I'm not a cook, and I don't pretend to be. I'm a bloke who tends towards quick, tasty, uncomplicated, failsafe, single-pot meals from readily available ingredients. What follows is a bunch of stuff I like to cook. Enjoy!
By Marco Dörfliger.
Requires baking soda, brown sugar, butter, cooking chocolate, eggs, flour, pecan nuts, salt, sugar, vanilla essence, and walnuts.
Takes 10 mins.
Makes 30 .
Suitable for vegetarian diets.*
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View RecipePerfect as a side for many winter dishes.
Requires apples, sugar, and water.
Takes 10 mins.
Makes 2 .
Suitable for gluten free and vegetarian diets.*
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Requires beef mince, brie, challots, cream, Half-baked buns, mushrooms, salt, and vegetable oil.
Makes 18 .
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Being a typically tough meat, this recipe is a great way to prepare rabbit and other game.
Requires butter, carrots, celery, dry white wine, flour, milk, onions, pepper, peppercorns, rabbit, salt, vegetable oil, and white wine vinegar.
Takes 90 mins.
Makes 6 .
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View RecipeA bit tricky to get right, but with no added sugar and only 3 ingredients it's a delicious and light dessert.
Requires cooking chocolate, cream, and eggs.
Takes 30 mins.
Makes 1 .
Suitable for vegetarian and gluten free diets.*
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The Kiwi classic (definitely invented in NZ). Sweet and light.
Requires bananas, castor sugar, cornflour, cream, egg whites, kiwifruit, vanilla essence, and vinegar.
Takes 120 mins.
Makes 6 .
Suitable for vegetarian and gluten free diets.*
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View RecipeThis is the recipe which got me through uni. For a simple variation, add kidney beans and use as a nacho topping.
Requires bayleaves, beef mince, garlic, mushrooms, olive oil, onions, oregano, parmesan cheese, salt, spaghetti, sugar, tomatoes, vegetable oil, and water.
Takes 30 mins.
Makes 4 .
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View RecipeRequires cream, lemonade, salt, and self-raising flour.
Makes 8 .
Suitable for vegetarian diets.*
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View RecipeRequires dijon mustard, garlic, lemon juice, mayonnaise, olive oil, pepper, salt, and vinegar.
Takes 15 mins.
Makes 200 .
Suitable for vegetarian diets.*
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Requires garlic, lemons, olive oil, pepper, rosemary, thyme, and whole chicken.
Takes 165 mins.
Makes 4 .
Suitable for gluten free diets.*
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Great for social gatherings. Prepare the dough, buy a bunch of toppings, and let your guests design their own.
Requires chicken breast, flour, ham, mozerella, mushrooms, olive oil, onions, oregano, salt, sugar, tinned apricots, tinned corn, tomato purée, water, and yeast.
Takes 60 mins.
Makes 4 .
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Home-made gnocchi. Something impressive you can make with a few spuds, some flour, and an egg. Make a batch of it and freeze it for whenever.
Requires eggs, flour, potatoes, and salt.
Takes 60 mins.
Makes 4 .
Suitable for vegetarian diets.*
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Easy to make, hard to screw up. One of my favourites.
Requires baking powder, butter, cooking chocolate, eggs, flour, frozen blueberries, milk, sugar, and vanilla essence.
Takes 25 mins.
Makes 12 .
Suitable for vegetarian diets.*
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The reason I keep a pack of flakey pastry in the freezer. Something super tasty you can make from fairly common ingredients.
Requires broccoli, capsicums, cheese, cherry tomatoes, eggs, flaky pastry, milk, mushrooms, onions, pepper, salt, and sunflower oil.
Takes 30 mins.
Makes 6 .
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Super-tasty winter comfort food.
Requires bacon, butter, cheese, cream, large onions, macaroni, milk, pepper, potatoes, and salt.
Makes 6 .
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One of the dishes I missed when I moved to Europe, and learned to make myself.
Requires beef mince, butter, carrots, celery, flour, liquid beef stock, milk, nutmeg, onions, paprika, peas, potatoes, rosemary, thyme, vegetable oil, and worcestershire sauce.
Makes 4 .
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View RecipeMy favourite sauce for gnocchi.
Requires butter, cream, gorgonzola cheese, and onions.
Takes 20 mins.
Makes 4 .
Suitable for vegetarian diets.*
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Fluffy sweetness out the outside, and tart lemony gooiness on the inside.
Requires butter, cornflour, egg whites, egg yolks, flour, lemon juice, lemon zest, salt, sugar, vanilla essence, and water.
Takes 40 mins.
Makes 8 .
