On Friday night I was lucky enough to win tickets to Havana Club’s ‘Nothing Compares to Havana’ rum tasting evening at Kettners in Soho where we learnt about the history of rum, made mojitos in a cocktail making workshop and sipped aged single barrel rum paired with Cuban chocolate. Sadly, I didn’t have my cameraContinue reading “A Real Cuban Mojito”
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Fig Frangipane Tarts
My favourite bakery in my hometown does an excellent line in fruit frangipane tarts and vary their filing from raspberries, blackberries, peach and pear so thought I would try a variation using fresh figs seeing as they are so beautiful and in abundance right now. Please excuse my use of ready-rolled pastry, you can ofContinue reading “Fig Frangipane Tarts”
Chocolate Macarons
My workmate Selwyn recently wowed everyone in the office with her amazing chocolate macarons; a surprise raspberry hidden in the centre amongst the chocolate ganache. I immediately demanded her recipe and have spent a good few weeks tearing my hair out every time I removed batch upon batch of wrinkly chocolate biscuits from the oven but finallyContinue reading “Chocolate Macarons”
Shortbread
In my quest for the perfect shortbread I discovered the gold standard seems to be a 3-2-1 formula for quantities of flour-butter-sugar and Claire Clark’s family recipe is held highly as one of the best so in honour of my annual trip to Edinburgh for the Fringe Festival I thought I would bake up the most Scottish thing I couldContinue reading “Shortbread”
A short interruption in normal transmission…
I have ummed and ahhed about this post all morning. Your usual weekly recipe post was thwarted by defective chocolate macarons which emerged from the oven not once but twice this weekend looking more like a cats bum than the perfectly smooth, shiny offerings at Ladurée. I had intended to keep my audience eye viewContinue reading “A short interruption in normal transmission…”
No-Churn Salted Caramel & Bourbon Ice Cream
I hadn’t intended to blog this but Nigella’s no-churn salted caramel and bourbon ice cream got such a rapturous reception at my bbq last week my guests made me promise to post it. This now gives away what little effort went into the dessert but we could all do with more simple recipes that impressContinue reading “No-Churn Salted Caramel & Bourbon Ice Cream”
Lemon & Mint Iced Tea
Both of my holidays this year have heavily featured iced tea and the current UK heatwave has inspired me to make my own as the shop bought ones are so sugar laden. This is a cold brew method which just needs steeping in the fridge overnight or during the day while you are at work.Continue reading “Lemon & Mint Iced Tea”
Mojito Ice Cream
Inspired by Nigella’s No Churn Margarita Ice Cream I set about making a rum based alternative as tequila seems to affect me much as I imagine drinking drain cleaner would. For this mojito ice cream, I reduced the amount of cream to 300ml and made it up to 500ml with 200ml whole milk to makeContinue reading “Mojito Ice Cream”
Grilled Peaches with Greek Yogurt and Honey
Thanks to the wonders of scheduled posts, I am currently hopefully sunning myself in Galician Spain. So I thought I would leave you with something I knocked up after raiding the fridge and cupboards to make the most of the delicious Spanish doughnut peaches I bought shortly before my trip with a little influence fromContinue reading “Grilled Peaches with Greek Yogurt and Honey”
Hazelnut Shortbread with Nectarines
Long time followers will know I am in my element at the moment as it’s nectarine season. I also love nutty shortbread…. and cream….. and although I have been making this hazelnut shortbread for years, I had never followed the recipe suggestion of serving them sandwiched with cream and sliced nectarine. This recipe was tornContinue reading “Hazelnut Shortbread with Nectarines”
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