A classic chocolate fondant / chocolate lava cake recipe made with five simple ingredients. So decadent that you just cannot say no!
Pan seared Lamb Chops in Malvani Masala
Lamb chops marinated in an Indian flavors of a malvani masala, served with a chunky vegetable salad.
Very close to the chef's heart, the recipe of this dish was created by Chef Peter Goerge's mother. A warm and delicate tart with walnuts, raspberries and a butter-maple sauce.
Various restaurants in the city and capital have decided to take the plunge and enter the world of fine dining. Restaurateurs have realised that patrons seem willing to shell out a bit more for their food, if the experience is grander, the cuisine authentic and the ingredients richer, finds Moeena H...
Nigel Slater's Christmas breakfast recipes
Christmas is the only day that Nigel makes a fuss about his breakfast. Here's what he's planning for this year.There seem to be two Christmas breakfasts in this house. One around 7.30 am (espresso, toast, jam) and then a more festive bells 'n' whistles occasion around 10 am.The second Christmas brea...
Cooking Christmas leftovers: from surplus to sumptious
What clever tricks do you have up your sleeve for Christmas leftovers - a twist on the turkey curry, something with cold sprouts, and what about those stale mince pies?I have a theory that as a nation, we're gripped by a love that dare not speak its name. All year, Britain quietly pines for turkey a...
Christmas leftovers: Christmas pudding trifle recipe
A trifle made with leftover Christmas pudding - what dessert could possibly be more festive?Christmas isn't Christmas without a ÃÂtrifle, but with all that plum ÃÂpudding and yule log to get through, this ÃÂmagnificent dish doesn't always get the attention it deserves. Keep your powder dry unt...
Plum for these Christmas cakes
For those who would rather play safe, there's an Xmas Goodie Guide to the best places to pick the most delightful bakes for this season's delicious indulgences.Ingredients225 gm sultanas225 gm raisins110 gm candied peel, chopped75 gm seedless dates, chopped75 gm dried apricots, chopped25 gm cocoa po...
Christmas is round the corner and the celebrations have kicked in. Treat your tummies to some good food that restaurants and hotels across the city have to offerTart BakeryWhat :Glazed Gingerbread Men Cookies to Christmas Pudding Truffles, Tart is geared to tempt your taste buds. They have introduce...
Here's the recipe of the traditional Christmas cake, loaded with dry fruits, wine, rum and all things nice.
Chef Crystal Mendonce shares an authentic recipe of the popular Thanksgving dish, Turkey Mussalam.
Yummy and crunchy sugar cookies decorated with colorful icings.
Nigel Slater's Christmas starter recipes
The Christmas meal is a much-loved tradition, but add a personal touch with a tantalizing starter.The main course, that vast golden bird and its myriad trimmings, was decided upon weeks ago, and any change to the fruit-laden pudding to follow is unthinkable. But the dish that starts the Christmas fe...
How to cook the perfect yule log
The yule log - a worthy addition to the British Christmas feast, or a sickly continental import for people incapable of appreciating a good fruit cake?It is a truth universally accepted that Christmas isn't what it used to be. That doesn't necessarily mean things are worse: most of us are comfortabl...
The perfect Christmas cheeseboard
The cheeseboard at Christmas should offer something for every passing glutton. What do you like on yours?If you don't have something to eat at every moment of the day, you're doing Christmas wrong. No matter that you're already stuffing in three times as much as usual at every meal, and making room ...
My family Christmas: chaos, excess and gourmet excellence gone wrong
Every year I vow Christmas will be different this time. And every year I end up covered in icing sugar and reheated jam, crying. But secretly happy.For some people Christmas is a time for family, relaxation and calm. Not in this house. Here Christmas is the time for culinary excess, gargantuan effor...
Nigel Slater: 'Nutmeg and citrus - it's the scent of Christmas'
In this extract from Nigel Slater's Kitchen Diaries II, it's Christmas Eve and the cranberry sauce and mince pies are ready.Christmas Eve The kitchen is heavy with expectation. Sugar-crusted mince pies, whose sweet, spice-laden filling has spilled out and caramelised on the baking tin; syrup-preserv...
Nigel Slater's Christmas recipe for goose
In this extract from Kitchen Diaries II, Christmas Day recipes for roast goose and a hot salmon, and leftovers for Boxing Day.Roast goose with chickpea and lemon stuffingServes 8-10a goose 5kg or thereaboutsFor the stuffing large onions 2 goose fat or oil a littlecanned chickpeas 800g, drained mint ...
Hazelnut / Peanut Butter Cookies
Fill your home with the smell of freshly bakes cookies. Delicious crunchy cookies with the creaminess of hazelnut paste or peanut butter.
Cake mixing, which forms an integral part of baking the traditional Christmas cake, has already begun in many hotels across the city.With the Christmas season drawing close, chefs across the city are busy finding out how to bake the best cakes so that the perfect combination can be served on the spe...