October 2017

A plate with a plate of french fries on it.

Pork Cracklings

Ingredients : 100 gr – pig skin 2-3 tablespoons white wine vinegar 1 teaspoon salt Instructions: Preheat the oven to 200 degrees Celsius / 400 degrees Fahrenheit. Cut your pork skin into any shape you desire, drizzle the vinegar onto it and sprinkle the salt as well. Toss well to coat and place your pieces …

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A table displaying a bowl of red cabbage.

Super Simple Red Cabbage Salad

Ingredients: 500 gr Red Cabbage – finely sliced or grated Salt – to taste Pepper – to taste Sunflower Oil – to taste White Wine or Red Wine Vinegar – to taste (do not exaggerate though…) Instructions: Put the cabbage in a big bowl and add the salt on top of it. Rub the cabbage …

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A plate of pastries with raspberries and powdered sugar.

Christmas Red Fruit Filo Baskets

Ingredients: 3 sheets filo pastry 15 ml /1 tablespoon sunflower oil 175 gr / 1 ½ cups redcurrants 250 ml / 1 cup strained plain yogurt 5 ml / 1 teaspoon icing sugar 115 gr / 1 cup whole strawberries and raspberries, to decorate. Instructions: Preheat the oven to 200 degrees Celsius / 400 degrees …

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A bowl of chicken and leek soup with a sprig of rosemary.

A Witch’s Stew (Beth le Manach’s Recipe)

Ingredients: 2 chicken breasts – skin on, bone-in 4 tbsp olive oil 1 yellow onion – chopped 3 fresh leeks – white parts chopped 2 celery stalks – chopped 1 clove garlic – minced 75 gr oyster mushrooms – roughly chopped also 75 gr cremini mushrooms – roughly chopped and 75 gr portabella mushrooms – …

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A bowl of squash soup with a swirl of cream on top.

Christmas Roast Butternut Squash and Sweet Potato Soup with Buttermilk Blue Cheese Sauce

Squash Sweet Potato Soup Recipe This is a recipe that was served by the First Lady Michelle Obama at an official dinner party, for her husband, the president of the United States, and his guests. Ingredients: For the soup 1 onion – roughly chopped 1 butternut squash – unpeeled, halved, seeds scraped out, sliced into …

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A toy elf sitting next to a bowl of cookies.

Elf’s Treat Chocolate Cookies

Ingredients: 250 grams soft butter 150 grams caster sugar 40 grams cocoa powder 300 grams plain flour ½ teaspoon bicarbonate of soda 1 teaspoon baking powder Instructions: Preheat the oven to 170°C / 325ºF and line a baking sheet with baking paper. Cream the butter and sugar in a bowl and, when you have a …

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A white bowl filled with cucumbers and dill.

Magliano’s Cucumber and Dill Salad (Mama Flori’s Recipe)

Ingredients: 500 gr Cucumbers – peeled and cut into slices 1 small bunch of dill – finely chopped Salt – to taste Pepper – to taste Sunflower Oil – to taste White Wine Vinegar – to taste (do not exaggerate though…)   Instructions: Put the cucumbers in a big bowl and add the dill on …

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Pickles in a bowl on a wooden table.

Magliano’s Pickles in a Hurry

Ingredients: 500 gr of fresh Cucumbers or Jalapenos – cut into 1 ½ cm slices 150 gr of granulated sugar 150 gr of white wine vinegar 1 teaspoon coriander seeds 1 teaspoon mixed peppercorns 1 teaspoon yellow mustard seeds 1 teaspoon coarse salt 2 pinches chilli flakes Instructions: In a small sauce pan, add the …

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A chocolate cake with rose petals on top.

Chocolate Esfahan

Ingredients: 1 kg/1000 ml of simple, no filling, Chocolate Ice Cream 250 gr of baked Hazelnuts – diced roughly 20 gr of edible Yellow Rose Petals 50 gr of Dark Chocolate Instructions: Take the ice cream box out of the freezer and leave it out at room temperature until it softens up a bit so …

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