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Patisserie
Vanilla slice
The hero of many a high street bakery, the vanilla slice is a glorious thing. Like a cross between a...
Christmas canapés
Crispy roast chicken vol-au-vents
Vol-au-vents deserve to be brought back! They’re simple, endlessly customisable and – with the right filling – very, very tasty....
Canapés and cocktails
Gougères with pineapple chilli jam
Anyone attending a kid’s party in the 1980s will remember the sight of a raw potato wrapped in foil, skewered...
Spritzes
Jazzed up Campari Spritz
This bright pink cocktail could be ideal for a hen-do, or pink-themed party. It uses pink gin, pink cava and...
Trout
Spinach and smoked trout roulades
The retro swirl of a roulade always looks impressive – and, thankfully, it’s dead easy to make. Our savoury spinach...
Non-alcoholic drinks
Lemon verbena and vanilla cordial
This homemade cordial for grown-ups uses herbs, lemon verbena, lemon juice and edible flowers to create a sophisticated cooler for...
Blue cheese
Blue cheese gougères
Bake a batch of these blue cheese gougères and watch them get hoovered up by anyone within five metres of...
Canapés
Yorkshire pudding canapés
This canapé from food writer Georgie Hayden shows how versatile the Yorkshire pudding really is. “I’m yet to meet anyone...
Summer salads and sides
Lighter tartare sauce
Take your fish and chips up a notch with homemade tartare sauce. We’ve made our recipe a little healthier by...
Canapés
Spiced paneer with quick-pickled cucumber
These little paneer bites are the new cheese and pineapple…We think they’re going to catch on. Give these Indian-inspired canapés...
Christmas gifts
Clemencello
This is just like the Italian lemon liqueur limoncello, but made with clementines. It makes a great edible gift –...
Canapés
Mini crayfish and crab brioche bites
We’ve given the seventies-style prawn cocktail an update with these crayfish and crab brioche bites. If you want to speed...
Nuts
Chilli, honey and soy roast nuts and seeds
These salty, sweet and spicy roast nuts and seeds from River Cottage’s Gelf Alderson are are everything you could want...
Cocktails
Piña colada
Celebrate good times with this classic pina colada cocktail recipe: a tropical blend of pineapple, coconut cream and white rum....
Dinner party starters
Paul Ainsworth’s The Mariners taramasalata on toast
Taramasalata on toast makes a winning dinner party starter, party nibble – or just-because snack. “This dip is easily bought...
Canapés
Oregano, rosemary and ’nduja sausage rolls
Oh, sausage rolls. How we do adore you. With your light and flaky pastry shell encasing a tasty sausagemeat filling....