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Five magical Christmas cake decoration ideas by Lily Vanilli
Lily Vanilli shares five fab Christmas cake decoration ideas, including piped trees, buttercream wreaths, caramel drizzle and coconut snow.
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How to get the most out of your pizza oven
Brothers and pizza van owners Matt and Phil Teeman share top pizza oven cookery tips – plus their secret pizza sauce recipe.
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How to cook a fry-up in the air fryer
The advent of the air fryer comes a new age of fry-up. For meat, mushrooms, potatoes and tomatoes, the air fryer is a brilliant tool, getting each full English item cooked to perfection with less oil, and less mess.
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How to plate like a top chef
A meal at a Michelin-starred restaurant is a feast for the eyes and taste buds – but how do top chefs work out how to plate their creations?
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How to make the best chicken of your life
Tips and tricks for how to cook chicken: the whole bird, chicken thighs and chicken breasts, with simple recipes that – we promise – will be the best you’ve ever tasted
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How to turn a kettle barbecue into a smoker
Make your own DIY food smoker! All you need is a kettle barbecue and our guide, to be able to smoke your own food at home.
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4 clever ways to reuse your coffee grounds
Spent coffee grounds can build up in your food waste bin. Here's four easy, eco-friendly ideas for how to use coffee grounds one more time...
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How to reheat food in the air fryer
Air fryers – the kitchen gadget of the moment and going nowhere soon – are great for cooking food, from chicken to cakes. But their hidden hack is their ability to reheat foods that a microwave would turn unpleasantly soggy and flabby.
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12 no-waste Christmas cooking tips
Discover plenty of tips and tricks that help you on your way to a zero waste Christmas, including delicious recipes for using up leftovers.
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Gingerbread s’mores tree recipe template
Fancy making your own gingerbread tree this year, for a change from the usual gingerbread house? Find the template you'll need here.
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Best of the best: how to make the ultimate chilli con carne
Tom Shingler explains everything you need to know to make the ultimate chilli con carne. No watery sauce here, just the chilli of dreams.
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What is brown butter, and why should you be making it?
A magical ingredient with the power of transformation, brown butter adds a sweetness to savoury dishes, conjures up a nutty flavour where there are no nuts and injects an enticing complexity of flavour to everything it touches.
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Best of the best: everything you need to know to make the ultimate gratin dauphinois
Tom Shingler talks you through everything you need to know to make gratin dauphinois. No short cuts, no twists, just the dauphinois of dreams.
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How to make gougères
Learn how to make gougères. These cheesy, cloud-like and moreish canapes hail from France and are easier to make than you might think.
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How to prove your sourdough and troubleshooting tips
Find all the tips you need for proving your sourdough, plus how to tell when your dough is under- or over-proved.
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An introduction to sourdough with Elaine Boddy
New to sourdough? It can be overwhelming! Sourdough expert Elaine Boddy talks you through everything you need to know.
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The 5 classic French mother sauces you need to know
Sauces are key to good gastronomy. The five classic building-block recipes here - fish velouté, mayonnaise, chicken jus, hollandaise and beurre blanc – are easier to make than you might think.
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Best of the best: what you need to know to make the best ever pesto pasta
Pesto pasta is a meal we all have memories of, and here we bring this childhood classic into a satisfying midweek main for all ages.
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Raw fish is good, actually
Serving raw fish can sound scary but it's perfectly safe to eat when treated the right way. Find tips and four knockout raw fish recipes that keep things fresh and zesty.
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The new ice cream flavours you need to make in your machine
Making ice cream at home is easy once you know how – and these flavour combinations are the ones you need to try.
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Why nectarine curd should be on your radar
There's something about a smooth, buttery fruit curd that makes it irresistible. Emily Gussin explains how to make nectarine curd
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Our easy guide to eating sustainable fish in the UK
Wondering what the most sustainable fish are in the UK, or how to make sustainable swaps? Clare Finney asks the experts for the latest advice.
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4 of the best ways to preserve tomatoes
Make the most of tomato season with these tip-top ways of preserving tomatoes so you can enjoy their flavour for the months ahead.
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Best of the best: how to make the ultimate smash burger
There’s just something so appealing about a good smash burger – it’s quick, hot, handheld, endlessly customisable, provides a balance of salty and sweet.
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A love letter to the pan bagnat – the sandwich of southern France
Hailing from Nice in the south of France, the glorious pan bagnat boasts everything we love about the iconic salad niçoise.
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Mussels: the least selfish shellfish
Mussels are juicy, tasty and nutritious but they're also surprisingly sustainable, because they help clean the sea, making them good for the environment.
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Stop pouring away your sour milk! Here’s how to use it up
Taking one of the most thrown-away ingredients in the UK – milk – we bring you 4 tasty ways to use it up and save it from going to waste
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How to get the best out of your herbs
Adding fragrance, freshness and colour, herbs can transform a dish from dull to dazzling, so it’s no surprise we’re using more of them in our cooking – but what’s the ethical and environmental impact?
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What’s really going on with rising food prices? Plus… recipes with the cheapest ingredients
Extraordinary rising food prices have meant we're all making alterations to our shopping habits. We offer recipe suggestions with those items which have been least affected: canned tuna, lemons, baking potatoes, mushrooms and beef and lamb.
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