Spotted Dick – School Dinners Memories is a suet pudding dotted with currants. A dense, hearty and very filling dessert it is served with custard. Wonderful!
Stove top recipes
Recipes such as jams, pancakes, possets, where they are cooked on the stove top
Homemade Raspberry Ruffles
Homemade Raspberry Ruffles are simple to make and they taste just like the shop bought version, a sweet coconut and raspberry filling coated in dark chocolate.
Perfect Risotto – Pea & Bacon Risotto
An easy to make dinner. Perfect Risotto – Pea & Bacon Risotto is a creamy and flavoursome dinner with peas and bacon to complement the succulent swollen rice.
Hearty Winter Soup, Vegan or Non-Vegan
Stacked full of root vegetables with some dried pulses this Hearty Winter Soup is vegan. But adding gammon tn the soup provides great tasting ham for later.
Beef Stroganoff – Quick & Easy
Beef Stroganoff, tender strips of beef with mushrooms and onions in a sweet and creamy sauce is based on a traditional Russian dish. Perfect with rice or pasta
Caponata – A Sicilian Favourite
A favourite Sicilian dish, Caponata is aubergine(eggplant) fried and added into a medley of other vegetables with a sweet and sour element which tastes so good.
Polar Bread – Swedish Griddle Bread
I saw a lovely recipe on The Bread Kitchen that I have enjoyed for many years. That is by Titli Nihaan who really does a great job with her recipes. This particular one, for Polar Bread is one that I have wanted to try for quite some time. Though the recipe was posted a good […]
Welsh Cakes – A Griddle Cake
Welsh Cakes are a traditional griddle cake, made all over Wales. These cakes were often taken to work by the coal miners as a sweet treat as part of their lunch. These lovely griddle cakes, which are also known as Bakestones, are very easy to make and a truly authentic recipe is difficult to define […]
Orange Curd – Quick & Easy
A wonderfully fruity orange curd. So smooth and creamy on the palate. A great alternative to lemon curd. Having recently made Seville Orange Marmalade I thought it might be good to make some Orange Curd too. Lemon curd is very popular and is widely available in stores. However it is not usual to see orange […]
Scotch Pancakes – Drop Scones, with Bananas & Butterscotch Sauce
Scotch Pancakes, simple to make but oh so tasty when served with bananas and sweet butterscotch sauce. As the third type of pancake for Pancake Day/Shrove Tuesday, I decided upon Scotch Pancakes, also knows as Drop Scones. These are similar to the pancakes which are so popular in North America. They are very simple to […]