Welsh Leek & Chicken Casserole with Baked Herb Dumplings – Using locally sourced ingredients with provenance, this recipe is a real winter warmer, and would be perfect for any family supper to celebrate St David’s Day. Organic Welsh chicken is paired with locally grown Welsh leeks and shallots, which is cooked in a rich chicken…
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Welsh Cawl (Lamb & Vegetable Stew)
Welsh Cawl (Lamb & Vegetable Stew) – Cawl is often seen as being the national dish of Wales, my recipe is based on a traditional Welsh recipe for Cawl, but uses lamb steaks in place of a lamb joint, as was commonly used in times gone by. A bowl of cawl is usually accompanied by…
Beef Collops for Collop Monday
Beef Collops for Collop Monday – An easy and delectable historical recipe that would have been served on Collop Monday, in the week preceding Shrove Tuesday and Ash Wednesday. Slices of beef are simmered in a rich beef stock and wine sauce before being served with fried bread, a pre-Lenten dish from many years ago….
Welsh Shearing Cake (Cacen Gneifo)
Welsh Shearing Cake (Cacen Gneifo) A traditional recipe for a Welsh seed cake, and one that would have been served to the sheep shearers during shearing season. This buttery cake would have originally used bacon fat in place of butter, although the caraway seeds and peel are authentic to older country recipes. A Traditional Welsh…
Smoked Cheese & Onion Straws
Smoked Cheese & Onion Straws – Made with excess Festive ingredients, such as puff pastry and smoked cheese from the cheese board, these are posh enough for cocktail nibbles as well as being perfect for the school lunch box, and, these tasty little smoked cheese numbers are easy to make and are loved by all…
Vanilla Honey Pikelets with Blueberries & Yogurt
Vanilla Honey Pikelets with Blueberries & Yogurt – Easily made, these “Pikelets”, also known as “Crempog” in Wales, and “Scotch Pancakes” or “Drop Scones” in Scotland, are delicious little, fluffy pancakes resembling a thin crumpet, and are perfect for breakfast when served with honey, yogurt and fresh blueberries. Wake Up Better for Pancake Day Breakfast,…
Party Food: Devilled Egg Baguette Bites
Party Food: Devilled Egg Baguette Bites – Easy to make, and even easier to eat, these Retro inspired Devilled Egg Baguette Bites have only 5 ingredients in them, and are on the table in under 10 minutes once the eggs have boiled, have cooled and been shelled. with Shaws 1889 of Huddersfield Today is the…
Anglesey Eggs (Ŵyau Ynys Môn)
Anglesey Eggs (Ŵyau Ynys Môn) – This classic Welsh recipe of mashed potatoes with leeks & hard boiled eggs, is baked in a cheese sauce with a crisp crumb topping, and makes a thrifty and tasty midweek supper dish for all the family. with Co-Op Irresistible Mashing Potatoes Today’s recipe is a classic, Anglesey Eggs (Ŵyau…
Asian Star Anise Pork Loin with Metis®
Asian Star Anise Pork Loin with Metis® – A recipe for a tasty family roast that is aromatic and fruity, using Metis® fruits, which are a unique new fruit, a natural hybrid of a plum with a little bit of apricot. Just as juicy as a traditional plum, but easier to eat with a crisp…
Pork Medallions in a Brown Butter & Sage Sauce
Pork Medallions in a Brown Butter & Sage Sauce: An easy, healthy and tasty one-pan family supper dish for midweek that is on the table in under half an hour. A Simple Family Supper Recipe You know that feeling, it’s half way through the school holidays, the weather isn’t playing ball for a BBQ and you…
Buttermilk Biscuits with Sausage Gravy
Light and Flaky Buttermilk Biscuits with Southern Style Sausage Gravy – These fabulous Biscuits are perfect with creamy sausage gravy for breakfast & brunch or for Cast Iron Casseroles. Southern Style Breakfast & Brunch Recipes When is a Biscuit a Scone and a Cookie a Biscuit? Biscuit is a term used for a variety of…
Beer and Cheese Bread in a Crock
Beer and Cheese Bread in a Crock – Delicious “no knead” artisan style bread made in a cast iron crock, using a fabulous unfiltered rye IPA & Vintage Cheddar; the recipe is based on my ever popular “Our Daily Bread in a Crock – Weekly Make and Bake Rustic Bread” with Longhorn Unfiltered Rye IPA…
Peach Melba Sherry Trifle
Peach Melba Sherry Trifle; a delicious summery trifle that’s made with fresh raspberries, fresh peaches, Cream Sherry soaked cake, creamy custard & whipped cream, decorated with more fruit and amaretti biscuits. Memories of an Old-Fashioned British Dessert The clock ticked seductively in the background, barely heard above the animated conversation as the elderly sisters relived…
Old-Fashioned Chewy Oatmeal & Raisin Cookies
Old-Fashioned Chewy Oatmeal & Raisin Cookies – Delicious cookies, with a soft and chewy centre, just like grandma used to make! Relaxed Happy Weekend Baking It’s the weekend, and I’ve more or less caught up with lots of my commissioned work, plus the weather has taken a turn for the worse, it’s cold and rainy; so, it’s…
Guilt-Free Baked Doughnuts (Donuts)Three Ways!
Weight Watchers Friendly If truth be known, I’m more of a savoury person and I always gravitate to the sausage rolls and cheese straws on a buffet, but, I love a sweet treat now and then, and as an avid baker, cakes regularly make their way to our table! When it comes to doughnuts however,…