Category Fruit
JAFFA-CAKE CAKE, WITH BLOOD ORANGE MARMALADE & CHOCOLATE GANACHE TOPPING
I saw a lovely post from My Kitchen Witch about homemade Jaffa cakes. I’m partial to a Jaffa cake every now and then, it’s sort of a guilty secret. They’re often on offer in the shops for 99p and I can’t resist them. By the time I’ve eaten five, however, I can’t ignore the dryness […]
EASY BLACKCURRANT LIQUORICE ICE CREAM
I’d been wanting to try using the combination of blackcurrant and liquorice in ice cream for a while now, but we’ve become so hooked on the coffee, cinnamon and rum ice cream I first made about a year ago that it’s hard to bring myself to experiment with different flavours. But I’m kicking myself that I […]
GIN ROASTED PEARS WITH CARAMELISED CHESTNUTS
Over the past few long weeks whilst B has been poorly and cooped up, we’ve ended up doing the inevitable: watching too much TV. I won’t divulge here exactly how many period dramas and 80s and 90s films this has involved – I’m good enough at embarrassing myself by accident, there’s no need to do so purposely. But it hasn’t all been […]
BRANDY, CRANBERRY & MARZIPAN CAKE
We went up in to the hills earlier today, to nourish body and mind in the open air before the creeping darkness set in, which seems to be happening earlier and earlier with each passing day. I wanted to collect sloes – late I know, but thought we might get lucky and happen on a few […]
GINGER & NUTMEG SCONES WITH SPICED BERRY COMPOTE
Whilst we were away, we made a batch of scones to keep us going inbetween meals (what can I say – it was an indulgent few days: being that they were eaten with generous amounts of clotted cream and fruit compote, one of these bad boys was pretty much a meal in itself!) Crystallised ginger in soft, crumbly […]
PORT POACHED PEARS WITH BLACKBERRIES
Our break definitely did the job – I feel realigned. We spent lazy days traipsing through squelchy fields and damp woods, mushroom spotting and deer sighting, and generally building up appetites to sate. Here’s one of the things I made whilst we were away – spiced poached pears are nothing new, but the port and the blackberries infuse […]
FRANGIPANE PLUMS
I’ve not been looking after myself as well as I should. It’s easily done, I think. We’re going away to stay in the middle of the countryside for a couple of days, and the timing couldn’t be better… I can’t wait to just have some time to sit and be. Taste the air. Let the […]
SPICED BANANA & WALNUT DROP SCONES
I’d never made drop scones before, but these turned out surprisingly well – warming and comforting. I’d been wanting to make them for a while now, and it seems that the change in weather has had me gravitating towards all things crumpetty and so provided the extra push I needed to have a go. I followed a basic Hugh […]
SYRUPY BUTTERED PEARS
The odd thing is that it feels less than such to be writing a post after my extended pause from blogging. I must be a creature of habit, because what began as a reaction to a particularly busy couple of weeks easily slipped into an extended sabbatical, with neither the lows nor the highs of the months that passed […]
RASPBERRY & BRIOCHE (BREAKFAST OR BRUNCH) BREAD & BUTTER PUDDING
I’ve never really considered bread and butter pudding as being a suitable breakfast food, but if pancakes are acceptable every now and again, then, on closer inspection, I don’t see why this version of the pud shouldn’t feature on a weekend brunch table occasionally. It’s actually surprisingly light and not overly sweet, using only a little butter, […]
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