It’s getting to that time of year again where a nice warming bowl of porridge in the morning is just the ticket. For the last few years I’ve been making it in the slow cooker so it’s all ready to be eaten the minute I wake up. Read the rest of this entry »
Victoria plum and rum jam
On September - 6 - 2010View Comments
As I have said before on this blog, I am going through a jam making obsession right now and so far my shelves are stocked with strawberry jam, plum and brandy jam, lemon curd and my very latest concoction; plum and rum jam which (to deal with my plum glut). Read the rest of this entry »
Stewed Victoria plums with port and spices
On September - 5 - 2010View Comments
After I had a glut of plums this September I decided I’d stew some up for the freezer to have over ice-cream in the winter. Usually I stew them for a long time then blend them to make a sauce but this year I decided to keep them reasonable whole for a chunkier bite. Read the rest of this entry »
Quest for the perfect homemade chocolate – Stripes
On September - 2 - 2010View Comments
I nipped into Tesco on my way home this evening and picked up some white, milk and plain chocolate to test out my new silicon chocolate moulds.
I’d already decided I wanted striped chocolates so first off I melted the white and carefully spooned it into each mould to fill up about 1/3. Read the rest of this entry »
Grown up sloe gin and blackberry jelly
On August - 31 - 2010View Comments
I threw a dinner part last week and for the pudding I was wanting to make champagne and raspberry jelly. As there was a driver I scrubbed that idea but since the weekend I’ve been wanting to try it.
Today I found a recipe on the BBC site for sloe gin and blackberry jelly which I read and adapted for my own tastes with pretty darn good results! Read the rest of this entry »
Blackberry, chocolate and choc chip muffins
On August - 22 - 2010View Comments
After a Saturday rummaging around in bushes with a friend I had a fair sized (and pretty early) crop of blackberries in my house today. Most got frozen for later but I decided the others called for being made into muffins. Read the rest of this entry »
Chocolate and Ginger / Fudge and Walnut Chocolates
On August - 22 - 2010View Comments
For a friends Hen night a few weeks ago I decided that as were all having a pamper day in a hotel it would be a nice tough to take some handmade chocs. As I’d left it too late to do my soft ganache centred ones I had to improvise! Read the rest of this entry »
