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spiced pickled plums MAKES 1.5L (6 cups) | PREP 20 mins (+ 3 days pickling) | COOKING 20 mins 500ml (2 cups) distilled malt vinegar 500g (2 1 /3 cup) caster sugar 2 cinnamon sticks 3 whole star anise 1 tbs pink peppercorns 1 tsp salt 1kg plums, halved, pitted 3 fresh rosemary sprigs 3 fresh thyme sprigs 3 fresh bay leaves, bruised 1 Place the vinegar and sugar in a large saucepan over medium-low heat. Cook, stirring, until sugar dissolves. 2 Add the cinnamon, star anise, peppercorns and salt. Bring to the boil. Add the plum and immediately remove from the heat. Ladle plums and pickling liquid among 3 sterilised jars (see tip). Divide rosemary, thyme and bay leaf among jars. 3 Place a disc of baking paper on…

easy christmas biscuits MAKES 30 | PREP 1 hour (+ chilling) reindeer biscuits 20 mini star-shaped pretzels 10 red M&M’s 20 candy eyeballs 10 Tim Tam biscuits (see tip) 50g dark chocolate, melted, cooled bauble biscuits 90g dark chocolate, melted, cooled 3 rainbow sour straps, cut lengthways into thin strips 10 Arnott’s Venetian biscuits M&M’s and M&M’s Minis, to decorate pudding biscuits 90g white chocolate, melted, cooled 10 milk chocolate digestive biscuits (see tip) 20 red M&M’s Minis 2 watermelon cloud lollies, thinly sliced 1 To make reindeer biscuits, use the picture as a guide to attach pretzels, M&M’s and candy eyeballs to Tim Tams using dark chocolate. Place in the fridge to set. 2 To make bauble biscuits, place dark chocolate in a small sealable plastic bag. Snip off…

cheat’s chocolate blocks MAKES 10 blocks | PREP 1 hour (+ 3 hours setting) | COOKING 5 mins festive cranberry pistachio 2 x 200g blocks dark chocolate, plus 100g, extra, melted, cooled 2 tbs finely chopped dried cranberries 11 /2 tbs finely chopped pistachio kernels 11 /2 tbs toasted coconut flakes double-choc cookies & cream 2 x 23g pkt Mini Oreo Original cookies 2 x 200g blocks milk chocolate 90g white chocolate, melted, cooled mango, ginger & sesame 2 x 180g blocks white chocolate, plus 90g, extra, melted, cooled 1 tsp sesame seeds, toasted 50g dried mango, thickly sliced 20g uncrystallised ginger, thinly sliced chunky fruit & nut 2 x 200g blocks dark chocolate, plus 100g, extra, melted, cooled 4 dried apricots, chopped 2 dried figs, chopped 1 tbs sultanas 8 pecans…