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Moelleux au Chocolat

Baking is great. It’s like making potions. You need to correctly weigh the ingredients and carefully mix them, following the instructions. Many things can go awry, you could easily end up with a three-headed muffin or see your cake develop odd bubbles and deep craters.
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Courgette Carbonara

I’m generally not too confident about my cooking skills, but one thing I am sure of: I make a great carbonara. It’s one of my favourite pasta dishes and I prepare it awfully often. After all, could anyone argue that egg and bacon weren’t just meant to be together?
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Mussel Soup

Another tasty recipe from Jamie Oliver’s Recipe Yearbook 2011/2012 – that 7.99 pounds I spent for this magazine while wandering in London Gatwick’s airport early this year are turning out to be a great investment.
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Guacamole

Italian food is undoubtedly my favourite. However, my palate often enjoys to wander beyond national borders and indulge with exotic, less familiar flavours. Food, I believe, is another way to travel.
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Mushroom & Saffron Risotto

I particularly love the taste and smell of saffron and I do often make mushroom risotto, so, when I stumbled upon this recipe that combines the best of both worlds, I was immediately tempted. Right there and then I had found the sixth recipe for my Cook a New, Never-Made-Before Dish Per Week Project. Here it is.
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