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Frangipane tart is a classic french dessert. Here I have made it gluten free using my gluten free pastry recipe. The almond paste filling can be used with any fresh fruit and you can let your creative juices flow with how you want to arrange your fruit pieces.
Quick and easy dinner with a delicious saucy base. Grab some dried pasta, a spare pumpkin (butternut or buttercup is best) and some fresh sage and get cooking with is epic crowd pleaser of a dish. Vegetarian and big enough to feed a small crowd you can even split the mixture into two oven dishes to eat one for tonight’s dinner and freeze the other for another day.
Using up a glut of spring onions or scallions is easy when you have this recipe up your sleeve. Quick and easy as well as tasty, these spring onion flatbreads make a great snack on their own or as a side dish alongside your next favourite curry or saucy dish for dinner.
Use up a good amount of courgettes by making this moist delicious chocolate cake. A cup of blueberries gives a juicy burst of fruitiness as you indulge in an alternative take on the classic decadent chocolate cake. Try it next time you have a glut of courgettes and few blueberries in the freezer to get rid of.
Simple yet satisfying banana loaf. A great take on a somewhat classic tea cake. This recipe I make on a regular basis and freeze single serve portions to add as a lunchbox treat. An excellent recipe to use up any really ripe bananas you have on hand.
A walnut torte that is light and fluffy and can be made gluten free. A great way to use up excess walnuts this walnut torte is fantastic alongside a cup of tea. I like mine with just a dusting of icing sugar but feel free to add a dollop of cream and side of berries to fancy up this little treat with a bit of pizazz.
Super simple yet deliciously satisfying these apple turnovers using puff pastry contain a lot of nostalgia for me. Sweet and crisp stewed apples with a dash of cinnamon (or pumpkin spice) and a handful of sultanas make these hand pies easy to make and easy to devour over and over and over again. A fine reason to keep a packet of ready rolled puff pastry in the freezer at all times.
This apple and blackberry slump is a great, quick and easy after dinner treat. Perfect with a quinelle of freshly whipped cream or ice cream, this is a dessert best eaten steaming hot and straight out of the oven. Here I show you how to make one portion for now and a portion for later or as a freezer meal which is great for when you need something sweet to treat any unexpected house guests.
These sourdough rolls are perfectly sized slider rolls but can easily be used as a dinner roll; they taste fantastic with a knob of butter dipped in your favorite soup or used to soak up the last morsels of a delicious curry. A bit of decadence with the addition of a sprinkling of tasty cheese over the top just prior to baking finishes these rolls of nicely and goes well with the tang of fresh sourdough bread. Unsurprisingly, these do not last long in our household.
This is the recipe for my tomato free white lasagne. Made with ground mince just like most lasagne I like to add a can of borlotti beans as well as plenty of cheese. Unlike most lasagne I like to add the cheese sauce or bechamel sauce to the bologna or meat sauce and adding it as a combined layer when assembling the lasagne. Also, the meat sauce is packed full of vegetables as well as tasty condiments like worchester sauce. This lasagne is a firm family favourite and as an added bonus it freezes and reheats (in oven or microwave) really well.