Suitable for vegetarian diets.*
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The classic carrot cake I remember from home.
Requires baking powder, baking soda, butter, carrots, cinnamon, cream, cream cheese, eggs, flour, icing sugar, muscovado sugar, orange zest, roasted hazelnuts, and salt.
Takes 60 mins.
Makes 12 .
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Got leeks? Got potatoes? You know what to do. Easy as.
Requires garlic, leeks, milk, pepper, potatoes, salt, stock, and sunflower oil.
Takes 30 mins.
Makes 4 .
Suitable for vegetarian and gluten free diets.*
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Requires butter, cottage cheese, cream, eggs, flour, milk, onions, peas, and smoked salmon.
Makes 3 .
Suitable for vegetarian diets.*
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Simple bread recipe.
Requires eggs, flour, fresh yeast, olive oil, salt, sesame seeds, sugar, walnuts, and water.
Takes 180 mins.
Makes 2 .
Suitable for vegetarian and vegan diets.*
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View RecipeGot a big jar of tasteless old olives in the fridge which you'll never eat? Of course you do. Here's what to do.
Requires black pitted olives, brie, garlic, and olive oil.
Makes 500 .
Suitable for vegetarian and gluten free diets.*
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View RecipeDo you know how long it took me to find a website which just told me how long to boil an egg? The internet's fantastic, but sometimes.... well my patience is inversely proportional to the simplicity of the information I'm trying to find. I just want to boil an egg. Why should I have to read through pages of crap to figure that out?
Requires eggs and water.
Takes 10 mins.
Makes 1 .
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Burger patties from scratch
Requires beef mince, breadcrumbs, chives, eggs, parsley, pepper, and salt.
Takes 10 mins.
Makes 4 .
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Simple and fast recipe for decent burger buns.
Requires eggs, flour, fresh yeast, olive oil, salt, sugar, and water.
Takes 40 mins.
Makes 6 .
Suitable for dairy free and vegetarian diets.*
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View RecipeThe classic kiwi chip dip for when you don't have access to condensed milk and onion soup.
Requires baking soda, dark brown sugar, garlic powder, mayonnaise, olive oil, onions, salt, sour cream, vinegar, and white pepper.
Takes 30 mins.
Makes 3 .
Suitable for vegetarian diets.*
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My mum's apple crumble recipe. Simple and tasty. Can be made with quince, rubarb, blackberry and/or apple, and is best served with vanilla ice cream. Was apparently invented during the 1st world war when people couldn't get flour. Can be gluten-free if you can get gluten-free oats (sometimes it's mixed with barley).
Requires apples, butter, honey, and oats.
Takes 60 mins.
Makes 6 .
Suitable for vegetarian diets.*
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Something tasty to make with over-ripe bananas.
Requires baking powder, baking soda, butter, eggs, flour, milk, overripe bananas, salt, and sugar.
Takes 60 mins.
Makes 8 .
Suitable for vegetarian diets.*
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View RecipeVersatile fritter recipe. Can be used for corn, zucchinis, chicken, onion rings, or whatever.
Requires baking powder, butter, corn kernels, eggs, flour, milk, oil, salt, and sugar.
Makes 4 .
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A typical Swiss fruit pie. Tasty, and very easy to make. The fruit can be of any sort. Apple, plum, cherry and apricot are typically used. A savoury version (Zwiebelwähe) can be made using two onions, bacon, salt and any other vegetables you like in place of fruit, sugar and hazelnuts, though you may want to fry some ingredients (bacon, onions, mushrooms) in advance.
Requires butter, eggs, flour, ground hazelnuts, milk, plums, salt, sugar, vanilla essence, and water.
Makes 8 .
Suitable for vegetarian diets.*
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View RecipeHasty, tasty, steaky pastie. Comes out a bit more authentic and wholesome than the nasty service station pies I remember growing up, but these will definitely do.
Requires bay leaves, beef stock, cornflour, eggs, flaky pastry, lean beef, milk, onions, pepper, salt, vegetable oil, and worchestershire sauce.
Makes 4 .
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View RecipeRequires coconut cream, ice, pineapple juice, and white rum.
Makes 1 .
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View RecipeOne of my favourite treats from Thailand. Not quite as good, but close enough!
Requires coconut milk, glutinous rice, mango, rice flour, salt, and sugar.
Makes 1 .
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View RecipeRequires cocoa powder, eggs, espresso coffee, ladyfingers, mascarpone cheese, rum, and sugar.
Makes 8 .
Suitable for vegetarian diets.*
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View RecipeRequires bayleaves, beef, beef stock, eggs, flaky pastry, flour, milk, and onions.
Makes 4 .
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