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Wholemeal apple and orange cake

March 6, 2010 Food & drink
Nigel Slater's Wholemeal Apple and Orange Cake

Every now and then, I have to make a cake. The urge often strikes at this time of year, with the indulgence of Christmas a fading memory and no sign of the rotten weather passing soon.  This cake provides a hint of what’s to come, using last autumn’s fruit. Line the bottom of a 20cm [...]

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Chocolate praline truffle cake

October 27, 2008 Food & drink
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This is a very heavy duty chocolate cake…a huge slab of chocolate punctuated with praline and nuts. There is nothing light here, but much to enjoy. A Nigel Slater recipe, from the Observer. Toast 100g of shelled and skinned hazelnuts in a dry pan until golden. Keep the nuts moving – they’ll burn in an [...]

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Moroccan spiced lamb shanks with aubergine

October 18, 2008 Food & drink
Lamb shanks, Moroccan style, by Nigel Slater

Everybody has a couple of cookbooks that are just a little bit more stained and greasy than the rest, books that have seen more distinguished service than all the others on the shelf. I have two – the distinctly unfashionable Delia’s Complete Cookery Course by Delia Smith, which I grew up with and still refer [...]

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