Posts Tagged “baking”

Sun-dried Tomato and Rosemary Palmiers

Sun-dried Tomato and Rosemary Palmiers

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…

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Spiced Chocolate Pecan Pie

Spiced Chocolate Pecan Pie

From Sainsbury’s A chocolate pud as featured in Sainsbury’s Magazine. Serves: 8 Preparation time: 20 Minutes Cooking time: 60 Minutes   Ingredients 1 x 375g pack dessert pastry flour, for rolling out 150g dark chocolate (about 70% cocoa solids), broken into pieces 50g butter, cubed a pinch of ground cinnamon a pinch of ground cloves…

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Spiced Pear Bread and Butter Pudding

Spiced Pear Bread and Butter Pudding

From Sainsbury’s   Sweet pears sandwiched between slices of bread, covered in creamy homemade custard and baked to perfection.   Serves: 8 Preparation time: 35 Minutes Cooking time: 35 Minutes   Ingredients: 60g unsalted butter 6-8 slices white bread, crusts removed 4 tablespoons mincemeat 4 ripe red pears, cored & thickly sliced 25g caster sugar…

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Cherry Mince Pies

Cherry Mince Pies

From Sainsbury’s Mince pies topped with meringue and marachino cherries   Serves: 12 Preparation time: 20 Minutes Cooking time: 23 Minutes   Ingredients 125g shortcrust pastry 175g mincemeat 60g marachino cherries, drained and quartered 1 teaspoon lemon juice 1 medium size egg white 50g caster sugar   Method Roll out the pastry thinly on a…

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The Bread Book

The Bread Book

60 artisanal recipes for the home baker, from the author of The Larousse Book of Bread. The Bread Book bread-making masterclass for home bakers, featuring traditional, satisfying breads, loaves, and rolls made from a range of flours, including gluten-free varieties. In The Bread Book, Éric Kayser – founder of the legendary French bakery Maison Kayser and…

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New European Baking

New European Baking

99 Recipes for Breads, Brioches and Pastries. It’s been a good couple of years for baking. The outside world has gone mad, but we have discovered we have a haven of tranquillity and delicious nostalgia in our own kitchens. New European Baking: 99 Recipes for Breads, Brioches and Pastries offers a taste of gentler times….

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The Hairy Bikers’ Brilliant Bakes

The Hairy Bikers’ Brilliant Bakes

Sweet and Savoury Treats. Baking has really taken off. The Lockdown gave people time to have a go at kitchen pursuits, and they realised they could actually do it. So, all you need are some tempting recipes. The Hairy Bikers’ Brilliant Bakes is a book full of ideas. The recipes here are sensible. Nothing is…

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Nielsen-Massey’s Vanilla Extract

Nielsen-Massey’s Vanilla Extract

A drop elevates. There is no pleasure greater than baking. Tempting aromas fill one’s home. Even a simple cake speaks of old-fashioned comfort. Not too many ingredients but they must be of the best quality. Vanilla Extract from Nielsen-Massey is flavourful and convenient. Nielsen-Massey’s Vanilla Extract is ubiquitous in every serious baker’s larder. It’s versatile,…

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KitchenCraft Stainless Steel Nutmeg and Spice Grater

KitchenCraft Stainless Steel Nutmeg and Spice Grater

For any keen baker. It’s that time of year again. Many people celebrate Easter, which is marked by Hot Cross Buns. Mother’s Day has traditional simnel cakes. Spring is the nutmeg season so a nutmeg grater would be a welcome gift for any keen baker. Aromatic nutmeg is the spice from the nutmeg tree. The…

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Burpee – Grow Your Own Picnic

Burpee – Grow Your Own Picnic

It is that time of year when we are all enjoying the great outdoors, which must mean tucking in to picnics with gusto too … hurray!  And as the mode du jour for 2021 is bringing the inside out…it is not only food that we can grow for our dining table in the sun, but…

