Whether you’re picking them from a garden or buying them in the shops and markets, this is a wonderful time for summer fruits. Cherries, strawberries, raspberries, gooseberries and currants, they’re all fresh and ripe around now. Continue reading
Category Archives: Desserts, cakes and biscuits
Chocolate and Raspberry Refrigerator Cookies
These two-bite-sized biscuits are so moreish and versatile. The dough will keep in the fridge for up to two weeks, so you can slice and bake them whenever the craving strikes. Eat them for elevenses or if you’re feeling particularly decadent, sandwich them with ice cream. Continue reading
Lemon, Ginger and Honey Cake
I can’t stop eating this cake, I’ve had to put it into isolation in another room. I’m a sucker for anything containing lemon, and if you add in ginger and honey I’m in heaven. The smell alone is enough to make my mouth water. Continue reading
Coconut and Lime Buns
Buns, fairy cakes, cupcakes, call them what you will, these little coconut cakes are deliciously light to eat and bright with citrus. Continue reading
Chocolate and Orange Marble Cake
This is actually a chocolate and orange marbled drizzle cake but that made for an unwieldy title. It is a beautiful bake, though, with a very citrusy flavour and good texture. Continue reading
Ricciarelli
This recipe comes with a health warning. Ricciarelli are addictive. These almond cookies are crisp on the outside, chewy in the middle and have a delicate whiff of citrus. Continue reading
Christmas Spiced Biscotti
These biscuits make a great edible gift and they’re lovely dipped into a glass of vin santo or another sweet dessert wine. Dunk them into tea or coffee if you like. An Italian chef I met in Tuscany would give you a sharp rap on the knuckles for that but it’s your house, your rules. Continue reading
Candied Orange Peel, Chocolate Optional
Hands up, who eats oranges and throws away the peel? That’d be me, most of the time, and what a waste it is. I was prepping fruit for a salad the other day and my natural thriftiness, I’m happy to say, got the better of me so I made these. Continue reading
Mince Pies with Hazelnut Frangipane
I’m not going to mention the C-word. I’d quite like the leisure to enjoy autumn before getting into all that winter malarkey, but scarily there are only 12 weeks to go. As I keep seeing pictures on social media of shop-bought mince pies I thought it might be a good time to share this recipe.
Sue’s Honey and Fig Cheesecake
Anyone who loves cookware will probably already be aware of Netherton Foundry. Even if the name isn’t familiar, UK readers will almost certainly have seen their pans featured in food shoots, most recently Nigel Slater’s devilled crab recipe in The Observer Magazine. Continue reading