Sosaties Traditional South African lamb kebabs on skewers with a sweet curry marinade and peaches or apricots – for a perfect braai. Categories Cooking
Polenta Lemon Cake A light fluffy buttermilk lemon cornmeal cake with a zesty lemon glaze. Categories Cooking
Beef BBQ Ribs Slow cooked dry-cured beef short-rib. Only really re-heated on the barbecue – Tom Kerridge Categories Cooking/Smoking
Baked Aloo Gobi with Flatbreads Whole baked cauliflower & potato curry with flatbreads – Anna Jones. Categories Cooking
Vadouvan Spice Blend Ready to use spice blend with onions and garlic – from French colonial Puducherry region of India. Categories Cooking
Flódni / Hungarian Sweet Hungarian-Jewish sweet with five sweet cake layers and four different fillings: apple, walnut, poppy seed and plum jam. Categories Cooking
Lars’s Chamber Chops Pork chops in a tomato and onion based sauce, served with baked potatoes, from my friend Lars Klüver Categories Cooking
Compressed Apple Terrine Delicious compressed apple terrine with calvados, served with vanilla ice cream, apple crisps and salted caramel sauce – Raymond Blanc Categories Cooking
Sticky Toffee Pudding Dark and rich sticky toffee pudding with dates, muscovado sugar and treacle. – Nigella Lawson Categories Cooking
Kansas City Style BBQ Sauce Delicious bbq sauce for sandwiches, pulled pork and especially smoked chicken. Categories Cooking
Vinegar Braised Chicken Vinegar braised chicken thighs with onions – served with new potatoes. – Simon Rimmer Categories Cooking
Gin & Tonic Cake Syrup soaked gin & tonic cake with cream and lemon curd. – Simon Rimmer Categories Cooking
Chocolate Peanut Butter Cake Multi-tiered chocolate cake with peanut butter icing. – Nigella Lawson Categories Cooking
Marshmallow Cheesecake Mini cheesecakes with a marshmallow filling, cranberry filling and a biscuit base. – Richard Bainbridge Categories Cooking
Murtabak / Mutabak / Mattabak / Mutabbaq Stuffed pan-fried bread from Yemen with spiced meat, pickles and chilli sauce. Categories Cooking
Muhammara Hot pepper dip from Aleppo, Syria. Famed in Levantine and Turkish cuisine. Categories Cooking
Bobotie Typical South African – Cape Malay – sweet curry style dish, set with eggs. Categories Cooking
Flan de Naranja / Orange Caramel Creams Creme caramel from Valencia using orange juice instead of milk. – Rick Stein Categories Cooking
Chocolate Fondant Tart Rich chocolate fondant tart – very easy to make. – Mary Berry Categories Cooking
Bacon or Crackling Scones / Pogácsa Savoury Hungarian scones – great with goulash. – Hairy Bikers Categories Cooking
Pear and Chocolate Frangipane Tart Pear and almond tart with swirls of melted chocolate marbled through it – served hot or cold. – Hairy Bikers Categories Cooking
Massaman Curry Paste An aromatic mild Thai red-curry paste (with shrimp paste and red chillies). Categories Cooking
Spicy Ginger and Chilli Scallop stir-fry Hot, sweet and sour scallop stir-fry to serve on rice. – John Whaite Categories Cooking
Duck breast with Passion Fruit Sauce Duck breast with a passion fruit sauce and crushed new potatoes. Categories Cooking
Honey Mustard Beetroot Gravadlax Delicious gravadlax with pickled with beetroot, served with cucumber pickle and dill creme fraiche. Categories Cooking/Curing
Fattet/Fatteh Chicken Lebanese chicken with chickpeas and pine nuts on pita crisps. – Luani Categories Cooking
Marinated Chilli Salmon Chilli marinaded smoke salmon – great with bread. – Luani Categories Cooking/Curing
Lemon self-saucing pudding My own recipe for a self-saucing lemon dessert – great to serve with limoncello and a lemon ice cream for a trio. Categories Cooking
Lemon Pavlova Chewy meringue with lemon curd, cream and toasted almonds for crunch – Nigella Lawson Categories Cooking
Rich lamb stew with aubergine puree / Hunkar begendi This stew is spicy with a fair bit of tomato and aubergine purée – Rick Stein Categories Cooking
Smoked Haddock Welsh Rarebit Rarebit on smoked haddock (instead of on bread) – James Martin Categories Cooking
Aromatic Curry My own aromatic chicken curry – good for getting the balance of spices right! Categories Cooking
Lamb Kofta Curry Indian-flavoured lamb meatballs cooked in a wonderfully spicy sauce – Hairy Bikers Categories Cooking
Chicago Italian Beef Chicago style beef brisket sandwiches – with coffee, spices and mayo – Simon Rimmer, Sunday Brunch Categories Cooking
Braised hake with beetroot and winter salad braised hake with beetroot and winter salad – Jack Stein Categories Cooking
Chicken baked in hay with cider My own recipe for hay baked chicken with a cider sauce. Categories Cooking
Suurlemoentert / Lemon Meringue Pie Luani’s mom’s lemon meringue pie – South African. Categories Cooking
Galette des Rois / French King’s Tart Puff pastry, frangipane and caramelised pears tart. Raymond Blanc Categories Cooking
Pumpkin Tart South African pumpkin tart with a sweet sauce. Great with a braai or as dessert. Categories Cooking
Basque Burnt Cheescake Burnt baseless cheese cake with liquorice sauce – Nigella Lawson Categories Cooking
Pozole Verde de Pollo / Mexican Green Chicken Soup Mexican green soup with chicken and hominy Categories Cooking
Laos Laap / Larb Minced meat and fresh herb salad – minty – with sticky rice. From Laos. Categories Cooking