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With Christmas on the way, here at Bullen Healthcare we’ve been thinking about how we can celebrate the festive season without having to go on a strict diet come the beginning of January. That’s why we’ve put together a selection of our favourite recipes, to help us be more active in the kitchen and give us a good start for our new year’s resolutions.

Here’s one of the dishes from the recipe book, along with two cocktails to enjoy before, during or after!

NIGELLA’S CLEMENTINE CAKE

Serves 8-10

Ingredients

375g clementines (approx 4) (or other small oranges)

250g ground almonds

6 large eggs

225g white sugar

1 teaspoon baking powder

Method

Heat the oven to 190c/fan 170c/gas 5

Wash the oranges and place them in a bowl, cover with cold water and bring to boil. Cook, partially covered, for 2 hours. Check the pan as you might need to top up the water. Remove from heat, discard the cooking water and allow to cool completely.

Grease and flour or line a 26 cm baking tin.

Pre-heat the oven to 170° C.

Once cooled, slice the oranges in half, remove the pips and blend the entire oranges in a food processor until smooth. Add all of the other ingredients to the food processor and mix.

Pour the cake mixture into the prepared pan, and bake in the middle shelf of the oven for an hour or until a skewer inserted into the cake comes out clean. You might have to cover the top with foil or greaseproof paper after about 40 minutes to stop the top burning. Remove from the oven and allow it to cool completely before gently removing it from the tin.

AMALFI-ICE

Serves 1

Ingredients

35ml (2 generous tbsp.) Limoncello

15ml vodka

1 scoop vanilla ice cream

Fever Tree Sicilian Lemonade

Twist of lemon peel, to garnish

Method

Pour all the ingredients except the lemonade into a cocktail shaker and shake well. Pour into a glass and top up with the lemonade and garnish with a twist of lemon peel.

St Clements

Serves 1

Ingredients

75mls fresh orange juice

75ml fever tree Sicilian lemon tonic

Dash of Angostura Bitters

Orange slice, to garnish

Lemon slice, to garnish

Method

Fill a highball glass with ice. Pour in the orange juice, bitters and tonic. Garnish with orange and lemon slices.

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