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Build Your Own Home-Brewing Mash Tun

If you're getting the hang of home brewing and thinking about making the jump from using malt extract to using all grain, you'll need a mash tun. The mash tun is a large-scale filter in which the grain used in…
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Veggie Sausage Rolls

Ingredients : 3 sheets puff pastry, thawed 1 large onion, finely chopped 2 garlic cloves 1 swede, grated 1 large potato, grated 1 large carrot, grated 1 large zucchini, grated 1 can cannellini beans (or your favourite beans), drained and…
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Hazelnut-Praline Torte

servings: 12 Ingredients   1 1/4 cups hazelnuts, toasted, finely ground 1 3/4 cups walnuts, toasted, finely ground 1 1/2 cups confectioners' sugar, sifted, plus more for dusting 9 large eggs, separated, room temperature 1 1/4 teaspoons salt 3/4 cup…
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Chocolate Peanut-Butter Hedgehog Truffles

The truffles can be made up to a week ahead and stored in a single layer, covered, in the refrigerator. prep: 1 hour 10 mins total time: 3 hours 40 mins yield: Makes about 60 truffles        …
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Caprese Salad

Prep Time 20min   We serve mozzarella and tomatoes with a loaf of crusty bread and/or a couple of ears of local corn and call it dinner. The amounts here are approximate: Everyone in my family eats a large tomato and…
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