This Chocolate Brownie recipe, like our Hot Chocolate Puddings recipe, is the real thing; they are definitely not your average Chocolate Brownie. If you ever felt you and your friends or family really deserved a treat or reward, or it is a very special occasion, then this is what you should make. Buy bars of [...]
Sticky Toffee Pudding is a great tasting recipe, and certainly a modern British ‘classic’, (alongside Jam Roly-Poly and Spotted Dick puddings) capturing for many the childhood memories of growing up in the 20th Century. Some say Sticky Toffee Pudding was developed in the Lake District in the 1960′s while others claim it is from an [...]
The perfect Apple and Blackberry Pie is about getting the sweet-sharp balance right in the filling and in making a light, sweet pastry. It all starts by plucking your own ripe blackberries from the tangled hedgerows and bushes in August, which is one of the best things you can do on a summer’s day, if [...]
Caramelised Apples and Pears is the perfect recipe for those autumn and winter nights where you want something hot, winter-spicy and deliciously seasonal. This recipe is very quick and simple to make and it goes really well around Christmas, they have that wonderful Christmassy smell to them, (with the cloves, cinnamon and star anise as [...]
Although this Vanilla Custard recipe is a modern one, it has become the standard version, and is exquisite and delicate, served even in Michelin starred restaurants. It can even be used as the base to make the most wonderful Vanilla Ice Cream – it has the same cream colour, speckled with vanilla seeds, as the [...]
Lemon Drizzle Cake is a classic cake, eaten at any time of the year, but especially in the summer. They are so simple to make, and nearly everyone enjoys them, so why not make two at once, one for later or give one as a gift to a friend. The trick to this cake is [...]
To make the perfect Blueberry Cake I investigated what it took to make the perfect Blueberry muffin. The best Blueberry Muffin’s are made in America, and they themselves have looked at what it takes to make the ‘perfect’ one. They found too many whole Blueberries added into the batter and they will sink to the [...]
If an apple pie recipe is called, ‘Gran’s Apple Pie’ it has a lot to live up to. Yes, it has to be ‘traditional’, but what does that mean? Well a really good tasting, traditional apple pie always has two things in common – the pastry must be light, so that together the top and [...]
This Chocolate Brownie recipe, like our Hot Chocolate Puddings recipe, is the real thing; they are definitely not your average Chocolate Brownie. If you ever felt you and your friends or family really deserved a treat or reward, or it is a very special occasion, then this is what you should make. Buy bars of [...]
From at least Medieval times salt was mixed with saltpetre, and other ingredients such as sugar, honey, pepper or juniper berries, to carry out the processes of preserving pork. Dry Cured Hams are the hind leg of a pig that have been salted, then air-dried to ‘cure’. This is done using a curing compound, (consisting [...]
When you hear that jam can be made in 20 minutes, any jam, in twenty-minutes, you might well be skeptical … by saying it even I feel like a snake-oil salesman trying to convince you that rubbing on this lotion will miraculously make you live longer. But its true, any fruit, any jam, in 20 [...]
Sticky Toffee Pudding is a great tasting recipe, and certainly a modern British ‘classic’, (alongside Jam Roly-Poly and Spotted Dick puddings) capturing for many the childhood memories of growing up in the 20th Century. Some say Sticky Toffee Pudding was developed in the Lake District in the 1960′s while others claim it is from an [...]
Scones are a great treat at tea time, (once served at 4 pm sharp) and quintessentially British. While the English have taken credit for their popularity, this is a dish which all regions of Britain enjoy, and have a history with. The simple scone is thought to have originated from Scottish Quick Breads, (baked on [...]
These Victorian, regional Cherry Turnovers are a speciality of Buckinghamshire in southern England, where wonderful, local Cherries are grown in many private and commercial cherry orchards. They have a light pastry top and bottom, and ripe, tangy-juicy cherries in the center. Cherries have a very short growing season if you are after picking your own; [...]
Blackberry Jam is a real treat on toast in the mornings. It has a unique, and easily recognisable flavour amongst jams, with its sweet-sharp dance on the tongue and deep berry taste. To help the jam set, (adding in extra pectin) the recipe uses one brambley apple and a small amount of fresh apple juice [...]
Many people’s favourite jam is strawberry, and with good reason, this fruit lends itself to jam making, and is wonderfully delicious when eaten on a fresh piece of buttered Manchet Bread. Collecting the fruit is a great summer time family day out and the return on the labour by having your own home-made jam to [...]
