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summer recipes

Cocktails Greet your guests with a cocktail. How about a Pimmgroni? Less sweet than Pimm’s but longer and more refreshing than a negroni, this fruity, bittersweet summer drink is the…

Eton mess ice cream

Eton mess ice cream Ingredients Ice cream base 1 vanilla pod 600ml double cream 300ml whole milk 5 medium free-range egg yolks 100g caster sugar Strawberry swirl 200g strawberries 50ml…

Pimmgroni

Pimmgroni Pimmgroni base 100ml gin 100ml red vermouth 50ml cointreau 50ml sweet sherry 50ml Campari To serve 4 strawberries, cut into four thick slices 4 sprigs of mint 4 thin,…

Cherry and ricotta cake

Recipe for cherry and ricotta cake Ingredients 180g salted butter, softened 300g caster sugar 250g ricotta 1 lemon, zest and juice 1 tsp vanilla extract 240g plain flour 1 tsp…