Christmas Cupcakes by Cara Lucas, Gladys May Cakery What you'll need: - Any flavour cupcakes (as long as they're delicious!) - A good dose of Christmas spirit Snowman decorations Water icing/fondant for snowy base (cut off the cupcake's tops first) Giant marshmallows...
Viennese Mincemeat Tart By Andy Holloway, The Bistro Ventnor The tart was inspired by Andy's time working in Austria with a pastry chef called Alfred where it was a classic dish served in the restaurant at Christmas time. It is great served hot or cold with whipped...
Mermaid Gin Lands major new retail opportunity Isle of Wight Distillery's Mermaid Gin in now available to purchase from World Duty Free, one of the largest retailers. The Island's very own gin has a dedicated display and is available to buy in Southampton Airport. The...
Apple and Blackberry Crumble Cupcakes Makes 8 Spiced apple cupcakes: 115g Butter 115g Light brown sugar 2 Eggs 115g Self raising flour 1/2tsp Baking powder 1tsp Cinnamon 1 Medium apple, peeled and diced Cream butter and sugar until pale and fluffy. Add eggs one by one...
Beef Ragu Risotto recipe from the Bistro, Ventnor. This is the recipe you can find on page 65 in the May/June issue of our lovely little magazine. You will need; Roast beef left over from Sunday roast Tinned Tomatoes Bit of garlic Bit of dried oregano Chili flakes...
Wine tasting evening on Friday 5th of May at 6.30pm Head to the Bistro on Friday the 5th for an enjoyable exploration of European wines presented by Matt Rogers from Wight and Wessex Wines. Each wine will be matched to a tempting taster dish to enhance the tasting...
This week we got to enjoy an early Easter treat thanks to Guylian It may come as no surprise to you, but chocolate goes down well in the Style office. So you can imagine how pleased we were when we received the Guylian Elegant Easter Gift box to try. Having shown...
An easy jam for first-timers. Once you taste home-made… You'll never buy store-bought again! Method Wash plums and remove stalks. Use a fruit knife to cut the plums in half (vertically), then twist to open and remove the stone. Place the fruit, lemon juice and water...
Floating Islands Method Separate the egg yolks from the whites. Weigh the egg whites and whisk with the equivalent amount of caster sugar and half of the seeds of the vanilla pod until the mixture forms stiff peaks. Warm the milk with the remaining vanilla seeds in a...
Pumpkin Bread by Finn Guy A wonderfully dense bread, sweet and sticky almost cake like. Its great toasted and dunked into a spicy tomato soup Ingredients 425g Pumpkin puree 4 Free range eggs 250ml Sunflower oil 150ml Water 600g Caster sugar 450g Plain flour 2 tsp...