Sometimes it has to be cake!
Sometimes when I read a recipe I can almost taste it and I know I have to try it. What was remarkable this time is that it was a cake. I almost never bake but as soon as I read the recpie I knew I just had to make it! I think it makes a … Continue reading
Nectarine Filo Tart
Eating what is in season is always a treat, it is available in abundance and usually cheaper in season than imported foods. For me the year starts with deliciously bitter Seville oranges. This time I was eyeing up summery nectarines. They were for sale by the tray at the market. I kept walking past them … Continue reading
Roasted cobnut and sesame seed Florentines
Sometimes I come across an ingredient that really inspires me. I got a bag of roasted Kent (the area where I live in), cobnuts from Nut Farms. I thought it would be a nice snack and the moment I bit into it I had a wonderful vision of Florentines. I don’t eat cookies or cakes … Continue reading
Chilean Guava Berry Chocolate treats
I once went to an allotment course. We had just gotten our first allotment and wanted to get a good knowledge base. The best advice we came away with was to grow something we don’t usually like and to grow something we were unsure of what it was. Every year I go on a hunt … Continue reading
Strawberry bread and butter pudding with dulce de leche
The other day I went to visit a friend in London. This is where I used to live and I thought my dog would enjoy a stroll in the park where he spent so much time. It turned out to be a very hot day and without a sea breeze it always seems a little … Continue reading
Snow eggs with hibiscus and rose hip jelly
Some dishes have many, many names. I was reading through a few of my cookbooks the other night and realized I had read the same recipe a few times, it just had different names. This dish is a French classic and I have found the following names so far, Oeufs a la Neige, Snow eggs, … Continue reading
16 hr slow baked apple tart with almond and hazelnut crumble
Sometimes when I read a recipe I just know that I have to make it. This is what happened when I came across a recipe for an apple tart, slow baked, light and fresh, it sounded irresistible. The recipe comes from the Swedish cookbook Klassiska desserter : på mitt vis by Magnus Johansson. Translated it says Classic … Continue reading
Lemongrass meringues and marinated strawberry pavlova
When I go out to eat the starter is usually my favourite dish. Just big enough to get my appetite going and usually interesting and bursting with flavour. My love of savoury would always make me choose a starter over a dessert but I do like something sweet at the end of a meal every … Continue reading
Rhubarb tarte tatin with fat free yoghurt ice cream
Things are very slow at the allotment at this time of the year but the first forced rhubarb has started to come through and I wanted to try something new. I did a beetroot tarte tatin a few weeks ago but I know it originally is a dessert and I thought rhubarb would be interesting. A … Continue reading
Brilliant savarin and Bramley apple cheesecake
The first time I came across cheese cake was when I was seventeen and went to the USA. I don’t know why I had never come across this before but my love of cheese and not very sweet tooth loved this cake. The first one I tried was a classic with cherry jam and a … Continue reading
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