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Merry Christmas Punch
By Olga Klesch
Warm up with this delicious, festive punch!
- 700 ml Medium dry white wine (1 1/4 pints)
- 2 Tablespoon Cherry liqueur
- 2 Tablespoon Gin
- 2 Tablespoon Caster sugar
- 2 Teaspoon Blade mace (or 1/4 tsp ground mace)
- Cocktail cherries and lemon slices (optional)
Bitter Lemon
By Olga Klesch
Homemade soft drinks are full of flavour and make refreshing thirst-quenchers on hot summer days
- 2 Lemons
- 600 ml Water (1 pint)
- 110 Gram Sugar (4 oz)
Elderberry Syrup
By Olga Klesch
A useful dessert sauce for pouring over puddings
- 450 Gram Elderberries (1 lb)
- 1.2 Litres Boiling water (2 pints)
- 450 Gram Caster sugar (1 lb)
Grog
By Olga Klesch
Admiral Sir Edward Vernon, nicknamed 'Old Grog' because his cloak was made of grogram, a coarse material, was retur...
- 50 ml Dark rum (2 fl oz)
- 50 ml Water (2 fl oz)
- 1 Tablespoon Lime juice
- 1 Teaspoon Brown sugar or honey
- 2 Cloves
- 1 Small Cinnamon stick
Irish Coffee
By Olga Klesch
This is a classic after-dinner coffee
- 2 Tablespoon Irish whiskey
- 2 Teaspoon Brown sugar (or more or less to taste)
- Freshly made strong coffee
- Double cream
Lemonade
By Olga Klesch
Wonderfully refreshing on a hot summer's day, make this well in advance and chill well
- 6 Lemons, zest and juice plus slices for garnish
- 2 Oranges, zest and juice
- 225 Gram Caster sugar (8 oz)
- 600 ml Boiling water (1 pint)
- Sprig Mint, for garnish
Whisky Toddy
By Olga Klesch
Just what you need when suffering from the 'flu!
- 50 ml Whisky (2 fl oz)
- 75 ml Boiling water (3 fl oz)
- 1 Tablespoon Lemon juice
- 1 Teaspoon Brown sugar or honey
- 3 Drops Angostura bitters (optional)
- Lemon slice studded with cloves
Bacon and Stilton Salad
By Olga Klesch
A good well flavoured combination for a tasty salad
- 12 Rashers Smoked bacon, cut into bite size pieces
- 50 Gram Butter (2 oz)
- 2 Cloves Garlic, crushed
- 4 thick slices Bread, crusts removed, cut into 1 cm (1/2 inch) cubes
- 50 Gram Stilton cheese, crumbled (2 oz)
- 4 Tablespoon Mayonnaise
- 75 ml Single cream (3 fl oz)
- Black pepper
- Mixed salad leaves
Chicken Salad with apples
By Olga Klesch
Left over chicken salad is ideal for a packed lunch
- 350 Gram Cooked chicken (diced) (12 oz)
- 100 Gram Brown rice (cooked) (3 1/2 oz)
- 100 Gram Blue Cheshire cheese (cubed) (3 1/2 oz)
- 2 Eating apples (diced)
- 50 Gram Radishes (sliced) (2 oz)
- 2 Sticks Celery (sliced)
- 25 Gram Sultanas (1 oz)
- 150 Gram Natural yogurt (5 oz)
- 1 Tablespoon Mayonnaise
- 1 Red apple (sliced)
New Potato Salad
By Olga Klesch
The warm climate of Cornwall produces tender young vegetables earlier than other parts of the U
- 700 Gram New potatoes, small (1 1/2 lb)
- 2 Hard-boiled eggs, yolks only
- Large pinch Cayenne pepper
- 1 Teaspoon Caster sugar
- 1/4 Teaspoon Anchovy essence
- 1 Tablespoon Herb vinegar
- 150 ml Double cream (5 fl oz)
- Fresh chives, snipped for garnish