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Alzheimer’s Society’s Cupcake Day

Alzheimer’s Society’s Cupcake Day

Why?: Alzheimer’s Society’s Cupcake Day is back for its sixth year running, so it’s time to heat up your ovens, grab the over ripe bananas and get involved on the 17 June 2021. 2020 has seen a huge rise in baking. With more time being spent at home, lots of us have been practicing our…

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Fortnum & Mason: Time for Tea

Fortnum & Mason: Time for Tea

Fortnum & Mason is an institution in one of the best neighbourhoods of London. It is a food emporium which, in my opinion, compares favourably with other such establishments. It has been around for almost as long as we have been drinking tea in Europe. This delightful book is written by award-winning food writer Tom…

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Burpee – Courgettes … Sow Now, Scones Later

Burpee – Courgettes … Sow Now, Scones Later

The Burpee Seeds Europe team know a ‘Sure Thing’ when they breed it!  This green, tasty,  nutrient-packed joystick of a veggie can be ready to harvest just 48 days from sowing!  So sow now and scoff later when you enjoy some beautiful scones with a cuppa in the garden this summer! Courgette ‘Sure Thing’ This…

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Pie Academy

Pie Academy

Master the Perfect Crust and 255 Amazing Fillings, with Fruits, Nuts, Creams, Custards, Ice Cream, and More; Expert Techniques for Making Fabulous Pies from Scratch is the descriptive subtitle. In Short its Pie Academy! Pie Academy is a worthy tome which will bring joy to the hearts of all home bakers. Author Ken Haedrich has…

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Lewis and Baker Traybakes – A WINNER

Lewis and Baker Traybakes – A WINNER

Winner – Food Gift 2020 It’s been a funny old year and that unpleasant strangeness will likely last till Easter. Christmas won’t be the usual affair and those hastily-planned new arrangements might now have to include gifts ordered online. Food lovers will be glad to hear that the pressie under the tree need not be…

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Baking at the 20th Century Café

Baking at the 20th Century Café

Iconic European Desserts from Linzer Torte to Honey Cake This book can’t fail! Baking at the 20th Century Café: Iconic European Desserts from Linzer Torte to Honey Cake is the book for which many of us have been waiting. If food lovers have visited either Vienna, Budapest or Prague they would have had not only…

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Cook Up A Winner With Tomato Nagina with Burpee

Cook Up A Winner With Tomato Nagina with Burpee

Let your Guy Fawkes Night go with a tasty bang of flavour this year by cooking yourself this Catherine Wheel of deliciousness! Grow these flavourful Nigina tomatoes from Burpee. We will all certainly be getting cosy at home this November 5th, so whether you are having an indoor firework retro treat (we know we are!)…

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Lapsang Souchong Mustard, Cheese and Red Onion Meringue Tart – recipe

Lapsang Souchong Mustard, Cheese and Red Onion Meringue Tart – recipe

This Mustard, Cheese and Red Onion Meringue Tart makes use of a mustard made with tea! It was the Portuguese Princess Catherine who, in 1662, brought Lapsang Souchong tea to England. Her passion for Lapsang Souchong helped to promote the tea in her new home, where the drink became fashionable. The East India Company’s Lapsang…

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How to raise a loaf and fall in love with sourdough

How to raise a loaf and fall in love with sourdough

Has it something to do with the lockdown? Seems like everybody is baking and a few are showing off their latest sourdough loaf. There is no need to feel left behind as How to raise a loaf and fall in love with sourdough is a book penned to give assistance to the novice who might…

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Market Kitchen Cookbook – review

Market Kitchen Cookbook – review

If you are an avid UK food TV viewer then you will no doubt have watched Market Kitchen. It’s the food magazine programme that took the place of the dearly-missed Good Food Live. It’s a popular hour-long show reflecting recipes for fresh, seasonal produce. Its ever-changing cast of guests helps to keep the audience returning…

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