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Should you use strong flour or plain flour when making bread? We investigate…

If you’re making a basic loaf, most recipes tell you to use strong bread flour. But does it make much difference if you use plain flour instead?

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How to make ice cream

Once you've learned how to make ice cream with our simple vanilla recipe, you can adapt it to make numerous flavours. Find out how with our simple guide.

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Which lamb is best for slow cooking? Discover our ultimate guide

Which lamb is best for slow cooking? Find out which cuts will benefit from a good old stew - and see our guides to roasting and griddling, too.

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13 best-ever baked salmon fillet recipes

Find tips on how to prepare and cook baked salmon fillet recipes and discover our top recipe picks including salmon gnocchi bake or sesame and soy salmon

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12 best sticky toffee pudding recipes

Try one of our best sticky toffee pudding recipes including a beer-laced number, a show-stopping cake and a healthier version too.

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11 best carbonara recipes

Find tips on how to make the ultimate carbonara including 11 of our best carbonara recipes, from a classic version to healthier and vegetarian twists.

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14 best chocolate cake recipes

Because one chocolate cake recipe is simply never enough, dive head-first into 14 of our best ever chocolate cake recipes, plus discover our top tips

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14 easy tinned tomato recipes

Cheap, versatile and easy to cook with – tinned tomato recipes make the ultimate store cupboard dinner. Try these recipes that use only one tin of tomatoes.

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How to make perfect pancakes

Need to learn how to make pancakes? Follow our easy step-by-step recipe guide for basic crêpe-style pancakes – plus extra tips and tricks.

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15 best lasagne recipes

Check out our ultimate guide to making the perfect lasagne, including tips, video-tutorials and 15 of our best lasagne recipes ever.  

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13 best carrot cake recipes

On the lookout for the best carrot cake recipes? You've come to the right place! We've got a teatime classic, alternative recipe or celebration cake...

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11 best chilli con carne recipes

Love the warming feeling that a fiery chilli delivers? Then try one of our best chilli con carne recipes - we've got 11 of them, to be precise!

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How to make cakes from vegetables

Carrot cake is not the only vegetable cake! Here's our round-up of cakes you can make with parsnips, beetroot and more...

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What to do with leftover dukkah

What to do with leftover Dukkah. Recipes for autumn vegetable hash with dukkah, breakfast eggs with chorizo, avocado and feta and spiced cauliflower cheese.

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50 storecupboard ingredients and a recipe to go with each of them

Make meals stress-free with our list of 50 top storecupboard ingredients designed to help you make cooking easy, plus recipes to try

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What to do with leftover cooked chestnuts

Looking for ways to use leftover chestnuts? Discover recipes, tips and ideas including kale, chestnut & mushroom pie, chicken with chestnut & apple stuffing

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What to do with leftover matzo meal

Not sure what to do with your leftover matzo meal? Discover these recipes, tips and ideas for how to include matzo meal in stuffings, fishcakes & cheesecake

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What to do with leftover dried shrimp

Not sure what to do with that packet of leftover dried shrimp? Discover recipes, tips and ideas on how to use up dried shrimp in curries and much more.

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What to do with leftover tamarind paste

Recipes and ideas for what to do with leftover tamarind paste, including a vegan fry up, beef rendang, potato & cauliflower burgers, kashmiri lamb meatballs

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What to do with leftover celeriac

Got half a celeriac in the fridge? Find out how to use up leftover celeriac with these recipes, tips and ideas

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9 ways to use up leftover pumpkin

Worried about wasting that Halloween pumpkin you've carved? Here's our round-up of nice ways to use up leftover pumpkins, in sweet and savoury recipes

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A Christmas Day lunch menu and time plan

Have a hassle-free Christmas Day with our lunch menu for 8 people. It comes with a shopping list for all the ingredients and a time plan for the day

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How to use up leftover Christmas pudding

Discover how to use up leftover Christmas pudding in these recipes including a festive rocky road, pancakes and a gorgeous caramel...

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The best cheeses for your Christmas cheeseboard

Cheese and wine expert, Fiona Beckett, tells us what the best cheeses and wines are for a Christmas cheese board. See her expert tips here.

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A simple guide to pickling and fermenting

Find out how to pickle and ferment food with our simple guide. Plus, find out why fermented food is healthy and the tools you need to do it at home.

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What to do with leftover panko breadcrumbs

Panko breadcrumbs are light and airy inspired by Japanese-cuisine, made by using white bread without the crusts. Here are ideas of how to use up leftovers. 

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What to do with leftover morcilla

Morcilla, the Spanish equivalent of black pudding, is made with pork blood, fat, onions, rice and spices. Find suggestions, on how to use up leftover morcilla, here.

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What to do with leftover toasted buckwheat

Toasted buckwheat is intense and earthy and can add powerful nuttiness and subtle bitterness to your food. Check out these recipes for inspiration.

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How to cook chestnuts

Learn how to roast chestnuts (no open fire necessary!) in this simple recipe from Debbie Major. Plus, how to boil chestnuts for purées or sweet pastes.

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