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Beef and Black Bean Stew This wonderfully aromatic dish flavored with baharat spices has been adapted from a traditional Lebanese recipe made with lamb and Navy beans. The cinnamon, clove and peppery baharat mix also gives a wonderful rich flavour to beef stews. This recipe combines beef and baharat spices with the South American black bean (turtle bean) to give a hearty, wholesome stew. N.B. Don't confuse the dried black beans in this recipe for the salty black beans familiar in Chinese cooking.

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Aniseed Beef
Beef and Black Bean Stew
Beef Stifado
Beef Tacos (Carne Asada Tacos)
Chicken or Beef Fajitas
Chilli con Carne (quick recipe)
Chinese Stir-Fry Beef Curry
Cold Silverside of Beef
Indonesian Beef Curry
Madras Meat Curry
Peppered Lavender Beef
Pot Roast Beef
Spicy Spare Ribs (Nyama Choma)
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Lemongrass Risotto with Lime Leaf Tapenade
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Vegetable, Lentil and Chickpea Curry

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Achiote Oil (Annatto Seed Oil)
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Barley and Lentil Stew
Beetroot Soup (Borsch)
Braised Celery
Carrot and Orange Soup
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Cinnamon Biscuits
Coconut and Red Kidney Bean Soup
Cold Stuffed Cabbage Leaves
Cream and Chive Sauce
Crispy Curried Mushrooms with a Curried Dip
Crispy Mushrooms with Garlic and Tarragon Dip
Curried Bananas
Easy French Dressing
Eve's Pudding
Fig and Thyme Fingers
Fried Okra (Bhindi)
Garlic Mushroom Cups
Grapefruit in Brandy
Gratin of Celeriac and Parsnip
Green Beans with Mustard Seeds
Green Lentils with Mustard
Herb Popovers
Home Made Jelly
Hummus
Italian Flat Bread with Sage
Jewelled Rice
Lavender Vinegar
Leek and Mushroom Crunch
Lemon Dhal
Lemongrass Risotto with Lime Leaf Tapenade
Lime Leaf Tapenade
Mexican Salsa
Moroccan Cous Cous
Mushroom and Almond Pate
Mushroom and Carrot Pate
Mushroom Loaf
Mushrooms Paprikash (Paprika mushrooms)
Naan Bread
Nut and Rice Rissoles
Omelette Fines Herbs
Orange and Apple Chutney
Palda (potatoes and yogurt)
Parsley Scones
Parsley Soup
Pea and Potato Kofta Curry
Pickled Onions
Pineapple and Liquorice Bread and Butter Pudding
Pink and Green Peppercorn Sauce
Pizza
Poppy Seed Cake
Potato Curry
Potato Soup
Raspberry and Cinnamon Sauce
Raspberry and Cinnamon Torte
Raspberry and Ginger Individual Strudels
Red Cabbage with Juniper
Roast Vegetables
Sabath Aloo (Curried New Potatoes)
Shakshuka (Eggs in Tomato Sauce)
Sofrito
Spice N'Easy Fruit Cake
Spiced Parsnips
Spiced Pear and Almond Tart
Spicy Bean Burgers
Spinach and Potato Bhajias
Spinach Soup
Strawberry and Mint Salsa
Summer Casserole
Sweetcorn Chowder
Szechuan Peppercorn Salt
Tomato Chutney
Tomato Sauce
Vanilla Custard
Vegetable Biryani
Vegetable, Lentil and Chickpea Curry