Chocolate fudge

Ingredients
100g plain chocolate
200g icing sugar
50g butter
1 tbsp golden syrup
1 tsp vanilla essence

1. Line a square/rectangle baking tin (about 20 cm) with greaseproof paper

2. Melt the chocolate and butter in a bowl over a pan of boiling water then stir in the golden syrup and vanilla essence.

3. Stir in half of the icing sugar until dissolved then stir in the rest

4. While the mixture is still hot and soft, put it into the tin and press down to fill up to the edges and smooth out the top with the back of a spoon

5. Leave to cool, when hardened break up into pieces or cut into small squares

Cheese and cranberry twists

Ingredients
2 sheets of puff pastry
feta cheese
cranberry sauce

1. Preheat oven to 220°C / 425°F / gas 7. Grease a baking tray

2. Spread the cranberry sauce thinly onto one puff pastry sheet. Crumble the cheese over

3. Lay the other sheet on top and press down

4. Cut out strips and lightly twist them

5. Bake for 10-15 minutes and leave to cool on a wire rack

Turkey pasta

Ingredients
500g turkey mince
300g pasta
1 onion, chopped
440g tomato pasta sauce
1 tsp garlic powder
dried oregano and thyme
fresh basil

1. Boil pasta until cooked. Fry mince and onion

2. Add the garlic and dried herbs to the mince, then stir in the sauce

3. Add the pasta and stir.

4. Serve with fresh basil

Serves 4