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Aubergine & chilli tagliolini

Taglioni is a thin, flat ribbon pasta, similar to tagliatelle. If you can't find it, use linguine for this vegetarian pasta dish instead...

New potato & rosemary focaccia

This easy Italian-style loaf is inspired by the classic chip buttie - perfect as an alternative to a dinner party bread basket...

Taleggio tart with walnut pastry

Delicate, nutty pastry provides a perfect backdrop to the creamy filling of this mouthwatering meat-free main course Ingredients For the...

Tiramisu ice-cream cake

Treat your guests with this stunning summer dessert, perfect for al fresco dinner parties Ingredients 2 x 250g tubs mascarpone 115g...

Classic Amatriciana bucatini

Ingredients 2kg tomatoes - cherry, plum or ordinary - roughly chopped 250g smoked bacon, cut into strips, or cubetti di pancetta 2 small...

Pizza margherita in 4 easy steps

Even a novice cook can master the art of pizza with these simple step-by-step guide. Bellissimo makes two pizza's For the base 300g...

Italian vegetable soup

Ingredients 2 each of onion and carrots, chopped 4 sticks celery, chopped 1 tbsp olive oil 2 tbsp sugar 4 garlic cloves, crushed 2 tbsp...

From Switzerland to Italy

HERE ARE SOME INTERESTING FACTS THAT YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW ABOUT ITALY, ITS PEOPLE, AND ITS HISTORY: Rome is further North than New York...

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COOKING TIPS

You do not have to be stressed at Christmas if the idea of cooking for family and friends is just all to much you can buy everything you need at most supermarkets, just pop in the oven no preparation sit back and enjoy a glass of champagne (you can either ban all from your kitchen so they think your amazing, or tell them that it all comes from whichever store you choose so you could spend more time with them. NO SHAME IN THAT.

Whole herbs and spices last longer than crushed or ground versions

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Test freshness of herbs by moving some around in your hand and sniffing to see if spice gives off flavorful aroma

Generally speaking 1 cup fresh herbs = 1/3 cup dried as the dried spices have more intense flavor

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Decorating your cake

use gingerbread Christmas trees, a house and hearts (you’ll need about 15 hearts for the outside). To decorate, mix 300g fondant icing sugar with enough water to make a thick icing, transfer to a piping bag fitted with a fine nozzle. Decorate however you like, then leave to dry. Place the trees and house on top of the cake and push the hearts into the icing.

Only one tin?

If you have just 1 x 20cm cake tin, you can easily divide the cake mixture into three and bake the sponges in batches. Work in metric measurements as they are easier to scale down for this recipe, and write the new measurements out before you start, so you don’t get mixed up halfway through.

A little bit about me ..Celia Loves Wine , Fast Cars and Travel and Any Thing New.

Rock Music and Jazz, the Classics and Bocelli, In love with Commissario Montalbano - alias Luca Zingaretti (more about him later)

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A Challenge, Dancing in the Rain, A Cool Glass of Beer, All Thing Shiny & Sparkly , Mad Hats and Mad Shoes