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This was my greatest triumph at Christmas and it was so good I'm making another one for New Years Eve. The cheesecake is made in a 25cm springform tin so it serves at least 8-10 people, but as it's so rich you could probably stretch it out to serve 12. The other beauty of this dessert is it freezes really well, minus the cocoa powder topping, so it's a useful dessert to have stored away in your freezer to pull out for unexpected guests or impromptu get togethers. When raspberries come into season I will try it again with a handful of raspberries in the cheesecake mix and a few TBSP of raspberry liqueur, that would be lovely I think. Have a wonderful New Year. I will be resuming normal service on the blog next week. CHOCOLATE VANILLA CHEESECAKE | Serves: 10 | Prep Time: 20 Minutes | Cook Time: 45 Minutes | Total Time: 1 Hour 5 Minutes | Ingredients: for a 25cm Springform tin For the base 85g Hot melted butter 14 Dark Chocolate D...

A few weeks back you will remember I received this fab seasonal box from Forman and Field in association with Knorr . In it was some gorgeous London Cure Smoked Salmon, which I have duly transformed into an ideal Christmas Day starter to serve 8. A little smoked salmon goes a long way in this recipe, helping keep the costs down but not compromising on flavour or quality. Will you be serving a starter on Christmas day, or do you and your family prefer to get stuck straight in to the main event? SMOKED SALMON PATE | Serves: 8  | Prep Time: 5 Minutes | Cook Time: -  | Total Time: -  | Ingredients:  200g tub of Cream Cheese 200g Smoked salmon 1 heaped TBSP of Horseradish sauce Juice of 1 Small Lemon 3 TBSP Chives, snipped plus extra for garnish Instructions: Step 1; Blitz together all the ingredients in a processor, season and garnish with extra chives. Step 2: Serve with melba toasts or brown bread. | Author: ...

Last Christmas I bought some tins of Creme de Marron (sweet chestnut puree) but unfortunately they did no more than linger at the back of my baking cupboard.... until today that is. Getting into the Christmas spirit I was flicking through Delia's Happy Christmas this morning when I spotted a recipe for chestnut cupcakes using creme de marrons. I decided to adapt Delia's recipe a little bit to suit what ingredients I already had in the house and came up with these little treasures.  If you're not keen on mince pies or heavy fruit cake, these would make a great sweet alternative. CHESTNUT CUPCAKES | Serves: 8 | Prep Time: 15 Minutes | Cook Time: 30 Minutes | Total Time: 45 Minutes | Ingredients:  150g Creme de Marron 110g Soft Butter 2 Eggs, beaten 110g Plain Flour 11/2tsp Baking Powder 4 TBSP Milk Topping: 100g Cream Cheese 100g Sour Cream 100g Creme de Marron (handily creme de marron usually come in 250g tins) ...

I created this recipe using a few of the products from my Forman and Field seasonal box, sent as part of the Knorr 'Best of British' campaign . This dish provides an ideal way of using up leftover Stilton from the Christmas cheeseboard as well as that odd rasher or two of bacon lurking at the back of the fridge. A few dried cranberries thrown in wouldn't go amis, nor would some toasted walnuts sprinkled on top. No need for salt as the cheese and bacon provide plenty already. If you don't have any creme fraiche to hand, use extra thick double cream with a squeeze of lemon juice instead. Enjoy - this is REALLY good! STILTON BACON AND SAGE PENNE | Serves: 2  | Prep Time: 10 Minutes | Cook Time: 15 Minutes | Total Time: 25 Minutes | Ingredients:  200g Pasta 1 TBSP Olive Oil 1/2 Red Onion, sliced 2 Rashers of Streaky Bacon - (I used Emmetts from my Knorr Seasonal box) 1 Garlic Clove, chopped 1 TBSP Fresh Sage, chopped 100g St...

