The Ultimate Festive Mince Pie
22 December 2011
I love a good mince pie – those small, tender tarts that somehow manages to hold the very essence of Christmas in its short crust pastry shell; the flavours, fruitiness, scents and spices, the luxury and richness of it all. It’s strange because when I was a kid, I used to hate the stuff,
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Festive Cheese and Onion Scones
20 December 2011
I go mad for the scone, whether they’re sweet or savoury, served with a cuppa – these treats never disappoint me. Have these savoury cheese and onion scones with a nice hot winter-type soup like creamy mushroom or French onion. They only need to bake for 12-15 minutes to come out soft and golden.
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Homemade Festive Fudge
14 December 2011
Christmas nowadays seems to be all about the presents – giving and receiving but what do you get that special someone who has almost everything they could ever wish for? or whenmoney is tight, how can your gift still carry that ‘awwwwe’ factor??? Well, it’s become very fashionable to make home-made food gifts to
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Scones and Sheffield Plum Jam
30 September 2011
Recipes using Missie Cindz Preserves Next week, a very limited edition of Missie Cindz Vintage Preserves (co-produced with PJ Taste) hit the PJ taste shelves and leading up to their release I will be providing a range of delicious recipe suggestions you could accompany our sweet Preserves. Classic ‘A Star’ shaped scones with Missie
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Baked Brie with Missie Cindz Plum Jam
28 September 2011
The other day New Yorker Missie Meng He (@menghe), another food enthusiast and blogger like myself, who I often reckon would easily fit as my sister in food gorging if she was here in sunny Sheffield, asked if I’d tried baked Brie in puff pastry? At first the thought disgusted me (how stodgy and dense
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Apple Season!
28 July 2011
Having a colourful little orchard was never intended – I guess everyone’s back garden can be an amazing place of tasty delights. I have this beautiful large apple and Victorian plums tree in the garden. It is a great pleasure to pick the fruits straight off the tree and eat them, even before they were
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