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We Gave the BBC’s Chicken Arrabbiata Stew & Parmesan Dumplings a Gastro Pub Makeover

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Award-Winning Yorkshire Pudding Recipe – The Ultimate Guide

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Savor the Flavors of Spain: Spanish Chorizo Kale and Beans on Toast

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cambridge burnt cream

Everyone loves a good debate, and debate certainly rumbles on about the origins of this most famous of desserts. It even has more than one name. Perhaps – almost certainly – most famously known as Crème Brulee, it cannot be denied that the most seemingly simple pudding using custard topped with a hardened sugar crust has become a timeless classic.

staffordshire oatcakes

Now then; how do you eat yours? That’s a pretty open question. I could be asking you about anything. Probably you think I’m asking you about a Crème Egg, or the temptingly detachable Oreo Cookies at a push.

But, for people from The Potteries in Staffordshire, the question “how do you eat yours” can refer to only one thing – Staffordshire Oatcakes.

smoked trout pate

Smoked fish with Yorkshire Puddings? Not normally high on the recipes to try list I’m sure, but let me sell it to you!

lincolnshire plum bread

Lincolnshire has an abundance of regional dishes to choose from for our counties adventure, and therefore deciding what dish to make was difficult, from Lincolnshire Sausage” to the “Plum Pudding” the county of Lincolnshire certainly knows it food.

yorkshire recipe

An early networker, Grandma Abson knew there was much baking expertise out there to learn from, so right from her early days in service in the 1900s to the 1970s she was an avid collector of recipes and in this case a Yorkshire Recipe.

world baking day

We bake brave for World Baking Day 2013 and showcase our Coffee and Walnut Battenburg. This could push your skills tp the limit, but it’ll be worth it!

tartare sauce

It’s a tough task to reproduce the magnificence of a northern ‘chippy’, but with many of them using beef dripping to enhance the excellence in flavour it’s important for the waistline that the indulgence is limited to the odd occasion.

double chocolate cheesecake

Rest assured that, according to my highly evolved intuition for imaginary statistical food data, our collective love of cheesecake lives on – certainly in spite of a particular northern comedian who recently questioned our desire to eat the oft-consumed dessert. Is there really any question why?

chocolate cookies

These super tasty and easy-to-make cookies are fantastic for using up random bits of chocolate you have in the pantry and a sure-fire way to add something special to the dreary old lunch box.

Rutland Savoury Cheese Custard

While I stayed true to the original recipe for Rutland’s Savoury Cheese, I added pasta and cherry tomatoes to the final creation so I would end up with a tasty version of baked Macaroni & Cheese. The cherry tomatoes add a lovely dimension, complementing the rich sauce.