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Continue reading →: Cornish Saffron Buns
500g (1lb) strong plain flour ½ level tsp salt 1 large pinch, saffron strands 60g (2oz) butter 60g (2oz) lard 90g (3oz) caster sugar 7g sachet fast-action dried yeast 200g (7oz) currants 1 large egg 100ml (3½fl oz) milk, lukewarm Large baking sheet, buttered Place the strands of saffron…
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Continue reading →: Parmesan-roasted Cauliflower
1 large head cauliflower 3 tbs olive oil salt and pepper 2oz freshly grated Parmesan cheese 2oz freshly grated Gruyere cheese Method Preheat oven to 350F/175C. Remove the outer green leaves from the cauliflower and cut the head into florets. Place the florets on a sheet pan. Drizzle with the…
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Continue reading →: Crafting update
I hope you can see these okay – basically the blue triangle around the border are about half done (the inner ones I have 4 more to do and that will be the inner border done and I am half way around the ones on the outer border), this week…
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Continue reading →: Chicken Donburi
8 boneless, skinless chicken thighs 1 medium leek, trimmed 2 spring onions, trimmed 1.5 litres Dashi stock 1 tsp sugar 2 tbs soy sauce 1 tbs Sake 1 tbs Mirin 4 eggs, beaten pinch of salt 300g Japanese rice for serving Japanese Sansho pepper 1 small sheet of Nori, finely…
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Continue reading →: Alphabet Soup Challenge
A – As Gouda as Dead B – Bedevilled Eggs – read C – Cross Bones D – Death Comes to Pemberley E – Eggs in a Casket F – Fatal Voyage G – Grave Secrets H – The Homemaker I – If Hooks Could Kill J – The Joy…
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Continue reading →: Golden-glazed carrot, mushroom & hazelnut tart
3 carrots, peeled and cut in half lengthways, or about 10 baby carrots left whole 2 tsp olive oil 1 tbsp maple syrup 15 x 12cm rectangle of all-butter puff pastry from a 320g roll 1 banana shallot or 2 normal shallots, very finely diced small knob of butter 140g…
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Continue reading →: Christmas veggie Wellington
Ingredients For the filling 60g/2oz basmati rice, cooked according to the packet instructions pinch turmeric 1 lemon, zest only 1 onion, finely chopped 600g/1lb 5oz brown cap mushrooms, sliced 50g/2oz butter, melted 1 tbsp chopped fresh parsley 1 tbsp chopped fresh tarragon 1 tbsp dried cranberries 2 free-range eggs, hard-boiled,…
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Continue reading →: Alphabet Soup Reading Challenge and plans for 2015
Okay first off my plans for 2015 1. Save at least £215 in my NISA 2. Save at least £215 in general savings 3. Pay off at least £1k 4. Read 215 books 5. Read first 10 Kathy Reichs books 6. Finish 2 colours on tapestry (at least!) 7. Stitch…
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Continue reading →: Quick needlepoint update
Okay maybe not the best shots in the world! But I hope people can see that I ahve started working on the ighter blue colour, basically I am working on the triangles coming down into the bottom border, I would like to get all the blue (apart from the "splodges"…
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Continue reading →: Gluten Free Chocolate Brownies
100g Butter 150g Chocolate 100g Self Raising Flour Blend 200g Sugar 3 Eggs Set the oven to 180C/Fan 160C/350F/Gas 4 Beat the eggs together then mix in the sugar and flour. Gently melt together the butter and the chocolate, then stir this into the egg mixture. Pour into 150x200mm/6×8" oiled…
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