Simply the Nest

Here on the Keston kitchen blog we like to provide a wide range of recipes - from the simple and straightforward to ones that are far more complicated and challenging.So brace yourselves - this recipe is aimed at the most skilled and experienced chefs out there - yes, it's the Easter nest!I have been making chocolate nests every Easter since I can remember and this year is no different. I have concluded that shredded wheat is definitely the tastiest...

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I heart Italia: The Courgette Pasta

by Charlotte x In our house this dish is known simply as ‘the courgette pasta’. A simple dish, of delicate flavours that we all love and devour on a regular basis. I have this thing where I love vinegar, almost anything with a vinegar kick gets me excited, for example; Pickled Onion Monster Munch, Cornichons, Picked Onions, Salt & Vinegar Discos, Picked Cabbage… the list goes on. Anyway, this dish gets the kick that I know and desire from the...

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Later with Jules: Red Velvet Cupcakes

Oh la la: red cakes xxxJust as I was thinking it was high time for some midnight baking, March arrived and with it the birthday of Miss Lottie Shaw. More than a good enough excuse to stay up late one Thursday night preparing for the big day. We were to celebrate on a Friday night in Soho, so I felt the need for something exciting. I pulled down the trusty Hummingbird cookbook and what did I find: bright red cupcakes. Fun, pretty, out-of-the-ordinary,...

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I heart Italia: Salsiccia e zucchine

Italian cuisine with a West Country twist...by Charlotte x A couple of weeks ago Matthew (ham enthusiast) came across a wee corner of a magazine which said that Kitchen Italia (fancy Italian restaurant chain), was running a pasta competition. Of course this meant that I/we had to enter so I came up with some initial ideas and decided that we should knock out a few dishes and get a few folk to taste them. At that point (some point on a Saturday...

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