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This is a classic Pear Tart. Pear is becoming my favouritefruit for cakes , slowly taken over Apple.Fortunately the method is quite easy to prepare with maximum taste. Ingredients Puff pastry ( Enough to  cover the base of your cake tin) 100g of Soft Butter , extra to grease 100g Caster Sugar 2 eggs 100g Ground almonds 3-4 pears cut into halves and cored or cut into slices your decision. Method 1) Preheat your oven @ 190 oC. 2) Roll out the pastry and get it to fit the base of  the loose bottomed greased cake tin. Trim off any  excess pastry around the rim. 3) Whisk the butter and sugar until pale  then add the eggs and almonds  and add on top of the cake tin smoothing the mixture with a  palette knife. 4) Add the pears on top 5) Bake for 1 hr or until the cake is Golden  and enjoy.

A Classic Lemon Cake Ingredients 150g Softened Butter plus extra for greasing 225g of Caster Sugar 6 Eggs separated Zest and Juice of 4 lemons 300g of Ground almonds 115g potato flour Icing sugar for dusting Method 1) Preheat oven to 200 oC and grease a loose bottoms cake tin 2) Cream the butter and sugar then add the egg yolks and add the lemon zest and juice 3) In another bowl  whisk the egg whites until they form soft peaks 4)Fold the egg whites to the cake mixture 5) The sieve the flour and add the almonds and mix throughly 6) Bake in the oven for 10 minutes @ 200 oC then turn it down to 150 oC and bake for an hour

Its always nice to make Fish with a sauce and cheese and herb sauce is one of the easiest. Ingredients 4 Fillets Fish such as Cod 40g butter 40g Flour 300ml of Cold milk  added a bit at a time Seasoning Pinch of Nutmeg Big Handful of Grated Cheddar Cheese Herbs of your choice, I added what I am growing so a little bit of Chervil ,Parsley and Tarragon Method  1) Fry the Cold in a hot pan with Butter and Oil  for about 3 minutes either side. 2)  Whilst the fish is  cooking you can make the Roux by frying the butter and when melted adding the flour. 3) Too this you add the milk a bit at a time whisking as you go  by the time you have poured it all it should start to become thicker. 4) If so add  the Nutmeg , seasoning  , cheese and herbs, If not you make and add more roux. 5)  Put the Fish on the plate and pour  the sauce on the top.

This is a very very easy sauce to make and works well as a pasta sauce , with chicken and steak. Ingredients 15g of Butter 1 Tbsp of Oil 250g of mushroom sliced 175ml of White wine 1 tsp of Dijon Mustard 200ml of Double cream salt and pepper Method 1) Heat your frying pan with butter and oil add the mushrooms over a low heat and cook for 10 minutes until there are soft. 2) Add the wine and cook at a medium heat for 10 minutes or until the wine is reduced by half 3) Add the Dijon mustard and mix it with the mushrooms well 4) Add the cream and heat through 5) Check for seasoning and then add to your chicken or steak and Enjoy

This is a lovely Korean dish that you must try some day. All the ingredients should be found in an asian supermarket Ingredients for 2-3 people 200g Tteok  ( Korean Rice Cake) 250g Udon 150g of Fish Cake 1/2 sliced Courgette 1/2 sliced Onion 1 chopped carrot 100g of Mushrooms of your choice 300ml of Korean anchovy stock or  1 tsp of Korean anchovy stock powder mixed with 300ml of biling water. 3 Tbsp of Korean Chilli paste 1 Tbsp of Sugar 1 Tbsp of Soy Sauce 1 Tbsp Method 1) Measure your Anchovy stock 2) Add Soy Sauce ,Korean Chilli Powder , Chilli paste and Sugar 3) Add Rice cake , Fishcake , Courgette , Onion , Carrot and mushroom and boil together 4) Once boiled add the Udon Noodle heat until vegetables are cooked

Korean cake is a lovely light , fluffy and creamy soft cake which I bake for special occasions such as birthdays Please try. Ingredients Sponge 3 Eggs 100g of Caster Sugar 90g of Plain Flour 20g Melted Butter Syrup Ingredients 50ml Water 40g Caster Sugar 1/2 Tsp Orange Liker Cake Decoration 500ml of Double cream Sugar 50g Around 15 Strawberries chopped   Method for the Sponge 1) Add  a Bowl into a bigger bowl with hot water. In the bowl add the egg and set your whisk to high and whisk for 1min 30 seconds. 2) Then add the sugar in 2  to 3  sections and whisk for 4 minutes on a high setting 3) Sieve the flour then fold and then add the melted butter and Mix well 4)Bake in a round cake tin for 30 mins at  180 oC Method for the rest of the cake 1)  Making the Syrup buy boiling Sugar and water , Once it boils cool  down by moving to a bowl then mix orange Liqueur 2) slice 8 Strawberries 3) Cut the sponge in 3 layers 4)br...

This is an easy dish to do with maximum flavour the recipe was adapted from a recipe on French cooking academy Youtube page https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0lG3Ihe4LGV851lODRIS5g Ingredients for 4 500-750 grams of  Casserole steak approx 300 ml of  good beef or veal stock approx 300ml of  Red Burgundy wine 1 carrot diced 1 Onion diced 1 Bouquet Garni 2 Garlic Gloves 20 grams of Plain Flour For Garnish 100 grams of Mushrooms Fried 100 grams of bacon cut into cubes  Fried 10 shallots or pearl onions  Carmelised by covering in water , 2 big pinches of sugar and 2 nudges of butter and cook until water evaporates. Parsley Method 1) Brown the beef and set aside whilst doing  turn your oven at 240 oC , and slowly warm the wine and stock 2) Then cook the carrots and Onions for  5 minutes 3) Add the beef back and  add the flour and put in an oven for 5 minutes 4) Take out and mix the flour well 5) Add the stock and wine so it ju...