For this week’s Short and Tweet challenge, we were given a plethora of picnic breads from Dan Lepard’s “Short and Sweet” to choose from. As my store cupboard overfloweth at the moment, I am currently on a bit of a ‘use up’ mission. Therefore I was pretty chuffed to find that I could make both … Continue reading »
Another day, another baking challenge. This is my first entry for “Tea Time Treats,” a monthly baking challenge co-hosted by the blogging duo of ‘Lavender and Lovage’ and ‘What Kate Baked’. The theme they have set for this month’s challenge is to bake scones of either the sweet or savoury variety. Now, I love a … Continue reading »
This is my first entry for Belleau Kitchen’s monthly Random Recipe Challenge, a little gem of an idea that gets cooks making recipes they may not normally consider. The rules for this month’s challenge were as follows (quoting Dom from Belleau Kitchen): count your cookbooks from left to right and stop at number 17 randomly … Continue reading »
This week’s Short and Tweet Challenge was to make Dan Lepard’s catchily named ‘Light spelt rough puff pastry’ from “Short and Sweet” plus the associated savoury tarts (made with said pastry). I must admit my heart didn’t leap when I saw this listed on the S&T schedule. Although I like puff pastry, when I used … Continue reading »
Last week me and my OH were on holiday in Franschhoek, an area of South Africa renowned for its fine food and wine. In between copious meals out and wine tastings, we did manage to squeeze in a little activity (albeit food related) in the form of a bread making course at the gorgeous Bread … Continue reading »
My Short and Tweet post is early this week as I am off on my hols. Five whole days in the beautiful vineyards of Franschhoek – fine wine, fine food and a chance to dabble in a little bread making to boot – it really is one of my favourite places in South Africa. Anyway, … Continue reading »
This week I belatedly discovered the Weekly Bake Off. For those not in the know, @WeeklyBakeOff has set herself the challenge of baking her way through Mary Berry’s “100 Cakes and Bakes.” To inject a bit of light hearted competitiveness into proceedings, each week she selects a recipe from the book and invites fellow bakers … Continue reading »
I was delighted to see Dan Lepard’s “Mini Coffee Paris-Brest” included on this week’s schedule for Short and Tweet, as it is one of those recipes that had beguiled me with its presence ever since I received my copy of “Short and Sweet.” I love anything coffee flavoured (except, bizarrely, the drink itself) and a … Continue reading »
