A marriage made in heaven – Peach Melba Tart. Two heritage dishes come together in this peach melba tart with Courvoisier cream, a delicious and easy dessert that can be made almost entirely from store cupboard ingredients. The lynch-pin is a jar of Peaches in Courvoisier – something I keep on hand in the larder […]
Air Fryer Spiced Oat Biscuits for Christmas
Day One – 12 Days of Christmas Series – Steenbergs What’s the first thing that makes you think of Christmas each year? I’m just a bit too lazy these days to make my own Christmas Cake and Pudding, but when I was growing up it was always the smell of Christmas spices on Stir-Up Sunday. […]
KitchenAid London – Cookery School – Orange and Walnut Rye Biscuits
Baking biscuits, making pasta and more at KitchenAid London: What’s the first thing you do when you get a new kitchen gadget? I confess to being a real gadget-phobe in the kitchen and tend to recreate old favourites for at least the first month of ownership. At that point, as I tire of whatever ‘old […]
Coffee Walnut Clotted Cream Fudge Recipe
Clotted Cream Fudge Recipe – Mum’s Favourite Coffee Walnut. I’ve never made clotted cream fudge before. I’ve never actually felt that it was a good use of a rather wonderful product that I like to eat in an unadulterated form. I put on top of scones, melt it over a Christmas pudding or pop some […]
White Chocolate and Vanilla Fudge
Fudge for Let’s Make Christmas Gift Swap: Earlier this year, Vanessa, fresh back from a trip to Uganda asked us all if we’d like to take part in a gift swap for Ndali Vanilla. She’d been learning about vanilla and specifically about the Ndali estate in Uganda. And, to raise awareness of Fair Trade and […]
The Perfect Tarte Tatin – and the cheat recipe!
Professional Tarte Tatin from Galvin Brothers vs the cheat version: Earlier this year I was invited to take part in a competition to make the perfect Tarte Tatin. Unfortunately, I was in France at the time, but one of my friends did take part – and amazingly, he won! Ed Benson (who I’ve known for […]
Christmas Yule Log Made Easy with Betty Crocker
Festive Yule Log Recipe for Christmas: A traditional yule log recipe is based on a Swiss roll mix. I CAN make Swiss rolls. I first tried when I was at school. I whisked and whisked my eggs and sugar till they were nice, yellow and frothy (so I thought) and then, enthusiastically folded in […]