by Sheridan | Jul 26, 2022 | Brunch, Recipes, Starters, Vegetarian
Ruby Tandoh’s Crispy Brown Butter Beans This recipe is from “Cook As You Are” by Great British Bake Off star Ruby Tandoh, a cookbook replete with easy, affordable recipes. Tandoh describes it as “a triple-threat butter bean dish in which the...
by Sheridan | Jul 13, 2022 | Brunch, Cakes, Desserts, Picnic, Recipes
Cumquat Almond Cake This marvellous Moorish/moreish cake, a version of the better known Orange Almond Cake, is so moist it can also be served as a pudding with thickened cream. I sometimes slather the top with melted dark “Lindt Orange Intense” chocolate...
by Sheridan | May 7, 2022 | Brunch, Cakes, Desserts, Recipes
Mother’s Day Simnel Cake The Simnel Cake, a rich luscious fruit cake, has symbolised Mother’s Day since medieval times. In those days, the cakes were decorated with wildflowers gathered by sons and daughters as they made their way home to spend the...
by Sheridan | Apr 24, 2022 | Brunch, Cakes, Recipes
Tsoureki (Greek Easter Bread) While it was Easter Sunday for many Christians last week, Orthodox Christians (who follow the Gregorian calendar) celebrate Easter Sunday today. How many Ukrainians, I wonder, are able to celebrate anything this year? Tsoureki is a...
by Sheridan | Apr 10, 2022 | Breakfast, Brunch, Cakes, Picnic, Recipes
Chocolate Jaffa Hot Cross Buns Hot Cross Buns are traditionally made on Good Friday, though I often see them nowadays at the supermarket early in the new year. Also breaking with tradition are these Chocolate Jaffa Hot Cross Buns, inspired by a Jamie Oliver recipe....
by Sheridan | Mar 13, 2022 | Breakfast, Brunch, Lunch, Recipes, Starters, Vegetarian
Paddy the Baker’s Soda Bread Like to try your hand at baking some soda bread for St Patrick’s Day? Traditional soda bread (with the cross in the top) is the most common bread in Ireland, developed in the 1840′s using bi-carbonate of soda instead of yeast....
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