Recipe Archives

Savoury Tear and Share Pesto Rolls Recipe

Pesto Bread Pesto filled tear and share bread is a fun recipe to make and you can get the kids involved. My recipe is easy to make and to adapt. …

How do you cook with your coffee?

A delicious coffee recipe - Curry Meat Balls, Quarry Books, an imprint of The Quarto Group

Cooking with Coffee Why don’t we use coffee more in cooking and particularly in savoury dishes? I think it’s time to experiment. In the Marley Coffee Cookbook there are 100 …

A Simple Tasty Tomato Tart Recipe

Looking for a tasty tomato recipe? Try this flavoursome tomato tart

Clotted Cream a must for Afternoon Tea

All homemade: Clotted cream, scone and strawberry jam

It’s an essential of afternoon tea, but have you ever thought how clotted cream is made?

Tammy’s Iced Tea Recipe

Bored with the same old tea? Whittard’s tea chest will solve that with a monthly delivery of tea

In the pink. Make elderflower cordial

How to make elderflower cordial

If you want a non-alcoholic drink that is refreshing, what do you choose? I often go for an elderflower option. Did you know it’s easy to make elderflower cordial or syrup at home? It’s the perfect time to go on the hunt and pick elderflowers.

Beautiful pinky purple elderflowers – perfect for cordial

What truly inspire me are the flowers on the purple leaved elder (sambucus nigra) in my garden. Each time I walk past, the flowers zapp their scent my way. I just had to do something with them. Of course, if you’ve not got a purple leaved elder, the standard white flowers will do very well. But as you see, the flowers from the purple leaved elder make a fetching pink hued drink.

Make the most of asparagus

What does it take to create great asparagus? I visit the Vale of Evesham which has PGI status to find out.

Baked coconut doughnuts – utterly delicious

Yearning for something different for breakfast? Try these yummy, easy to make dairy free doughnuts or is that donuts?

Make the perfect coffee ice cream

It’s all about the coffee

The first time I ate a Café Liègeois was in Ajaccio, Corsica. It’s a beautiful town full of grand buildings – blink and you might think yourself in Paris. A fitting place to discover a grown up indulgent dessert.

The Café Liègeois is made with just three ingredients: espresso coffee, coffee ice cream, and whipped cream: the French take on an ice cream sundae. Rather than getting its name from the Belgian city of Liège it was renamed from Cafe Viennoisduring the First World War in homage to the siege of Liège .

Food inspiration: Recipes from Pakistan and India

Mung Been Curry from Mira Manek's Saffron Soul

Cookery Book Review

There is always room for one more book about food especially recipes from Pakistan and India. I love that sense of anticipation. Will I find a recipe that I will cook many times? What ingredients will I need? Will I discover what makes a chef tick?

This month, I’ve been reading about desserts from Pakistan, healthy food from India and a fascinating glimpse of how a Michelin starred chef creates his dishes.