Is it acceptable to be posting festive recipe ideas yet? I hope so as these chocolate squares were pretty amazing. Baking Mad contacted me recently to see if I would like to recreate, in my own style a recipe from their extensive website. Having had a browse through the hundreds of lovely bakes and cakes, I stumbled across one for Chocolate Honeycomb Squares. I wanted to give the recipe my own festive twist so added some halved glace cherries, mincemeat and a dusting of snowy icing sugar on top. I also used half dark chocolate and half milk chocolate to cut through the sweetness of the cherries and mincemeat. The bars keep really well in the fridge (up to 2 weeks) so are an ideal make ahead treat or gift. If you wanted to make them more 'adult', you could try using Amaretti biscuits instead of the honeycomb and brandy soaked raisins instead of the glace cherries. Enjoy, these are too good. CHOCOLATE HONEYCOMB MINCEMEAT SQUARES | Serves: 16 squares | P...

My Fish is the Dish package arrived today filled with glorious fresh salmon, haddock and smoked haddock from Delish Fish based in Peterhead, Aberdeenshire. Fish is the Dish website is the consumer arm of Seafish which was founded in 1981 by an Act of Parliament, with the aim of supporting all sectors of the seafood industry for a sustainable, profitable future. It is the only pan-industry body offering services to all parts of the seafood industry, from catching and aquaculture to processors, importers, exporters and distributors of seafood, including restaurants and retailers. Funded by a levy on the first sale of seafood landed in the UK, the principal aim of Seafish is to support and improve the environmental sustainability, efficiency and cost-effectiveness of the industry, as well as to promote sustainably-sourced seafood. The services it offers include technical research and development, responsible sourcing initiatives, economic consulting, market research, industry accre...

Easy 5 ingredient Peanut Butter and Choc Chip Cookies. Perfect as a mid morning snack with a cup of coffee. These yummy 5 ingredient peanut butter and choc chip cookies can be made and baked in less than half an hour. perfect if you have last minute guests arriving. TOP TIPS FOR MAKING PEANUT BUTTER & CHOC CHIP COOKIES Use dark, milk or white chocolate chips in this recipe, or a mixture of all three. Add a handful of raisins for added fruitiness. These cookies are perfect with a glass of milk or cup of coffee. OTHER PEANUT BUTTER RECIPES YOU MIGHT LIKE No Bake Chocolate Peanut Butter Squares Banana and Peanut Butter Flapjacks These cookies do not have any flour in them, so they perfect if you are following a gluten free diet. The peanut butter acts as the binding agent, producing beautiful soft cookies. PEANUT BUTTER AND CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES peanut butter and chocolate chip cookies Baki...

We have just enjoyed this lovely baked risotto for dinner, using the squash, 1 onion, some butter and Cheddar from the Farmison Veg and Dairy box I received on Friday. It requires no stirring so perfect when you are too busy to stand by the hob. The amount below serves 2 (the kids had a cooked lunch at School/Nursery) but you can easily double everything to serve 4. BAKED SQUASH RISOTTO | Serves: 2  | Prep Time: 10 Minutes | Cook Time: 40 Minutes | Total Time: 50 Minutes  | Ingredients:  1 small Squash, cut into wedges (skin still on) 1 TBSP Butter 1 Onion, chopped 3 rashers of smoked Bacon, chopped 1 TSP Dried Thyme 200g Risotto Rice 600ml Vegetable Stock 150g Mature Cheddar, grated Instructions: Step 1: Heat the oven to 180c. Put the squash into a roasting tin, drizzle with oil, season and put in the oven - roast for 30 minutes until tender. Step 2: Meanwhile heat a casserole with some oil and fry the onion and ba...

For those of you who follow me on Twitter (@jamandcream) or are regular blog readers, you will know that I make pasta bakes A LOT (mainly as a vehicle for getting rid of leftovers) and on rainy Autumn days like today they bring much needed comfort and warmth. My pasta bakes are always cheesy (the cheesier the better in my opinion) and are usually made with Davidstow Cheddar (I particularly love their Cornish Crackler) which is produced just down the road from us here in North Cornwall. Bacon and broccoli are a lovely combination and the pasta adds some bulk to fill up hungry tummies (although you could quite easily omit the pasta if you preferred and add in another head of broccoli). All of these ingredients are stirred into a classic cheese sauce, before being placed in the oven for that golden topping. As a twist, I added 1 TSP of Frenchs Smooth and Spicy Mustard (a product I had been sent to try out in my cooking) to the sauce to pep it up a little bit - it was a fab a...