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Recipe developed by Jenny Tschiesche BSc(Hons) Dip(ION) FdSc BANT. For more information see www.jennytschiesche.com.

The number of oranges needed in this recipe will vary depending on the size of your oranges (you need approx. 250 g juice).

Refreshing and fragrant, homemade elderflower cordial is so much better and more pleasing than anything you can buy in the shops. The elderflower season is short, and falls in early summer, but makes a great excuse for long walks spent collecting flowers.

For alcohol-free fruit cakes, replace the brandy with black tea or orange juice and proceed as per recipe. An alcohol-free version should be stored in the fridge and consumed within 1 month.

To make your own vegan butter, pouring cream and custard, refer to the recipes on this recipe chip.

Leftover dressing can be refrigerated up to 1 week.

The number of oranges needed in this recipe will vary depending on the size of your oranges (you need approx. 250 g juice).

Instead of a raw chicken carcass, you could use a leftover roast chicken carcass, 4-6 chicken wings or even the rinsed bones leftover from our Southern-style chicken recipe (see Cookidoo®).

You can replace the deboned lamb shoulder with a deboned lamb leg.

This seasoning can be kept in a sealable container in the pantry for up to 6 months.

The time it takes to whip cream depends on the temperature of the ingredients and the fat content of the cream - the more fat it contains, the easier it is to whip and the stiffer the consistency it will achieve. The optimum temperature is 4-6°C. For better results, you can cool the mixing bowl.

1 tsp homemade vanilla sugar is roughly equivalent to 3 tsp (0.5 oz) store-bought vanilla sugar.

- Serve the pears with sabayon (zabaglione) or a scoop of vanilla ice cream (refer to The Basic Cookbook for recipes) - You can store pears in wine in refrigerator for up to 7 days. - Pears can be preserved: add 300 g water in step 1, then in step 2 place the cooked pears in sterilised jars and pour the hot spiced wine into the jars to cover the pears. Seal the jars immediately and turn upside down for 10 minutes. Preserved pears can be stored refrigerated for a few weeks, and must be eaten within 7 days of opening the jar. - For a sweet-savoury combination, serve the pears in red wine with blue cheese, such as Gorgaonzola.

Flank steak is best eaten rare or medium rare for maximum tenderness.

Serve this sauce with salmon (e.g. gravlax, a Scandinavian dish of dry-cured salmon marinated in herbs) or boiled eggs.

Recipe inspired by Joanne Lim, Thermomix® Independent Consultant Maryland.

Chocolate sauce needs to be at room temperature for dipping. Remove from refrigerator 1 hour before serving.

Search Cookidoo® for our Summer Southern BBQ collection to make your own BBQ Sauce and Seasonings.

Affogato is an Italian frozen dessert, in which a scoop of vanilla ice cream in a cup is covered with a hot espresso. Affogare means "to drown" in Italian, and the scoop of ice cream more or less drowns in the espresso.

The time it takes to whip cream depends on the temperature of the ingredients and the fat content of the cream - the more fat it contains, the easier it is to whip and the stiffer the consistency it will achieve. The optimum temperature is 4-6°C. For better results, you can cool the mixing bowl.

You may replace parboiled basmati rice with basmati rice.

If you can plan ahead, after placing in the proofing basket at step 4, cover and refrigerate for up to 36 hours to deepen flavour and fermentation. Then skip straight to step 6, score the dough whilst cold, then place into a hot Dutch oven for maximum oven spring. No need to second prove.