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    Beef and mushroom pie is ideal for a robust family dinner dish. The beef is wonderfully tender and slathered in delicious gravy, perfect with the earthy mushrooms. Golden,…

    Pear tart aux fine is a variation on the traditional apple version, and equally as delicious. This tart is open-faced, so it’s even more appealing when the fruit…

    Print Recipe Herbed ricotta tart Serves: 4 Cooking Time: 50 mins plus 30 mins to chill Ingredients HERBED PASTRY 250g whole-wheat flour 5ml (1 tsp) sea salt 15ml (1 tbsp) fresh rosemary, chopped 15ml (1 tbsp) fresh thyme leaves, chopped 60ml (¼ cup) olive oil 125ml (½ cup) cold water FILLING 15ml (1 tbsp) olive

    True to the standard French culinary practice, plum tarte tatin is baked upside-down so that the fruit becomes caramelised in a sinfully delicious combination of butter and sugar.…

    Print Recipe Mince pie samoosas Serves: 12 Cooking Time: 20 mins Ingredients 2 apples, peeled, cored and grated 50g Demerara sugar 5ml (1 tsp) mixed spice 50g sultanas 50g currants 1 cinnamon quill 4 sheets spring roll pastry 250ml sunflower oil, for frying icing sugar, for dusting Instructions 1 Place the apples, sugar, mixed spice,