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This is a recipe that can be dressed up or down for any occasion. Ham hock terrine or jambon persillé (parsley ham) can be made into an elegant layered terrine fit for a king’s table, or simply set in a rustic bowl.
Chop chop
Elena Cho spends a pleasant evening splicing and dicing – perfecting her knife skills at the highly regarded L’Atelier des Chefs cookery school in London.
Roll your own
Swiss roll is an ingenious cake: it has the ‘ah’ factor worthy of the most elaborate gateau, yet it’s simply a light-as-air sponge rolled up with jam. Like a lot of good things, less is more, and it requires just four everyday ingredients – caster sugar, plain flour, eggs and jam. But it’s how you use them that counts.
Great Danes
Follow our step-by-step guide to mastering the art of how to make Danish pastries – they’re well worth the effort. As you bite into the warm, butter-rich dough, crisp with almonds or melting with vanilla custard, you’ll thank us.
Gardening guide
Here's our guide to growing your own fruit and vegetables. Save yourself a small fortune by buying what costs a lot in the shops.
Demystifying fish
The head chef of the Hix Oyster & Fish House in Lyme Regis demystifies piscine cuisine by sharing some tried and tested methods for cooking fish.
You don’t need any special culinary skills for this: making jam is a wonderful task and a relatively simple process.
How To
No roast dinner is perfect without a jug of glossy, velvety gravy. Here’s how to make superb gravy – even if you’re a veggie!
Useful guide
In this handy section, you'll find oven temperatures, weights for dry ingredients, liquid measures and tablespoon conversions for the UK, US and Australia – all in one tidy place.
Bread
Nothing beats homemade bread, and it’s a lot easier to make than you might think. Master the basic white loaf, then try the easy flavoured breads. Before you know it, you'll be giving Delia a run for her money!
Chutney
Commercially produced jars of ‘English-style’ chutney have been known to put people off for life, but a proper homemade chutney will have you hooked (and never fails to impress). Check out this step-by-step guide.
Make a favourite
Central to North African cuisine, tagines are easy to make but use ingredients that may be unfamiliar to you. Our simple guide unlocks the mystery of this Moroccan classic.
Meat Guide
Our meat guide explains the best beef, pork and lamb cuts, plus tips on roasting meat, slow cooking, pan-frying, grilling and griddling.
Cheap eats
When you’re watching your spending, dried beans and pulses make perfect sense. Here's tips and recipes on how to make the best use of these storecupboard staples.
Taste better than they sound
Carrot cake is such a popular recipe we thought we’d give you the ultimate version, plus more moist and moreish cakes – all using garden vegetables. Don't knock them until you've tried them.
Baking recipes and tips
Put on your pinny, dust your rolling pin with flour and get baking. Everybody's doing it. To help you prepare, we have a plethora of baking advice, cake and bread recipes, recommended bakeware, and even baking classes for those of you wanting to hone your skills.
Bakeware
If there’s one trend that’s captured the nation’s imagination recently, it’s baking. Here’s the delicious. magazine baking guide to the essential kit for novices and keen cooks alike.
Make your own
Bring out your inner earth mother by whipping up a batch of wholesome granola. Many ready-made versions are high in fat and sugar, but a few simple tweaks make ours a healthier but no less special breakfast.
Soufflés can strike fear into the most accomplished cook, but follow our step-by-step guide and once you know the rules, they’ll rise to the occasion every time.
Making marmalade is a pure joy and brings with it that warm feeling of having several jars sitting in the larder to see you through the year. As well as giving a luxurious start to the day, it’s as cheap as chips to make.
Warm lemon and chive potato salad
Chard, artichoke and blue cheese tart
Pancakes with caramel oranges and crème fraîche
Spicy spinach dhal soup with yogurt
Beef vindaloo
Pilau rice
Antipasti tart
Wild mushroom and mozzarella risotto cakes
Low-fat tiramisu
Slow-Cooked Indian Lamb Korma
Gluten-free Bakewell Pudding (Tart)
Gluten-free Birthday Cake Sponge
Chilli beans with Monterey Jack nachos
Chicken fajitas with tomato salsa
Guacamole salad
Aubergine Parmigiana
White chilli
Butternut squash and creamy blue cheese risotto
Pumpkin soup with Parmesan
Roast leg of lamb with aubergine Parmigiana
Pear and frangipane tart
Brunch-style frittata
Baked meatballs with goat’s cheese
Baked mushrooms with polenta and cheese sauce
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