– Scottish Seafood Chowder – Cullen Skink my way…….with Smoked Whiting Fish on Friday This is my second fishy post of the day, a Fish in Friday double bonus. And, this wonderful soup has just been devoured for lunch along with crusty baguette and butter. As part of the Fish Fanatics scheme, of which I…
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Pan-Fried Wild Scottish Halibut in a Brown Shrimp Butter Sauce for an Elegant Lunch
Pan-Fried Wild Scottish Halibut in a Brown Shrimp Butter Sauce for an Elegant Lunch – Fish on Friday – Here I am again with my regular Fish on Friday post, and it does seem that the past week has whizzed past so quickly……maybe because at last we seem to have had wonderful sunny spring days and I have…
Apple & Ginger Jam and Book Review – First Preserves by Vivien Lloyd
Apple & Ginger Jam Book Review – First Preserves by Vivien Lloyd – I love preserves, both making them and eating them; I am an avid jam, jelly, marmalade, curd, chutney and pickles maker and every year when the soft fruits and orchard fruits are in season, I can be found cutting, chopping, weighing,…
Herbs on Saturday – English Cream of Sorrel Soup with Peas
– Herbs on Saturday – English Cream of Sorrel Soup with Peas My herb for today is Sorrel and is one if my favourite herbs; I love it in soups, sauces, salads in with fish. Sorrel is a very old herb that has been used throughout the centuries in England, as well as the rest…
Fish on Friday – Old-Fashioned Fish Pie with Cheesy Mash
– Fish on Friday – Old-Fashioned Fish Pie with Cheesy Mash It’s FRIDAY and that can only mean one thing, FISH! And, as it is British Pie Week, I decided to treat us all to a comforting old-fashioned style fish pie……with a cheesy mashed potato topping, just like mum’s. As a fish fanatic, I recently…
Victorian Spring Posy Cake for Easter or Mother’s Day using Crystallised Violets
Victorian Spring Posy Cake for Easter or Mother’s Day using Crystallised Violets One of my recent cake inventions – a standard Victoria Sandwich Sponge with a few delicious additions. Fresh oranges and lemons, lemon curd, crystallised violets and mascarpone cheese make this basic sponge cake moist and special enough for the Easter Sunday tea-time table,…
Floral Gift in a Jar – Home-made Sweet Violet Sugar for Cakes and Bakes
– Floral Gift in a Jar – Home-made Sweet Violet Sugar for Cakes and Bakes British Mothering Sunday is on the 18th March this year, and over the next week I shall be posting come ideas for this special day; today, I am sharing another violet recipe, Sweet Violet Sugar – a delightful old-fashioned floral sugar…
Pan-Fried Sea Bass Fillets in a Pastis & Caper Butter Sauce served with Marsh Samphire
Pan-Fried Sea Bass Fillets in a Pastis & Caper Butter Sauce served with Marsh Samphire In my second Fishy post of today, I bring you a sophisticated and elegant sea bass recipe – beautifully fresh Scottish sea bass fillets that are pan-fried in a butter, pastis and caper sauce with cherry tomatoes, and then served on a…
A Scottish Seafood Supper – Scotch Rarebit with Smoked Haddock
– A Scottish Seafood Supper – Scotch Rarebit with Smoked Haddock As you may all be aware by now, I am a Fish Fanatic! In two senses – I love fish and seafood and I cook with it at least three to four times a week and, I actually am a fish fanatic on the…
Scones – Wensleydale Cheese, Leek & Walnut Scones for Tea Time Treats
– Scones – Wensleydale Cheese, Leek & Walnut Scones for Tea Time Treats Okay, as most of you know the tea time treats challenge this month is SCONES. Scones, the mainstay of the tea time table……..sweet ones with dollops of cream and fruit jam, dried fruit ones, cherry ones, buttermilk ones…..and then there’s the savoury…
Who ate all the Pies? British Pie Week & my Farmhouse Egg and Bacon Pie
Who ate all the Pies? British Pie Week Farmhouse Egg and Bacon Pie I am a pie lover, no, I REALLY mean I LOVE pies! I love making them, creating new recipes, eating them and reading about them. I am quite simple a Pie Fanatic. So, when I saw that next week was British Pie…
Fabulous Family Food – Cheap & Cheerful Sausage, Onion & Potato Bake
– Fabulous Family Food – Cheap & Cheerful Sausage, Onion & Potato Bake Not a Sunday lunch as might be expected today, but a cheap and cheerful one tray bake, with all the families favourite ingredients in one dish…….juicy sausages (with a vegetarian option), crispy potatoes, meltingly soft onions and baked beans……combining some of your…
Violets and Lace……. Home-made Crystallised Violets for Cakes and Bakes
Violets & Lace……. Home-made Crystallised Violets for Cakes & Bakes Sweet Violets for Crystallising As violets so be I recluse and sweet, Cheerful as daisies unaccounted rare, Still sunward-gazing from a lowly seat, Still sweetening wintry air. While half-awakened Spring lags incomplete, While lofty forest trees tower bleak and bare, Daisies and…
Old Fashioned Sweet Violet Syrup for Easter & Mothering Sunday Cakes & Bakes
Old Fashioned Sweet Violet Syrup for Easter & Mothering Sunday Cakes & Bakes It’s violets all the way……..I seem to have hundreds of these beautiful, highly scented flowers in my garden this year – they are delightful and make me smile when I open the front door. And to think that just two weeks ago…
Cake, Cake, Cake……Fresh Orange Layer Cake with Citrus Curd Buttercream
Pin It Cake, Cake, Cake…… Fresh Orange Layer Cake with Citrus Curd Buttercream I have been a bit lacking on the cake front lately, and I DO love a good cake too, but diets and time have dictated that cake has been off the menu recently, until today that is. I awoke to a glorious spring like…
