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Our Christmas Gift Guide 2014 is here, allowing you to take the risk out of shopping online. We’ll be bringing you the best products which have been tried and tested, with rave reviews, to help you with those tough festive decisions. We want to help you give fabulous gifts to your friends and family, so we’ve only chosen the very …

Serves: 2 Cooking time:  50 – 60 minutes Ingredients 300g Christmas stolen 200ml single cream 150ml milk 50g Amaretti biscuits 1 lemon icing sugar    Method Preheat the oven to 180°C. Cut the stollen into roughly 2cm chunks and place into a baking dish. Combine 150ml single cream, 150ml milk and one egg, and whisk well. Then pour over the stollen chunks. Crumble the amaretti and …

A rich, thick and delicious stew perfect for the start of autumn. Using a good ale or stout means no need to make your own stock and keeps the dish super-simple to prepare. This recipe can be cooked from start to finish, right onto the table, in a single pot (a cast iron cooking pot is best). Servings: 4-6 people …

A traditional Brazilian recipe, this stew is best served with rice. Servings: 4 Preparation time: 1 Cook time: 20 minutes Ingredients 4 fillets sea bass fresh 250 g prawns peeled pinch sea salt 3 cloves garlic 4 tbsp lime juice 3 tbsp onion grated 3 tbsp oil vegetable 1 large onion cut into rings 200 ml coconut milk 360 ml water …

Treat yourself to a delicious health boost before the winter months; the aromatic spices in this marinade recipe from Dev Biswal at The Ambrette in Canterbury are renowned all over the world for their medicinal qualities. Turmeric contains curcumin, which is renowned for its anti-inflammatory effects and is a very strong antioxidant with the ability to neutralize free radicals and …

The darker nights are drawing in which means it’s almost time for two of our favourite annual events, Halloween and Bonfire Night, and what better way to celebrate both than with friends and family. The chefs at Primula have been hard at work cooking up an autumnal recipe book to create the perfect Halloween party spread or post-Bonfire snacks – …

50% of eCommerce website problems are undetected by major UK and US brands due to lack of visibility of the customer experience, according to research launched today by User Replay.  Key retail stats: ·         90% of retailers admit they could improve their Online Customer Experience via desktops; 84% say the same for mobile ·         Only 19% of retailers are able …

These tasty little morsels will leave you wanting more. They make for a perfect starter or a tasty canapé at any festive dinner party. Preparation Time: 30 minutes Cooking Time: 15 minutes Serves: 4-6 Ingredients For the batter 75g cornflour 75g plain flour 1 free-range egg, lightly beaten 188ml Old Speckled Hen vegetable oil, for deep-frying 50g plain flour 1.5kg …

Looking for something to do with all those leftover veggies post-Christmas day? Well, look no further. With this bubble and squeak brunch, you’ll have your family’s five a day sorted and tummies full in no time. Makes 8 Ready in 20 mins Ingredients 300g roast potatoes, chopped 300g leftover broadbeans and courgettes or any other leftover boiled vegetables, roughly chopped …

There is nothing that captures the warmth of winter than a cooked ham.  Enjoy warm or slice for thick chunky sandwiches. Preparation Time: 30 minutes Cooking Time: 6 hours Serves: 6 – 8 Ingredients: 3kg to 3.5kg piece unsmoked gammon 2 onions, quartered 3 carrots, roughly chopped 1 celery, roughly chopped 2 tsp whole cloves 3 bay leaves 1 tsp …