Recipes
Our tried and tested Recipes
Numbers in square brackets indicate estimated servings or number of items: e.g. [4]
Mains and Sides
Other Must Haves
BREAKFAST
“When you wake up in the morning, Pooh," said Piglet at last, "what's the first thing you say to yourself?" "What's for breakfast?" said Pooh.
LUNCH
It is more fun to talk with someone who doesn't use long, difficult words but rather short, easy words like "What about lunch? (A. A. Milne)
BEVERAGES
One sip of this will bathe the drooping spirits in delight, beyond the bliss of dreams. (John Milton)
APPETISERS
When entertaining, it's great to wow your guests with an outstanding recipe, but it's also very important to design a menu that's not too demanding of yourself, otherwise everybody will have fun but you. A great appetiser or simpler dish is a good way to work a menu that's delicious but does not impose too much effort or time spent in the kitchen. (Debi Mazar)
SOUPS AND STOCK
Soup is a lot like a family. Each ingredient enhances the others; each batch has its own characteristics; and it needs time to simmer to reach full flavor. (Marge Kennedy)
SALADS
Salad can get a bad rap. People think of bland and watery iceberg lettuce, but in fact, salads are an art form, from the simplest rendition to a colourful kitchen-sink approach.
(Marcus Samuelsson)
MAINS - BEEF AND LAMB
The feeling of friendship is like that of being comfortably filled with roast beef; love, like being enlivened with champagne. (Samuel Johnson)
MAINS - POULTRY
Papa, potatoes, poultry, prunes and prism, are all very good words for the lips. (Charles Dickens)
MAINS - PORK
I bought some pork chops and told the butcher to make them lean. He said, 'Which way?' (Tommy Cooper)
MAINS - SEAFOOD
Portugal has amazing seafood with all the eyeballs staring back at you. (Annie Wersching)
MAINS - VEGETARIAN
I was a vegetarian until I started leaning toward the sunlight. (Rita Rudner)
SIDE DISHES
It's like this - because I travel so much, I crave certain foods or certain things, like from certain places that I've been. (Alex Meraz)
DRESSINGS AND SAUCES
A good upbringing means not that you won't spill sauce on the tablecloth, but that you won't notice it when someone else does. (Anton Chekhov)
DESSERTS AND CAKES
I love roasted pecans. I'll make a sort of granola with the roasted pecans, turn that into a super nutty pie crust, and top that with apple-syrup pudding and top that with cooked custard and maple syrup. (Christina Tosi)
Bol-de-Mel (Maria Teresa Faria de Freitas from Muriel)
Bolo de Mel (Maria Teresa Faria de Freitas from Olinda)Bouchées (Delma Gomes)
Bouchées (Maria Teresa Faria de Freitas)
Broas (Maria Teresa Faria de Freitas)
Broas (Maria Teresa Faria de Freitas – NB change of handwriting) Butter Sponge - Dutch recipe – very good (Delma Gomes)
Caramel Pudding [6] (Fay Anne de Freitas)
Carrot Cake (Gene Watkinson from Patricia Murphy)
Castle Pudding (Maria Teresa Faria de Freitas)
Celia’s Pudding (1980) (Maria Teresa Faria de Freitas)
Charlotte Russe (Maria Teresa Faria de Freitas)
Chartreuse de Pêches - or any other similar fruits (Delma Gomes)
Cheesecake (Fay Anne de Freitas)
Cheesecake Tart – individual [6] (Fay Anne de Freitas)
Chester Cake (Delma Gomes)
Chocolate and Baileys Cheesecake [16] (Gene Watkinson from Patricia Murphy)
Chocolate Cake (Delma Gomes)
Chocolate Cake (Delma Gomes)
Chocolate Cake – Very good (Delma Gomes from Patricia Murphy)
Chocolate Cake - from Sunbeam book (Delma Gomes)
Chocolate Cake (Fay Anne de Freitas)
Chocolate Cake (Gene Watkinson) Crêpes Suzette (1) (Delma Gomes)
Crêpes Suzette (2) (Delma Gomes)
Custard (Delma Gomes)
Date and Banana Dessert [6] (Fay Anne de Freitas)
Delicious Dessert (Gene Watkinson)
Éclairs or Cream Puffs (Delma Gomes)
Éclair filling (Delma Gomes)
Flan Of Fruit (Maria Teresa Faria de Freitas)
Frigidaire Cake (Delma Gomes)
Frigidaire Pineapple Cake (Delma Gomes from Gene)
Breads and Buns, Pastry, Pizza and Pies
Ideas are like pizza dough, made to be tossed around. (Anna Quindlen)
Jams, Fillings, Spreads and Stuffing
I'm an afternoon tea type of girl. I come from a Russian background where we love our teas.
So between lunch and dinner after training I come home and I love a nice cup of tea with jam in it, as we drink it there.
Black English Breakfast with raspberry jam is my favorite. (Maria Sharapova)
Holiday Fare
For me, it is always part of my holiday to go and work my way along the shelf in the local artisan bakery with its breads, savoury tartlets, pastries and cakes.
It is soul food: one of those things that tells you about a place and the history of a place and its people. (Paul Hollywood)
Entertaining
Grilling takes the formality out of entertaining. Everyone wants to get involved. (Bobby Flay)
Biscuits (Beryl de Freitas)