Recipes 

Shared by our Dames

Olive Chocolate Tapenade

Dame Chantal CoadyMakes enough to fill a 450g jarIngredients1 x 290-300 jar of pitted Kalamata olives5 preserved fillets of anchovy, drained and chopped1 large garlic…
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Cheese and Thyme Scones

Dame Cathy SlomanAlthough scones are always at their absolute best on the day they’re baked, this recipe does make more than four – you can…
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Pumpkin and saffron soup

Dame Cathy SlomanThis luscious soup makes the most of the traditional squashes and pumpkins that are around now – it really doesn’t matter which variety…
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Pickled apples

Dame Jen GreenhalghThese simple pickled apples are the absolute bomb with blue cheese and walnuts. Keep them on hand for a charcuterie or cheese board!Ingredients…
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Green tomato jam

Dame Jen GreenhalghAs Autumn roles in and the juicy red of our Summer tomatoes become a distant memory, we’ve been making sure that some of…
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Getting started with sourdough

Dame Cathy Sloman As Sourdough September draws to a close, I’ve been casting my mind back to my first foray intothe dark art of wild…
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Blackberry BBQ Sauce

Dame Jen Greenhalgh There’s as many different styles of BBQ sauce out there as there are stars and stripes on the good old US flag,…
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Panzanella with a twist

by Dame Jen GreenhalghInspired by her recent volunteer shift at the Community Fridge run by the Oasis Hub in Waterloo, Dame Jen Greenhalgh shares her…
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Lady Guadalupe Cocktail

Lady Guadalupe3 oz (85ml) tequila1½ oz (42ml) peach schnapps3 tbsp lime juice1 tbsp light brown sugar (or less if you prefer less sweet)3 tsp passion fruit juice or passion…
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Cherry Pistachio Cake

Dame Cathy SlomanEvery year when I first start spotting cherries in the shops, I feel the need to bake this luscious cake from the wonderful…
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