For all of my endless experimenting with new recipes, I alway come back to the same biscuit recipe; This dough holds the ideal balance between minimising spreading, and retaining a…
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Once the New Year celebrations have died down, the next event on my annual calendar is marmalade season. Seville oranges are perfectly suited to the task, as the flavours are fantastically…
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It’s Thanksgiving time again, so it’s time to get out the American recipes and have another go at them! Here’s my take on the classic pecan pie. This version includes…
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The British Christmas cake is not a recipe that you would typically make at any other time of year. For the uninitiated, it’s very much a seasonal treat, that contains…
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My children were both born in America, which means that we’ve been able to legitimately appropriate some wonderful new holidays into our annual calendar. Independence day is a confusing one……
To be honest, I’m not a huge fan of the traditional apple pie. The shortcrust pastry can be dense and cloying, and the apple filling prone to being thick and…