Traditional Sourdough Couronne Bordelaise: A traditional bread from the area Bordeaux in SW France. This “Crown” bread is proved & shaped in a special “Couronne” banneton wicker basket. It’s a great shaped bread to serve for any buffet or cheeseboard, as a cheese, such as a boxed Camembert, can be placed in the middle. A Great…
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Cheese and Garlic Sourdough Bread
Cheese and Garlic Sourdough Bread: A delicious cheese and garlic sourdough bread . Makes the most amazing toast as well as sandwiches. This bread is made using my master sourdough bread recipe. The Perfect Dipping and Dunking Bread I’m on a real sourdough baking craze lately, Sally, my sourdough starter was woken up from her…
Cheese, Fennel and Sun-Dried Tomato Sourdough
Cheese, Fennel and Sun-Dried Tomato Sourdough – A delicious cheesy sourdough bread with the added warmth of aromatic fennel seeds and juicy sun-dried tomatoes. Makes the most amazing toast as well as “soup dunking” bread. Makes fabulous “Soup Dunking” Bread and Toast In the midst of New Year dieting, today I am sharing a new…
BOXING DAY “LEFTOVERS” SOUP
[AD] Boxing Day “Leftovers” Soup: This thick, velvety and rich soup is made from the Christmas Day dinner vegetable leftovers. I’ve used Scotty Brand roast potatoes, roast parsnips, sprouts and carrots which are diced and simmered in a vegetable (or turkey) stock with a hint of winter herbs. After simmering for about 20 minutes, I…
Aubergine & Tomato Curry with Indian Flatbreads
Aubergine & Tomato Curry with Indian Flatbreads: A bright and vibrant vegetarian curry that is bursting with flavour. The curry is served with quick and easy non-yeast recipe for Indian style flatbreads, which are made with yogurt, flour, salt and butter, and are the perfect accompaniment with the curry. STAYING IN-IN WITH STOVES Today’s recipes for…
KAMUT® Khorasan & Toasted Nut Sourdough
[ad] KAMUT® Khorasan & Toasted Nut Sourdough – A fabulous sourdough loaf that is packed with toasted nuts and has a lovely moist texture and nutty flavour. KAMUT® Khorasan is an ancient grain that is low in gluten, so it will not rise as much as normal strong bread flour, but when added to your…
Baked Rice Pudding – Dairy Free
Baked Rice Pudding – Dairy Free: A traditional baked rice pudding but which is totally dairy free and vegan – made with Almond Milk and vegan margarine. Serve this delicious old-fashioned pudding with a dollop of marmalade or jam. with Unsweetened Almond Breeze® January is nearly at an end, and with it some Arctic weather has…
Toasted Cauliflower and Chickpea Curry
Toasted Cauliflower and Chickpea Curry – A simple vegan curry that is packed with lots of your five-a-day and some fabulous spices, such a turmeric, ginger and chilli. A Tasty Vegan Curry Hello, so here we are nearly at the end of January 2019 already, I’m not sure how that happened! The month seemed to…
Preserving the Season – Seedless Blackberry Jam
Preserving the Season – Seedless Blackberry Jam: A delectable taste of the season, this lovely bramble jam is seedless, and is perfect on toast, crumpets and scones as well as in homemade cakes. You can also heat it up to drizzle over ice cream or dollop it on top of baked rice pudding. Hedgerow Harvest Part…
Preserving the Season – Rowan & Apple Jelly
Rowan and Apple Jelly – A deliciously smoky, tangy and jewel-like jelly that goes perfectly with game, lamb, cheese and charcuterie. Made with “free” foraged berries from a tree on the lane opposite our house, and with windfall apples from our orchard. Hedgerow Harvest Part One The red berry tree waved its branches provocatively in…
Quick Sweet Pickled Cucumbers
Quick Pickled Cucumbers: An easy and very quick pickled cucumber recipe, which is ready in 24 to 48 hours. Perfect for that summer glut of small cucumbers. Serve these pickled cucumbers with cheese, charcuterie, sandwiches, smoked fish, hot dogs or burgers. Using your Summer Glut of Cucumbers I can almost sense and smell autumn in the…
Rainbow Heirloom Tomato Tart
Rainbow Heirloom Tomato Tart – This beautiful tart is easy to make and would make a stunning centrepiece for any summer buffet table or as part of an elegant picnic. There are only three main ingredients in the tart recipe, which relies on delicious British heirloom tomatoes, onion marmalade and puff pastry. If using non-butter…
Oven Roasted Herb Crusted New Potatoes
with Cornish New Potatoes Today’s recipe for Oven Roasted Herb Crusted New Potatoes, is a real winner – using a seasonal star, Cornish New Potatoes; Cornish new potatoes are only in season from the middle of June until end of July, they are the first UK mainland crop of the year and signal the start of summer,…
“Snowy Day” Vegetarian Mulligatawny Soup
Perfect for 5:2 Fast Day and Weight Watchers Hot on the heels of my last “healthy” new year recipe for 5:2 Diet & WW Chicken Mergeuz Meatballs, which has proved to be very popular, is my latest creation,“Snowy Day” Vegetarian Mulligatawny Soup. Today’s recipe was made yesterday, for a cold and snowy day here in…
Christmas in a Jar – Pickled Shallots
Pickled Shallots with Mixed Peppercorns and Star Anise in Cider Apple Vinegar Today’s recipe is truly Christmas in a Jar – this recipe for Pickled Shallots with Mixed Peppercorns and Star Anise in Cider Apple Vinegar, is my latest preserves creation and is perfect for the festive cheeseboard, or as a gift for friends and family….
