Christmas

A dessert featuring cake with caramel sauce and ice cream, from the Hotcakes Menu.

Holiday Hot Cake (Nigella Lawson’s Recipe)

Ingredients: 150 grams plain flour 300 grams light brown muscovado sugar 1 teaspoon baking powder 2 teaspoons ground ginger 2 teaspoons mixed spice 125 milliliters full-fat milk 60 milliliters vegetable oil 1 large egg 6 teaspoons butter 500 milliliters boiling water Vanilla Ice Cream Instructions for Hotcakes Menu – Holiday Hot Cake (Nigella Lawson’s Recipe): …

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Cranberry champagne cocktails garnished with raspberries and mint.

Cranberry Champagne Cocktail

Ingredients: – Champagne – Cranberry Juice – Raspberries – Mint Instructions: Mix up equal parts of champagne and cranberry juice. Garnish with raspberry and mint. Prep time: 3 min Total time for preparing Cranberry Champagne Cocktails Holidays: 3 min Notes: If you want you can garnish with some cranberries and leave the raspberries and the …

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Two glasses of red liquid, resembling cherrytini cocktails, sitting on top of a table during the holidays.

Cherrytini Cocktail

Ingredients: 30 ml cherry liqueur/cherry brandy 90 ml vodka 90 ml cherry juice 1 tsp lemon juice Instructions: Pour everything into a jar with plenty of ice and shake vigorously for at least 30 seconds. Strain into glasses and add some ice. Prep time: 5 min Total time for preparing Cherrytini Cocktail Holidays Recipe: 5 …

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Oven roasted potatoes with herb-infused flavor.

Perfect Oven Roasted Potatoes (Jamie Oliver’s Recipe)

Ingredients: 1.5 kg Maris Piper potatoes 1 bulb of garlic red wine vinegar 3 tablespoons olive oil 1 bunch of fresh rosemary Instructions for preparing oven roasted potatoes recipes: Preheat the oven to 190ºC. Peel the potatoes, cutting any larger ones so they’re all an even-size – twice the size of a squash ball is …

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A tray of mini Portuguese custard tarts sitting on a rack.

Easy Portuguese Custard Tarts (Jamie Oliver’s Recipe)

Ingredients: 2 sheets frozen puff pastry (thawed) 1 tablespoon cinnamon (enough to cover both pastry sheets)  Custard use 2 eggs 2 tablespoons sugar 2 teaspoons vanilla 1 cup Crème fraîche 2 tablespoons orange zest (zest from 1 orange) Caramel Topping 8 tablespoons sugar 1⁄2 cup orange juice (juice from 2 oranges) Instructions for easy Portuguese …

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A gingerbread Christmas tree on a plate.

Gingerbread Cookies Christmas Tree

Ingredients: 100 gr sugar 170 gr molasses 1-1/2 tsp ground ginger 1 tsp ground cinnamon one tsp ground allspice 1 tsp ground cloves 2 tsp baking soda 113 gr margarine (1 stick) 1 egg, beaten 384 gr all-purpose flour   For the royal icing:   125 gr powdered sugar (confectioners sugar or icing sugar) 1-2 …

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A wicker basket filled with gingerbread cookies and powdered sugar.

Gingerbread Cookies

Ingredients: 100 gr sugar 170 gr molasses 1-1/2 tsp ground ginger 1 tsp ground cinnamon one tsp ground allspice 1 tsp ground cloves 2 tsp baking soda 113 gr margarine (1 stick) 1 egg, beaten 384 gr all-purpose flour Instructions for Gingerbread Cookies Recipes: In a large saucepan, combine sugar, molasses, ginger, cinnamon, allspice and …

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A jar filled with pickled cucumbers and garlic.

Pickled Cucumbers

Ingredients: Cucumbers – 1 kg Horseradish – half of a root Garlic – 1 small bulb Bay Leaves – 2-3 leaves Fresh Dill – 1 sprig Peppercorns – 1 teaspoon Mustard Seeds – 1 teaspoon For the Brine: Water – 1,5 liters Salt – 2 tablespoons Mustard Seeds – half a teaspoon Peppercorns – half …

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Rudolph's Mocktail Recipe with mulled wine and rosemary.

Rudolph’s Mocktail

Ingredients: Cranberry Juice Club Soda To garnish 1 Jumbo Marshmallow 2 Cloves 2 Sprigs of Rosemary 1 Cranberry Fruit 1 Skewer Instructions for preparing Rudolph’s Mocktail Recipe: Simply mix equal parts of cranberry juice with club soda. Also use the marshmallow as the head of Rudolph, the rosemary as his ears, the cloves as his …

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