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Category: Recipes

  • Sourdough bread with rye and linseed

    I’m lucky to have a number of truly inspirational people in my ‘internet family’. This bread happened due to the inspiration of two people: the talented & generous Joanna at Zeb Bakes & baking guru & good guy, Dan Lepard. Joanna posted some beautiful pictures of a flax (linseed) & rye loaf. As you’ll see…

  • Chocolate Muffins with marzipan & spices – ‘Hidden Hearts’

    This recipe was inspired by my Twitter friend and genius chocolate baking blogger Choclette. Each month Choclette and baking friend Chele host We Should Cocoa – a chocolate challenge. The Challenge is to make something with chococlate and a special ingredient. For April 2011 the special ingredient was marzipan. I wanted to make a muffin…

  • Nettle & Hazlenut Tart Recipe

    I’m developing a bit of a ‘thing’ about using nettles. I love it that I’m not putting money in the supermarket bosses’ pockets. I love it that they effectively cultivate themselves. I love it that they are so nutritious: high in vitamins A & C, contain essential minerals and have one of the highest protein…

  • Nettle Gnocchi Recipe

    I’ve been looking for more ways to use this freely available and nutritious vegetable. This recipe makes a vibrant green gnocchi that’s as tasty as it is inexpensive. If the preparation takes a while, it’s more than paid off with the short cooking time. One of the keys to success with this recipe is to…

  • Wild garlic and smoked salmon carbonara

    This recipe is a delight. It’s stunningly quick & simple to cook and moreishly gorgeous to eat. It will provide a quick supper for two or a fantastic dish for entertaining friends. The wild garlic is seasonal, of course. Out of season, you could use garlic chives or chives. Other members of the onion family…

  • Wild garlic and homemade ricotta pasta

    We’re really lucky here because the wild garlic a friend gave us has taken and produces masses of wonderful tasting leaves & flowers. It’s also called ‘Ramsons’ and its latin name is Allium Ursinum. As you latin scholars will know, ursinum refers to bears who like the bulbs. Wild garlic and ricotta give a twist…

  • Rhubarb cake recipe with polenta, ginger, spices, almonds

    When I posted this picture on Twitter, I really wasn’t ready for the reaction. It seemed that the idea and view of such a creation was quite attractive to many people. This made me laugh: …god that cake looks good. I just licked the laptop screen… I also had a fair few requests to post…

  • How to make sourdough bread – update

    In January I posted this article on how to make sourdough bread. I was amazed at how much attention it generated. I was so pleased at how many people contacted me to say they’d started baking sourdough bread as a result. You’ll see by the button on the right that I’m now a member of…

  • Nettle and Bacon Risotto Recipe

    Don’t we all just love things that don’t cost a penny? Foraging for wild food is a way to do this. March is the ideal time to pick nutritious nettles which are jam packed with iron and Vitamin C. You’ve no doubt seen loads of recipes for the ubiquitous ‘Nettle Soup’, which is, of course,…