This is a really lovely pudding for the summer (or any season!) which is at its best served straight from the oven. I like good ice cream with it, as it melts across the peaches, but you can use cream or just have it naked. If you need a nut-free version, just exchange the ground…
Recipe – Chocolate & Banana Loaf Cake
You’ll see we love a banana loaf here, but still having a huge stash of Easter chocolate available made we wonder about doing a chocolate version. So here it is! Super yummy and very simple to do. You can substitute the home-made banana chips for shop-bought dried bananas. You will need: 175g caster sugar 175g…
Recipe – Chilli Cheese Scotch Eggs
If I could give it all up and run my own artisan food business, I’d make scotch eggs. Absolutely my favourite snack food, gone are the days when you have to put up with soggy mass-produced versions. You can do anything with them and once you’ve tried home made it’ll be very difficult to go…
Recipe – Indian Dirty Fries with Crispy Bhaji Onions (Vegan)
The rise of street food has given us some amazing food innovations but nothing is as good as the march of ‘dirty’ food. Over-the-top, indulgent foods from the fast-food side of haute cuisine, they are irresistible. My friend Jonny put together this recipe for Indian Dirty Fries, a fantastic vegan dish everyone can enjoy. You’ll…
Recipe – Giant Jaffa Cake
Is it a cake or is it a biscuit? HMRC (who no-one can argue with!) agree it’s a cake. Quite right too! And a lovely one at that. But a giant one? It’s amazing and a great dessert centre for a family meal. Here’s my version of a recipe from Delicious Magazine. You will need:…
Recipe – Caldo Verde (Portuguese Cabbage Soup)
A friend of mine introduced me to this amazing soup, originally a peasant soup from Portugal, it’s both healthy and full of flavour. The mix of spring greens and chorizo make for a hearty soup, low in calories but not scrimping on taste. For 6-8 portions, you will need: 2 brown onions, roughly chopped 4…
Recipe – Toad in the Hole
I am a little bit obsessed with Yorkshire puddings at the moment. Jack loves them – I’m sure he’d have them with every meal! I thought I’d sneak this in before the summer came as it’s a great, cheap family meal perfect for cold days. To feed 4-5, you will need: 10-12 sausages, Cumberland preferably…
Recipe – Yorkshire Pudding Lasagne
Yes, lasagne using Yorkshire pudding. I thought, why not? You hear a lot about fusion but never really much fusion using traditional British foods and I’ve created Yorkshire Pudding Wraps before so can see the benefits of flat-sheet Yorkshires. This replaces the pasta strips with Yorkshire, creating a more moist, flavoursome lasagne with a slightly…
Recipe – Egg and Bacon Pie
Bacon. There, I said it. For meat eaters everywhere the thought of a bacon sandwich in the morning warms the cockles of your heart. And if you’re splurging, an egg and bacon sandwich is something else…! A perfect combo that goes brilliantly in a pie. To serve 4-6 you will need: Two packs of ready-rolled…
Big Build – Week 9 & 10 Downstairs (nearly) Complete… and the Great Flood!
A short update this week, combining two weeks, as essentially it’s been much more finishing off. Or attempting too… see below! The roof is nearly complete and it looks fantastic. Only a few small areas where the scaffolding is in the way remain unfinished. We had a condition on our planning approval which stated that…
