Posts Tagged “baking”
From Delia Smith This is best of all made with wild brambles, which seem to have twice as much flavour as the cultivated kind. If you want a larger pie to serve eight people, use a 3 pint (1.75 litre) pie dish and a pie funnel, and double all the ingredients. Serves 4…
From BBC Food A recipe for Pimms that will last beyond the summer. This easy pound cake enjoys a side order of boozy berries. Ingredients For the Pimms-soaked fruits 250ml/9fl oz Pimms or similar fruit ‘cup’ 1 vanilla pod, split 250g/9oz caster sugar 200g/7oz strawberries, hulled 3 kiwi fruit, peeled and thickly sliced…
From BBC Food This is a crumble of dreams. This is nothing short of alchemy: you take the vilest, crunchiest supermarket strawberries, top them with an almondy, buttery rubble, bake and turn them on a cold day into the taste of English summer. Naturally, serve with lashings of cream: I regard this is as…
From Whole Foods Market Makes 2 dozen Grated butternut squash and fresh nutmeg add earthy notes to these addictive sweets. To grate the squash, use a box grater or food processor. Make up to two days ahead, and cut them just before serving. Ingredients 4 tablespoons melted butter, plus more for the pan 1…
From Sainsbury’s A tasty combination of vegetables with a crisp cheesy topping, a great gluten- and wheat-free recipe. Serves: 4 Preparation time: 10 Minutes Cooking time: 40 Minutes Ingredients 3 x 240g bags Sainsburys fresh washed and ready to cook vegetables 340g jar Sainsbury’s Siciliana sauce 200ml Sainsbury’s crème fraîche 250g Sainsbury’s freefrom…
Jamie Oliver is the most successful chef in Great Britain. He graces our small screens continually and his TV series show us the idiosyncrasies of our concept of food, as well as introducing us to the food of the US and Europe. It’s a very British pastime to knock anyone who has general public regard….
7-Minute Icing or frosting is a forgiving, snowy-white icing that will hold its shape for a long time without slumping. Yes, it does demand 7 minutes of beating, so an electric hand-whisk at the very least is essential. The ingredients are inexpensive and you will likely have them to hand; the corn syrup or liquid…
What can be more evocative of England than afternoon tea! We have water-coloured dreams of cottage gardens, or rolling lawns with summer strollers heading for a table laden with scones and jam. The alternative vision is of a Victorian drawing room bathed in the golden and flickering light of an open fire; but still that…
From Sainsbury’s Crunchy meringue topped with vanilla whipped cream and tangy fruit. Serves: 8 Preparation time: 25 Minutes Cooking time: 150 Minutes Ingredients: 5 egg whites 225g Fairtrade white caster sugar 1 teaspoon cornflour 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon 1 teaspoon white wine vinegar 250ml double cream Seeds from 1 vanilla pod 1 tablespoon…
From Sainsbury’s The filling of the flan is similar to ratatouille. Serves: 4 Preparation time: 15 Minutes Cooking time: 25 Minutes Ingredients 50g polyunsaturated margarine 125g wholemeal flour 2 tablespoons cold water 2 tablespoons corn oil 1 onion, chopped 2 cloves garlic, peeled and crushed 2 green peppers, de-seeded and sliced 1 red…
It’s a sign of the times that we want everything lighter. Suitcases, tents, cameras, vacuum cleaners; but that philosophy should not apply to bakeware. What do I mean by ‘bakeware’? Well, that’s your loaf tins, your cake tins and your flat cookie sheets. If you have ever bought a baking tray from a Pound shop…
From Whole Foods Market Serves 8 These individual fruit tartlets are easy to eat out of hand, yet elegant enough for a special brunch. Ingredients 6 tablespoons cold, unsalted butter, cut into small cubes, plus more for the muffin tin 1 1/4 cups 100% whole wheat pastry flour, plus more for rolling dough…
This recipe for Palmiers is a real cheat’s recipe for presenting striking and delicious nibbles to go with cocktails. I have used Green Tomato & Espelette Chilli Marmalade here, but any of the savoury marmalades from the East India Company would work just as well. Hardly any effort for a great result. Palmiers are flaky cookies…
Pear and Almond Tart a simple but classic dessert for a dinner party or even afternoon tea. It makes an impressive centre-piece served whole at the end of a meal or cut into neat squares on a cake stand. Ingredients A roll of shop-bought good-quality shortcrust pastry 175g soft unsalted butter 170g caster sugar 3…
Eric Lanlard is a familiar face on TV (his Channel 4 series Glamour Puds was a sweet travelogue of patisseries) and he has a voice that reminds us of the reason that we, women at least, still feel that a French accent is charming and perhaps a little romantic. The reality is that you won’t…
From BBC Food This beetroot and Guinness cupcake recipe is deliciously moist. Ingredients 75g/2¾oz cocoa powder 175g/6oz plain flour 2 tsp baking powder 225g/8oz caster sugar 3 free-range eggs 225g/8oz cooked beetroot (no added vinegar) 100ml/3½fl oz Irish stout 100ml/3½fl oz corn oil For the cream cheese icing 200g/7oz unsalted butter, softened 200g/7oz…
Plum and Almond Tart is a simple dessert that works for a dinner party or for a less formal teatime treat. Plums are abundant but what do we do with them? This recipe uses uncooked fruit which is just cut in half and de-stoned. Use enough plum halves to cover your tart tin with at…
From BBC Food Give Lorraine Pascale’s super-quick canapés or an easy picnic snack a go today. Ingredients 500g/1lb 2oz ready-made puff pastry plain flour, for dusting 1 x 280g jar sun-dried tomatoes, drained and finely chopped few sprigs fresh rosemary, leaves only, finely chopped 1 free-range egg, lightly beaten Method Put the…
From Delia Smith This American idea for making a pie is blissfully easy – no baking tins and no lids to be cut, fitted and fluted. It looks very attractive because you can see the fruit inside and, because there is less pastry, it’s a little easier on the waistline. Serves 6 …
Anyone who loved the series Sweet Baby James (James Martin, that is) will be equally impressed by the companion book “Desserts”. In fact anyone who is a fan of this popular chef will want a copy. Sweet Baby James is considered by some to be the best of James Martin on TV. He has a…