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Recipe From Phillippa Grogan Ingredients 1 unwaxed Orange 60g castor sugar  300 ml pure cream  150ml medium dry sherry or Madeira Method Finely grated the orange zest then juice the orange. Blend together wine, zest, sugar and juice for a few hours in the fridge and strain. Whip cream til thick and fold in the wine. Pour into pretty glasses and chill, preferably over night. Serve with shortbreads and thin strips of candied fruits.   Photo Credit BBC good food.

This Iced Mince Pie recipe from Phillippa Grogan is perfect on a hot Summer day. It only requires a few flavoursome ingredients and plenty of spoons to share it around! Ingredients 6 Phillippa's Mince Pies (tip: our outlet in Richmond sometimes stocks ‘seconds’, ie not perfectly proportioned like the rest!) 1 litre Vanilla Ice Cream Jar Caramel Brandy Sauce 2 punnets Strawberries Method Soften ice cream. Finely chop Mince Pies and blend into soften ice cream. Re-freeze in a small 1.5 litre pudding shaped bowl for 1-3 days depending on your freezer. (Some freezers operate at -4c, others -18c) To...

Over Phillippa’s past 24 years here, High st Armadale has undergone many changes with traders coming and going, but we remain a great supportive community. Of course we miss Eugene at HEMDEN but welcome ROSE STREET TRADERS as our newest close neighbour. We acknowledge the assistance we have from other High St traders: SENECA TEXTILES, HOUSE OF ORANGE and MANON (Malvern Road, actually) during the year who help us with props for photo shoots. We have great on going relationships with ARMADALE CELLARS, wine appreciation classes and FLORRIE dolls, cafe (think American Girl Dolls) who both serve our products to...

Christmas is one of the few times of the year that special pieces collected over the years can be dusted off, polished and have their time in the spotlight. They take up valuable real estate most of their lives, being set aside for ‘special occasions’. It takes only a little bit of forward planning to create a stunning table setting. If you don’t usually use a table cloth, this in itself will set your feasting table apart. Phillippa’s makes it easy for you to then simply decorated it with pretty bowls of ‘Tid Bits’; glacé budrim ginger, clusters of muscatel...