Lemon Myrtle Hot Cross Buns

Lemon Myrtle Hot Cross Buns

Lemon Myrtle Hot Cross Buns Remember a few years ago when Heston Blumenthal’s lemon myrtle hot cross buns cost $2 each? How about making a batch at home for Good Friday for a quarter of the price? Make sure the ground lemon myrtle you use is fresh as this will...
Bulgur, chickpea and tomato soup

Bulgur, chickpea and tomato soup

Bulgur, chickpea and tomato soup This is a thick, flavoursome peasant-style soup, originally from Italy.  After discovering how nutritious bulgur is at the Bulgur Festival in Gaziantep, south-east Turkey a few years ago, I decided to use it as the thickener instead of...
Passionfruit Coconut Slice

Passionfruit Coconut Slice

Passionfruit Coconut Slice In need of some comfort food at the end of this week of bleak news? This luscious slice is just the thing to lift the spirits, delight the family and occupy the kids. Get them to crack the eggs and press the pastry into the tin. View...
Salade Nicoise

Salade Nicoise

Salade Nicoise Here’s a classic salad from the south of France which you can rustle up with a tin of tuna, some eggs and various salad ingredients. It’s surprisingly versatile. Today I added some sliced radishes and celery and omitted a few of the other...
Rose Friands

Rose Friands

Rose Friands These lovely moist little cakes, similar to the French financier, are very popular and perfect for morning or afternoon tea. In French friand can also refer to qui est gourmand (a person with refined taste in food – an epicurean).    If you...