is one of our favourite dishes in the family collection. This collection reflects the different places we have lived in.
There is a mixture of dishes we had as kids, passed on from mothers and grandmothers, combined with special tastes we have picked up along the way, and adopted.
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Shepherds Pieand other Recipes Blog The Blog for our site is a way of catching up to new recipes as we introduce them. We have a whole list of different recipes matching our theme of "recipes for people who don't follow them".
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Recipes - for people who don't follow them Recipes - for people who don't follow them. This web site is for people who don't rigidly follow recipes when cooking. I think that applies to most of us at some stage.
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Shepherds pie recipe Shepherds pie recipe. This Shepherds pie recipe is a traditional leftover dish, meaning it is not made from scratch, but uses ingredients left over from a previous meal. I won't bother with an apostro
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Black Forest Cake Black Forest Cake. Black forest cake is so named because of it's origin. The Black Forest area of Germany (Schwarzwald) is in the extreme South-West of the country, where it borders France and Switzer
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A scone recipe - easy A scone recipe. A wee bit of scone recipe history - it is said they are originally from Scotland, and named after the town of Scone.
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Chocolate ball recipe Chocolate ball recipe. Chocolate ball day was great fun - and when we were little, it meant that Christmas day would be here soon.
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Fat rascals - rich and delicious Fat rascals. These are the famous exploding fat rascals as mentioned on our website -
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Leg of lamb for a great roast Leg of lamb. A leg of lamb is a very easy to cook joint of meat. It is a favorite for the traditional
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Shortbread - a scottish treat Shortbread - a scottish treat. A traditional Scottish Shortbread, contributed by Louisa.... This was given to my Mum by her friend about 30 years ago.
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Yorkshire Pudding - authentic recipe Yorkshire pudding. As we mentioned in the introduction, Yorkshire Pudding has one of the simplest recipes you will come across, with the possible exception of boiled egg!
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Alcatra - not your usual pot roast Alcatra - not your usual pot roast. Memories of Portugal - Alcatra - definitely not your usual pot roast! Having spent a couple of years in the Azores, I still have fond memories of what was their ma
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Zürcher Geschnetzeltes Zurcher Geschnetzeltes. Zurcher Geschnetzeltes is a favorite dish from my two years spent based in Zürich, working for an multi-national company. I spent equal amounts of time instructing, and travell
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Mint salad - a great taste Mint salad - a great taste. This salad didn't have a name when I was a kid in England. It was the salad that Dad made in Summer to go with the Sunday roast.
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Pavlova - an Aussie speciality (or Kiwi?) Pavlova. My Mum has always made a Pavlova this way, says Louisa. Many people are frightened to make a pav, because they say it looks too hard??
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Sherry trifle recipe Sherry trifle recipe. Louisa says
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Involtini or meat parcels Involtini or meat parcels. These meat parcels, also known as involtini, are just the thing to go with Louisa's family spaghetti sauce, also given here.
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Choko or chayote pickles Choko or chayote pickles.
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Cornish pasties - irresistable Cornish pasties. Cornish Pasties are a much-loved dish, but, away from Cornwall, seldom correctly made. The ingredients are the main source of problems, here.
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Gingerbread cake recipe Gingerbread cake recipe. Another favourite of ours is this gingerbread cake recipe from my sister. The only problem I have with it is deciding when to eat it!
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Instant cooking Instant cooking. Our idea of instant cooking is perhaps not the same as yours! This is just a collection of quick snacks or even main courses of the 'open a can' variety. Some of them you probably use
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Healthy fast foods Healthy fast foods. Your favorite take-outs can become healthy fast foods - with much less fat!
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