Recipes
Panna Cotta
Cocolicious, Lucinda Hamilton's catering company, creates sweet bites and savoury delights for any occasion – from bespoke cakes to afternoon teas and dinner parties. For more information, visit the Cocolicious Facebook page or email info@cocolicious.co.uk
Chocolate Hot Cross Buns
Cocolicious, Lucinda Hamilton’s catering company, creates sweet bites and savoury delights for any occasion – from bespoke cakes to afternoon teas and dinner parties. For more information, visit the Cocolicious Facebook page or email info@cocolicious.co.uk.
Winter Vegetables with Puy Lentils, Savoy Cabbage & Goat’s Cheese
Juliet Bidwell creates a Winter dish on a budget
Lamb’s Liver Casserole with Bacon & Mushroom
Juliet Bidwell’s company, Juliet’s Catering, creates innovative, individually designed menus for a variety of social events from weddings and balls to dinner and drinks parties. To find out more, visit www.julietbidwell.com or call 01797 270347.
Venison Steak with Juniper Berry and Rosemary Marinade
Lucinda Hamilton’s catering company Cocolicious creates sweet and savoury dishes for any occasion including vintage afternoon teas, dinner parties and children’s parties. To find out more, visit Cocolicious’s Facebook page or email info@cocolicious.co.uk. The venison for Lucinda’s recipes was supplied...
Smoked Venison with Fig and Polenta Loaf, Chestnut, Honey and Fennel Butter
Lucinda Hamilton creates a starter using Venison
Venison Wellington with Celeriac and Potato Dauphinoise
Lucinda Hamilton creates a Venison Wellington
Minestrone Soup
Jo runs practical gardening courses from her idyllic home in Woodchurch. To find out more visit www.hornbrookmanor.co.uk
Basil & Shredded Filo Wrapped Prawns with Pine Nut Sauce
Lucinda Hamilton’s catering company Cocolicious creates sweet and savoury dishes for any occasion including vintage afternoon teas, dinner parties and children’s parties. To find out more, visit Cocolicious’s Facebook page or email info@cocolicious.co.uk
Fillets of Seabass with Braised Leeks & Roasted Beetroot with Citrus Beurre Blanc
Lucinda sourced the fish that she used in her recipes locally from Botterells Fresh Fish in Rye. Find their stand at many farmers’ markets across the south east including Battle, Crowborough, Brede, Wye, Cranbrook, Meopham, Penshurst, Rolvenden and Tunbridge Wells....
Pitch Perfect Chocolate Mousse
Caroline’s passion for cooking was inspired by her mother, a home economist, from whom she acquired most of her cookery skills. She has also trained at cookery schools in France and Italy and Leith’s Cookery School in London. Caroline is...
Mint Couscous
This is so easy and can be made up to 3 hours in advance and kept at room temperature. Couscous is very welcoming to lots of flavours – parsley, coriander, harissa, chopped pistachios, lemon juice, dried fruits and pomegranates can...
Delicious Chicken
This is an exotic and warming main dish that I accidentally created one day when a recipe called for the flavour-packed marinade in which my chicken was reclining to be discarded. I ignored the instructions and cooked the chicken in...
Roasted Sweet Potato and Garlic Soup
This recipe is easy (you don’t even have to peel the potatoes) but relatively lengthy because of roasting the vegetables. It is worth the time – the combination of roasted garlic and tuber is divine.
Cheese Gougères
“Gougères” sound so much more glamorous than “cheesy puffs” but this is essentially what they are! A deliciously light choux pastry flavoured with mature cheddar. A warm pile of these delicious bites served on a large platter is all that...
Stuffed Baby Pumpkins
If you can find – or grow – some mini pumpkins (I was given some called ‘Hooligan’ last year; they were total thugs in the veg patch, but prolific and sweet and just the right size for this recipe). They...
Pasta with Butternut Squash, Feta and Bacon
This is a versatile dish – vegetarians can just omit the bacon, you can substitute blue or goat’s cheese for the feta and use spinach or broccoli instead of kale. It’s my autumn cardi in a bowl.
Pumpkin Gnocchi
These aren’t quite as firm as potato gnocchi, but soft, sweet and flavoursome, they make an unusual accompaniment, or can be served as a starter (with blue cheese sauce) for two.
Mini Almond Victoria Sponge Cakes
Cake-baker extraordinaire and creator of Cocolicious cake company, Lucinda Hamilton, shares her deliciously different recipes for the perfect afternoon tea
Salmon and Asparagus Penne
This is so quick and easy, one of those impressive but effortless dishes to serve for a light supper/lunch. It can be made even more quickly if you use smoked salmon – just cut into strips (or use trimmings) and...
Warm Asparagus and New Potato Salad
This recipe is versatile, so if you do grow your own vegetables, add or substitute whatever salad crops you have ready for harvesting.
Ham Wrapped Asparagus with Cheese Sauce
I often make this dish with baby leeks, but it works so well with asparagus – and it’s much easier to cut! Makes a great starter.
Easy Cauliflower & Green Bean Curry
This simple curry makes a perfect spring family supper for meat eaters and vegetarians alike and is a great way of using up all those vegetables lurking in the bottom of the fridge. I like the combination of colours and...
Easter Chocolate Chip and Cinnamon Cake
It’s lovely to have a cake in a tin for when all the family come home for Easter and this quick all in one version fits my current need for impact without too much hard work. I can even freeze...
All in One Chicken with New Potatoes & Peppers
This really is one of the quickest and easiest recipes so ideal for feeding families easily and quickly during the holidays. Everything goes into one pan and comes with its own delicious gravy – for younger children I just serve...
Vanilla Cheesecake Glazed with Blueberries
Juliet Bidwell creates a Vanilla Cheesecake with Blueberries
Rhubarb, Strawberry & Blueberry Crumble
Soft fruits are nutritious, versatile and completely delicious! Nothing signals the start of summer quite like the first homegrown strawberry, fragrant raspberry or freshly-picked juicy cherry.
Pistachio and Rosewater Meringues served with Greek Yogurt and Rhubarb Compote
Caroline Cowan creates a different take on a Meringue.
Pork Tenderloin with Mushroom, Cider and Cream
Pork tenderloin is as tender and flavoursome as its name implies. It’s ideal sliced and simply pan-fried and works well with the traditional companion ingredients for pork – mushrooms, sage and cream