This is a blast from the past for me; I baked this tart two years ago and somehow it slipped under the radar never managing to be published when quinces were in season for two years in a row. I am pleased to put this right today! [Read on...]
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and in particular the little pies on the cover. Using a 12 hole muffin tin they’re the dimensions of little pork pies and it amazes me it’s never occurred to me before to use the same tin for pies. [Read on...] 
Strawberry picking was a frequent activity in my childhood although collecting blackberries from the “wild” is a new experience. Walthamstow, an urban sprawl in East London, sits between a surprising amount of green space courtesy of the Lea Valley and Epping Forest. Criss crossing under the various railway lines that streak through Lea Valley’s [Read on...] 
Missing Danger Mouse was bad enough but being unable to discuss Grange Hill in the playground next morning was miserable; the nadir being missing Danny Kendall dying in Mr. Bronson’s car. [Read on...] 
This is an adaptation of Nigella’s Forever Summer “Summer Crumble”. I’ve simply lifted her apricot crumble out of the dessert dish and into a pastry case. [Read on...] 
Pasta frolla is versatile: it provides the base to make crostata with fruit preserves, pastry cream, fresh fruit, ricotta, and other ingredients, and, by itself, it makes very nice cookies. [Read on...] 
Spar was the local supermarket on the Midland’s council estate where I spent my teenage years. With humming fridges and strip lighting, it sold things like Vesta curries and crusty rolls in a giant plastic tube with a hole at the bottom from which you pulled your bread before decanting it into a polythene [Read on...] 
I am fond of the word “quiche” as my Grandma Kitty used to remind me of an occasion when I embarassed her in Nuneaton’s Attleborough Co-op in around 1985: Grandma at deli counter: “I’ll have some of that quit-chee please” My 11 year old self: “Grandma! It’s keeeesch!” [Read on...] 
My grandmother always made dozens of mince pies at Christmas. She used to mix her pastry with orange juice instead of water. Today I bring you the second of three mincemeat recipes featured this month but the only one which could be called a mince pie. [Read on...] 
This is ridiculously easy. In fact I may boast that I have discovered the Holy Grail: a cooked pudding that is respectable enough to serve to guests, very easy to make, not that high in calories, includes real fruit, can be prepared in advance etc etc… It is very quick. My tribute to “Nigella [Read on...] 
The perfect Saint Patrick’s Day recipe: Rachel Allen’s Beef, Guinness and Anchovy Pie Fourth installment of my series of five “Bake” by Rachel Allen recipes. Today I have made her Beef, Stout and Anchovy Pie with hot water pastry crust in honour of my fifth wedding anniversary. We’re not big Guinness drinkers so I [Read on...] |
 
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