I’m a big fan of food with alcohol in it and since it’s the 4th of July, I decided to whip up a Chocolate Bourbon Milkshake. This was also an attempt to use up my never ending bottle of Jack Daniels (though technically its a Tennessee Whisky not a Bourbon!). This is by no means…
Category: Recipes
Danish Apple Cake
As usual I had excessively overestimated how many apples we would actually eat last week (answer is none by the way!). So when faced with a pile of them I decided to make this really easy Danish Apple Cake, which also ties in well with the fact Copenhagen is the host city for this years…
Lamb Dhansak
The other evening Stuart and I caught a bit of Mary Berry Cooks in which she was whipping up a very tasty looking Lamb Dhansak. Curries are something we like to eat but don’t cook enough off at home, so we thought we would give Mary’s Dhansak a try. A Dhansak is usually a mild…
Irish Soda Farls
Since tomorrow is St Patricks Day I thought I better whip up something for the occasion. I choose Soda Bread, or Soda Farls to the Northern Irish amongst us. Soda Farls are great to eat fresh from the griddle slathered in butter, toasted and slathered in butter, or fried… in butter (you can see a…
Pancake Day Crepe Cake
Happy Pancake Day! I do love pancakes; they are a kind of staple in our house. From American Fluffy ones for a weekend lazy brunch or a French crepe for a evening meal stuffed with something tasty, or even just with a squeeze of lemon. For this pancake day though I decided to do something…
Chocolate Chip Shortbread
I do like to have a biscuit with my morning cuppa, but quite often it just tends to be something plain, like a Digestive or a Rich Tea. I decided this week I needed something different, and so threw together this batch of Chocolate Chip Shortbread. Chocolate Chip Shortbread (Makes approx. 16 pieces) Ingredients 250g…
Pasteis de Nata
Writing up my posts on Porto and Lisbon has made me crave some Pasteis de Nata. What is better than some warm custardy, pastry goodness on a cold wet winters day like today! When we were in Portugal during the summer they became my staple breakfast food from a local cafe, a coffee and a…
Nutella and Banana Smoothie
Happy World Nutella Day! Nutella is truly worthy of a day dedicated to it, though I certainly don’t need a special day to have an excuse to tuck into some! However, there is no better way to start such a today than to have a Nutella and Banana Smoothie. Not exactly healthy, but definitely tasty!…
Cranachan
No Burns Feast can be complete without Cranachan. I made this using some raspberries I picked during the summer (and froze!) from Stuart’s Dad’s garden near Stirling, so these are truly Scottish Raspberries! Cranachan requires whisky so a choice needs to be made about which one to use. As with the Whisky Sauce, this is…
Burns Night Whisky Sauce
I hope everyone got into the swing of Rabbie Burns and feasted well on haggis and whisky! Whilst haggis is consumed in this household at any point in the year, Burns Night always sees us tucking into the full shebang of haggis, neeps and tatties (real for him, veggie for me!) and this year I…
Queen of Everything 