Chocolate and Whole Orange Pudding

This is a Jamie Oliver recipe which we tried and are having for Christmas Pudding. The only change we make is Nadia pours Cointreau over the warm pudding just before servng.

This pudding has a lovely surprise in the centre of it when you cut it open. The orange peel is cooked like marmalade and its sharpness goes well with the sweetness of the chocolate.

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Dogs, dogs, dogs…

Snout and Tara are Rob and Nadia’s Bull Mastifs. They are truly beautiful creatures with the loving and gentle nature typical of the giant breeds. Good images of dogs are difficult to get and if we get any, we will be sure to post them here. Meanwhile, here are some average ones to be going on with…


Snout just being Snout

…as you can see, she’s not really a fast mover anymore.

…this is the more normal shot.

As you can see, seriously beautiful.

…just too cute!

with many thanks to Matt and Sandy for this pic of Snout and Tara together

CUTE!!!

29Kg last week and getting bigger by the day!!!