Monthly Archives: February 2011
Guest Chef: Onion Tartlets
Very exciting, as today’s recipe is not one of mine, but is something my mum made last time I was visiting up in Scotland. Just a couple of weeks ago, but we still had snow outside, so spent most of … Continue reading
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Cardamom, Lemon and Olive Oil Madeleines
It’s the latter part of February, but we still sit under those leaden skies and cold light. All quite conducive to staying in and potting around a nice warm house! This is a recipe that I came up with on … Continue reading
Filed under Recipe, Sweet Things
Scottish food: the famous Ecclefechan Butter Tart
You thought I was done with the Scottish food? Guess again! It’s the Ecclefechan Butter Tart! This is similar to one of the first sweet tarts I ever learned to make, called “Border Tart”. This was a simple pastry shell, … Continue reading
Filed under Recipe, Scottish Food, Sweet Things
Guest Chef: Brooklyn Berry Pancakes
For those that have missed the many, many hints at the end of 2010, I spent New Year in New York this time round and had an absolute blast. On 30 December, we had a real Mad Men evening, and … Continue reading
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Oh, mon amour! Macarons à la framboise
You remember I said that I wanted to something a little bit different for Valentine’s Day? Well, I did it with the beetroot risotto, so now let’s balance that by going all traditional. I whipped up a batch of very … Continue reading
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Oh, mon amour! Risotto aux betteraves rouges
Ah, ’tis nearly Valentine’s day! Blink, and you might miss it. Seem like only yesterday that all the Christmas decorations were up(*) but the local stores are already awash with chocolate Easter eggs. I am constantly amused how you can … Continue reading
On Location: Hive (Brixton, London)
Buzzzzzzzzz…let’s head South of the River. After making honeycomb, let’s go to Hive. If you don’t live in London, the whole issue about whether something is north or south of the Thames might be a little surprising/irrelevant, but there is … Continue reading
Filed under London, On Location
Let’s make a Crunchie bar…
All this sugar…this really is not a good idea. Lucky that I am still keeping up the New Year fitness regime, and so this means that it is therefore a brilliant idea, provided that I exercise a bit to offset … Continue reading
Filed under Recipe, Sweet Things
