This recipe uses vanilla bean sugar and is made in a food processor. The end result is a shortbread with a light, ‘fluffy’ texture rather than a chewy biscuity one. Click here for: Blog post – Shortbread – With Vanilla Bean Sugar!
Homemade Scones – With Jam and Fresh Cream
My mother, Olive, would make scones reasonably often. She used the “old fashioned” way of rubbing butter into the flour and she used to cook them in her wood-fired cast iron stove! For the recipe, click here – Scones, Jam and Cream
George’s Meat and Vegetable Soup – A Family Standard
For as long as I could remember, George would cook up something on a rainy day. If there was a surfeit of vegetables around he would make a batch of his soup! For the recipe, click here – Soup and Sand Wedges
Chilli Jam – A Spicy Standby!
Use as an ingredient or slather over eggs, bacon, stir fries, Asian dishes and even pizzas and pasta! Click here for: Blog post – Chilli Jam
Flavoured Oils – Add a bit of zing!
Flavoured oils are simple to make. Use them to splash or drizzle over pizzas, pasta, salads, eggs or whatever takes your fancy! Click here for: Blog post – Made At Home – No. 4
Dill Pickles – Quick, easy and fresh!
The key ingredient is the dill seed, not the green herby part. Pickling is so easy and so rewarding. Tracking down dill seed is the hard part! Click here for: Blog post – Made At Home – No. 3 Recipe pdf – Dill Pickles
Harissa – Hot, hot, hot!
Made from chilli and coriander, this extremely hot, garlicky sauce is very more-ish, even addictive, but should be used sparingly! Click here for: Blog post – Made At Home – No. 2 Recipe pdf – Harissa
Aromatic Salt – With Herbs!
Fill a salt grinder with rock salt or salt flakes and add whatever herbs and aromatics you have on hand. Click here for: Blog post – Made At Home – No. 1
Marinated Feta – Or Goat’s Cheese!
Jars of marinated feta and goat’s cheese can be bought in good food stores, but they are easy to produce at home. Click here for: Blog post – Made At Home – No. 1
Moroccan Preserved Lemons – Robert Carrier!
Preserved lemons are easy to make at home with the addition of just salt, lemon juice and water. Click here for: Blog post – Made At Home – No. 1 Recipe pdf – Preserved Lemons
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