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Homemade Burger Recipe - Five Ingredients, Not Ninety
Five ingredients: 20% fat beef mince, salt, pepper, a bun and a slice of cheese. Weigh it, dent it, chill it, salt it at the last second and cook it...
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Slow Roast Pork Shoulder - Britain's First Christmas Do
Britain's first big midwinter party was a pig roast near Stonehenge. Here's the modern version: low and slow, then a blast for proper crackling.
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Christmas Pudding Recipe - Everyone Stirs, Everyone Wishes, Nobody Tells
Soak the fruit overnight, let everyone stir and wish, steam for six hours, then wrap it up until Christmas and reheat it for two. One pudding for 8, with an...
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How to Make Homemade Butter - One Pot of Cream, Ten Minutes, Mild Arm Ache
One pot of double cream, a whisk (or a jar and strong arms) and about ten minutes. Whip it past whipped cream until it splits, drain off the buttermilk, wash...
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Aioli Recipe - The Posh Garlic Mayo (and the Cheat's Version)
Garlic pounded to a purée, an egg yolk, then olive oil whisked in drop by drop until a spoon stands up in it. Plus a two-minute cheat with a jar...
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Bonfire Night Food - Toffee Apples, Jacket Spuds and a Flask for the Fireworks
Toffee apples that crack like glass: dewax the apples, boil the toffee to 150C, dip, twist and leave them to set. Plus a slab of black treacle toffee, jacket potatoes,...
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Garlic Mushrooms - Creamy, on Toast, Gone Before You Sit Down
Creamy garlic mushrooms that come out golden, not grey: a wide pan, hands off for the first minute, garlic in last, then cream, lemon and thick sourdough toast.
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Garlic Bread Recipe - Crunchy Outside, Squidgy Middle, Breath Like a Dragon
A baguette sliced almost through, stuffed with soft butter, fresh garlic and parsley, baked in foil then uncovered until crisp. Plus a cheesy one, an air fryer one and a...
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How to Make Homemade Ice Cream - No Machine, No Churning, No Nonsense
Three ingredients, no machine, no churning: whipped double cream folded into condensed milk and vanilla, frozen into a smooth, scoopable tub. Plus how to scoop it like a pro and...
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Garlic Butter Recipe - Five Minutes, One Bowl, Everything Tastes Better
Soft butter, fresh garlic crushed straight in, parsley and a squeeze of lemon. One bowl, five minutes, no cooking. Roll it into a log for the fridge or freezer, or...
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Gingerbread Men Recipe - Biscuits That Keep Their Legs On
Crisp-edged, properly spiced biscuits from a golden syrup dough, rolled to an even thickness and chilled so every man keeps his arms and legs. Plus icing that pipes neatly and...
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Hot Chocolate Recipe - Proper Stuff, Not Brown Dust in Hot Milk
Proper hot chocolate from real dark chocolate and whole milk. Make a little cocoa paste first so there are no lumps, never let the milk boil, and froth it before...
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Meringue Recipe - Crisp Outside, Chewy Middle, No Weeping
Four egg whites, caster sugar added a spoonful at a time, a little cornflour and vinegar for a chewy middle, and a long slow bake. Plus what the peaks should...
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