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Haslet is an old fashioned but much-loved English pork meatloaf flavoured with sage and onion. It’s usually served cold in sandwiches, with pickles, or salad. Great fried until golden brown and eaten as part of a cooked breakfast too. These days, it’s less common to …Read more
Fruit Soda Bread is a quick and easy teatime treat or snack. I love slices of this soft and light loaf spread with butter and sometimes jam too. With no yeast, no proving, and no kneading, you can put it together in less than 10 …Read more
Cheese Soda Bread, with no kneading, proving time or yeast required, is a super-quick, soft, and moist cheesy loaf. It’ll take you less than 10 minutes to put together and bakes in half an hour. If you’ve never made soda bread before, or if you’ve …Read more
Coconut Cake is an indulgent treat that’s so easy to make. Two layers of coconutty, moist sponge cake sandwiched and covered in a rich coconut buttercream icing. Perfect with a cuppa, as part of an afternoon tea or a dessert, I think this gorgeous cake …Read more
Homemade Oven Chips, crispy and moreish, are so easy. Whether you like classic straight, or crinkle cut, my fool proof recipe will give you crispy oven chips every time. Costing less than most store-bought chips and fries, and using less oil than the deep-fried version, …Read more
Homemade Malt Loaf, despite its name, is a traditional British favourite that’s a type of teatime cake. With a gloriously sticky texture, the rich, dark loaf is packed with juicy raisins and has the intriguing flavour of malt extract. So easy to make, Malt Loaf …Read more
Homemade Potted Beef is a traditional British food that’s so simple you won’t believe how delicious it is. All you need to make it are diced beef, butter, salt, pepper, and a little beef stock. The seasoned, diced beef is slowly cooked with butter and …Read more
Artichoke Spread, made using a jar of chargrilled artichokes, is an easy treat to make at home. Enjoy it bruschetta-style on toasted Italian bread or dipped into with raw veggies. With the pungent flavours of garlic, lemon, fresh mint, plus optional red pepper flakes or …Read more
Savoury biscuits and crackers, for cheese or other tasty toppings, are easy to make at home. And with so many shop-bought packets containing environmentally disastrous palm oil, being able to rustle up your own biscuits and crackers is a real boon. Perfect with a snack …Read more
Sesame Crackers, thin, crispy, with lots of earthy sesame flavour, are unbelievably easy to make at home. I love to scoop up dips like hummus and baba ganoush with them. But the crackers are just as good with cheese or peanut butter. So tasty, you …Read more
Victoria Sponge Cake is a British classic. And with good reason, I think. Because there’s something so satisfying about its combination of simple flavours. Buttery sponge cakes sandwiched with fruity jam and, in my version, plenty of buttercream with a hint of vanilla. A good …Read more
Potato Focaccia is a beautifully moist and tasty version of the classic Italian flatbread. Although you might not guess it was there, grated potato adds complexity of flavour and wonderful texture. The crust is appetizingly dark golden brown. Inside you’ll find a springy, open, and …Read more
This Picnic Pie will look so impressive when you unwrap and cut into it at your outdoor feast. With its glazed shortcrust pastry and richly savoury filling of sausage meat, apples and onions, it’s bound to be the star of the show. But what your …Read more
Hot Cross Scones are a quick and easy, light, and fluffy alternative to hot cross buns. Full of spice and dried fruit, you can be enjoying this easy twist on traditional sultana scones in around thirty minutes. Eat the scones while still warm, split and …Read more
Roasted Red Pepper Hummus is a smoky, spicier take on traditional hummus. It still has the classic ingredients of chickpeas, tahini, garlic, and lemon. But the earthy original is given a lightly sweet and smoky edge with roasted red pepper and Spanish paprika. For extra …Read more
Orange Shortbread Biscuits, light, buttery, and with a hint of citrus, are an absolute delight. Enjoy them with a cuppa or as a crunchy accompaniment to desserts like panna cotta and ice cream. Or make as a welcome gift. So easy, you just whizz up the …Read more
Cheese & Chive Pancakes, a savoury version of Scotch pancakes or drop scones, make a great breakfast, lunch, or snack. The simple batter of flour, milk and an egg plus mature Cheddar, Parmesan and fresh chives, is whisked together in seconds. Drop spoonfuls onto a …Read more
Ginger Oat Biscuits are crispy, crunchy, sweet, and buttery, with the warmly spicy flavour of both ground ginger and stem ginger. A cousin of digestive biscuits, the combination of oats and wholemeal flour gives a lovely rustic texture. Neither hard like traditional ginger nuts, nor soft …Read more
Cheese, Chorizo & Chive Scones are the latest incarnation of my popular light and fluffy cheese scones. Like the original Very Cheesy Cheese Scones, there’s plenty of tangy Cheddar in there. But a generous amount of smoky chorizo plus fresh chives means these are packed …Read more
Baked Oat Pudding with Apple & Cinnamon is a super easy dessert with a taste and soft texture you’ll love. It combines rolled oats, grated apple, optional sultanas, brown sugar and cinnamon with milk, eggs, melted butter and a touch of vanilla. The result is …Read more
Rye, Spelt & Sesame Crackers are crispy and crunchy, with an earthy, nutty flavour. With no yeast, no kneading, and no proofing, these easy homemade crackers are ready to eat in little more than half an hour. With rye, spelt and white flours plus sesame seeds, …Read more
Cheese, Smoky Bacon & Spring Onion Scones take the classic cheese scone to a new level. Light and fluffy, they have a generous amount of cheese plus nuggets of smoky bacon and savoury spring onion flavour. Eat warm with butter as a snack, for afternoon …Read more
Flaky Cheese Crackers are a melt-in-the-mouth snack and are perfect as a nibble with drinks. Layers of light, cheesy pastry are created by a simple technique of folding grated cheese into rolled out, buttery dough. Cut into whatever shapes you like, brush with beaten egg and …Read more
Mincemeat Christmas Tree is a stunning looking but deceptively simple tear and share bread. With fruity mincemeat between layers of lightly sweet, buttery dough, it’s a great alternative to mince pies. Made using my overnight, no-knead bread method it’s really simple too. Bake in just …Read more
Potted Cheese is an easy, no-cook, traditional British cheese spread that’s perfect on crackers, biscuits, crusty bread or toast. Cheese and butter are simply combined with your choice of herbs and spices plus a touch of booze. You can make it with a single cheese …Read more