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Lemon and pistachio drizzle cake

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Doesn’t everyone just love a good old lemon drizzle? I recently had a ‘special occasion’ that I had to bake for. All will be revealed in a few months but in the mean time I just really wanted to share my recpie with you. The pistachios are mostly for decoration, the green offsets the yellow sponge and looks intriguing. Many questions were asked as to what it was and some lovely comments were made. The beauty of a lemon drizzle is the fact that the sponge will remain nice and moist for a good couple of days. I was told that my cake was delightfully zingy, fresh and moist. The compliments came from two people that I respect a great deal and I will not be forgetting them in a hurry. Lemon and pistachio drizzle cake For the cake 225g self raising flour 225g butter, softened 225g golden caster sugar (I like Billington’s unrefined) 4 eggs 3 lemons (grated zest) 20g finely chopped pistachio nuts (I chopped them in a food processor) For the drizzle …

Smokin’ salmon fishcakes

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‘I just bought a whole salmon for £10!’ exclaimed my other half on Sunday. I had one too many white wines on Saturday evening and I ate like a horse the morning after. A fry up followed by a burger, chips and chocolate pudding from The Walton’s hotel in Nottingham. As you can imagine, I wasn’t really in the mood for salmon. I arrived home and my friends were sat in the garden enjoying the balmy summer evening, having just devoured half the salmon with balsamic onions, butter sauce and asparagus. I was duly served a small plate and I ate it with great intent. The sauce was inspired by last weeks episode of Valentine Warner’s what to eat now and was lip smackingly gorgeous. The left over salmon was refrigerated and used to make salmon fishcakes the following evening. Have a look at the recipe below, if you can get a whole salmon for £10, it’s a cheap and delightful eat! 1/2 of a whole salmon 1 red onion (finely chopped) 1 garlic clove …

Pepper Pasta Magic

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I went to meet my boyfriend, his dad and sister at the Design Museum one evening after work a few months ago to have a tour of a new exhibition. Afterwards we wandered around Shad Thames looking for a restaurant to satisfy our hunger. We saw an average looking Indian restaurant (at this point I was certainly not a fan of curry) and this was quickly disregarded. Afterall, we do live in Wembley, quite possibly the best suburb for an authentic curry house. We eventually stumbled upon an Italian restaurant by the river called Cantina Del Ponte. The menu was impressive, Jacks sister went for a classic fish dish, Jack had sea food linguine and I went for a fantastically delicious stone baked buffalo mozzarella, pesto and tomato pizza. It was however amusing to see Jacks dad order ‘pepper pasta’, what seemed to be the most unappetizing dish on the menu. The food arrived and it turned out he was certainly having the last laugh. I was very kindly offered a taste and I being …