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Contents
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6

Soups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9
Starters and canapés . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47
Salads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .93
Eggs and cheese . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .121
Pasta, grains and pulses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .133
Savoury pies and tarts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .159
Casseroles and stews . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .181
Meat and game . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .257
Chicken and other poultry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .331
Fish and seafood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .405
Vegetables and vegetarian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .479
Hot desserts and puddings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .553
Cold desserts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .601
Fruit desserts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .641
Cakes and pastries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .659
Biscuits and sweet treats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .697
Dips, dressings, sauces and stocks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .717

Conversion tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .733

Introduction
Whatever type of food you are passionate about, whether you need to
plan menus for feeding a large family, three courses for an elegant dinner
party or a romantic meal for two, this selection of 1000 fabulous recipes is
sure to inspire you for each and every occasion.
Many of the recipes included in the book are considered classics, and
theyt have become so partly because they have proven so popular over
the years. Often when we go to a restaurant, we instinctively order those
dishes that we know we have enjoyed time and again. But likely as not,
going out to a restaurant to treat yourself to these favourites is not
something you can either afford or want to do every day. So this book
contains dozens of these classic recipes for you to make and enjoy at
home.
The 1000 recipes featured here offer you a veritable treasure trove of
dishes from which to choose, representing cuisines from all around the
world. You will find traditional British, French, Italian, Spanish, Mexican,
Caribbean, Moroccan, Indian, Chinese, Thai and Japanese recipes, to
name but a few. All the essentials are there: roast beef and Yorkshire
pudding from Britain, coq au vin from France, paella and gazpacho from
Spain, lasagne and spaghetti bolognese from Italy, chicken chow mein
from China and chicken korma from India.
But you will also find hundreds of more unusual recipes. They might be
innovative variations on a familiar dish, such as turkey and spinach
Lasagna; use ingredients that you have not used before, such as quail’s
eggs, guinea fowl or okra; or may offer a really surprising combination of
ingredients, such as cod with mango.
Virtually every cooking method ever invented is utilized in these 1000
recipes. There are the ones we use every day, such as grilling, frying and
baking, but you will find also poaching, braising and stewing. Even those
techniques traditionally regarded as a bit trickier, such as those required to
make pastries, soufflés and mousses, have been made straightforward and
accessible by the simple and easy-to-follow recipe instructions, and the
majority of recipes in the book require minimal preparation.
Nowadays more and more of us are concerned about eating a healthy
and balanced diet, and for this reason we have included a wide range of
specifically lower-calorie recipes throughout all the chapters in the book.
The recipes as a whole have been organized into 17 chapters to help
you find exactly what you are looking for. The Soups chapter will impress
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