This recipe is for anyone who loves éclairs, but wishes they took less time to make. Of course, you could simply buy one from the shop and, believe me, when I need my fix I often do, and gobble it up before the kids can lay eyes on it. But for those who prefer their […]
Recipe Type: Bakes & Desserts
Feta and Dill
Savoury Muffins
Preheat the oven to 200°C/fan 180°C. Line a 12-hole muffin tin with cases. Put the flours, baking powder and salt in a bowl, and stir everything together. Now add the milk, egg, cottage cheese, melted butter, feta cheese, mustard, dill and black pepper. Mix it all together and spoon into muffin cases. Top each muffin […]
Chocolate and Star Anise Fondants
To coat the ramekins: Brush 8 ramekins with melted butter, making upward strokes. Place the ramekins on a baking tray in the freezer for 10 minutes. Take the ramekins out again and brush them once more with melted butter, and put them back in the freezer for 10 minutes. Take them out and dust the […]
Spiced Biscotti with an Orange Syllabub Dip
To make the biscotti Preheat the oven to 180°C/fan 160°C, and line two baking sheets with greaseproof paper or silicone pads. Put the flour, baking powder, mixed spice and sugar into a bowl, and mix. Now add the orange zest, currants, cranberries, macadamia nuts and pistachios and give everything a quick mix. Add the beaten […]
Peanut, Black Sesame and Ginger Brittle
Grease and line a 15 x 20cm tin with baking paper. Toast the peanuts in a non-stick pan, until they are golden. Put them in a bowl, and use the end of a rolling pin to crush them slightly. Now toast the black sesame seeds for a few minutes in the same pan, being careful […]
Cinnamon Palmiers
Roll out the puff pastry to a rectangle about 4 mm thick, then lightly brush the top of the pastry with the beaten egg. Combine the sugar and cinnamon in a bowl. Sprinkle the mixture across the entire surface of the pastry. With the short end of the rectangle facing you, roll both long ends […]
Very-Berry Breakfast Muffins
Preheat the oven to 200∞C fan/gas mark 7. Line a 12-hole muffin tin with muffin cases. Combine the flour, oats, sugar, baking powder and salt in a bowl. Mix the eggs with the mashed bananas in a separate bowl then add the wet mixture to the dry ingredients. Add the sunflower oil and milk, and […]
Star Anise Gingerbread Men
Place the caster sugar, honey, orange juice, vanilla extract, ginger and star anise in a pan over a medium heat and stir until all the sugar has dissolved. Remove from the heat and add the butter. Stir until it has melted, then set aside and leave to cool. Once cool, add the flour, bicarbonate of […]
