Bread
Pumpkin & Olive bread»
I’m currently munching my way through a selection of English biscuits (all the Christmas biscuits were eaten a long time ago!) with the obligatory cup of tea to dunk them into. I haven’t stopped eating since I arrived yesterday. It began when I stepped off the Eurostar at Waterloo station. I headed off to the [...]
Savoury
Beer smelling tamagotchi»
Last week I started to dabble in with sourdough. I got a crash course in sourdough bread baking but was still a little dubious as my track record with looking after living things isn’t that great. Maintaining a starter felt all too much like having to take care of a plant or a beer smelling [...]
Dessert
Petits pots à la confiture de lait»
For some reason the custard set in different ‘caramel’ shades, don’t ask me why.
Don’t you hate those recipes which only need either egg yolks or egg whites? Well I had this problem with the marshmallows. So I had to come up with something which used the egg yolks. A dessert with a crème anglaise/custard [...]
Dulce de leche
Dulce de leche brioche buns»
The season of all things open air is in full fling in Paris. With Paris beach (don’t laugh , it’s quite cool with palm trees and some sand. It’s not a bad attempt), cinema, concerts, dancing along the Seine and of course the most important the PICNICS.
I’ve been wanting to make this recipe for a [...]
