Easy homemade sausage rolls with apple and fennel really are just the best. Despite what you may think, they are really easy to make and actually fairly quick. They're great for those days over Christmas when there are random, ad hoc invites and you need nibbles to feed folk or you want to take a gift to a friend's house. If you want to see how I make my sausage rolls, pop over to my Instagram page and click on the Sausage Roll highlight: https://www.instagram.com/my_metal_ba

I have always been a little bit scared of Swiss rolls, especially after past experiences of perfectly baked sponges which just break as soon as you try to roll them. That was until I learned the three secrets to a perfect Swiss roll... Have the right Swiss roll tin so your sponge bakes evenly but is still soft yet sturdy enough to manipulate. Be confident and roll up your sponge while it is just out of the oven, still warm. To do this I placed a clean piece of parchment on my

Let me tell you about this Homemade Christmas Mincemeat. It's rather special because it doesn't contain any suet -- the fat comes from nuts; it also doesn't contain any candied peel -- just lots of dried and fresh fruit plus a lot of Booze! Which means it is also vegan friendly. So here's how to make Homemade Plum and Apple Mincemeat. Jar containing homemade Christmas mincemeat Makes 4 x 450g jars. I use the large Kilner jars and the mixture fills up 1 and a half. Preparatio