#EggCentric Recipe Today’s recipe for Twice Baked Cheese & Chive Breakfast Soufflés is the last in my series of #EggCentric recipes, that I have been developing with British Lion Eggs and The British Egg Information Service; twice baked soufflés have been around for some time now, and I think we can credit Delia Smith with the idea…
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Cheesy Welsh Rarebit Bubble & Squeak Cakes
Cheese for Tea! Cheese for Tea? Yes please! All my close family and friends will know that I am an avid lover of cheese and I have NEVER met a cheese I didn’t like! So, when the lovely people at Wyke Farms contacted me to ask if I’d like to create and share a recipe…
Overnight Sage & Sausage Breakfast-Supper Bake
with Debbie & Andrew’s for British Sausage Week Warm greetings from me after a three-week break – for those who follow me on my social media channels, you will know that I have been in Canada, Yorkshire and Germany over the last few weeks, travelling with limited mobile signal and access to reliable WiFi. My…
Heirloom Tomato, Cheese & Herb Galette
with Wyevale Garden Centres It’s been a funny summer in the garden, and my “Grow Your Own Kitchen Garden” project with Wyevale Garden Centres has been a slow process; nearly all of my plants and herbs have thrived, but it’s been a very late harvest, and I still have lots of green tomatoes that may not…
Duck Egg Victoria Sponge Cake
The Caravan Trail A Victoria sponge cake (or Victoria Sandwich) is a tea time classic and is one of my favourite cakes; the recipe has royal provenance with the original recipe being attributed to Queen Victoria and her love for a “plain sponge cake”. The stalwart of all WI Cake tents, as well as being…
Gluten Free Crustless Quiche Lorraine
#EggCentric Recipe The ubiquitous “Quiche” has wormed its way into the English language as a generic type of egg and cheese filling, which is baked in a pastry case, a kind of flan or tart as we used to call them when I was growing up, which is a shame for the authentic “Quiche Lorraine”…
Summer French Cheese Cake Tower
For Weddings and Celebration Dinners As my friends and family will know, and regular readers of Lavender and Lovage too, I am a cheese addict! I love the stuff and have been known to over indulge at certain times of the year……..I have posted cheese board ideas here over the years too, with all kinds…
Vietnamese Rainbow Vegetable Summer Rolls
with Florette Salad I’m really rather pleased with today’s recipe for Vietnamese Rainbow Vegetable Summer Rolls; ever since I saw these colourful rolls in Pinterest and other social media platforms, I’ve been wanting to make them and devise my own version. Today’s recipe is super easy, and also vegetarian, but you can add cooked meat such…
Italian Calzone – Stuffed Pizza Pasties
My Holiday Dish A calzone, in Italian: “stocking” or “trouser”, is an Italian oven-baked folded pizza that originated in Naples. A typical calzone is made from salted bread dough, baked in an oven and stuffed with salami or ham, mozzarella, ricotta and Parmesan or pecorino cheese, as well as an egg. Different regional variations on…
Mum’s Bilberry Plate Pie and Clotted Cream
For High Tea Bilberries: Bilberries are any of several primarily Eurasian species of low-growing shrubs in the genus Vaccinium (family Ericaceae), bearing edible, nearly black berries. The species most often referred to is Vaccinium myrtillus L., but there are several other closely related species. Bilberries are distinct from blueberries but closely related to them. Bilberry (especially…
Moelleux aux Groseilles (Redcurrant Cake)
Summer Soft Fruit Sensations We have had a seismic few days since the EU referendum on the 23rd June, and as I’m not in the habit of making political statements on Lavender and Lovage, I won’t be saying anything other than I needed to bake over the weekend to cheer myself up! The weekend felt…
“Kladdkaka” Swedish Chocolate Fudge Cake
For the Longest Day, Summer Solstice and Midsummer Today’s recipe for “Kladdkaka” Swedish Chocolate Fudge Cake is in celebration for Midsummer and the longest day – the Summer Solstice, which happens to be today, the 20th June 2016; Midsummer follows on this week and falls on Friday the 24th June, which is great news, as it means…
“Scarborough Fair” Spatchcock Roast Chicken
with Summer Roast Veggies and AEG Today’s recipe just in time for the weekend, is for one of our new favourite meals, “Scarborough Fair” Spatchcock Roast Chicken with Summer Roasted Veggies and all cooked in my new toy, an AEG Oven with Steam Bake; I was sent one of these new ovens a few weeks ago and I…
Egg Hoppers for Breakfast
Traditional Sri Lankan Cuisine Egg Hoppers for Breakfast……these are what I enjoyed on my first morning in Sri Lanka just a few weeks ago; I wandered across to a small serving area in the hotel restaurant, where a traditional sari-clad lady was wielding small pans whilst pouring, ladling and cracking eggs – set in front of…
Sri Lanka for Food Lovers – A Culinary Map
and a recipe for Sri Lankan Chicken Curry Part Three When you have a very large and well-known neighbour such as India, as Sri Lanka does, it is hard to rise above the behemoth of their cuisine and promote your own; but, Sri Lankan cuisine is delicious and very different to Indian cuisine with the vast…
