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Once you’ve made your own English muffins, you’ll never want to buy them again. Factor in a couple of hours proving time to get Paul Hollywood’s easy version ready to go on the griddle.

Equipment and preparation: You will need a 9cm/3½oz straight-sided cutter.

English muffins

300 grams/10½ oz strong white bread

fast-action yeast

salt

grams/½oz caster sugar

grams/½oz softened butter,

170 milliliters/6fl oz milk (should make a soft dough –

oil,

semolina

A proper fry-up is a very personal thing, so feel free to swap in and out what you like best. This full English breakfrast could be topped up with baked beans, fried bread or hash browns.

Stress-free full English breakfast

sausages

bacon

mushrooms

tomatoes

black pudding

bread

For the final technical challenge Mary Berry asked the bakers to make this simple sponge with homemade jam and buttercream – without a recipe. We won't be so unkind. Mary's perfect Victoria sponge recipe with buttercream is yours.

For this recipe you will need two 20cm/8in sandwich tins, an electric mixer and piping bag fitted with plain nozzle. 

Mary’s Victoria sandwich with buttercream

eggs

225 grams/8 ounces caster sugar, plus extra for sprinkling

flour

level tsp baking powder

225 grams/8 ounces unsalted butter, softened, plus extra for greasing

raspberries

250 grams/9 ounces jam sugar

grams/3½oz unsalted butter, softened

200 grams/7 ounces icing sugar, sifted

tbsp milk

Mary Berry's scones are the perfect easy tea-time treat, whether jam-and-cream-topped (in whichever order you like), plain or packed with sultanas. 
 
Equipment: You will need a fluted 5cm/2in cutter.


Mary Berry's scones

450 grams/1lb self-raising flour

grams/1¾oz caster sugar

grams/3½oz butter, softened,

free-range eggs

milk

(optional)

strawberry jam

clotted cream

Creamy chicken with a taste of the South West: apples and cider. This is comfort food at its finest. 

Somerset chicken

chicken breasts, skin on

salt and black pepper

olive oil

onions, peeled, sliced

tbsp plain flour

tbsp wholegrain mustard

dessert apples, peeled, cores removed,

110 grams/4 ounces button mushrooms, sliced

250 milliliters/9fl oz chicken stock

300 milliliters/10½fl oz cider

tbsp finely chopped fresh sage

250 milliliters/9fl oz double cream

300 grams/10½oz cheddar, grated

potatoes,

I love the combination of strong cheese and tart chunky pickle in a ploughman's, and that’s my inspiration for this recipe. Cut through the cheesy filling and you’ll find a hidden layer of pickle waiting to tantalize your taste buds. 

Equipment: You will need a 23cm/9in  loose-bottomed flan tin.

Ploughman's cheese and pickle tart 

ready-made shortcrust pastry

paprika

flour,

free-eggs,

150 milliliters/5fl oz whole milk

sandwich pickle (small chunks)

250 grams/9 ounces mature cheddar, grated

You've got to love a warming toad-in-the-hole recipe when there's a nip in the air. Skip the garlic cabbage if you like and serve with another green vegetable of your choice. This is designed to be a low cost recipe.


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