealed in a plastic bag and frozen for up to 1 month. If you slice it before freezing you can toast the slices straight from the freezer, otherwise you need to remove the whole loaf from the freezer the night before.) Serve lightly toasted, with butter and jam.

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Cardamom & peach quinoa porridge

Put the quinoa, oats and cardamom pods in a small saucepan with 250ml water and 100ml of the almond milk. Bring to the boil, then simmer gently for 15 mins, stirring occasionally.

Pour in the remaining almond milk and cook for 5 mins more until creamy.

Remove the cardamom pods, spoon into bowls or jars, and top with the peaches and maple syrup.

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Drop scones

Sieve the flour into a bowl, and add the baking powder, sugar and ½ tsp of salt. Whisk the egg and milk together in a jug, then pour into the bowl and whisk for a few minutes until you make a smooth thick batter. 

Add a drizzle of oil to a hot plate or large frying pan, and spread using a piece of kitchen paper. Heat the pan over a medium heat, and once hot, drop 2 tbsp of the batter into the pan to make small pancakes. You will be able to make about 4-5 at a time. 

Cook the pancakes for 2-3 mins until the edges are set, and bubbles rise from the middle. Flip and cook for another 2-3 minutes until golden brown and cooked through. Repeat with the remaining batter, keeping the cooked ones warm in a low oven, if you like. Add another drizzle of oil to the pan when needed. 

Top the pancakes with a little butter and a drizzle of maple syrup, alongside some seasonal fruit, if you like.

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Apple & clementine Bircher

The night before, mix the oats with the cinnamon in a large bowl. Stir in the apple juice and grated apple, cover with cling film and leave overnight in the fridge. In the morning, stir through the clementine segments, divide between four bowls, then scatter over the almonds and pomegranate seeds.

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Simnel spiced breakfast loaf

Put each flour into its own mixing bowl and add a sachet of yeast and ½ tsp salt to each bowl. Stir the caster sugar into the white flour, and the muscovado and spices into the brown flour. Put the milk and butter in a small pan and warm gently until the butter has melted. Make a well in the middle of each flour mix and pour half the milk mixture into each. Add 1 egg to each, and mix to a soft, sticky dough – if you have a table-top mixer or food processor with a dough hook, use that to mix, as the dough is quite sticky. Turn each dough onto a lightly floured surface and and knead each for 5 mins until smooth (or knead in your mixer). Put back into their bowls, cover loosely with oiled cling film and leave somewhere warm until the dough has doubled in size. Lightly dust a 900g loaf tin with flour. Turn out the doughs and knead each for 30 secs more. Roll out each dough thinly so that its width is the same as the length of the loaf tin, but roll it as long as you can – the longer it is, the more ‘swirls’ you’ll get. Melt the 2 tbsp butter and brush the spicy malted dough all over, then scatter with the raisins and extra 1 tbsp of muscovado sugar. Lift the white dough on top and press together. Brush the top with the remaining melted butter, then roll up from one of the ends that matches the length of the tin. Lift the roll into the tin and cover loosely with oiled cling film. Leave somewhere warm for 20-30 mins until the dough has risen nicely above the top of the tin. Heat oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6 and bake for 20 mins, then turn down to 180C/160C fan/gas 4 and bake for 20 mins more. Turn out the loaf and check it sounds hollow when tapped on the base – if not, pop back in the tin and bake for another 5 mins. Cool on a wire rack, then slice, toast and butter or eat cold.

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Namak Paray

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ShishTawk Recipe

Put chicken cubes, yogurt, oil, garlic paste, lemon juice, thyme, oregano, all spice mixture, cumin powder, salt, black pepper powder and tomato paste in bowl and keep to marinate. Place one piece of chicken, onion, tomato and capsicum on

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Lasagna Pot Recipe

Preheat oven to 200°C/180°C fan-forced. Grease four, 1 cup-capacity ovenproof dishes (see note 1). Heat oil in a large frying pan over medium-high heat. Add onion and garlic.

Crab Quiche

Crab Quiche Recipe

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). In a medium bowl, beat together eggs, mayonnaise, flour, and milk until thoroughly blended. Stir in crab, cheese, and onion. Spread into pie shell.

Desserts Recipes

turtles

Tiny Turtles Recipe

Place wax paper on a sheet pan and spread out the pretzels over the wax paper. Now, this step you can do one of two ways. You can either place a Pecan half on top of the Rolo, or wait until they come out of the oven. We prefer to place the Pecan on top of the Rolo before we place it in the oven.Place the sheet pan in the oven and set the timer for 2 minutes.

strawberry

Strawberry Kheer Recipe

In a cooking pot, add ,milk, rice, cardamom, pistachio, almonds, cashews, cold water and boil it. Next, add sugar and cook it for 35-40 minutes on medium flame.

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Orange Lamb Chops

Combine 1 tablespoon olive oil,lamb, rind, and juice in a large zip-top plastic bag and coat lamb well. Let stand for 10 minutes in that bag. Remove lamb from bag; sprinkle evenly with salt and pepper.

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Blueberry Smoothie

In a blender on low speed for 30 secs blend blueberries, yogurt, orange juice, sugar, vanilla extract, and cinnamon together.

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Diet Tea

Boil water till it simmers. Add carom seeds, fennel seeds, green tea leaves,cinnamon and ginger. Turn the flame off cover it for 5 mins. Let it cool then save and keep it in a thermos.

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Fried Cinnamon Strips

Combine sugar, cinnamon and nutmeg in a large resealable plastic bag. Seal and toss to mix. Heat oil in deep-fryer or deep skillet to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Fry 4 or 5 tortilla strips for 30 seconds on a side, until golden brown.

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