When the butter is foaming and golden in colour, gently add the plums with the cinnamon stick, salt, vanilla pod and seeds and star anise. Lightly baste the plums, glazing them in the butter and ...

With Gordon's easy-to-follow recipe, including the 'secret' ingredient, star anise, you can make tasty honey-glazed parsnips and carrots. The star anise adds a sweet liquorice-like flavour to the ...

That’s when Dreyer, 43, introduced her Aunt Tilly’s Christmas recipe, a “biscuit-y” anise cookie she said have appeared on the show “for the 12 years I’ve been here.” After some of ...

Anise is a acquired taste that you come to appreciate as ... Dip the tops of the cooled cookies into the glaze and sprinkle with festive nonpareils while still wet. (Do this over cooling racks to help ...

That’s when Dreyer, 43, introduced her Aunt Tilly’s Christmas recipe, a “biscuit-y” anise cookie she said have appeared on the show “for the 12 years I’ve been here.” After some of her co-hosts ...

Place a large oven-proof casserole dish on a medium heat and add the oil, then go in with the spices: star anise, cinnamon and mixed spice. Cook these off for a minute to release the aromas before ...

‘Tis the season for cookies, and every day till Christmas, Star journalists are taking turns baking a recipe from the Star’s extensive archives. Follow our holiday baking adventures here on ...

For decades, I have boiled a gammon and then glazed it in the oven ... perhaps cardamom pods, star anise or juniper berries, and of course the carrots, celery and onion. Here are the things ...

Welcome, bakers! For 20 years, Washington Post Food has published an annual holiday cookie issue. We’ve baked up more than 400 tried, true and tested (and tasted!) recipes for whenever you need ...