Archive of Recipes - 12/12 - Spittoon Extra
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Lemon and Cherry Posset – the recipe
Posted on June 18, 2007 by Andrew in RecipesAs requested the recipe for the Lemon and Cherry Posset from a few days ago. An alternative foodporn picture too...
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English Pudding – A Trifle
Posted on April 18, 2007 by Andrew in RecipesDon't get me wrong I heartily enjoy a decent roast dinner, positively relish thinly sliced lamb served with Yorkshire puddings and copious amounts of mint sauce - to the horror of my French friend. I am equally as happy shoving...
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Simple Milk Loaf
Posted on April 15, 2007 by Andrew in Blog Events, RecipesAdapted from a recipe in The Handmade Loaf by Dan Lepard - no fresh yeast, not that I think it matters much in regards to flavour once baked, so a ferment made as a replacement. I just threw a teaspoon...
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Buffalo Mozzarella With Broad Beans and Chopped Lemon Sauce
Posted on March 9, 2007 by Andrew in RecipesAnother supper or lunch dish from last months Observer Food Monthly. This perhaps a little more involved than yesterdays Savoy Cabbage dish in that you have to make the lemon sauce; but not at all difficult. If I wasn't giving...
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Savoy Cabbage Supper
Posted on March 8, 2007 by Andrew in RecipesBeen feeling bad recently that my consumption of fruit and veg hasn't reached the holy grail of five-a-day; far from it in fact. So this simple stir-fry was one option in boosting the ingestion of the good stuff. Just wondering if...
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Apple Pie
Posted on February 21, 2007 by Andrew in Blog Events, RecipesA second entry to Waiter There's Something In My... Pie, as hosted by Jeanne at Cooksister. Like yesterday's Game Pie the pastry uses lard. Rather than encasing the whole in pastry I went for a simple lid. About 6...
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Game Pie
Posted on February 20, 2007 by Andrew in RecipesThe health police are going to hate me - half a pack of lard has been used in the kitchen. About as non-healthy as you can get but it lifts pastry to something else! Most went into the pastry for...
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Valentine Buns – Plum Shuttles
Posted on February 14, 2007 by Andrew in RecipesMolded into the shape of weaver's shuttles the baking of these buns was once traditional on Valentines Day, an idea that originated in Rutland according to this brief mention. I don't think they benefited from an extended rest after...
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Epiphany Tart
Posted on January 6, 2007 by Andrew in RecipesSqueezed 9 different jams into mine - Bramble and Brambly, Apricot, Blackcurrant, the last scrape of Gizella's Plum, Strawberry, Cloudberry, another strawberry, homemade Sloe and some runny quince. Apparently Victorian housewives used to compete to see...
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Twelfth Night Cake
Posted on January 5, 2007 by Andrew in RecipesNot so much chuck out your chintz more throw out the holly, pack away those decorations and move the tree back outside - for it is Twelfth Night. As with so many Christian festivals Twelfth Night has its roots in pagan...
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