Drinks

Christmas wine soup

As promised, Balint has provided us with two traditional Hungarian Christmas recipes this month; Christmas wine soup and Poppy seed bread pudding (Mákos guba). For those of you who don’t know, Balint is our technical writer and he has shared with us previously his beautiful photographs and story ‘Eating tour of Hungary’.

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Pale ale

Beer is definitely an office favourite, on a Friday afternoon it’s a given that members of the office will be heading off for that well deserved end of week beer. And sometimes, when there’s cause for celebration, one of the functional managers will put on a few beers and the whole office gets together in [...]

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Cardamom spiced mulled white wine

Mulled wine is typically red, so I decided why not step outside the square and make a white variation. When selecting spices, I chose carefully for what would match the cool crispness of white wine, bringing it the warmth it would need but complementing its natural undertones.

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Chai tea

I am an avid tea drinker.  Not of powdered leftovers packaged into tea bags masquerading as tea.  Oh no – only tea of the lose-leaf variety can be found on the shelves of my kitchen! It is the ritual of tea-making that I find so compelling.  Selecting the tea, warming the pot, steeping the leaves, [...]

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Mulled red wine

Nothing warms you up more than a spicy glass of mulled wine. The divine aromas of citrus and spice coupled with the pungent smell of warmed red wine draws you in and then the taste and warmth of it on your tongue makes every sip a flavour experience. I really love the star anise; it [...]

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