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Let’s reclaim the sausage roll
Create amazing flaky pastry and add a great filling Tasty, flaky pastry is a must in an excellent sausage roll. A close second, is really good sausage meat. The third, …
Bake a Beetroot Raspberry Cake
Most cake recipes team beetroot with chocolate. I set out to make something different: beetroot raspberry cake. Try my recipe.
Bake Better Bread: Why you should scald flour
Scalding Flour Why scald flour? It will give you a lighter loaf of bread that lasts longer! It might sounds like something that would hurt, but not at all. It’s …
Oldbury Tarts
A traditional Gloucestershire Recipe Do you make a traditional recipe from your locality? As a newcomer to Gloucestershire I really wasn’t aware of a particular recipe to make. There seemed …
Let’s talk English muffins
Make Bread Muffins, a British Classic Often the only time we get to eat bread muffins these days is when we have Eggs Benedict. Whilst that is definitely a favourite, …
Leeks Kerala Style
This recipe uses all the leek! Looking for a great mid-week supper? This Leek recipe is easy and delicious. Made just as it is, it is suitable for vegans or …
Bake Better Bread: Salt
Is salt important in breadmaking? Yes! Salt Awareness Week suggest we should reduce the amount of salt we eat. Is it time to reduce the amount of salt in bread? …
Japanese Milk Bread. Yudane vs Tangzhong
For a light fluffy bread, Tangzhong and Yudane really work Japanese Milk bread is a light fluffy bread. One of those breads that once you start eating you just don’t …
Galette des Rois – King Cake
What are Galettes des Rois? At this time of year, Epiphany, French boulangeries are stocked with Galettes des Rois (king cake). In its traditional form, these are two disks of …
Food and Cookery books for your wish list
Tried and tested – coo books that I heartily recommend I love a good book, preferably a cookery book or one about food. Recently, I’ve been more ruthless getting rid …