Recipe and photograph from Olive magazine. Ingredients 2 sliced nectarines for the top For the frangipane filling: 200g salted butter 200g sugar 4 eggs 75g plain flour 200g ground almonds For the pastry: 250g plain flour 125g unsalted butter, cubed sprig lemon thyme, leaves picked (optional) pinch sea… Read More »Brown Butter Frangipane Tart
Clootie Dumpling or Clootie Pudding is a traditional Scottish dish, often served on Burn’s night. Thanks to BBC Food for the recipe and the photograph. Ingredients 225g (8oz) plain flour, plus 25g (1oz) for sprinkling 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda 1 tsp mixed spice 1 tsp ground cinnamon… Read More »Clootie dumpling
Why not make Easter a bit special by making a Simnel Cake? I find fruit cakes quite forgiving – if you haven’t enough of one dried fruit, just substitute another. Beg, borrow or steal ingredients you don’t have! Thanks to BBC Food for the recipe and the photograph.… Read More »Simnel Cake
Recipe and photo from Wellness Mama. Ingredients 300g hazelnuts 70g or to taste sugar or other preferred sweetener 30g cocoa powder 1 tbsp coconut oil 1 tsp vanilla 1/8 tsp salt Method Preheat oven to 200 degrees. Spread the hazelnuts on a baking sheet and roast for 12 to… Read More »Healthy chocolate hazelnut spread
Thanks to Nourished Kitchen for the recipe and photo. Homemade chocolates – who can resist? I have made these many times. These are for people who don’t like their chocolates too sweet, but feel free to add in some dried cranberries or chopped prunes/dates for sweetness. Ingredients 280g chocolate… Read More »Rustic Mayan truffles
This recipe for your little ones (and you!) is from Healthy Little Foodies Ingredients 40g 1/4 cup Raisins 2 Apples, finely chopped (roughly 0.5cm cubed) 1 tsp Cinnamon 2 tsp Coconut Oil – can substitute with butter 120g Plain Flour 2 tsp Baking Powder 3/4 cup Milk 1 Egg… Read More »Apple Pancakes
Recipe and picture courtesy of Beets Pulse and Thyme This is a lovely moist cake due to the courgettes! Ingredients 250g ground almonds 2 green or yellow courgettes 6 eggs 200g honey rind of 1 lemon juice of 1/2 lemon 1tsp baking powder 1/2 tsp vanilla essence Method… Read More »Gluten-Free Courgette Cake
A delicious pudding for those chillier evenings! This recipe is based on one from the Good Food Channel. Ingredients 100 g unsalted butter, softened 150 g sugar 3 eggs 150 g ground almonds 2-3 drops almond essence 1 kg apricots, halved, stones removed For the sauce: 200 g… Read More »Apricot Pudding
Based on a Jamie Oliver recipe Ingredients 1 peach stoned and sliced 1 pear, cored and thickly sliced 500g mixed berries an apple, grated 5 tablespoons sugar a good glug of balsamic vinegar For the topping 6 heaped tablespoons butter, chilled 225g self-raising flour 70g sugar a large… Read More »Summer fruit cobbler
Based on and picture taken from a recipe in Delicious Magazine We longingly await the first “fruit” of Spring don’t we? Botanically speaking, rhubarb is a vegetable – a stem which makes it so. Nonetheless, with a little sweetening, it can be made into a variety of delicious desserts,… Read More »Rhubarb and ginger twice-baked soufflés recipe
