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Genoese sponge cake
This is a very useful recipe to have in your repertoire. The light but firm sponge is delicious filled with fresh fruit and cream, but is...
Prep 20mins Cook 25mins
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Gill's honey cake
This well-loved recipe comes from Gill Meller, previously head chef at River Cottage, and it is frequently served to guests at River...
Prep 20mins Cook 45mins
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Hazelnut chocolate cake
Here’s another treat to serve straight up at teatime or in a more indulgent and pudlike manner. If you can’t find ready-ground hazelnuts...
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Hedgelog (Yule log)
This cake is a nod to the pagan ritual of burning a Yule log at the winter solstice, a ceremony intended to drive away the short dark days...
Prep 30mins Cook 20mins
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Hugh's fresh cherry cake with streusel topping
Available for only a few weeks of the year, delicious homegrown cherries are highly seasonal. What's more, these summer gems are as coveted...
Prep 30mins Cook 50mins
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Jammy Dodgers
Jammy Dodgers are a biscuit tin favourite in many households, with their sticky sweet centre and crumbly outside. These homemade homages to...
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Lemon curd marble muffins
These are indulgent and delicious, but also very quick and easy to make. We sometimes replace 100g of the flour with 125g ground almonds...
Prep 15mins Cook 30mins
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Lemon sponge pudding
This is a simple, warming pudding for cold days. We love the way the lemon and sugar mixture forms a sweet but tangy goo at the bottom...
Prep 20mins Cook 2hrs
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Lemon tart
Tarte au citron is another one of those classic puds for which countless different recipes exist. Many begin by making a lemon curd for the...
Prep 1hrs Cook 30mins
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Little orange soufflés
Although savoury soufflés are more common, Mark prefers their sweet sisters. These lovely orange soufflés have a dark golden, slightly...
Prep 15mins Cook 8mins
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Marshmallows
Try out this fantastic marshmallow recipe, taken from the River Cottage Family Cookbook.
Prep 30mins
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Mulberry fumble
We do like a fumble. It's nothing more than a fruit fool topped with a separately made crumble an idea Hugh came up with a few years back...
Prep 15mins Cook 25mins
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Oranges in mulled wine syrup
The combination of citrus, spices and wine is much enjoyed as a hot drink at Christmas time, but I like the blend even better like this...
Prep 20mins Cook 24hrs
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Perfect pancakes
Thin, crêpe-style pancakes have a bit of a reputation for being tricky, but Hugh thinks that's because a lot of us only make them once a...
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Poached berries in red wine
This is a firm favourite of Steven, our Senior Chef. It's quick and simple yet utterly delicious, especially when served with panna cotta...
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Raisin and cherry stollen
This traditional sweet German Christmas bread is much simpler to make than it looks, so please don't be alarmed by the length of the...
Prep 3hrs Cook 25mins
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Raspberry + strawberry Eton mess
This delicious pudding is now a British classic. It's really just a fool sweetened with broken meringue instead of sugar - but that extra...
Prep 10mins Cook 2hrs
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Rhubarb and Orange Salad
This recipe by Executive Chef Gelf Alderson is perfect at the start of the year when juicy oranges and forced rhubarb are at their best.
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Rhubarb and orange yoghurt fool
A classic fool combines a fruit compote or purée, custard and cream to delicious effect. This is a sort of deconstructed version, with...
Prep 20mins Cook 10mins
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Rhubarb, Champagne, cream
This lovely pud takes jelly and cream to a whole new level. Made with rhubarb and Champagne, it is full of bubbles and fizzes on the...
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Rhubarb, ginger, cream
This is a wonderfully indulgent pudding a classic fool, really, spiked with ginger. You can make it with early forced rhubarb or the...
Prep 10mins Cook 10mins
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Rice, milk, sugar
Rice pudding is one of Hugh's all-time favourites and a brilliant example of the three-key-ingredients principle. The vanilla isn’t...
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River Cottage shortbread
This is quite different from a traditional thick Scottish shortbread. Rather than rubbing butter into flour then adding sugar in the usual...
Prep 15mins Cook 10mins
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Rose and pistachio cake
A few teaspoonfuls of rosewater, a handful of pistachios and a scattering of rose petals elevate this simple cream filled sponge to...
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Scent from heaven cake (lemon verbena)
Pam's garden is crowded with herbs and in early summer, when they are abundant and most fragrant, she instils their uplifting essence into...
Prep 30mins Cook 50mins
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Shortbread
Originally Pam thought that this would be a short recipe. However, the more she bakes this member of the biscuit clan, the more she...
Prep 20mins Cook 30mins
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Simnel cakelets
These little Easter cakes are inspired by Kerri Spong, an outstanding cake-maker from Axminster who supplies the River Cottage Kitchen with...
Prep 30mins Cook 25mins
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Strawberry and red wine granita
Hugh has always loved a granita, the simplest of all frozen desserts. In this one, the combination of strawberries and fruity red wine...
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Strawberry granita
Granita is such a simple and quick way to turn a glut of fruit into a fabulous frozen pudding without the need for an ice-cream maker. The...
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Ten-minute chocolate chip cookies
These chewy, vanilla-rich treats are easy-peasy, taking no more than 10 minutes to make, and 10 to bake. Ideal when people turn up...
Prep 10mins Cook 10mins
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