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Gin o’clock. Lemon and cucumber gin and tonic
A bit of a departure for me to include a cocktail recipe.
Blueberry muffins
What to do with a punnet of blueberries that otherwise might not get eaten? Make old school blueberry muffins in time for breakfast.
Chocolate and nut tart
This tart uses a sweet shortcrust pastry shell and has a velvety, rich chocolate filling with toasted hazelnuts and pecans.
Marbled mint chocolate cheesecake
This was developed for a dinner with some friends, after doing some gardening and tending the herbs on my patio including my large tub of spearmint.
Spinach gazpacho with ham ‘crisps’ and butter croutons
I was lucky enough to have been sent a gorgeous hamper of mediterranean ingredients from Lurpak (very chuffed – thanks!) and this is the first dish that I’ve made from the ingredients.
Crowned cream tea
I dreamt this up after I saw lots of news items referring to national cream tea day.
Herb sprigs for the kitchen
Such a great way to use any herbs you have growing profusely in the garden at this time of year.
Strawberry and cream Souvaroffs – the original jammie dodgers
These petit four sablés have been adapted from a very old French recipe I found (late 1800s).
Chocolate frangipane, shortbread and nut swirls
These biscuits are based on a method for biscotti eureka, but I have radically altered the recipe – it bears little resemblance to the original now other than the construction method and that…
Bourbon cream sandwich biscuits
I have a bit of a thing with cooking in that I love ‘reverse engineering’ recipes.
Focaccia with caramelised shallots
A basic focaccia with the addition of shallots, slowly caramelised in sugar and fig and date balsamic vinegar with rock salt and rosemary.
Florentines
Recipe for chocolate covered almond, pistachio and cherry Florentines – plus make them extra special with a shortbread base
Marshmallow brownies
This is sort of a tease – yes, there are marshmallows in the brownies but you won’t find individual pieces of marshmallow.
Orange and chocolate friands
These are based on the Orange-chocolate cake recipe in the ‘La Mere De La Famille’ recipe book by Julien Merceron.
Walnut cake with lemon buttercream
This is an amazingly bouncy walnut sponge topped with a lemon buttercream – this is a change to the traditional coffee and walnut combination but goes beautifully together.
Coconut biscuits with hazelnuts or cherries
What to do when you’ve not got quite enough plain flour in the cupboard, need to make biscuits and can’t be arsed to walk to the shop? Use up what you’ve got in the cupboard and i…