AD I’m working with @tenderstem who challenged me to create a delicious mid-week meal making the most of ingredients I had at home. I’ve had the most delicious homemade miso (🙏 Junko) lurking in my fridge, waiting for inspiration. I was inspired by the beautifully fresh Tenderstem® broccoli in my veg box and a couple…
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Smoked haddock gratin, with spinach & peas
My favourite smoked haddock, from @alfredenderby (I’ve got a stash in the freezer too). If you don’t believe me, just ask Marco Pierre White or the Great Taste Award judges 🐟🐟🐟 750 g smoked haddock, cut into 4 pieces 500 ml milk 2 bay leaves ½ onion, peeled 30 g butter 30 g plain flour…
Hot cross buns
Ingredients 60 g sultanas or raisins 60 g morello cherries 2 tablespoons mixed peel 1 orange, juice and zest 220 ml semi-skimmed milk 14 g dried yeast (2 sachets) 500 g strong bread flour , plus extra for dusting 1 tsp cinnamon 1 tsp mixed spice 1 tsp ground ginger 1 tsp sea salt 1…
Easter chocolate espresso cake
Ready to celebrate Easter in style with this Easter chocolate cake, made all the easier with a fantastic set of @talacooking baking essentials: a non-stick springform cake tin, mini spatulas, palette knife, measuring jug, sugar shaker and piping set [AD]
Layers of rich chocolatey cake with a hint of espresso, sandwiched together with clouds of espresso buttercream and a rich chocolate ganache, and decorated with Easter eggs.
Pancakes!
Light, fluffy American-style pancakes with a delicious jammy centre, ready for pancake day!
Roasted peppers and cherry tomatoes, filled with giant couscous flavoured with Italian summer truffle and artichoke pesto 😋
INGREDIENTS Two red peppers Handful of cherry tomatoes Olive oil Sea salt and black pepper Belazu artichoke and truffle pesto (https://www.belazu.com/?s=truffle%20pesto) 1 packet of giant couscous (pearl couscous by Artisan Grains) Parmesan or pecorino cheese Parsley, chopped So simple it’s almost not a recipe! METHOD Cut the peppers in half, remove the seeds, drop…
Pear & ginger Bundt cake, with roasted pears and a salted caramel and cider sauce
Getting into the festive spirit with a delicious spiced ginger Bundt cake with spiced pears, caramelised pecans & thyme caramel
‘Nduja sausage rolls
Ingredients 800g free-range sausage meat 100g ‘Nduja (I use the fiery @natoora version from Calabria) 100g pecorino cheese, grated 2 ‘handfuls’ of breadcrumbs (I didn’t measure them, but they help stop the fat, essential for taste, from leaking everywhere) 1/3 grated nutmeg Maldon sea salt and fresh ground black pepper 1 kg all-butter puff pastry, rolled…
Spiced butternut squash pastilla
Spicy layers of butternut squash and leafy greens
Sour cherry and chocolate flapjacks
Ingredients 160 g unsalted butter, cut into cubes 100 g golden syrup 100 g light brown sugar 300 g oats Pinch of sea salt 100 g sour cherries 100 g 55% chocolate (I used Lindt) 24 x 24 cm baking tray, lined with parchment paper Method Preheat the oven to 180 degrees C conventional /…
The Corner Plot 