Doesn’t this photo just say it all. Summer on a plate. I defy anyone not to dive in when a platter of these makes its appearance at any summer party. I can barely believe that these were an afterthought. They were the leftovers from a batch of puff pastry I made [...]

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There are a few things that come to mind as quintessentially British summer: Pimms, a maximum of 3 days of actual summer, a rained out Wimbledon championship, and of course strawberries. Well we’ve now had two hot days in a row which may have broken some sort of English record, and with local [...]

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Sift together

1 cup of organic plain (all purpose or cake) flour
1 T of vanilla caster sugar
1teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
1 1/2 teaspoons cream of tartar

Drop into the centre

One large organic egg

With a wooden spoon slowly beat in

1 1/4 cups (185mls) of buttermilk
30g of butter, melted
1/2 teaspoon of orange blossom water

Heat your griddle pan and cook [...]

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Buying gifts for cooks is always an easy thing to do. You can never have too many kitchen gadgets, or too large a kitchen for that matter. Lately I’ve been incredibly lucky on the kitchen gift front and this morning I put one of those gorgeous gifts to good use. On a [...]

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Don’t even bother with this if strawberries are imported or out of season. The recipe is so simple that it relies on the unadulterated taste of perfect summer strawberries and fresh farm cream.
500g Fresh Strawberries
250g caster sugar
Juice and zest of i organic, unwaxed lemon
150-300ml double or whipping cream
Wash and hull the strawberries and liquidize them [...]

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