French Style Pork Chops (6) 

Pork chops
 
Spread 6 thick pork chops both sides with grainy mustard and a teaspoon of demerara sugar. Grill for 5 minutes each side (until cooked through)

Glazed sprouts with bacon
 
Boil one and a half lbs prepared sprouts until just tender but retaining a bit of ‘bite’. Melt 1oz unsalted butter with 1 tsp soft brown sugar and when foaming, add sprouts and toss until well coated. Serve, if liked with some crumbled crisply grilled smoked streaky bacon.

Luxury Mashed Potatoes
 
Mash 2 lbs hot boiled potatoes. Add 2 ozs butter, one beaten egg,2 tblsp double cream and 2 tblsp top of the milk. Season well, beat and serve immediately.

Gooey Chocolate Pudding
 
4 ozs unsalted butter
6 fl ozs milk
1 tsp vanilla essence
8 ozs self raising flour
12 ozs caster sugar
3 tblsp cocoa powder
30 fl ozs hot water

Topping

12 ozs demerara sugar
1 tblsp cocoa powder

Method
 
1. Melt butter in the milk, stir in the vanilla and allow to cool.
2. Sift flour, caster sugar and 3 tblsp cocoa powder and beat in the vanilla essence.
3. Place in a wide oven - proof casserole dish and sprinkle on the topping ingredients.
4. Pour on the hot water (yes really!)

Bake at 180C  350 F Gas 4 for 50 minutes. (Sponge top should feel firm)