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…
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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…
Three Cheese & Apple Puff Pastry Ring
with Bramley Recipes Today’s recipe is one that we have just devoured, not more than two hours ago, and is hot of the recipe press. Three Cheese & Apple Puff Pastry Ring is my latest creation for Bramley Apples and all of the producers who grow these heritage British apples. I saw the idea for a…
Montreal Style Roast Beef
and Yorkshire Puddings with AEG Montreal Style Roast Beef – using the famous Montreal Steak Seasoning that I was given to me by Frank Silva from the famous Schwartz’s Deli in Montreal, this roast beef has a peppery and slightly spicy flavour that enhances the taste of the beef. The beef is enhanced even further…
Tenderstem® “Eat your Greens” Toad in the Hole
Vegetarian “Toad-in-the-Hole” Tenderstem® “Eat your Greens” Toad in the Hole is my latest recipe creation for all my veggie readers – it’s just as tasty as the sausage version, but uses the stems of Tenderstem®, sweet potatoes, shallots, onions, carrots, sun-dried tomatoes and cherry tomatoes in the batter instead of the usual bangers; serve this easy…
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…
“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…
Apple, Lemon and Elderflower Drizzle Cake
with Bramley Apples, Lemon Curd and Elderflower Cordial After a weekend of dizzying high temperatures, with the mercury reaching the high twenties in the South of England, it’s time to pack up my winter recipe file and share some spring and summery treats; and, there can be little more spring-like that the prospect of a light…
Buttermilk Chive Waffles with Turkey & Cheesy Poached Eggs
For Good Friday and International Waffle Day Today is Good Friday, the start of Easter weekend, and a day of reflection; it’s the day that Jesus was crucified, and not a day for chocolate eggs, they follow on Easter Sunday, but it’s a day of church services and culinary moderation. I never normally serve meat…
Bacon, Cheddar and Chive Cream Cheese Dip
with Emma Bridgewater and Market Deli The Six Nations Rugby championship is over for 2016, and as avid England supporter, I’m delighted to say that England won the Grand Slam as well as the overall Six Nations Championship! Yesterday was billed as “Super Saturday” when ALL the final fixtures were played, and what better accompaniment…
Carlins, Black Badgers and Parched Peas
A North Eastern and Lancashire Speciality for Carlin Sunday (Passion Sunday) It’s no surprise that quite often, the most plain and simple of foods (and ingredients) are revered and held in people’s memories; they are usually recipes that are associated with childhood, or from a native land, and this humble brown pea is one such thing….
Beremeal Parsley Scones with Seaweed Salt & Black Pepper
Beremeal from Barony Mill, Birsay, Orkney I love baking, it’s my favourite way to de-stress as well as putting home-made treats on the family tea time table; and, as well as baking, I am very keen to try new (or in this case, ancient) ingredients in my test kitchen – it stems from my very nomadic…
Creme Egg & Malteser Chocolate Tiffin Bundt Cake
A No-Bake Cake for Easter Hot on the heels of another Spring Recipe Post, for Apple Rose Tarts for Mother’s Day (Mothering Sunday) that I published a few days ago, I am very pleased to present with a chocolatey flourish, a brand new Easter baking recipe (or a non-baking recipe as it happens) for No-Bake Creme Egg & Malteser Chocolate…
Healthy Cauliflower Cheese
For the Weight Watchers Diet Cauliflower cheese, even the words sound comforting and warm, and, it was always called cauliflower cheese as opposed to cauliflower gratin in our household when I was growing up, a simple and frugal dish that was often on the table towards the end of the week (or month) when the…
Apple Rose Tarts for Mother’s Day
A Mothering Sunday Tea Time Treat Mothering Sunday, which the correct title for Mother’s Day in the UK, is just three days away now – this year the date falls on Sunday the 6th March, and just in time for this special day, I have created the prettiest tarts I’ve seen in a long time….
