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How to cook Dover sole with shrimps and tomato, as recommended by Tom Parker-Bowles
Dover sole is a fish that can be kept as simple as can be, yet adding a little extra from time to time can reap rewards.
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Recipe: Keeper's Pie, a gamey upgrade on a traditional English classic dish
This dish adds a deliciously seasonal twist on traditional shepherd's pie or cottage pie.
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How to make a delicious chestnut chocolate cake with a fluffy meringue topping
If you still have chestnuts left over from Christmas, here's a fun way to turn them into a family favourite.
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Recipe: Confit rabbit and wholegrain-mustard pie that's sustainable and healthy
Chef Steven Ellis shares this delicious recipe for a classic winter dish: rabbit pie.
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Country Life's top 10 recipes of 2019, from salted caramel millionaire's shortbread and tarte au citron to a classic kedgeree
We've gone through the archives from the year to find the most popular of our regular recipes from 2019. Suffice to say that putting this piece together left us VERY hungry...
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The ultimate guide to choosing, preparing and cooking a perfect Christmas turkey
The star attraction of a Christmas dinner is unfortunately often the thing that goes the most wrong. Read our top tips to avoid disaster and present a turkey cooked to perfection.
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A heart-warming minestrone soup with harissa meatballs, perfect for winter
It's really more of a full meal than a starter soup and definitely one to try as the days get colder...thank Melanie Johnson.
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Recipe: Squab pigeon with berry sauce and poached berries
Adare Manor's head chef Mike Tweedie — who recently won a first Michelin star — shares a recipe that makes something glorious from the humble pigeon.
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How to make the perfect game pork pie
This nomination from the Eat Game awards 2019 is sure to brighten up a dark evening. Thank Rachel Green.
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Recipe: A tempting sausage and roasted butternut tray bake, ideal comfort food as Autumn draws in
Thank Melanie Johnson for this latest seasonal offering, perfect for brunch or a weekday dinner.
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How to turn the last of the season's strawberries into a Michelin-star calibre pudding
Adare Manor's head chef Mike Tweedie — who has just won a first Michelin star — shares a recipe that will help you make something amazing with the last of the season's strawberries.
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Delicious and simple: Chicken and ciabatta tray bake
Melanie Johnson's latest culinary offering is a no-fuss and relatively fast chicken dish to feed the whole family.
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How to make Normandy chicken that's a perfect dinner as autumn nights draw in
Our kitchen garden cook Melanie Johnson has a wonderful recipe that combines the season's fruit with everything you need for a proper winter warmer meal.
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How to make irresistible apple fritters with a cinnamon twist
With the new crop of British apples starting to trickle onto the shelves, Melanie Johnson offers a delicious way to turn them into a naughty treat.
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A dessert that's part crumble, part cake: Melanie Johnson's plum and ricotta crumble cake
'Late summer brings sweet and juicy plums,' says Melanie Johnson. 'And, this year, I have a glut.' That sounds like the perfect excuse to make this plum-and-ricotta crumble.
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How to make Raymond Blanc's Saint Agur blue cheese croquettes
A delight as a dinner party snack or just a bit of comfort food, these blue cheese croquettes benefit from two of France's greatest culinary gifts to the world; Saint Agur cheese and Raymond Blanc.
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The joy of the fruit fool, where school dinners meet sophistication — and an unbeatable recipe for raspberry fool
One of the greatest British desserts, the fruit fool, is also one of the simplest: just mix fresh cream and sugar with whatever fruit is fresh from the garden. Flora Watkins explains more.
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Jason Goodwin: How to be a Master of Mayo
Jason Goodwin teaches us how to make the perfect mayonaise, while explaining why he's jinked to fail each time and why we must be the ones to keep this great condiment alive.
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A beautifully-flavoured raspberry and mango tart, perfect for afternoon tea
A combination of flavours that screams 'summer', this beautiful tart is another tastebud tickler from Melanie Johnson.
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How to make a delicious seafood pie which will convert non-believers to the joys of fennel
Fennel divides us, says Melanie Johnson — we either love it or hate it. But if you've yet to decide which camp you're in, this pie might help.
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How to make The Savoy’s sensational pistachio madeleines
An idyllic summer snack, nothing says grace and elegance like a simple fluffy madeleine. Here's how to make the cake which will grace the tea-time plates of The Savoy this summer.
